The protective effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin-d3 on hydrogen peroxide-induced min6 cell apoptosis / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Aim To investigate the role and mechanism of VitD in protecting apoptosis of mouse islet (3 cell line MIN6 cells induced by H202. Methods MIN6 cells were treated with H202 after the pretreat-ment of VitD. The proliferation, morphological changes and apoptotic percentage of MIN6 cells were determined by CCK-8, Hoechst 33258 fluorescence staining and flow cytometry respectively. The expressions of ap-optosis-related genes Bel-2, Bax, Caspase-3 and Cleaved caspase-3 were detected by Western blot. Results H202 inhibited proliferation and induced apop-tosis of MIN6 cells through up-regulation of Bax and cleaved caspase-3, down-regulation of Bcl-2, decrease of Bcl-2/Bax ratio,and increase of cleaved caspase-3/caspase-3 ratio. After pretreatment of VitD, MIN6 cell viability was restored by increasing Bcl-2 expression, decreasing Bax and cleaved caspase-3 expression, increasing Bcl-2/Bax ratio, and decreasing cleaved caspase-3/caspase-3 ratio. Conclusions VitD protects MIN6 against H202-induced apoptosis through decreasing pro-apoptotic gene Bax and cleaved caspase-3,and increasing anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-2 expression.