Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (52): 8463-8469.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.52.018

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Rat tail tendon collagens protect cardiomyocytes against oxidative damage  

Bao Xin-hui, Li Xiao-mei, Tao Jing, Yang Yi-ning, Ma Yi-tong, Chen Bang-dang   

  1. the First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • Revised:2014-10-07 Online:2014-12-17 Published:2014-12-17
  • Contact: Li Xiao-mei, Associate chief physician, Associate professor, the First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Bao Xin-hui, Studying for master’s degree, the First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81060021

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Although collagen has been approved to have antioxidant effect, there is no relevant research at the cell level. Previous experimental studies have focused on the effect of rat tail tendon collagens to promote cell adhesion and scaffold construction.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the protective role of rat tail tendon collagen in oxidative stress of cardiomyocytes induced by hydrogen peroxide.
METHODS: Primary neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were seeded in culture dish with or without rat tail tendon collagen randomly, then both treated with various concentration of H2O2 (0, 10, 100 µmol/L) for 24 hours. Then, the morphology of cardiomyocytes was observed by inverted fluorescence microscope, the viability of cardiomyocytes wasmeasured by MTT assay, TUNEL was used to detect the apoptosis of cardiomyocytes, the percentage of apoptotic cells was determined by flow cytometry, superoxide dismutase activity was detected by xanthine oxidase method, glucosinolates barbitone colorimetry was used to detect the contents of malonaldehyde and western blot assay was used to detect the expression of Bax and Bcl-2.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: With the increasing of the concentration of H2O2, cardiomyocytes cultured with or without rat tail tendon collagen were observed severer in apoptotic state; the cell viability and superoxide dismutase activity were significantly reduced; the percentage of apoptotic cells and content of malonaldehyde were significantly increased; the Bcl-2/Bax ratio was reduced in dose-dependent manner. In the same concentration of H2O2, compared with the cells cultured without rat tail tendon collagen, the apoptotic state of cells cultured with rat tail tendon collagen was significantly relieved, the viability of cardiomyocytes, superoxide dismutase activity and Bcl-2/Bax ratio were higher, and the apoptosis rate and malonaldehyde content were reduced. These findings indicate that rat tail tendon collagen can protect cardiomyocytes against H2O2 induced oxidative stress injury through improvement of superoxide dismutase activity and Bcl-2 expression and reduction of malonaldehyde content.  

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Key words: collagen, myocytes, cardiac, hydrogen peroxide

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