scholarly journals Wenxin Granule Ameliorates Hypoxia/Reoxygenation-Induced Oxidative Stress in Mitochondria via the PKC-δ/NOX2/ROS Pathway in H9c2 Cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Qihui Jin ◽  
Yanhong Jiang ◽  
Lizhong Fu ◽  
Yanqiu Zheng ◽  
Yuxia Ding ◽  
...  

Myocardial infarction and following reperfusion therapy-induced myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury have been recognized as an important subject of cardiovascular disease with high mortality. As the antiarrhythmic agent, Wenxin Granule (WXG) is widely used to arrhythmia and heart failure. In our pilot study, we found the antioxidative potential of WXG in the treatment of myocardial I/R. This study is aimed at investigating whether WXG could treat cardiomyocyte hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injury by inhibiting oxidative stress in mitochondria. The H9c2 cardiomyocyte cell line was subject to H/R stimuli to mimic I/R injury in vitro. WXG was added to the culture medium 24 h before H/R exposing as pretreatment. Protein kinase C-δ (PKC-δ) inhibitor rottlerin or PKC-δ lentivirus vectors were conducted on H9c2 cells to downregulate or overexpress PKC-δ protein. Then, the cell viability, oxidative stress levels, intracellular and mitochondrial ROS levels, mitochondrial function, and apoptosis index were analyzed. In addition, PKC-δ protein expression in each group was verified by western blot analysis. Compared with the control group, the PKC-δ protein level was significantly increased in the H/R group, which was remarkably improved by WXG or rottlerin. PKC-δ lentivirus vector-mediated PKC-δ overexpression was not reduced by WXG. WXG significantly improved H/R-induced cell injury, lower levels of SOD and GSH/GSSG ratio, higher levels of MDA, intracellular and mitochondrial ROS content, mitochondrial membrane potential and ATP loss, mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening, NOX2 activation, cytochrome C release, Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and cleaved caspase-3 increasing, and cell apoptosis. Similar findings were obtained from rottlerin treatment. However, the protective effects of WXG were abolished by PKC-δ overexpression, indicating that PKC-δ was a potential target of WXG treatment. Our findings demonstrated a novel mechanism by which WXG attenuated oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction of H9c2 cells induced by H/R stimulation via inhibitory regulation of PKC-δ/NOX2/ROS signaling.

2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (8) ◽  
pp. 904-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara K. Isaak ◽  
Jay C. Petkau ◽  
Heather Blewett ◽  
Karmin O ◽  
Yaw L. Siow

Lingonberry grown in northern Manitoba, Canada, contains exceptionally high levels of anthocyanins and other polyphenols. Previous studies from our lab have shown that lingonberry anthocyanins can protect H9c2 cells from ischemia–reperfusion injury and anthocyanin-rich diets have been shown to be associated with decreased cardiovascular disease and mortality. Oxidative stress can impair function and trigger apoptosis in cardiomyocytes. This study investigated the protective effects of physiologically relevant doses of lingonberry extracts and pure anthocyanins against hydrogen-peroxide-induced cell death. Apoptosis and necrosis were detected in H9c2 cells after hydrogen peroxide treatment via flow cytometry using FLICA 660 caspase 3/7 combined with YO-PRO-1 and then confirmed with Hoechst staining and fluorescence microscopy. Each of the 3 major anthocyanins found in lingonberry (cyanidin-3-galactoside, cyanidin-3-glucoside, and cyanidin-3-arabinoside) was protective against hydrogen-peroxide-induced apoptosis in H9c2 cells at 10 ng·mL−1 (20 nmol·L−1) and restored the number of viable cells to match the control group. A combination of the 3 anthocyanins was also protective and a lingonberry extract tested at 3 concentrations produced a dose-dependent protective effect. Lingonberry anthocyanins protected cardiac cells from oxidative-stress-induced apoptosis and may have cardioprotective effects as a dietary modification.


