Gasz Balazs, Rácz Boglarka, Röth Erzsebet, Borsiczky Balazs, Tamás Andrea, Boronkai Arpad, Gallyas Ferenc, Tóth Gabor, Reglodi Dora
Department of Anatomy, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Szigeti u 12. Hungary.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Jul;1070:293-7. doi: 10.1196/annals.1317.029.
The present article investigated the effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) on oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Our results show that PACAP decreased the ratio of apoptotic cells following H2O2 treatment. PACAP also diminished the activity of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase. These effects of PACAP were counteracted by the PACAP antagonist PACAP6-38. In summary, our results show that PACAP is able to attenuate oxidative stress-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis and suggest that its cardioprotective effect is mediated through inhibition of the MAP kinase-dependent apoptotic pathway.
本文研究了垂体腺苷酸环化酶激活多肽(PACAP)对新生大鼠心肌细胞氧化应激诱导凋亡的影响。我们的结果表明,PACAP降低了H2O2处理后凋亡细胞的比例。PACAP还降低了凋亡信号调节激酶的活性。PACAP拮抗剂PACAP6-38可抵消PACAP的这些作用。总之,我们的结果表明,PACAP能够减轻氧化应激诱导的心肌细胞凋亡,并提示其心脏保护作用是通过抑制丝裂原活化蛋白激酶(MAP激酶)依赖性凋亡途径介导的。