Tianjin Medical Journal ›› 2024, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (12): 1233-1238.doi: 10.11958/20240846

• Cell and Molecular Biology •     Next Articles

Phlorizin allevistes oxidative stress and apoptosis of rat cardiac myocytes H9C2 induced by hypoxia/reoxygenation by down-regulating miR-125a-5p

MIAO Chunbo(), XU Yingchun(), CHANG Yifang   

  1. Department of Cardiology, Liaocheng Second People's Hospital, Liaocheng 252600, China
  • Received:2024-07-01 Revised:2024-09-23 Published:2024-12-15 Online:2024-12-17
  • Contact: △E-mail:xuyingchun5802@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the effect of phlorizin on the apoptosis and oxidative stress of rat cardiomyocytes H9C2 induced by hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) and its possible mechanism. Methods H9C2 cells were cultured in vitro. H/R model was established after pretreatment with different doses (16, 32, 64 μmol/L) of phlorizin or transfection with anti-miR-125a-5p, anti-miR-NC, miR-125a-5p mimics and negative controls. Proliferation was detected by CCK-8, and apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry. The protein expression levels of B lymphoblastoma-2 associated X protein (Bax) and B lymphocytoma-2 (Bcl-2) were detected by Western blot assay. The release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) were detected by colorimetric method. Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression of miR-125a-5p. Results Compared with the H/R group, inhibition rate, apoptosis rate, Bax protein expression, LDH content and miR-125a-5p expression were decreased after low, medium and high doses of phlorizin treatment (P<0.05), and SOD activity, Bcl-2 protein expression were increased (P<0.05). After inhibiting the expression of miR-125a-5p, the inhibition rate, apoptosis rate, Bax protein expression and LDH content of H9C2 cells induced by H/R were decreased (P<0.05), and SOD activity, Bcl-2 protein expression were increased (P<0.05). Overexpression of miR-125a-5p reversed the effect of phloridin on H/R-induced proliferation, apoptosis and oxidative stress of H9C2 cells. Conclusion Phlorizin may reduce H/R-induced apoptosis and oxidative stress in H9C2 cells by decreasing the expression of miR-125a-5p.

Key words: myocardial reperfusion injury, cell hypoxia, myocardium, microRNAs, apoptosis, oxidative stress, Phlorizin, miR-125a-5p

CLC Number: