Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Arch Physiol Biochem. 2022 Feb;128(1):270-275. doi: 10.1080/13813455.2019.1675712. Epub 2019 Oct 9.
Hypoxia is the main stimulus for angiogenesis. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and miR-210 are involved in the hypoxia-induced angiogenesis. This study examined the effects of hypoxia and/or ghrelin on miR-210, HIF-1α, and VEGF levels in the heart of rats.
Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups ( = 6): control; ghrelin, received daily intraperitoneal injections of ghrelin; hypoxia, was exposed to hypoxic condition; hypoxia + ghrelin, was exposed to hypoxic condition and received intraperitoneal injections of ghrelin, for 2 weeks. Myocardial angiogenesis, the expression level of miR-210, and protein levels of HIF-1α and VEGF were assayed in the heart samples.
Hypoxia increased myocardial angiogenesis and cardiac levels of miR-210, HIF-1α, and VEGF. However, ghrelin inhibited these hypoxia-induced changes. Interestingly, ghrelin had no significant effect on miR-210, HIF-1α, and VEGF levels in normoxic condition.
Ghrelin may be useful as an anti-angiogenic factor.
缺氧是血管生成的主要刺激因素。缺氧诱导因子(HIF)-1α、血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)和 miR-210 参与了缺氧诱导的血管生成。本研究探讨了缺氧和/或胃饥饿素对大鼠心脏中 miR-210、HIF-1α 和 VEGF 水平的影响。
将 Wistar 大鼠随机分为 4 组(每组 6 只):对照组;给予胃饥饿素的胃饥饿素组,每天接受腹腔注射胃饥饿素;缺氧组,暴露于缺氧环境;缺氧+胃饥饿素组,暴露于缺氧环境并接受腹腔注射胃饥饿素,持续 2 周。检测心脏样本中的心肌血管生成、miR-210 的表达水平以及 HIF-1α 和 VEGF 的蛋白水平。
缺氧增加了心肌血管生成和心脏中 miR-210、HIF-1α 和 VEGF 的水平。然而,胃饥饿素抑制了这些缺氧诱导的变化。有趣的是,胃饥饿素在常氧条件下对 miR-210、HIF-1α 和 VEGF 水平没有显著影响。
胃饥饿素可能作为一种抗血管生成因子具有应用价值。