运动训练对小鼠心肌线粒体miR-499-CaN-Drp-1凋亡通路的影响

目的:本文考察游泳训练对小鼠心肌miR-499和相关蛋白的影响,探讨运动干预心肌凋亡的机制。方法:雄性C57BL/6小鼠随机分为3组(n=14):安静组(SE组)、运动训练1组(ET1组)、运动训练2组(ET2)。SE组不运动,ET1组进行8周游泳训练;ET2组在ET1组负荷基础上增加,前5周与ET1相同,后3周每天2次。TUNEL检测心肌凋亡,RT-PCR和Western blot测定miR-499和蛋白。结果:相比SE组,ET1组心肌凋亡指数(AI)、miR-499、Ca N蛋白表达及活性、Drp-1表达均无显著性改变(P0.05);相比SE组,ET2组AI显著性下降(P0.01),miR-499表达显著性升高(P0.05),Drp-1蛋白表达显著性下降(P0.01),但Ca N蛋白表达及活性无显著改变(P0.05)。结论:游泳训练能降低心肌凋亡水平,Drp-1表达下降是凋亡率下降的部分机制,但本研究上游Ca N不参与运动调节心肌凋亡的信号。     

不同强度运动训练对心肌凋亡途径微小RNA及其靶蛋白的影响

目的：考察不同负荷运动训练对小鼠心肌凋亡相关miR-1,miR-21和靶蛋白的影响,探讨运动干预心肌凋亡的可能机制。方法：选取21只C57BL/6小鼠,随机分为3组（n=7）：安静组（SE组）、训练1组（ET1组）、训练2组（ET2）。SE组不进行训练,ET1组完成8周递增负荷游泳训练,5天/周,1次/天,第1周30 min/count,每周增加10 min,第7、8周时间维持在90 min;ET2组在ET1组方案基础上增加负荷,前5周与ET1相同,后3周每天训练2次。TUNEL检测考察心肌凋亡水平,Western blot和RT-PCR分别测定蛋白和miRs的变化。结果：ET1组游泳训练对小鼠心肌凋亡影响不明显,miR-1表达无显著变化,但其靶蛋白Bcl-2表达显著增高（P<0.01）,miR-21及其靶蛋白PDCD4表达均无显著变化。ET2组游泳训练显著降低心肌凋亡水平及miR-1表达（P<0.01）、提高Bcl-2表达（P<0.05）;同时显著提高miR-21表达（P<0.05）,但对PDCD4表达无明显影响。结论：ET1组训练对心肌凋亡干预不明显,ET2组运动训练可降低心肌凋亡水平,miR-1及靶蛋白Bcl-2变化可能是机制之一,PDCD4对运动训练不敏感,miR-21可能与其它靶蛋白参与运动干预心肌凋亡的分子机制。     

虾青素对大鼠运动性心肌损伤的保护作用

本文考察了虾青素对长时间、大强度训练导致的运动性心肌损伤的保护作用。56只SPF级Wistar大鼠随机分为4组:安静对照组(C组,n=12)、一般训练组(M组,n=12)、过度训练组(OM组,n=16)和虾青素+过度训练组(AM组,n=16)。实验中对大鼠以20 mg/kg·d虾青素灌胃56 d,并进行递增负荷游泳训练。末次训练即刻测定血清心肌肌钙蛋白I(c Tn I)含量、心肌超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性、丙二醛(MDA)含量,血清、心肌内皮素(ET)及降钙素基因相关肽(CGRP)含量等相关生化指标。结果显示,8周的训练导致大鼠运动性心肌损伤。(1)血清c Tn I含量,C、M组间无显著差异(P0.05);OM组较C组显著增加(P0.01);AM组显著低于OM组(P0.05)。(2)心肌SOD活性,OM组和AM组显著低于C组(P0.01,P0.05),AM组显著高于OM组(P0.05);心肌MDA含量,OM组和AM组显著高于C组(P0.01,P0.05),AM组显著低于OM组(P0.05)。(3)血清与心肌ET含量,OM组和AM组显著高于C组(P0.01,P0.05),AM组显著低于OM组(P0.01);血清、心肌CGRP含量,OM组和AM组显著低于C组(P0.01,P0.05),AM组显著高于OM组(P0.05)。从而说明补充虾青素可以有效地促进抗氧化酶活性的增加,清除机体产生的过量自由基;抑制内皮细胞分泌内皮素,促进降钙素基因相关肽的分泌,保证二者浓度的相对平衡,从而阻止因长时间、大强度运动导致的心肌脂质过氧化作用和心肌损伤。     

