A selenoprotein T-derived peptide protects the heart against ischaemia/reperfusion injury through inhibition of apoptosis and oxidative stress.
Acta Physiol (Oxf)
; 223(4): e13067, 2018 08.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
Selenoprotein T (SelT or SELENOT) is a novel thioredoxin-like enzyme whose genetic ablation in mice results in early embryonic lethality. SelT exerts an essential cytoprotective action during development and after injury through its redox-active catalytic site. This study aimed to determine the expression and regulation of SelT in the mammalian heart in normal and pathological conditions and to evaluate the cardioprotective effect of a SelT-derived peptide, SelT43-52(PSELT) encompassing the redox motif which is key to its function, against ischaemia/reperfusion(I/R) injury.METHODS:
We used the isolated Langendorff rat heart model and different analyses by immunohistochemistry, Western blot and ELISA.RESULTS:
We found that SelT expression is very abundant in embryo but is undetectable in adult heart. However, SelT expression was tremendously increased after I/R. PSELT (5 nmol/L) was able to induce pharmacological post-conditioning cardioprotection as evidenced by a significant recovery of contractility (dLVP) and reduction of infarct size (IS), without changes in cardiac contracture (LVEDP). In contrast, a control peptide lacking the redox site did not confer cardioprotection. Immunoblot analysis showed that PSELT-dependent cardioprotection is accompanied by a significant increase in phosphorylated Akt, Erk-1/2 and Gsk3α-ß, and a decrement of p38MAPK. PSELT inhibited the pro-apoptotic factors Bax, caspase 3 and cytochrome c and stimulated the anti-apoptotic factor Bcl-2. Furthermore, PSELT significantly reduced several markers of I/R-induced oxidative and nitrosative stress.CONCLUSION:
These results unravel the role of SelT as a cardiac modulator and identify PSELT as an effective pharmacological post-conditioning agent able to protect the heart after ischaemic injury.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fragmentos de Peptídeos
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Tiorredoxina Dissulfeto Redutase
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Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica
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Apoptose
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Estresse Oxidativo
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Miócitos Cardíacos
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Selenoproteínas
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Infarto do Miocárdio
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Antioxidantes
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Physiol (Oxf)
Assunto da revista:
FISIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália