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Zacharski M, Tomaszek A, Kiczak L, Ugorski M, Bania J, Pasławska U, Rybinska I, Jankowska EA, Janiszewski A, Ponikowski P. Catabolic/Anabolic Imbalance Is Accompanied by Changes of Left Ventricular Steroid Nuclear Receptor Expression in Tachycardia-Induced Systolic Heart Failure in Male Pigs. J Card Fail 2021; 27:682-692. [PMID: 33450412 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Steroid hormones play an important role in heart failure (HF) pathogenesis, and clinical data have revealed disordered steroidogenesis in male patients with HF. However, there is still a lack of studies on steroid hormones and their receptors during HF progression. Therefore, a porcine model of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy corresponding to HF was used to assess steroid hormone concentrations in serum and their nuclear receptor levels in heart tissue during the consecutive stages of HF. METHODS AND RESULTS Male pigs underwent right ventricular pacing and developed a clinical picture of mild, moderate, or severe HF. Serum concentrations of dehydroepiandrosterone, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, estradiol, aldosterone, and cortisol were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Androgen receptor, estrogen receptor alpha, mineralocorticoid receptor, and glucocorticoid receptor messenger RNA levels in the left ventricle were determined by qPCR.The androgen level decreased in moderate and severe HF animals, while the corticosteroid level increased. The estradiol concentration remained stable. The quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed the downregulation of androgen receptor in consecutive stages of HF and increased expression of mineralocorticoid receptor messenger RNA under these conditions. CONCLUSIONS In the HF pig model, deteriorated catabolic/anabolic balance, manifested by upregulation of aldosterone and cortisol and downregulation of androgen signaling on the ligand level, was augmented by changes in steroid hormone receptor expression in the heart tissue.
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- Maciej Zacharski
- Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw - Research and Development Centre, Wroclaw, Poland; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw - Research and Development Centre, Wroclaw, Poland; Department of Pathology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw - Research and Development Centre, Wroclaw, Poland; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw - Research and Development Centre, Wroclaw, Poland; Department of Food Hygiene and Consumer Health Protection, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw - Research and Development Centre, Wroclaw, Poland; Department of Diagnostics and Clinical Science, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń, Poland; Department of Internal Medicine and Clinic of Diseases of Horses, Dogs and Cats, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw - Research and Development Centre, Wroclaw, Poland; Molecular Targeting Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Italy
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- Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw - Research and Development Centre, Wroclaw, Poland; Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; Centre for Heart Diseases, University Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw - Research and Development Centre, Wroclaw, Poland; Department of Internal Disease and Veterinary Diagnosis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw - Research and Development Centre, Wroclaw, Poland; Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; Centre for Heart Diseases, University Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland
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Yu X, Zheng J, Cai T, Wang Z, Zhu G. Testosterone antagonizes paraquat-induced cardiomyocyte senescence via the mIGF-1/SIRT1 signaling pathway. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 53:e9849. [PMID: 32901689 PMCID: PMC7485312 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20209849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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Testosterone has been demonstrated to antagonize doxorubicin-induced cardiomyocyte senescence. However, whether testosterone prevents the paraquat-induced cardiomyocyte senescence is largely unknown. The detection of SA-β-gal activity was performed using senescence β-gal staining kit and the reactive oxygen species levels were determined by reactive oxygen species assay kit. The plasmids for insulin-like growth factor 1 shRNA (sh-mIGF-1), sirtuin-1 shRNA (sh-SIRT1), scramble shRNA (sh-NC), overexpressing mIGF-1 (mIGF-1), overexpressing SIRT1 (SIRT1), and negative controls (NC) were obtained for this study. The expression of target genes was detected using quantitative real-time PCR, immunolabeling, and western blot. We found that testosterone significantly delayed the paraquat-induced HL-1 cardiomyocyte senescence as evidenced by decreasing senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity and reactive oxygen species generation, which were accompanied by the up-regulated expression of mIGF-1 and SIRT1. RNA interference to reduce mIGF-1 and SIRT1 expression showed that testosterone prevented paraquat-induced HL-1 senescence via the mIGF-1/SIRT1 signaling pathway. Furthermore, myocardial contraction was evaluated by expression of genes of the contractile proteins/enzymes, such as α-myosin heavy chain 6 (MHC6), α-myosin heavy chain 7 (MHC7), α-skeletal actin (ACTA-1), and sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase-2 (SERCA2). Testosterone adjusted the above four gene expressions and the adjustment was blocked by mIGF-1 or SIRT1 inhibition. Our findings suggested that the mIGF-1/SIRT1 signaling pathway mediated the protective function of testosterone against the HL-1 cardiomyocyte senescence by paraquat, which provided new clues for the mechanisms underlying the anti-aging role of testosterone in cardiomyocytes.