有氧运动对高蛋氨酸饮食大鼠血浆NO、ET和NO/ET系统的影响

目的：探讨有氧运动对高蛋氨酸饮食大鼠血浆总一氧化氮合成酶（T-NOS）、一氧化氮（NO）、内皮素（ET）和NO/ET系统的影响。方法：雄性Wistar大鼠随机分为正常饮食对照组（对照组）、高蛋氨酸饲料组（高蛋氨酸组）和有氧运动＋高蛋氨酸饮食组（运动干预组）。对照组喂饲普通饲料,高蛋氨酸组和运动干预组喂饲含3%蛋氨酸的高蛋氨酸饲料,运动干预组同时每日同时进行90 min无负重游泳运动,实验共8周。分别测定血浆同型半胱氨酸（Hcy）、ET、NO和T-NOS含量。结果：高蛋氨酸组血浆Hcy含量显著高于对照组达2倍以上（P〈0.01）,T-NOS和NO含量显著降低,ET含量显著升高（P〈0.01）,且NO/ET比值均显著降低（P〈0.05）;与高蛋氨酸组相比,运动干预组血浆Hcy含量显著下降（P〈0.05）,T-NOS,NO含量和NO/ET比值显著升高（P〈0.05）,且与对照组相比上述各项指标无显著差异。结论：高蛋氨酸饮食可诱发大鼠高同型半胱氨酸血症,血浆NO/ET失衡;有氧运动可降低高蛋氨酸饮食大鼠血浆Hcy水平,改善NO/ET失衡,预防高同型半胱氨酸血症。     

不同强度运动对大鼠心肌细胞凋亡的影响

通过比较不同强度负荷运动中大鼠心肌细胞的凋亡及其相关基因B细胞淋巴瘤-2(Bcl-2)表达变化的实验研究,试图找出它们之间相互关系的一般规律,为训练制定合理的、适宜的运动负荷提供理论依据.采用8周龄雄性SD大鼠30只,随机分为安静对照组(NC)、中等强度运动组(ME)和大强度运动组(HE),测定心肌细胞的凋亡指数和相关基因B细胞淋巴瘤-2,采用HE染色法观察心肌细胞.结果表明:中等强度运动组和大强度运动组的心肌都有细胞凋亡现象.中等强度运动组的心肌细胞凋亡指数显著升高且差异具有显著性意义(P<0.05),不同强度运动组差异无统计学意义.3组均有Bcl-2表达,中等强度运动组和安静对照组相比具有极显著性差异(P<0.01),大强度运动组和安静对照组相比有显著性差异(P<0.05),大强度运动组表达显著低于中等强度运动组(P<0.05).不适宜的运动负荷会造成大鼠心肌细胞凋亡增加,并且可能参与心肌的损害过程.     

牛磺酸对乳鼠心肌细胞内钙浓度的影响

研究低氧、复氧对乳鼠心肌细胞内钙离子浓度的影响,以及牛磺酸在模拟心肌缺血/再灌注(I/R)过程中对细胞内钙的调节作用。采用SD大鼠乳鼠进行心肌细胞培养,建立模拟I/R模型。以Fluo-4/AM荧光指示剂负载,应用激光共聚焦显微镜技术(confocal laser scanning microscope,CLSM)检测心肌细胞钙离子浓度的变化。对照组心肌细胞内钙离子荧光强度(23.71±2.37U)较低;低氧180 min后复氧即刻,钙离子荧光强度开始增加(57.52±8.31U),复氧180 min后钙离子荧光强度(71.13±4.74U)显著增高(P<0.01vs对照组)。而牛磺酸组细胞内钙离子荧光强度较模拟I/R组显著降低[(42.42±4.17U)vs(71.13±4.74U),P<0.01]。心肌细胞缺血/缺氧导致Ca2+超载;模拟I/R Ca2+超载加剧,而牛磺酸有明显减轻心肌细胞模拟I/R时Ca2+超载的作用。     

