本文旨在研究脂联素(adiponectin, APN)对缺氧/复氧(hypoxia/reoxygenation, H/R)损伤的心肌细胞T-钙黏蛋白(T-cadherin,T-cad)表达的影响。采用酶消化法原代培养Sprague-Dawley (SD)乳鼠心肌细胞,随机分为:正常对照组、H/R组、H/R+脂联素(3, 10, 20, 30 μg/mL)组。H/R组置缺氧环境(高浓度N2饱和过的缺氧液)中培养3 h后, 再置于复氧环境(纯氧饱和过的复氧液)中培养1 h。APN处理组先用不同浓度APN预处理24 h后中随后处理同H/R组。用化学比色法测定乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)的释放,通过流式细胞术和脱氧核糖核苷酸缺口末端标记(TUNEL)法来检测心肌细胞的凋亡,用RT-PCR和Western blotting方法检测T-cad的表达。结果显示,与正常对照组相比,H/R组心肌细胞凋亡率显著升高,心肌细胞LDH的释放量明显增加,T-cadmRNA和蛋白水平表达均明显下降;而和H/R组相比,APN预处理可剂量依赖性地降低心肌细胞凋亡率,减少LDH释放量,并上调T-cad mRNA和蛋白水平。以上结果提示,脂联素可能通过上调T-cad的表达逆转H/R所致的心肌细胞损伤及凋亡,对心肌细胞有保护作用。
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of adiponectin(APN) on the expression of T-cadherin in cultured Sprague-Dawley(SD) rat cardiomyocytes injured by hypoxia/reoxygenation(H/R).Primary myocardial cells from neonatal rats were obtained by enzymatic digestion.The cells were divided into control group,H/R group and H/R+APN(3,10,20 and 30 μg/mL) groups.The H/R group was incubated in anoxic environment(anoxic solution saturated with high concentration N 2) for 3 h,and then in the reoxygenation environment(the reoxygenation solution saturated with pure oxygen) for 1 h.The H/R+APN group was pretreated with different concentrations of APN for 24 h prior to the initiation of H/R.The content of lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) was measured by chemistry chromatometry.Cellular apoptosis was analyzed by flow cytometry and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferasemediated dUTP nick end labeling(TUNEL).The expression of T-cadherin was detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting.The results showed that,compared with control group,the apoptotic rate and release of LDH were significantly increased in the H/R group,whereas the expressions of T-cad mRNA and protein were decreased.Pretreating with APN significantly and dose-dependently decreased apoptotic rate and LDH release,and up-regulated T-cad mRNA and protein level in rat neonatal cardiomyocytes under H/R conditions.These results suggest that APN may protect cardiomyocytes against H/R-induced injury by up-regulating H/R-decreased T-cad expression.