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- Xing Yu
- Cardiovascular Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Cardiovascular Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Cardiovascular Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Cardiovascular Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Cardiovascular Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Zhang L, Wei C, Ruan Y, Zhang Y, Zhou Y, Lei D. Serum containing Buyang Huanwu decoction prevents age-associated migration and invasion of human vascular smooth muscle cells by up regulating SIRT1 expression. Biosci Trends 2018; 12:282-290. [PMID: 29952352 DOI: 10.5582/bst.2018.01063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The migration and invasion of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) caused by advanced aging play an important role in diffuse intimal thickening, facilitate adverse arterial remodeling and contribute to the initiation and progression of cardiovascular diseases. The inhibitory function of Buyang Huanwu decoction (BYHWD) has been found on aortic intimal hyperplasia and VSMC proliferation, but its effect on age-associated migration and invasion remains unknown. Here, we used an in vitro angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced senescence model to study the effects of serum containing BYHWD (BYHWS) on the migratory and invasive capacities, matrix metalloprotease type 2 (MMP-2) expression and modulation of sirtuin1 (SIRT1) signaling in human aorta VSMCs (HA-VAMCs). Our results showed that BYHWS was able to inhibit Ang II-induced migration and invasion, with down-regulation of MMP-2. In addition, manipulation of SIRT1 by either over-expression or siRNA knockdown ameliorated or promoted cellular migration and invasion, respectively. Moreover, BYHWS reversed senescence-mediated decrease of SIRT1 levels and SIRT1 was required for BYHWS regulation on migration and invasion of senescent HA-VAMCs. In summary, our data demonstrated that BYHWS suppressed the migration and invasion of age-associated VSMC via an increase of the SIRT1 level, which provides novel insights for the therapy of age-associated cardiovascular diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Aging/drug effects
- Aging/physiology
- Angiotensin II/pharmacology
- Aorta/cytology
- Aorta/physiology
- Cardiovascular Diseases/drug therapy
- Cell Movement/drug effects
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Cellular Senescence/drug effects
- Cellular Senescence/physiology
- Down-Regulation
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Humans
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/physiology
- RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Sirtuin 1/genetics
- Sirtuin 1/metabolism
- Up-Regulation
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- Li Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
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- Department of Liver Disease, Shenzhen Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command
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- Veterinary medicine, Northeast Agricultural University
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
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Yang X, Wang Y, Yan S, Sun L, Yang G, Li Y, Yu C. Effect of testosterone on the proliferation and collagen synthesis of cardiac fibroblasts induced by angiotensin II in neonatal rat. Bioengineered 2016; 8:14-20. [PMID: 27791460 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2016.1227141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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The objective is to explore the effect of testosterone on the proliferation and collagen synthesis of neonatal rat cardiac fibroblasts (CF) induced by Angiotensin II (Ang II) and the underlying mechanisms. Derived from neonatal rats, the CFs were divided into 4 groups: the control group, Ang II group, testosterone group, and testosterone + Ang II group in vitro. Cell cycle distribution, collagen counts, and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) (p - ERK1/2) expression were assessed by flow cytometry, VG staining, and immunocytochemistry, respectively. The Ang II group had a much higher proportion of cells in the S-phase, higher collagen contents, and a higher p - ERK1/2 expression level than either the control or testosterone group. However, these factors were significantly reduced in the testosterone + Ang II group as compared to the Ang II group. In terms of cells in the S-phase and the collagen contents, there was not a significant difference between the testosterone group and the control. However, the protein expression of p-ERK1/2 was significantly increased in the testosterone group as compared to the control. Testosterone inhibits the proliferation and collagen synthesis of CF induced by Ang II. The underlying mechanism may involve the ERK1/2 signaling pathway.
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- Xiaocun Yang
- a Department of Geriatrics , First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Henan Province, Zhengzhou , China
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- a Department of Geriatrics , First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Henan Province, Zhengzhou , China
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- b Department of Endocrinology , First Affiliated Hospital, Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Henan Province, Zhengzhou , China
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- a Department of Geriatrics , First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Henan Province, Zhengzhou , China
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- a Department of Geriatrics , First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Henan Province, Zhengzhou , China
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- a Department of Geriatrics , First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Henan Province, Zhengzhou , China
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- a Department of Geriatrics , First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Henan Province, Zhengzhou , China
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