游泳训练对小鼠心肌PKCδ/P66shc蛋白表达的影响*

目的:探究不同强度的游泳训练对小鼠心肌P66shc蛋白的影响。方法:将50只昆明小鼠随机分为对照组(C组)、负重游泳组(E组)、负重游泳+药物组(ER组)、非负重游泳组(P组)、非负重游泳+药物组(PR组),10只/组。C组不运动,E组、ER组、P组、PR组进行4周游泳训练,其中E组、ER组以体重3%负荷进行负重游泳,P组、PR组无负重游泳,60 min/d,每周6次。ER组、PR组小鼠在最后2次运动前腹腔注射PKCδ抑制剂Rottlerin(0.3 mg/kg),C组、E组、P组注射同等剂量生理盐水。在训练结束24 h后取样,Western blot测定小鼠心肌PKCδ、P-PKCδ、P66shc、P-P66shc、NOX2蛋白表达;免疫共沉淀测PKCδ和P66shc;生化分析心肌及血清丙二醛(MDA)、心肌活性氧(ROS)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)。结果:与C组比较,E组的PKCδ、P-PKCδ、P66shc、P-P66shc、NOX2蛋白表达均明显增加(P＜0.01),血清和心肌MDA水平、心肌ROS明显增加(P＜0.05或P＜0.01),心肌SOD活性降低(P＜0.01),P组的PKCδ、P-PKCδ、P-P66shc和NOX2明显增加(P＜0.05或P＜0.01),心肌SOD活性增强(P＜0.05);与E组比较,ER组PKCδ(P＜0.01)、P-PKCδ(P＜0.01)、P66shc(P＜0.05)、P-P66shc(P＜0.01)、NOX2(P＜0.05)蛋白表达明显减少,P组P66shc蛋白表达显著减少(P＜0.05),心肌MDA(P＜0.01)和ROS(P＜ 0.05)减少,SOD活性增强(P＜0.01);与P组比较,PR组的PKCδ、P-PKCδ、P-P66shc蛋白表达明显减少(P＜ 0.01),NOX2增加(P＜0.05)。结论:两种强度的游泳训练均促使小鼠心肌细胞内PKCδ蛋白及其磷酸化增加;高强度游泳训练可显著增强P66shc蛋白表达及磷酸化水平,导致ROS大量生成,抗氧化酶活性下降;低强度游泳训练增强P66shc磷酸化但不促进其蛋白表达,心肌抗氧化能力增强,产生运动适应。     

姜黄素预处理对沙漠干热环境中暑大鼠心肌细胞凋亡和Caspase-3活性的影响

目的:研究姜黄素预处理对沙漠干热环境不同阶段中暑大鼠心肌损伤、细胞凋亡及半胱天冬氨酸蛋白酶-3(Caspase-3)活性的影响。方法:选择雄性健康SD大鼠80只,将其随机分为2组(n=40):盐水对照组以及姜黄素预处理组。每组再分为4个亚组(n=10):干热0 min组(即常温组),干热50 min组(轻度中暑组),干热100 min组(中度中暑组),干热150 min组(重度中暑组)。盐水组大鼠给予0.9%生理盐水灌胃,姜黄素组大鼠给予剂量为100 mg/kg姜黄素灌胃,各组大鼠均连续灌胃7天。0 min组置于常温环境中,其余组放置在西北特殊环境人工实验舱内,设置干热环境:温度(41±0.5)℃,湿度(10±1)%,并在相应时间点麻醉大鼠,取血液以及心脏组织。检测血液心肌酶谱磷酸肌酸激酶(CK)、磷酸肌酸激酶同工酶(CK-MB)及乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)水平,用TUNEL法检测心肌细胞凋亡率,Caspase-3比色试剂盒检测Caspase-3活性。结果:随着干热环境时间的延长,大鼠血清CK、CK-MB、LDH水平、心肌细胞凋亡率及心肌组织Caspase-3活性均逐渐升高,而姜黄素预处理组在干热环境放置50 min、100 min和150 min时的血清CK、CK-MB、LDH水平、心肌细胞凋亡率及心肌组织Caspase-3活性均明显低于对照组(P0.01)。结论:姜黄素预处理可通过减少心肌细胞凋亡、增加Caspase-3活性,保护沙漠干热环境中暑大鼠心肌损伤。     

