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Yan J, Honglei Y, Yun W, Sheng D, Yun H, Anhua Z, Na F, Min L, Dandan S, Jing W, Junming T, Wenjun Z, Xiju H. Puerarin ameliorates myocardial remodeling of spontaneously hypertensive rats through inhibiting TRPC6-CaN-NFATc3 pathway. Eur J Pharmacol 2022; 933:175254. [PMID: 36087696 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2022.175254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Puerarin (Pue) has been widely used in the treatment of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, but the basic mechanism of Pue on myocardial remodeling (MR) of hypertension is not clear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect and mechanism of Pue on MR and provide the basis for the clinical application. Thirty male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and six male Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) aged 3 months were used in this study, SHR rats were randomly divided into 5 groups, Pue (40 or 80 mg/kg/d, ip) and telmisartan (TELMI) (30 mg/kg/d, ig) were administrated for 12 weeks. We used Echocardiography to detect the cardiac function. Morphology and structure of myocardium were observed. H9C2 cells were subjected to 1 μM Ang Ⅱ in vitro, 100 μM Pue, 0.5 μM Calmodulin-dependent calcineurin (CaN) inhibitor Cyclosporin A (CsA) and 1 μM specific transient receptor potential channel 6 (TRPC6) inhibitor SAR7334 were used in H9C2 cells. Long-term administration of Pue could significantly improve cardiac function, improve morphology and structure of myocardium in vivo. Pue could reduce MR related proteins expression (ACTC1, TGF-β1, CTGF, β-MHC and BNP), attenuate ROS, restore MMP and decrease Ca2+-overload in vitro. Further study indicated that Pue could decrease TRPC6 expression and inhibit nuclear factor of activated T cells 3 (NFATc3) nuclear translocation in vitro. These results suggested that puerarin could ameliorate myocardial remodeling through inhibiting TRPC6-CaN-NFATc3 in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
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- Jiang Yan
- Department of Ultrasound, Taihe Hospital, Jinzhou Medicical University Union Training Base, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Taihe Hospital, Jinzhou Medicical University Union Training Base, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Wuhan Asia General Hospital, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- School of Public Health and Health, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China; Department of Ultrasound, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China.
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Aimoto M, Yagi K, Ezawa A, Tsuneoka Y, Kumada K, Hasegawa T, Kuze T, Chiba T, Nagasawa Y, Tanaka H, Takahara A. Chronic Volume Overload Caused by Abdominal Aorto-Venocaval Shunt Provides Arrhythmogenic Substrates in the Rat Atrium. Biol Pharm Bull 2022; 45:635-642. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b22-00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Megumi Aimoto
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of R&D, Fukushima Research Laboratories, TOA EIYO LTD
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- Department of R&D, Fukushima Research Laboratories, TOA EIYO LTD
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- Department of R&D, Fukushima Research Laboratories, TOA EIYO LTD
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- Department of R&D, Fukushima Research Laboratories, TOA EIYO LTD
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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Yang L, Deng N, He J, Xia G, Yang Y, Zhao Y, Huo Z, Guo C. Calcineurin Aβ gene knockdown inhibits transient outward potassium current ion channel remodeling in hypertrophic ventricular myocyte. Open Life Sci 2021; 16:1010-1021. [PMID: 34632071 PMCID: PMC8473944 DOI: 10.1515/biol-2021-0107] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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It has been shown that the activation of calcineurin is involved in regulating ion channel remodeling in hypertrophic cardiomyocytes. But the precise role of calcineurin in the regulation of transient outward potassium current (I to), an ion channel associated with fatal arrhythmia, remains controversial. This study aimed to examine the effects of calcineurin Aβ (CnAβ) gene knockdown on I to channel remodeling and action potential duration (APD) in the hypertrophic ventricular myocytes of neonatal rats. Results showed that phenylephrine stimulation caused hypertrophy of ventricular myocytes, upregulation of CnAβ protein expression, downregulation of Kv4.2 mRNA and protein expression, a decrease in I to current density, and prolongation of APD. CnAβ gene knockdown significantly inhibited the effects of phenylephrine stimulation. Our data indicate that CnAβ gene knockdown can inhibit I to channel remodeling and APD prolongation in hypertrophic neonatal rat ventricular myocytes. This finding suggests that calcineurin may be a potential target for the prevention of malignant ventricular arrhythmia in a hypertrophic heart.