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 096368972110332
Author(s):  
Weifeng Jiang ◽  
Jungang Song ◽  
Suitao Zhang ◽  
Yanyan Ye ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
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Myocardial infarction (MI) is identified as the myocardial necrosis due to myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and remains a leading cause of mortality. C1q/TNF-related protein 13 (CTRP13) is a member of CTRP family that has been found to be involved in coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the role of CTRP13 in MI remains unclear. We aimed to explore the functional role of CTRP13 in H9c2 cells exposed to hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R). Our results demonstrated that H/R stimulation significantly decreased the expression of CTRP13 in H9c2 cells. H/R-induced an increase in ROS production and reductions in activities of SOD and CAT were prevented by CTRP13 overexpression but were aggravated by CTRP13 silencing. Moreover, CTRP13 overexpression could reverse the inductive effect of H/R on caspase-3 activity and bax expression, as well as the inhibitory effect of H/R on bcl-2 expression in H9c2 cells. However, CTRP13 silencing presented opposite effects with CTRP13 overexpression. Furthermore, CTRP13 overexpression enhanced the H/R-stimulated the expression levels of p-AMPK and nuclear Nrf2, and Nrf2 transcriptional activity. However, inhibition of AMPK reversed the CTRP13-mediated activation of Nrf2/ARE signaling and the cardiac-protective effect in H/R-exposed H9c2 cells. Additionally, silencing of Nrf2 reversed the protective effects of CTRP13 against H/R-stimulated oxidative stress and apoptosis in H9c2 cells. Finally, recombinant CTRP13 protein attenuated myocardial I/R-induced injury in rats. Taken together, these findings indicated that CTRP13 protected H9c2 cells from H/R-stimulated oxidative stress and apoptosis via regulating the AMPK/Nrf2/ARE signaling pathway. Our results provided evidence for the therapeutic potential of CTRP13 in myocardial I/R injury.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhimei Qiu ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Weiwei Liu ◽  
Chaofu Li ◽  
Ranzun Zhao ◽  
...  

AbstractAutophagy and apoptosis are involved in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Research indicates that circular RNA HIPK3 (circHIPK3) is crucial to cell autophagy and apoptosis in various cancer types. However, the role of circHIPK3 in the regulation of cardiomyocyte autophagy and apoptosis during I/R remains unknown. Our study aimed to examine the regulatory effect of circHIPK3 during myocardial I/R and investigate its mechanism in cardiomyocyte autophagy and apoptosis. Methods and results. The expression of circHIPK3 was upregulated during myocardial I/R injury and hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injury of cardiomyocytes. To study the potential role of circHIPK3 in myocardial H/R injury, we performed gain-of-function and loss-of-function analyses of circHIPK3 in cardiomyocytes. Overexpression of circHIPK3 significantly promoted H/R-induced cardiomyocyte autophagy and cell injury (increased intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and apoptosis) compared to those in the control group, while silencing of circHIPK3 showed the opposite effect. Further research found that circHIPK3 acted as an endogenous miR-20b-5p sponge to sequester and inhibit miR-20b-5p activity, resulting in increased ATG7 expression. In addition, miR-20b-5p inhibitors reversed the decrease in ATG7 induced by silencing circHIPK3. Conclusions. CircHIPK3 can accelerate cardiomyocyte autophagy and apoptosis during myocardial I/R injury through the miR-20b-5p/ATG7 axis. These data suggest that circHIPK3 may serve as a potential therapeutic target for I/R.


