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Influence of hemodynamics on myocardial cell cardiac index and its molecular mechanism
Famin Ye1, Rongqing Sun2, Qingmin Li3
1Henan Province People´s Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Insights
Hemodynamics reduce inflammation-induced apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells by increasing the cardiac index. This finding offers insights into atherosclerosis mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Biology
- Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Biophysics
Background:
- Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (CCVD), particularly atherosclerosis (AS), are increasing due to lifestyle changes.
- Endothelial cell injury and inflammation are key factors in AS development, but molecular mechanisms require further study.
- Understanding the role of hemodynamics in endothelial cell function is crucial for AS research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the influence of hemodynamics on cardiac index in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC).
- To elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which hemodynamics affect endothelial cell apoptosis and growth.
- To explore the potential role of hemodynamics in mitigating LPS-induced endothelial cell injury.
Main Methods:
- HUVEC were treated with Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to induce injury and inflammation.
- Hemodynamic conditions were simulated using a Parallel-Plate Flow Chamber (16 dyn/cm²).
- Cell viability (MTT assay), apoptosis (flow cytometry), and cardiac index (RT-PCR, Western blot) were assessed. Gene overexpression and knockdown were used to study cardiac index function.
Main Results:
- LPS inhibited HUVEC growth and induced apoptosis.
- Hemodynamics (16 dyn/cm²) attenuated LPS-induced growth inhibition and apoptosis.
- LPS reduced HUVEC cardiac index in a dose-dependent manner; hemodynamics increased cardiac index.
- Cardiac index overexpression inhibited LPS-induced apoptosis, while knockdown enhanced it.
Conclusions:
- Hemodynamics can inhibit LPS-induced HUVEC apoptosis, potentially by upregulating the cardiac index.
- This mechanism may contribute to the protective effects of hemodynamics against atherosclerosis.
- Targeting the cardiac index could be a novel therapeutic strategy for AS.
Abstract:
With the improvement of people's living standards and change of lifestyles, the morbidity of the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, CCVD), especially the atherosclerosis (atherosclerosis, AS), presents a rising tendency year by year. The injury and inflammatory reaction of endothelial cells is one of the important factors causing AS. However, its molecular mechanism still needs further studying. This paper will discuss the influence of hemodynamics on the cardiac muscle cells cardiac index and its molecular mechanism. The Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (Human umbilical vein endothelial cells, HUVEC) were cultivated and separated and processed by 100ng Lipopolysaccharide (Lipopolysaccharide, LPS) to simulate the injury and inflammation state of the vascular endothelial cells. The hemodynamic state was simulated by the Parallel-Plate Flow Chamber in laboratory. And the MTT was adopted to detect HUVEC growth and the flow cytometry (flow cytometry, FCT) to detect HUVEC apoptosis. And the cardiac index was tested by RT-PCR and western blot. And the cell apoptosis caused by LPS was tested when the cardiac index was over-expressed and reduced. LPS could inhabit HUVEC growth and lead to its apoptosis. Hemodynamics (16dyn/cm2) could reduce HUVEC growth inhibition and apoptosis caused by LPS. And the dose-dependent LPS reduced HUVEC cardiac index, while when it was processed by the hemodynamics (16dyn/cm2), the HUVEC cardiac index would increase. And the over-expression of the cardiac index could inhabit the cell apoptosis caused by LPS, and the interference technology was adopted to deal with the cardiac index, which could enhance the cell apoptosis caused by LPS. Hemodynamics could inhabit the HUVEC apoptosis caused by LPS, which might be one of the reasons causing AS, through enhancing the cardiac index.
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