钙网蛋白(calreticulin,CRT)是内质网(endoplasmic reticulum,ER)/肌浆网(sarcoplasmic reticulum,SR)中主要的Ca^2+结合分子伴侣,参与调节细胞Ca^2+稳态和协助蛋白质折叠,在内源性保护现象——缺血后处理(ischemic postconditioning,I-postC)过程中表达上调,但其发挥作用的分子机制尚未完全阐明。本工作在原代培养Sprague-Dawley(SD)乳鼠心肌细胞低氧/复氧(hypoxia/reoxygenation,H/R)模型上,采用反义寡核苷酸(antisense oligodeoxynucleotides,AS-ODNs)抑制CRT表达,观察低氧后处理(hypoxic postconditioning,H-postC)过程中CRT下游分子钙调神经磷酸酶(calcineurin,CaN)活性以及CaN、核转录因子κB(nuclear factorkappa B,NFκB)、凋亡相关分子Bcl-2、Bax、C/EBP同源蛋白(C/EBP homologous protein,CHOP)等蛋白表达变化,及其与细胞保护的关系。心肌细胞随机分为6组(n=4):对照组、低氧/复氧(H/R)组、低氧后处理(H-postC)组、AS-ODNs抑制CRT表达(AS)组、AS+H/R组和AS+H-postC组,采用台盼蓝排斥实验、培养基乳酸脱氢酶(1actate dehydrogenase,LDH)活性测定及流式细胞术检测细胞损伤;经Fluo-3/AM染色,采用激光共聚焦显微镜测定细胞浆游离Ca^2+浓度;采用对硝基磷酸酚(p-nitrophenyl phosphate,PNPP)底物发色法测定CaN活性;Western blot检测相关蛋白表达。结果显示:(1)H-postC可减轻H/R诱导的心肌细胞损伤,与H/R组比较,细胞存活率升高17.1%,凋亡率和LDH漏出分别降低6.67%和27.9%(P均〈0.05);(2)H-postC轻度上调CRT,AS-ODNs抑制CRT表达后,部分消除后处理的心肌保护作用,与H-postC组相比,AS+H-postC组细胞存活率降低8.98%、凋亡率和LDH漏出分别升高1.74%和13.6%(P均〈0.05),而胞浆游离Ca^2+浓度、CaN活性、CaN及NFKB表达均未发生明显变化(P〉0?
Calreticulin (CRT) is an essential Ca^2+-binding chaperone existing in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) or sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and is involved in intracellular Ca^2+ homeostasis and protein folding. Ischemic postconditioning (I-postC), a newly discovered endogenous protective phenomenon, induces CRT up-regulation. The present study aimed to investigate the cardioprotective mechanism of CRT up-regulation induced by hypoxic postconditioning (H-postC). Primary cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were exposed to 2 h of hypoxia followed by 24 h of reoxygenation. Postconditioning was carried out by two cycles of 10 min of reoxygenation and 20 min of rehypoxia after 2 h of hypoxia. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (AS-ODNs) were used to inhibit CRT expression 36 h before hypoxia. Cardiomyocytes were randomly divided into 6 groups as follows (n=4): control, hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R), H-postC, AS, AS + H/R, and AS + H-postC. Morphological studies, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity assay in culture medium, and flow cytometry were used to detect cardiomyocyte necrosis and apoptosis. Intracellular Ca^2+ concentration was detected by fluorescent Fluo-3/AM staining through laser confocal microscope, and p-nitrophenyl phosphate (PNPP) was used as substrate to measure calcineurin (CAN) activity. The expression of CRT, CaN, nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) and apoptosis-related proteins, such as Bcl-2, Bax and C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) were detected by Western blot. The results were as follows. (1) H-postC protected neonatal cardiomyocytes from H/R injury. Compared with H/R group, cell survival rate increased by 17.1%, apoptotic rate and LDH leakage decreased by 6.67% and 27.9% in H-postC group, respectively (P〈0.05). (2) H-postC induced mild up-regulation of CRT expression. Inhibition of CRT by AS-ODNs attenuated the cardioprotection of H-postC partly. Compared with H-postC group, cell survival rate decreased by 8.98%, and apoptotic rate an