目的:观察缺氧预处理(HPC)对氧化应激诱导大鼠成心肌H9c2细胞损伤的保护作用,探讨钙网蛋白(CRT)是否参与其保护效应及p38MAPK是否参与其信号转导过程。方法:H9c2细胞随机分为8组:氧化应激(H2O2)组、短暂缺氧(HPC)组、HPC+H2O2组、SB203580+HPC+H202组、反义干扰(AS)组、AS+H2O2组、AS+HPC+H2O2组和对照组。以细胞存活率、乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)活性及流式细胞术检测细胞损伤情况;采用liT—PCR和Westernblotting分别检测CRT表达和p38MAPK磷酸化水平。结果:(1)HPC可减轻氧化应激损伤,与H2O2组比较,HPC+H2O2组细胞凋亡率和LDH漏出分别降低13.4%和44.0%,存活率增高12.7%(均P〈0.05);HPC前以特异性p38MAPK抑制剂SB203580预孵育消除HPC的保护作用,与HPC+H2O2组相比,细胞凋亡率和LDH漏出分别增高5.4%和45.0%,存活率降低5.0%(均P〈0.05);(2)氧化应激明显上调CRT表达(较对照组高3.6倍)(P〈0.05);单纯短暂缺氧可诱导CRT表达(较对照组高1.4倍,P〈0.05),但上调程度较H2O2组低48%(P〈0.05);HPC可降低CRT过表达程度(降低26%)(P〈0.05);(3)反义寡核苷酸干扰CRT表达后HPC对氧化应激的保护作用降低,相关分析显示HPC诱导的CRT适度表达与细胞存活率正相关(r=0.8573,P〈0.05);(4)HPC前应用p38MAPK抑制剂,抑制CRT表达上调(分别较HPC+H2O2组和HPC组低38%和23%)(均P〈0.05)。结论:HPC可通过p38MAPK信号途径诱导CRT表达上调,减轻大鼠成心肌H9e2细胞氧化应激损伤。
AIM: To investigate whether hypoxic preconditioning (HPC) protects cardiomyoblast H9c2 cells against oxidative injury, and to discuss whether calreticulin (CRT) contribute to this protection through p38 MAPK signaling pathway. METHODS: Cardiomyoblast H9c2 cells were randomly divided into eight groups as follows: hydrogen peroxide stress ( H2O2 ) ; brief hypexic exposure of 20 min to simulate hypexic preconditioning (HPC) ; 20 rain of hypoxic exposure followed by 24 h of normoxic reoxygenation before hydrogen peroxide stress ( HPC + H2O2 ), SB203580 ( the specific inhibitors of p38 MAPK) + HPC + H2O2, antisense oligonucleotides transfection of calreticulin ( AS), AS + H2O2, AS + HPC + H2O2 and control. Morphological studies, estimation of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage and flow cytometry were employed to assess the cell apeptosis and necrosis. RT - PCR and Western blotting analysis was used to detect calreticulin expression and phosphorylation of p38 MAPK. RESULTS: The results obtained are as follows: ( 1 ) HPC relieved cell injury caused by H2O2. Compared with those in H2O2 group, apoptosis rate and LDH leakage in culture medium in HPC + H2O2 group decreased 13.4% and 44.0%, respectively ( P 〈 0. 05 ), and cell survive rate increased 12. 7% ( P 〈 0. 05 ). SB203580, a selective p38 MAPK inhibitor presented before HPC, eliminated the eytoproteetion of HPC. Compared with HPC + H2O2 group, apoptosis rate and LDH leakage increased 5.4% and 45.0%, respectively (P 〈0. 05), and cell survive rate decreased 5.0% ( P 〈 0. 05 ). (2) Brief hypoxia intimating HPC resulted in mild CRT up - regulation ( 1.4 - fold increased vs control group, P 〈 0. 05 ) , but this up - regulation was lower than that of 3.6 - fold increase induced by oxidative stress. HPC relieved the over - expression of CRT induced by H202(26% decreased vs H202 group, P 〈0. 05). (3) Transfection of antisense oligonucleotides of CRT before HPC reduced c