PMID- 26769958 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161227 LR - 20171116 IS - 1522-1601 (Electronic) IS - 0161-7567 (Linking) VI - 120 IP - 8 DP - 2016 Apr 15 TI - Effect of superoxide anion scavenger on rat hearts with chronic intermittent hypoxia. PG - 982-90 LID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.01109.2014 [doi] AB - Only very limited information regarding the protective effects of the superoxide anion scavenger on chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced cardiac apoptosis is available. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of the superoxide anion scavenger on cardiac apoptotic and prosurvival pathways in rats with sleep apnea. Forty-two Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups, rats with normoxic exposure (Control, 21% O2, 1 mo), rats with chronic intermittent hypoxia exposure (Hypoxia, 3-7% O2vs. 21% O2per 40 s cycle, 8 h per day, 1 mo), and rats with pretreatment of the superoxide anion scavenger and chronic intermittent hypoxia exposure (Hypoxia-O2 (-)-Scavenger, MnTMPyP pentachloride, 1 mg/kg ip per day; 3-7% O2vs. 21% O2per 40 s cycle, 8 h per day, 1 mo) at 5-6 mo of age. After 1 mo, the protein levels and apoptotic cells of excised hearts from three groups were measured by Western blotting and terminal deoxynucleotide transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay. The superoxide anion scavenger decreased hypoxia-induced myocardial architecture abnormalities, left ventricular hypertrophy, and TUNEL-positive apoptosis. The superoxide anion scavenger decreased hypoxia-induced Fas ligand, Fas death receptors, Fas-associated death domain (FADD), activated caspase-8, and activated caspase-3 (Fas-dependent apoptotic pathway) as well as Bad, activated caspase-9 and activated caspase-3 (mitochondria-dependent apoptotic pathway), endonuclease G (EndoG), apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF), and TUNEL-positive apoptosis. The superoxide anion scavenger increased IGF-1, IGF-1R, p-PI3k, p-Akt, p-Bad, Bcl-2, and Bcl-xL (survival pathway). Our findings imply that the superoxide anion scavenger might prevent cardiac Fas-mediated and mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis and enhance the IGF-1-related survival pathway in chronic intermittent hypoxia. The superoxide anion scavenger may prevent chronic sleep apnea-enhanced cardiac apoptotic pathways and enhances cardiac survival pathways. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 the American Physiological Society. FAU - Pai, Peiying AU - Pai P AD - China Medical University, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, Taichung, Taiwan; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; FAU - Lai, Ching Jung AU - Lai CJ AD - Department of Physiology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; FAU - Lin, Ching-Yuang AU - Lin CY AD - China Medical University, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, Taichung, Taiwan; Clinical Immunology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; FAU - Liou, Yi-Fan AU - Liou YF AD - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; FAU - Huang, Chih-Yang AU - Huang CY AD - Graduate Institute of Chinese Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Institute of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan; FAU - Lee, Shin-Da AU - Lee SD AD - School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China; Department of Occupational Therapy, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan; and Department of Physical Therapy, Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan shinda@mail.cmu.edu.tw. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160114 PL - United States TA - J Appl Physiol (1985) JT - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) JID - 8502536 RN - 0 (Apoptosis Inducing Factor) RN - 0 (fas Receptor) RN - 11062-77-4 (Superoxides) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/physiology MH - Apoptosis Inducing Factor/metabolism MH - Caspases/metabolism MH - Heart/*physiopathology MH - Hypoxia/metabolism/*physiopathology MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism MH - Mitochondria, Heart/metabolism/physiology MH - Myocardium/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Sleep Apnea Syndromes/metabolism/physiopathology MH - Superoxides/*metabolism MH - fas Receptor/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Fas receptor OT - caspase OT - cell death OT - heart OT - hypoxia OT - survival EDAT- 2016/01/16 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/28 06:00 CRDT- 2016/01/16 06:00 PHST- 2014/12/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/01/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/01/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/01/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/28 06:00 [medline] AID - japplphysiol.01109.2014 [pii] AID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.01109.2014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Physiol (1985). 2016 Apr 15;120(8):982-90. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01109.2014. Epub 2016 Jan 14.