Effects of mouse recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-7 transfection on cell apoptosis, NF-kappaB, and downstream genes in cultured primary cardiomyocytes after simulated ischemia and reperfusion injury

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Ji-Hong XuTie-Zheng Zhang

Abstract

To evaluate the acting mechanism of bone morphogenetic protein-7 in anti-ischemic protective effect, we investigate the effects of BMP-7 transfection on cell apoptosis, NF-kappaB activity, and downstream genes in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes during simulated ischemia-reperfusion. In vitro cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were divided into four groups: normal control group (Group C), simulated ischemia-reperfusion group (Group IR: cultured cardiomyocytes were subjected to 2 hours hypoxia followed by 4 hours reoxygenation), transfected group (Group BT: after transfection with pcDNA3.1-BMP-7 plasmid, cardiomyocytes were subjected to 2 hours hypoxia/4 hours reoxygenation), and empty vector control group (Group ET: same as group BT except that cells were transfected with empty pcDNA3.1 vector). Malondialdehyde content, superoxide dismutase activity, and Ca(2+) concentration were measured. Terminal deoxynucleotide transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling staining and fluorescence activated cell sorting assay were applied to determine the apoptotic rate of cardiomyocytes and immunocytochemistry and Western blot were used to detect nuclear expression of NF-kappaB in cardiomyocytes. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction ...Continue Reading

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