School of Food Science and Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
Key Lab of Meat Processing and Quality Control, MOE, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Nutrients. 2023 Dec 6;15(24):5021. doi: 10.3390/nu15245021.
The research purpose was to investigate the effects and the underlying molecular mechanisms of bovine bone gelatin peptides (BGP) on myocardial hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). BGP relieved myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis in SHR rats in a dose-dependent manner by reducing the left ventricular mass index, myocardial cell diameter, myocardial fibrosis area, and levels of myocardial hypertrophy markers (atrial natriuretic and brain natriuretic peptide). Label-free quantitative proteomics analysis showed that long-term administration of BGP changed the left ventricle proteomes of SHR. The 37 differentially expressed proteins in the high-dose BGP group participated in multiple signaling pathways associated with cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis indicating that BGP could play a cardioprotective effect on SHR rats by targeting multiple signaling pathways. Further validation experiments showed that a high dose of BGP inhibited the expression of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (Pi3k), phosphorylated protein kinase B (p-Akt), and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) in the myocardial tissue of SHR rats. Together, BGP could be an effective candidate for functional nutritional supplements to inhibit myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis by negatively regulating the TGF-β1 and Pi3k/Akt signaling pathways.
本研究旨在探讨牛骨胶原蛋白肽(BGP)对自发性高血压大鼠(SHR)心肌肥大的作用及其潜在的分子机制。BGP 通过降低左心室质量指数、心肌细胞直径、心肌纤维化面积和心肌肥大标志物(心房利钠肽和脑利钠肽)水平,以剂量依赖的方式缓解 SHR 大鼠的心肌肥大和纤维化。无标记定量蛋白质组学分析表明,BGP 的长期给药改变了 SHR 的左心室蛋白质组。高剂量 BGP 组中 37 个差异表达蛋白参与了多个与心肌肥大和纤维化相关的信号通路,表明 BGP 可能通过靶向多个信号通路对 SHR 大鼠发挥心脏保护作用。进一步的验证实验表明,高剂量 BGP 抑制了 SHR 大鼠心肌组织中磷酸肌醇 3-激酶(Pi3k)、磷酸化蛋白激酶 B(p-Akt)和转化生长因子-β1(TGF-β1)的表达。综上所述,BGP 可作为一种有效的功能性营养补充剂,通过负调控 TGF-β1 和 Pi3k/Akt 信号通路,抑制心肌肥大和纤维化。