2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (10) ◽  
pp. 6459-2020
Author(s):  
JIANTAO ZHANG ◽  
XIAOYAN ZHENG ◽  
LIHONG JIANG ◽  
TAO ZE ◽  
TAO LIU

The purpose of this study was to investigate the protective effects of hydrogen reducing ischemia-reperfusion injury during CO2 pneumoperitoneum on oxidative stress and liver function. Eighteen healthy Beagle dogs were divided into three groups. Dogs in the control group were subjected only to anesthesia for 90 min. The pneumoperitoneum group was subjected to the pressure of CO2 pneumoperitoneum with 12 mmHg intraabdominal pressure for 90 min. The hydrogen group was subjected to the pressure of CO2 pneumoperitoneum with 12 mmHg intra-abdominal pressure for 90 min after a subcutaneous injection of hydrogen gas (0.2 mL/kg) for 10 min. Blood samples were collected before the induction of pneumoperitoneum, as well as 2 h and 6 h after deflation, to evaluate oxidative stress and liver function in serum. Liver tissue samples were taken 6 h after deflation for histopathological examination. In comparison with group P, a milder histopathological change was found in group H2, and the levels of hepatic function and anti-oxidation in group H2 were higher. Hydrogen gas reduced liver ischemia-reperfusion injury due to CO2 pneumoperitoneum by reducing oxidative stress and improving liver function. Hydrogen gas therapy can be considered as a way to reduce liver ischemiareperfusion injury in laparoscopic surgery.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun-Ling Tsai ◽  
Pei-Ling Hsieh ◽  
Wan-Ching Chou ◽  
Hui-Ching Cheng ◽  
Yu-Ting Huang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Emerging evidence demonstrated Dapagliflozin (DAPA), an inhibitor of type II sodium-glucose cotransporter-2, prevented various cardiovascular events. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying its cardioprotective properties remained largely unknown. In the present study, we sought to investigate the effects of DAPA on the cardiac ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and study the mechanisms of DAPA-provided cardioprotection.Methods: For in intro studies, cardiac myoblast H9c2 cells were exposed to hypoxia with no-glucose medium for 1 hr than followed a reoxygenation with high-glucose medium for 4 hr. DAPA was treated before hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) exposure. For in vivo investigations, I/R was instigated in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats using ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). DAPA was given daily by gavage for 5 days before I/R induction.Results: Results from in vitro experiments showed that DAPA induced the phosphorylation of adenosine 5'-monophosphate activated protein kinase (AMPK), resulting in the downregulation of phosphorylated protein kinase C (PKC) in the cardiac myoblast H9c2 cells following H/R condition. We demonstrated that DAPA treatment diminished the H/R-elicited oxidative stress via the AMPK/ PKC/ NADPH oxidase (Nox) pathway. In addition, DAPA prevented the H/R-induced abnormality of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) expression, mitochondrial membrane potential, and mitochondrial DNA copy number through AMPK/ PKC/ Nox signaling. Besides, DAPA reversed the apoptosis-associated changes, including H/R-suppressed Bcl-2 and H/R-induced expression of phosphorylated p53, Bax cytochrome c, and activated caspase 3 via AMPK/ PKC/ Nox/ PGC-1α signaling. Furthermore, we demonstrated that DAPA improved the I/R-induced cardiac dysfunction by echocardiography and abrogated the I/R-elicited apoptotic cells by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling assay in the myocardium of rats. Also, the administration of DAPA mitigated the production of two myocardial infarction markers, creatine phosphokinase isoenzymes and lactate dehydrogenase.Conclusion: In conclusion, our data suggested that DAPA treatment holds the potential to ameliorate the I/R-elicited oxidative stress and the following cardiac apoptosis via AMPK/ PKC/ Nox/ PGC-1α signaling, which attenuates the cardiac dysfunction caused by I/R injury.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanyang Kim ◽  
Seungjoon Park

