Jingjing Ni, R. Xu, Xiyu Yang, Hui Chen, Long-wang Chen, J. Lian, Guangju Zhao
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Abstract
Objective
To investigate the effect of cycloartenyl ferulate (CF) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC), and to explore its relative mechanism.
Methods
Human umbilical vein endothelial cells were cultured in vitro, and the experiment was divided into the normal group, CF group, LPS group, and LPS+CF groups at different concentrations. After the corresponding treatment of cells in each group, the cell viability and apoptosis of each group were tested by the cell counter Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay. The protein expression of Bax, Bcl-2, caspase-3 and the effect of CF on the protein expression of Nrf2/HO-1 pathway were determined by Western blot. One-way ANOVA were performed in multigroup mean comparison, LSD-t test was used to compare the mean values of two samples, and P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results
Compared with the LPS group, the survival rate of HUVECs cells in the CF group was significantly increased with different doses, and the survival rate increased significantly in the 320 μmol/L CF group [(69.85±1.2)% vs ( 100.2±1.824)%, P< 0.01]. TUNEL staining showed that compared with the LPS group, the number of apoptotic positive cells in the 320 μmol/L CF group was significantly reduced [(27.33 ± 3.40) vs (11.67 ± 2.04), P<0.01]. Compared with the LPS group, Bcl-2 protein expression level was significantly increased in the CF group at different doses (P<0.01), caspase-3 and Bax protein expression were significantly decreased (P<0.01). Nrf2 protein expression level increased significantly (P<0.01), and HO-1 protein level increased significantly (P<0.01).
Conclusion
CF can alleviate LPS-induced apoptosis of HUVEC, which may be related to the increase of bcl-2 expression, the decrease of caspase-3 and Bax protein expression and the activation of Nrf2/ HO-1 signaling pathway.
Key words:
Cycloartenyl ferulate; Lipopolysaccharide; Vascular endothelial cells; Apoptosis; Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway
期刊介绍:
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine is the only national journal which represents the development of emergency medicine in China. The journal is supervised by China Association of Science and Technology, sponsored by Chinese Medical Association, and co-sponsored by Zhejiang University. The journal publishes original research articles dealing with all aspects of clinical practice and research in emergency medicine. The columns include Pre-Hospital Rescue, Emergency Care, Trauma, Resuscitation, Poisoning, Disaster Medicine, Continuing Education, etc. It has a wide coverage in China, and builds up communication with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and international emergency medicine circles.