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Li Y, Chen Y, Yu P, Zhang D, Tang X, Zhu Z, Xiao F, Deng W, Liu Y, Tan Z, Zhang J, Yu S. Mild therapeutic hypothermic protection activates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to inhibit TRPM7 and suppress ferroptosis induced by myocardial ischemia‑reperfusion injury. Mol Med Rep 2024; 30:220. [PMID: 39364741 PMCID: PMC11462392 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2024.13345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 09/04/2024] [Indexed: 10/05/2024] Open
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The present study aimed to investigate the role of PI3K‑mediated ferroptosis signaling induced by mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH), which was defined as a temperature of 34˚C, in protecting against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury (MIRI). To meet this aim, H9C2 cells underwent hypoxia‑reperfusion (H/R) and/or MTH. The MTT assay was used to assess cell viability, cytotoxicity was measured using a lactate dehydrogenase cytotoxicity assay, and Annexin V‑FITC/PI flow cytometric analysis was used to analyze early and late cell apoptosis. In addition, 84 healthy adult male Sprague‑Dawley rats were randomly divided into seven groups (n=12), and underwent I/R and various treatments. Hemodynamics were monitored, and the levels of myocardial injury marker enzymes and oxidative stress markers in myocardial tissue were measured using ELISA. The expression levels of PI3K, AKT, transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 7 (TRPM7), glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) and acyl‑CoA synthetase long chain family member 4 (ACSL4) in animals and cells were measured using western blot analysis. These experiments revealed that MTH could effectively reduce myocardial infarct size, improve hemodynamic performance following MIRI and suppress myocardial apoptosis, thereby contributing to the recovery from H/R injury. Mechanistically, MTH was revealed to be able to activate the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in cells, upregulating GPX4, and downregulating the expression levels of TRPM7 and ACSL4. Treatment with 2‑aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (an inhibitor of TRPM7) could further strengthen the myocardial protective effects of MTH, whereas treatment with erastin (promoter of ferroptosis) and wortmannin (inhibitor of PI3K) led to the effective elimination of the myocardial protective effects of MTH. Compared with in the I/R group, the PI3K/AKT activation level and the expression levels of GPX4 were both significantly increased, whereas the expression levels of TRPM7 and ACSL4 were significantly decreased in the I/R + MTH group. Taken together, the results of the present study indicated that MTH may activate the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to inhibit TRPM7 and suppress ferroptosis induced by MIRI.
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- Yaqi Li
- Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
- Department of Anesthesiology, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, Nanchang 330006, P.R. China
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- Food and Nutritional Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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Liu J, Xu Y, Cheng S, Wang C, Zhang Z. Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 2 promotes inflammatory reactions by activating the nuclear factor kappa-B signaling pathway in diabetic nephropathy. Cent Eur J Immunol 2024; 48:290-300. [PMID: 38558563 PMCID: PMC10976652 DOI: 10.5114/ceji.2023.134721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major complication of diabetes. Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 2 (IRAK2) has been implicated in various diseases. This study aimed to investigate the role of IRAK2 in DN progression and its association with inflammation and the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathway. DN model mice were generated by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin. IRAK2 expression was upregulated in the DN model mice. IRAK2 knockdown increased weight and reduced blood glucose levels in DN model mice. In addition, IRAK2 downregulation improved glomerular morphology in DN mice. IRAK2 knockdown reduced the levels of kidney damage biomarkers (24-h urinary protein, urine albumin-creatinine ratio, and plasma creatinine) and inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-α, TNF-1R, and TNF-2R). Moreover, IRAK2 activated the NF-κB signaling pathway in DN model mice. Overexpression of NF-κB exacerbated DN progression, and IRAK2 knockdown reversed these effects. IRAK2 promoted DN progression and inflammation by activating the NF-κB signaling pathway. These findings suggest that IRAK2 is a potential therapeutic target for DN treatment.
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- Jingjing Liu
- Department of Endocrinology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Lishui Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lishui, China
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Zhou T, Mo J, Xu W, Hu Q, Liu H, Fu Y, Jiang J. Mild hypothermia alleviates oxygen−glucose deprivation/reperfusion-induced apoptosis by inhibiting ROS generation, improving mitochondrial dysfunction and regulating DNA damage repair pathway in PC12 cells. Apoptosis 2022; 28:447-457. [PMID: 36520321 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-022-01799-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The brain ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury has a great impact on human life and property safety. As far as we know, mild hypothermia (MH) is an effective measure to reduce neuronal injury after I/R. However, the precise mechanism is not extremely clear. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether mild therapeutic hypothermia can play a protective role in nerve cells dealing with brain I/R injury and explore its specific mechanism in vitro. A flow cytometer, cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay were performed to detect apoptotic rate of cells, cell viability and cytotoxicity, respectively, reactive oxygen species (ROS) assay kit, JC-1 fluorescent methods, immunofluorescence and western blot were used to explore ROS, mitochondrial transmembrane potential (Δψm), mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP) and protein expression, respectively. The result indicated that the cell activity was decreased, while the cytotoxicity and apoptosis rate were increased after treating with oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion (OGD/R) in PC12 cells. However, MH could antagonize this phenomenon. Interestingly, treating with OGD/R increased the release of ROS and the transfer of Cytochrome C (Cyt-C) from mitochondria to cytoplasm. In addition, it up-regulated the expression of γH2AX, Bax and Clv-caspase3, down-regulated the expression of PCNA, Rad51 and Bcl-2, and inhibited the function of mitochondria in PC12 cells. Excitingly, the opposite trend was observed after MH treatment. Therefore, our results suggest that MH protects PC12 cells against OGD/R-induced injury with the mechanism of inhibiting cell apoptosis by reducing ROS production, improving mitochondrial function, reducing DNA damage, and enhancing DNA repair.
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- Tianen Zhou
- Department of Emergency, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Emergency, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Emergency, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Emergency, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Emergency, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of General Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Emergency, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China.
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Shi H, Su Z, Su H, Chen H, Zhang Y, Cheng Y. Mild hypothermia improves brain injury in rats with intracerebral hemorrhage by inhibiting IRAK2/NF-κB signaling pathway. Brain Behav 2021; 11:e01947. [PMID: 33319491 PMCID: PMC7821569 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore the effect of mild hypothermia on nerve injury by establishing a rat model of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and to clarify the specific molecular mechanism of mild hypothermia in improving brain injury in ICH rats. METHODS The rat model of ICH was established by collagenase injection. The neurological deficit score (NDS), brain tissue water detection, and Nissl staining were applied to detect the degree of brain injury. ELISA was used to analyze the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and serum nerve injury indexes. Flow cytometry and Western Blot were used to detect neuronal apoptosis. RESULTS Mild hypothermia treatment significantly improved the brain injury of the ICH rats and down-regulated the inflammatory response and oxidative stress in the brain tissue. Moreover, mild hypothermia also effectively inhibited IRAK2/NF-κB signaling pathway and thus affect neuronal apoptosis. CONCLUSION Mild hypothermia alleviates inflammatory response and neuronal apoptosis by inhibiting IRAK2/NF-κB signaling pathway in the ICH rats thus improving brain injury.
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- Hui Shi
- Department of Neurosurgery, YongChuan Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, YongChuan Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, YongChuan Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, YongChuan Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, YongChuan Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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