Tianjin Medical Journal ›› 2024, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (2): 119-123.doi: 10.11958/20231027

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Mechanism of BMAL1 attenuating H2O2-induced cardiomyocyte injury

YI Na1(), XIAO Wen2, TIAN Yuan3, YUAN Lili3,()   

  1. 1. Department of Cardiology, the Fourth Hospital of Changsha, Changsha 410007, China
    2. College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University
    3. Department of Cardiology, Brain Hospital of Hunan Province
  • Received:2023-07-20 Revised:2023-09-01 Published:2024-02-15 Online:2024-01-26
  • Contact: E-mail: shushu622@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the effect of BMAL1 on H2O2-induced cardiomyocyte injury through NRF2-regulated ROS/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway. Methods H9c2 cells and H9c2 cells with stable over-expressed BMAL1 were cultured and divided into the control group, the H2O2 group, the BMAL1-OE group, the BMAL1-OE+H2O2 group, the BMAL1-OE+ML385 group and the BMAL1-OE+ML385+H2O2 group. All groups were pre-intervened with corresponding inhibitors, and then treated with 0.2 mmol/L H2O2, except for the control group and the BMAL1-OE group. After the intervention, CCK-8 assay was used to measure cell viability, fluorescent probe DCFH-DA was used to measure ROS generation and Western blot assay was used to detect BMAL1, NRF2 and NLRP3 protein expressions. ELISA was used to determine IL-1β release. Results Compared with the control group, the cell viability was decreased, ROS generation was increased, BMAL1 and NRF2 protein expressions were decreased, NLRP3 expression and IL-1β release were increased in the H2O2 group (P<0.05). Compared with the H2O2 group, the cell viability was increased, ROS generation was decreased, BMAL1-OE and NRF2 protein expressions were increased, NLRP3 expression and IL-1β release were decreased in the BMAL1-OE+H2O2 group (P<0.05). Compared with the BMAL1-OE+H2O2 group, the cell viability was decreased, ROS generation was increased, NLRP3 expression and IL-1β release were increased in the BMAL1-OE+ML385+H2O2 group (P<0.05). Conclusion BMAL1 attenuates H2O2-induced H9c2 cardiomyocyte injury, and its mechanism may be related to the regulation of ROS/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway through NRF2.

Key words: ARNTL transcription factors, NF-E2-related factor 2, reactive oxygen species, NLR family, pyrin domain-containing 3 protein, BMAL1, inflammasome

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