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 is a well-known anti-apoptotic pro-survival factor and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway is linked to cell survival induced by IGF-1. It is also reported that Akt signaling is modulated by 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK1). In the current study, we investigated whether the anti-apoptotic effect of IGF-1 in SH-SY5Y cells exposed to 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) is associated with the activity of PI3K/PDK1/Akt pathway. Treatment of cells with IGF-1 inhibited MPP+-induced apoptotic cell death. IGF-1-induced activation of Akt and the protective effect of IGF-1 on MPP+-induced apoptosis were abolished by chemical inhibition of PDK1 (GSK2334470) or PI3K (LY294002). The phosphorylated levels of Akt and PDK1 were significantly suppressed after MPP+ exposure, while IGF-1 treatment completely restored MPP+-induced reductions in phosphorylation. IGF-1 protected cells from MPP+ insult by suppressing intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and malondialdehyde levels and increasing superoxide dismutase activity. Mitochondrial ROS levels were also increased during MPP+ exposure, which were attenuated by IGF-1 treatment. In addition, IGF-1-treated cells showed increased activities of succinate dehydrogenase and citrate synthase, stabilization of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, increased ratio of Bcl-2 to Bax, prevention of cytochrome c release and inhibition of caspase-3 activation with PARP cleavage. Furthermore, the protective effects of IGF-1 on oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction were attenuated when cells were preincubated with GSK2334470 or LY294002. Our data suggest that IGF-1 protects SH-SY5Y cells against MPP+-associated oxidative stress by preserving mitochondrial integrity and inhibiting mitochondrial apoptotic cascades via the activation of PI3K/PDK1/Akt pathway.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan Zhang ◽  
Qiang Fu ◽  
Longhe Xu ◽  
Yitian Yang ◽  
Weixing Zhao ◽  
...  

H19, a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), reportedly protects myocardial cells (H9c2 cell line) against hypoxia-reoxygenation- (H/R-) induced injury. Dexmedetomidine (Dex) has an important myocardial protective effect, although its function and mechanism in cardiac ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, especially for senile patients, requires further study. RNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant endogenous RNA modification. However, the effect of Dex postconditioning on RNA m6A modification has rarely been reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate roles of H19 and m6A modification in Dex postconditioning of aged cardiomyocytes. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was used to induce senescence of H9c2 cells. After 6 h of hypoxia, H9c2 cells were exposed to different concentrations of dexmedetomidine (0, 500 nM, 1 μM, and 2 μM) for 6 h. After knockdown or overexpression of H19 and its downstream gene miR-29b-3p and cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1 (cIAP1), Dex postconditioning experiments were performed to examine effects on myocardial cell injury. Global m6A levels after H/R with or without Dex postconditioning were measured with a colorimetric m6A RNA Methylation Quantification Kit. The mechanism by which RNA m6A methylation regulated genes mediating H19 expression was verified by m6A RNA immunoprecipitation (MeRIP), and the function of Dex postconditioning of aged cardiomyocytes was investigated. Dex postconditioning protected against H/R-induced injury of aged myocardial cells through H19/miR-29b-3p/cIAP1, increased methylation of RNA m6A elicited by H/R, and attenuated H/R-induced injury by suppressing expression of the RNA m6A demethylase gene alkB homolog 5 (ALKBH5). In addition, AKLBH5 regulated the expression of H19, and Dex postconditioning attenuated H/R-induced injury via ALKBH5 in aged cardiomyocytes.


2010 ◽  
Vol 298 (2) ◽  
pp. H433-H439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo-Xing Zhang ◽  
Shoji Kimura ◽  
Koji Murao ◽  
Koji Obata ◽  
Hiroko Matsuyoshi ◽  
...  