钠氢交换体1在慢性心衰大鼠心肌组织及血浆中的表达

目的:观察钠氢交换体1(sodium-hydrogen exchanger 1,NHE-1)在慢性心衰大鼠心肌组织及血浆中的表达,探讨NIlE-1在慢性心衰发生和发展中的作用.方法:40只雄性SD大鼠随机分为心袁组30只和对照组10只,心衰组予以阿霉素(ADR)2.5mg/kg/w,腹腔注射,共6周,对照组予相同剂量生理盐水腹腔注射.6周后进行心脏超声检测左室舒张末径(LVEDO)、左室收缩末径(LVESD)、室间隔厚度(IVST)、左室后壁厚度(LVPWT)、短轴缩短率(FS),左室射血分数(LVEF).分别测定各组大鼠体重(BW)、心室重量(VW)、左心室重量(LVW),计算心室重量指数VWI(VW/BW)、左心室重量指数LVWI(LVW/BW).取血检测血浆中NHE-1的浓度,并取心肌观察病理形态学特征,用免疫组化法检测心肌组织中NHE-1的表达量.结果:与对照组相比,心衰组大鼠LVEF、FS明显下降(P<0.01),LVEDD、LVESD显著扩大(P<0.01),VWI、LVWI明显增加(P<0.01),血浆N HE-1浓度显著升高(P<0.01),心肌组织中NHE-1蛋白表达量明显升高(P<0.01).结论:提示NHE-1可能在慢性心衰的发生和发展过程中起着重要作用.     

美洲大蠊提取物对力竭运动大鼠心血管氧化损伤的保护作用

目的:通过美洲大蠊提取物(PAE)对力竭运动大鼠心肌自由基代谢的影响,探讨其对心肌氧化损伤的保护作用。方法:雄性SPF级健康SD大鼠40只,随机分为安静组、运动组、美洲大蠊提取物安静组、美洲大蠊提取物运动组(n=10)。服药组每天灌服2 ml美洲大蠊提取物(美洲大蠊提取物按50 mg/kg配制,溶于2 ml蒸馏水中灌胃给药),对照组每次灌蒸馏水2 ml。每天灌胃1次,连续灌胃14 d后,美洲大蠊提取物运动组与运动组大鼠进行一次性力竭游泳运动建立力竭模型,记录大鼠力竭运动时间。力竭运动结束时即刻取样,检测血清中丙二醛(MDA)含量、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性,并检测观察心肌组织中一氧化氮合酶(NOS)基因的表达情况。结果:与安静组相比,一次力竭游泳后,运动组心肌SOD、GSH-Px的活性明显降低(P0.01),而MDA含量显著升高(P0.01);而美洲大蠊提取物能够显著提高力竭SD大鼠的心肌SOD、GSH-Px的活性(P0.01),降低MDA含量(P0.01),e Nos基因表达增高。结论:大鼠力竭运动后心肌会发生氧化损伤,美洲大蠊提取物干预后能够增加力竭运动后大鼠心肌的抗氧化能力,对力竭运动所致心肌损伤具有一定的保护作用,进而增强大鼠运动能力。     

Kinetic studies on sodium-dependent calcium uptake by myocardial cells and neuroblastoma cells in culture

