Effect of Phenylephrine on Myocardial Fibrosis Regulation With its Relevance to TGF-β/smads/CTGF Signal Pathway in Experimental Rats
10.3969/j.issn.1000-3614.2016.12.013
- VernacularTitle:苯肾上腺素对大鼠心肌纤维化的调节及其与转化生长因子-β1、果蝇母性DPP同源蛋白3及结缔组织生长因子信号通路的关系
- Author:
Hui CAO
;
Xiao PANG
;
Shuo WANG
;
Yan TANG
- Keywords:
Phenylephrine;
Myocardial ifbrosis;
Transforming growth factor-β1
- From:
Chinese Circulation Journal
2016;31(12):1205-1209
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To observe the effect of phenylephrine (PE) on pressure overload induced myocardial ifbrosis (MF) with its relevance to transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), drosophila mothers against decapentaplegic protein 3 (smad3) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) signal pathway in experimental rats.
Methods: A total of 28 male SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: Control group, AAC (abdominal aorta coarctation) group, AAC+PE group and AAC+prazosin group.n=7 in each group. Collagen volume fraction (CVF) of left ventricle was observed by myocardial collagen morphology, left ventricular myocardial tissue protein expressions of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), TGF-β1, smad3 and CTGF were measured by immunohistochemistry, protein expression of α-SMA was also examined by Western blot analysis.
Results:①Myocardial collagen morphology presented that compared with Control group, AAC, AAC+PE and AAC+prazosin groups had increased CVF, allP<0.01; compared with AAC group, AAC+PE group had decreased CVF, P<0.01.②Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that compared with Control group, AAC, AAC+PE and AAC+prazosin groups had up-regulated protein expressions of α-SMA, TGF-β1, smad3 and CTGF, allP<0.01; compared with AAC group, AAC+PE group had down-regulated protein expressions of α-SMA, TGF-β1, smad3 and CTGF, allP<0.01.③Western blot analysis indicated that compared with Control group, AAC, AAC+PE and AAC+prazosin groups had the higher α-SMA expression, allP<0.05; compared with AAC group, AAC+PE group had the lower α-SMA expression, P<0.01.
Conclusion: Phenylephrine could improve pressure overload induced MF in experimental rats which might be related to TGF-β1/smads signal pathway inhibition and CTGF down-regulation.