The release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria to the cytosol is a critical step for downstream caspase-mediated apoptotic signal transduction in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)-induced myocardial tissue injury. 10- N-nonyl acridine orange (NAO), a cardiolipin-specific dye, has been shown to inhibit Bid-mediated cytochrome c release from isolated mitochondria in vitro; however, the possible protective effects of NAO and the mechanisms underlying the protection from myocardial I/R-induced tissue injury in a rat model are unknown. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to a 30-min coronary arterial occlusion followed by reperfusion. All rats received either vehicle or NAO (100 μg/kg iv) 10 min before the occlusion. The infarct size in the heart at 24 h after reperfusion was significantly reduced in NAO-treated rats compared with vehicle-treated rats. NAO treatment significantly reduced the cytosolic cytochrome c contents and caspase-9 activity in the ischemic region but did not affect caspase-8 activity. Furthermore, NAO treatment markedly suppressed the translocation of truncated Bid, a proapoptotic Bcl-2 family member, to the mitochondrial fraction. NAO also suppressed the mitochondrial swelling and oxygen uptake stimulated by calcium overload. The results suggest that NAO possesses protective effects against myocardial I/R injury, which may be due to the suppression of cytochrome c release through blockade of truncated Bid translocation to mitochondria and inhibition of the opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pores.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. e0247234
Author(s):  
Nawel Zaibi ◽  
Pengyun Li ◽  
Shang-Zhong Xu

Elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) in type 2 diabetes cause cellular damage in many organs. Recently, the new class of glucose-lowering agents, SGLT-2 inhibitors, have been shown to reduce the risk of developing diabetic complications; however, the mechanisms of such beneficial effect are largely unknown. Here we aimed to investigate the effects of dapagliflozin on cell proliferation and cell death under oxidative stress conditions and explore its underlying mechanisms. Human proximal tubular cells (HK-2) were used. Cell growth and death were monitored by cell counting, water-soluble tetrazolium-1 (WST-1) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assays, and flow cytometry. The cytosolic and mitochondrial (ROS) production was measured using fluorescent probes (H2DCFDA and MitoSOX) under normal and oxidative stress conditions mimicked by addition of H2O2. Intracellular Ca2+ dynamics was monitored by FlexStation 3 using cell-permeable Ca2+ dye Fura-PE3/AM. Dapagliflozin (0.1–10 μM) had no effect on HK-2 cell proliferation under normal conditions, but an inhibitory effect was seen at an extreme high concentration (100 μM). However, dapagliflozin at 0.1 to 5 μM showed remarkable protective effects against H2O2-induced cell injury via increasing the viable cell number at phase G0/G1. The elevated cytosolic and mitochondrial ROS under oxidative stress was significantly decreased by dapagliflozin. Dapagliflozin increased the basal intracellular [Ca2+]i in proximal tubular cells, but did not affect calcium release from endoplasmic reticulum and store-operated Ca2+ entry. The H2O2-sensitive TRPM2 channel seemed to be involved in the Ca2+ dynamics regulated by dapagliflozin. However, dapagliflozin had no direct effects on ORAI1, ORAI3, TRPC4 and TRPC5 channels. Our results suggest that dapagliflozin shows anti-oxidative properties by reducing cytosolic and mitochondrial ROS production and altering Ca2+ dynamics, and thus exerts its protective effects against cell damage under oxidative stress environment.


Author(s):  
Xue Tong ◽  
Hong Zhao ◽  
Xiaomei Lu

The aim of this study was to investigate whether oxidative stress has a role in myocardial ischemia reperfusion induced renal damage. The 30 male C57 mice were divided into control group, myocardial ischemia reperfusion (MIR) group and MnTBAP treatment group. In MIR group, the left coronary artery was occluded for 45minutes and reperfusion for 4 weeks. The same procedure was used for the MnTBAP group, with the additional step of MnTBAP (10mg/kg) administered intraperitoneally for 28 days. Before surgery and 4 weeks later, transthoracic echocardiography was performed and urine protein and albumin were measured. At the end of the time, mice were sacrified and kidneys collected for ROS and fibrosis analysis. The plasma was collected for BUN and SCR determination. It was observed that MIR decreased renal function and increased production of ROS, compelled with renal fibrosis. Administration of MnTBAP reduced production of ROS and renal fibrosis and increased renal function. These findings suggest that the MIR plays a causal role in causing renal injury and the MnTBAP exerts renal-protective effects, probably by its antioxidant activities.


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