Kinetic analyses were made on intracellular Na⁺-dependent Ca²⁺ uptake by myocardial cells and neuroblastoma cells (N-18 strain) in culture. Cells loaded with various concentrations of Na⁺ could be prepared by incubating them in Ca²⁺-free medium containing various concentrations of Na⁺. Cells pre-loaded with various concentrations of Na⁺ were incubated in medium containing Ca²⁺ and ⁴⁵Ca. The resulting ⁴⁵Ca uptake by the two types of cell depended greatly on the initial intracellular concentrations of Na⁺. Lineweaver-Burk plots of the initial rate of Ca²⁺ uptake against the external concentration of Ca²⁺ fitted well to straight lines obtained by linear regression (r > 0.95). This result shows that Ca²⁺ uptake by the two types of cell was achieved by a carrier-mediated transport system. This Na⁺-dependent Ca²⁺ uptake was accompanied by Na⁺ release and the ratio of Na⁺ release to Ca²⁺ uptake was close to 3 : 1. A comparison of the kinetic data between myocardial cells and N-18 cells suggested that N-18 cells possess a carrier showing the same properties as that of myocardial cells, i.e.: (1) a similar dependency on the intracellular concentration of Na⁺; (2) the coincidence of the apparent Michaelis constants for Ca²⁺ (0.1 mM); (3) the similarities of the K_i values for Co²⁺, Sr²⁺ and Mg²⁺ (Co²⁺ < Sr²⁺ < Mg²⁺) and (4) a similar dependency on pH. However, the maximal initial rate, V, of N-18 cells was about $\text{1}\text{100}$ that of myocardial cells. The rate of Na⁺-dependent Ca²⁺ uptake by non-excitable cells was much lower than that by myocardial cells.     

Differential action of 7 beta-hydroxycholesterol on myocardial cells and fibroblasts. Obtaining primary cultures of pure myocardial cells

Newborn rat myocardial cells, grown in primary cultures, beat synchronously. Addition of 7 beta-hydroxycholesterol, at a 2.5 microM concentration, impairs this synchrony and may even stop any contraction. The associated fibroblasts no longer adhere to the support, and can be washed away by fresh culture medium. This restores the synchronous beatings of the myocardial cells, the viability of which is then even improved while they grow in the absence of fibroblasts.     

T-tubes in cultured mammalian myocardial cells

Summary T-tubes are among the last structural elements of the mammalian myocyte to develop in vivo. We were able to identify T-tubes in early cultures of neonatal rat myocytes. Ventricles were excised from 3- to 4-day-old neonatal rats, incubated overnight in cold trypsin, and treated with sequential changes of collagenase-hyaluronidase. Fractions of cells isolated in this manner were pooled and cultured in plastic petri dishes. In cells prepared for transmission electron microscopy, T-tubes were observed at the cell periphery of cultured myocytes, but were more difficult to identify as the cultures aged and became overgrown by fibroblasts. T-tubes were identified by virtue of their continuity with the sarcolemma, their relatively large diameter, and their regular entry at the level of the Z line. Even at optimal culture ages, T-tubes were not present in every myocyte. At the times T-tubes could be located, myocytes were beating and had begun to establish intercalated discs and gap junctions. The de novo formation of T-tubes in cultured myocytes of neonatal rat heart reflects a duplication of in vivo differentiation by the cultured myocyte. The appropriateness of cultured myocytes in the study of the development and physiology of the heart is emphasized by the in vitro formation of T-tubes.Supported by research grants from the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc., The Schlieder Foundation, and USPH-Training Grant HL 07098-04. The authors are indebted to Philip Constantin for assistance in dissociating and culturing heart tissue.     