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- Long Yang
- Department of Cardiology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshandong Road, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshandong Road, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshandong Road, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshandong Road, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshandong Road, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshandong Road, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshandong Road, Guiyang 550002, China
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He Y, Wang G, Gao H, Liu Y, Li H, Feng Y, Tang J. Prolonged duration of repolarization and decreased conduction velocity in the atrial myocardium after hypothermic ischemia-reperfusion may be related to expressions of inward rectifier potassium channel 2.1 protein and connexin 40. Perfusion 2021; 36:146-153. [PMID: 32650696 DOI: 10.1177/0267659120934612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The study aimed to determine the role of inward rectifier potassium channel 2.1 protein and connexin 40 expressions in regulating the duration of repolarization and conduction velocity of right atrial myocardium in rats following hypothermic ischemia-reperfusion. METHODS The Langendorff isolated rat cardiac perfusion models were divided into control (C) and hypothermic ischemia-reperfusion groups, with 8 models in group C and 16 models in group ischemia-reperfusion. Depending on the incidence of atrial arrhythmia after reperfusion, the models in group ischemia-reperfusion were further divided into reperfusion non-atrial arrhythmia or reperfusion atrial arrhythmia subgroup. Right atrial monophasic action potential duration at 50% and 90% of repolarization after 30 minutes of continuous perfusion in group C and group ischemia-reperfusion (T0), 105 minutes of continuous perfusion in group C or after 15 minutes of reperfusion in group ischemia-reperfusion (T1) and 120 minutes of continuous perfusion in group C or 30 minutes of reperfusion in group ischemia-reperfusion (T2) were recorded. Right atrial conduction velocity and effective refractory period were recorded at T2. Then, the expressions of inward rectifier potassium channel 2.1 protein and connexin 40 in the right atrial myocardium were detected. RESULTS Monophasic action potential duration at 50% and 90% were higher at T1 and T2 than those at T0 in subgroup reperfusion atrial arrhythmia (p < 0.05); monophasic action potential duration at 50% in subgroup reperfusion atrial arrhythmia were larger than group C and subgroup reperfusion non-atrial arrhythmia at T1 and T2 (p < 0.05); monophasic action potential duration at 90% in subgroup reperfusion atrial arrhythmia were larger than group C and subgroup reperfusion non-atrial arrhythmia at T1 and T2 (p < 0.05); effective refractory period in subgroup reperfusion atrial arrhythmia was greater than that in group C and subgroup reperfusion non-atrial arrhythmia, and the conduction velocity and the expressions of inward rectifier potassium channel 2.1 protein and connexin 40 were significantly lower than group C and subgroup reperfusion non-atrial arrhythmia (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The prolonged duration of repolarization and a decrease in conduction velocity of the atrial myocardium occur in rats after hypothermic ischemia-reperfusion. These observed effects may be related to the downregulated expressions of connexin 40 and inward rectifier potassium channel 2.1.
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- Youqin He
- School of Anesthesiology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The People's Hospital of Zhijin County, Bijie, P.R. China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Duyun, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, P.R. China
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- School of Anesthesiology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, P.R. China
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- School of Anesthesiology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, P.R. China
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- School of Anesthesiology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, P.R. China
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Network construction of aberrantly expressed miRNAs and their target mRNAs in ventricular myocardium with ischemia-reperfusion arrhythmias. J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 15:216. [PMID: 32787945 PMCID: PMC7425585 DOI: 10.1186/s13019-020-01262-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Hypothermic ischemia-reperfusion arrhythmia remains the main factor affecting cardiac resuscitation under cardiopulmonary bypass. Existing research shows that certain miRNAs exhibit significantly different expressions and effects in arrhythmias, however, the effect of miRNAs on the progression of hypothermic ischemic–reperfusion arrhythmias (RA) and its potential mechanism remain to be further explored. Methods Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into two groups (n = 8): a normal control group (Group C) and a hypothermic ischemia-reperfusion group (Group IR), which were used to establish a Langendorff isolated cardiac perfusion model. According to the arrhythmia scoring system, rats in group IR were divided into a high-risk group (IR-H) and a low-risk group (IR-L). miRNAs expression profiles of ventricular myocardium with global hypothermic ischemia–reperfusion and those of ventricular myocardium with hypothermic ischemia–RA were established through high-throughput sequencing. Furthermore, the aberrantly expressed miRNAs in myocardium with and without hypothermic ischemia–RA were screened and verified. The target genes of these aberrantly expressed miRNAs were predicted using RNAhybrid and MiRanda software. Based on Gene Ontology (GO) and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) databases, we determined the mRNA targets associated with these miRNAs and studied the miRNA–mRNA interaction during the cardiovascular disease progression. The aberrantly expressed miRNAs related to hypothermic ischemia–RA were validated by Real-time Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Results Eight significantly aberrantly expressed miRNAs (rno-miR-122-5p, rno-miR-429, novel_miR-1, novel_miR-16, novel_miR-17, novel_miR-19, novel_miR-30, and novel_miR-43) were identified, among which six were up-regulated and two were down-regulated. Moreover, target genes and signaling pathways associated with these aberrantly expressed miRNAs were predicted and analyzed. The miRNA–mRNA interaction network graph showed that GJA1 gene was considered as the target of novel_miR-17. Conclusions Aberrantly expressed miRNAs were possibly associated with the formation mechanism of hypothermic ischemia–RA. Specific miRNAs, such as novel_miR-17 and rno-miR-429 are probably new potential targets for further functional studies of hypothermic ischemia–RA.
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Cardiomyocyte calcium handling in health and disease: Insights from in vitro and in silico studies. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 157:54-75. [PMID: 32188566 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2020.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Calcium (Ca2+) plays a central role in cardiomyocyte excitation-contraction coupling. To ensure an optimal electrical impulse propagation and cardiac contraction, Ca2+ levels are regulated by a variety of Ca2+-handling proteins. In turn, Ca2+ modulates numerous electrophysiological processes. Accordingly, Ca2+-handling abnormalities can promote cardiac arrhythmias via various mechanisms, including the promotion of afterdepolarizations, ion-channel modulation and structural remodeling. In the last 30 years, significant improvements have been made in the computational modeling of cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling under physiological and pathological conditions. However, numerous questions involving the Ca2+-dependent regulation of different macromolecular complexes, cross-talk between Ca2+-dependent regulatory pathways operating over a wide range of time scales, and bidirectional interactions between electrophysiology and mechanics remain to be addressed by in vitro and in silico studies. A better understanding of disease-specific Ca2+-dependent proarrhythmic mechanisms may facilitate the development of improved therapeutic strategies. In this review, we describe the fundamental mechanisms of cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling in health and disease, and provide an overview of currently available computational models for cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling. Finally, we discuss important uncertainties and open questions about cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling and highlight how synergy between in vitro and in silico studies may help to answer several of these issues.
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