[The protection of heme oxygenase-1 from acute cardiocyte injury in rats].

OBJECTIVE

To observe the protection of Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cardiocyte injury and its mechanism.

METHODS

Cardiocyte was isolated from SD neonate rat and cultured in vitro, and was divided into control group (normal culture), LPS group (with stimulation of 30 micromoL/L LPS for 1 hour), LPS + Hemin group (with same treatment to LPS group after stimulation of 5 micromoL/L Hemin for 1 hour), and LPS + ZnPP group (with same treatment to LPS group after stimulation of 3 micromoL/L ZnPP for 1 hour). The level of lactic-dehydrogenase (LDH), malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) were measured by thio-barbituric acid and xanthine oxidase techniques. The cell heart rhythm, survival rate and apoptosis rate were examined. The expressions of nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB), HO-1 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were measured with Western blotting. The HO-1 mRNA was examined by RT-PCR.

RESULTS

The level of LDH and MDA in LPS, LPS + Hemin, and LPS + ZnPP groups were (113 +/- 15), (79 +/- 13), (154 +/- 22) U/L, and (1.88 +/- 0.36), (1.16 +/- 0.32), (2.84 +/- 0.44) mmoL/L respectively, which were all obviously higher than those in control group [(69 +/- 10) U/L, (0.87 +/- 0.25) mmol/L, P < 0.05]. The level of SOD in LPS, PS + Hemin, and LPS + ZnPP groups (17.8 +/- 1.8, 22.5 +/- 2.4, 13.4 +/- 1.5 U/mL, respectively) was all obviously lower than that in control group (24.3 +/- 3.6 U/mL, P < 0.05). The apoptosis rate and heart rhythm were obviously higher and survival rate significantly lower in LPS, LPS + Hemin, and LPS + ZnPP groups than those in control group (P < 0.05). The level of HO-1mRNA in LPS, LPS + Hemin, and LPS + ZnPP groups was higher than that in control group (P < 0.01), among which LPS + Hemin group was the highest. The level of HO-1, TNF-alpha and NF-kappaB in LPS, LPS + Hemin, and LPS + ZnPP groups was higher than those in control group (P < 0.05), among which the level of HO-1 protein in LPS + Hemin group was the highest, the level of TNF-alpha and NF-kappaB in LPS + ZnPP group was highest.

CONCLUSION

LPS can induce cardiocyte injury, which can be inhibited through the anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and anti-apoptosis functions by HO-1.