Barium-induced electro-mechanical uncoupling in myocardial cells

The heart of the adult moth Hyalophora cecropia requires extracellular calcium to maintain electrogenesis as well as tension development. In this study we ask whether the processes of autorhythmicity, driven electrogenesis and tension development require calcium specifically or whether the divalent cation Ba2+ can be substituted for calcium to support these activities. Ba2+ substituted for Ca2+ in equimolar amounts caused a marked (25 mV) hyperpolarization, suppression both of pacemaker activity and of tension development in spontaneously beating semi-isolated heart cells. Heart cells bathed in Ba2+ saline and paced by action potentials (produced by external stimuli) of greatly increased amplitude, prolonged phase 2 (plateau) and increased latency, and after 30 min, no mechanical activity was observed. These changes were completely reversible when calcium was reintroduced. We conclude that Ba2+ substitution for Ca2+ is an effective electromechanical uncoupler in moth heart cells. Although Ba2+ can support electrogenesis, it cannot replace 'trigger'-Ca2+ needed to release calcium from sarcoplasmic stores to effect tension development.     

Effects of hypoxia on lipolysis in isolated rat myocardial cells

Summary The effect of hypoxia on myocardial lipolysis (glycerol release) was investigated in freshly isolated, calcium-tolerant rat ventricular myocytes. Hypoxia was produced by gassing the incubation medium (Joklik-minimum essential medium, supplemented with 1.2 mM MgSO₄, 1 mM DL-carnitine, 1.5 mM CaCl₂ and 0.6 mM palmitate bound to 0.15 mM fatty acid free bovine serum albumin) with 95% N₂–5% CO,. Control (normoxic) incubations were carried out under air-5% CO₂ atmosphere. Basal glycerol release increased from 46.6 ± 3.0 nmol/106 cells · 30 min in normoxia to 64.5 ± 4.3 nmol/10⁶ cells · 30 min in hypoxia (p < 0.05). Addition of isoprenaline (10 M) resulted in a significant (p < 0.05) stimulation of the glycerol release both in normoxia and in hypoxia, but the enhancement above basal rates was apparently lower in hypoxia (8.7 ± 2.5 nmol/10⁶ cells · 30 min) than in normoxia (12.2 ± 2.7 nmol/106 cells · 30 min). Furthermore, whereas the isoprenaline-induced rise in lipolysis both in normoxia and hypoxia was prevented by inclusion of propranolol (10 M), propranolol did not affect the hypoxia-induced increase in lipolysis. Thus, the above findings suggest that myocardial lipolysis may be stimulated by local non-adrenergic mechanisms during hypoxia.     

Starvation-induced microautophagic vacuoles in rat myocardial cells

During prolonged starvation the heart atrophies and loses protein mass. Debate lingers over the basic mechanisms in the production of negative cardiac protein balance during starvation. The extent to which cardiac proteolysis takes place within the lysosomal vacuolar system is unknown. The present communication examines the starvation-induced changes within the lysosomal system of rat myocardial cells, as studied by means of conventional electron-microscopic techniques. Special attention has been paid to the occurrence of microautophagic vacuoles. It is concluded that during prolonged starvation microautophagic vacuoles appear in rat myocardial cells, suggesting the induction of a microautophagic pathway of lysosomal proteolysis.     

Association between mitochondria and gap junctions in mammalian myocardial cells

In ventricular myocardial cells of mouse, guinea-pig, dog, and monkey, mitochondria frequently form close associations with gap junctions, the two structures being separated by a space of 20 nm or less. Similar appositions are found in both the mature atria and the developing myocardium of the mouse. The gap junctions assume a variety of configurations with respect to the apposed mitochondria. These include profiles in which the gap junctions conform closely to the contours of mitochondria, as well as profiles in which finger-like sarcolemmal evaginations, composed entirely of gap junctions, extend longitudinally or transversely into an adjoining cell to envelop mitochondria. In mouse ventricular wall, over 40% of the length of gap junctions is juxtaposed to mitochondria, and strands of connecting material are often present in the interspace between the two structures. In addition, in freeze-fracture replicas, portions of mitochondria are found attached to areas of myocardial sarcolemma that contain gap-junctional particles. Since mitochondria are known to sequester Ca²⁺ ion, it is possible that the close association between mitochondria and gap junction may function to buffer the intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration near the gap junctions, and thereby regulate the ionic permeability of the gap junctions.