PMID- 28271613 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180430 LR - 20211204 IS - 1582-4934 (Electronic) IS - 1582-1838 (Print) IS - 1582-1838 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 9 DP - 2017 Sep TI - Qiliqiangxin protects against anoxic injury in cardiac microvascular endothelial cells via NRG-1/ErbB-PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. PG - 1905-1914 LID - 10.1111/jcmm.13111 [doi] AB - Cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) are important angiogenic components and are injured rapidly after cardiac ischaemia and anoxia. Cardioprotective effects of Qiliqiangxin (QL), a traditional Chinese medicine, have been displayed recently. This study aims to investigate whether QL could protect CMECs against anoxic injury and to explore related signalling mechanisms. CMECs were successfully cultured from Sprague-Dawley rats and exposed to anoxia for 12 hrs in the absence and presence of QL. Cell migration assay and capillary-like tube formation assay on Matrigel were performed, and cell apoptosis was determined by TUNEL assay and caspase-3 activity. Neuregulin-1 (NRG-1) siRNA and LY294002 were administrated to block NRG-1/ErbB and PI3K/Akt signalling, respectively. As a result, anoxia inhibited cell migration, capillary-like tube formation and angiogenesis, and increased cell apoptosis. QL significantly reversed these anoxia-induced injuries and up-regulated expressions of NRG-1, phospho-ErbB2, phospho-ErbB4, phospho-Akt, phospho-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in CMECs, while NRG-1 knockdown abolished the protective effects of QL with suppressed NRG-1, phospho-ErbB2, phospho-ErbB4, phospho-Akt, phospho-mTOR, HIF-1alpha and VEGF expressions. Similarly, LY294002 interrupted the beneficial effects of QL with down-regulated phospho-Akt, phospho-mTOR, HIF-1alpha and VEGF expressions. However, it had no impact on NRG-1/ErbB signalling. Our data indicated that QL could attenuate anoxia-induced injuries in CMECs via NRG-1/ErbB signalling which was most probably dependent on PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. CI - (c) 2017 The Authors. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Foundation for Cellular and Molecular Medicine. FAU - Wang, Jingfeng AU - Wang J AD - Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Zhou, Jingmin AU - Zhou J AD - Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Wang, Yanyan AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Yang, Chunjie AU - Yang C AD - Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Fu, Mingqiang AU - Fu M AD - Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Zhang, Jingjing AU - Zhang J AD - Department of Cardiology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. FAU - Han, Xueting AU - Han X AD - Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Li, Zhiming AU - Li Z AD - Department of Cardiology, People's Hospital of Nanbu County, Nanchong, Sichuan, China. FAU - Hu, Kai AU - Hu K AD - Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Ge, Junbo AU - Ge J AD - Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170308 PL - England TA - J Cell Mol Med JT - Journal of cellular and molecular medicine JID - 101083777 RN - 0 (Cardiotonic Agents) RN - 0 (Chromones) RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Neuregulin-1) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (qiliqiangxin) RN - 31M2U1DVID (2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cardiotonic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Cell Hypoxia/drug effects MH - Cell Movement/drug effects MH - Cell Separation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chromones/pharmacology MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*pharmacology MH - Endothelial Cells/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Male MH - Microvessels/*pathology MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Myocardium/*pathology MH - Neovascularization, Physiologic/drug effects MH - Neuregulin-1/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Up-Regulation/drug effects PMC - PMC5571527 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Qiliqiangxin OT - angiogenesis OT - anoxia OT - apoptosis OT - cardiac microvascular endothelial cell OT - neuregulin EDAT- 2017/03/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/01 06:00 PMCR- 2017/09/01 CRDT- 2017/03/09 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/12/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/03/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/03/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JCMM13111 [pii] AID - 10.1111/jcmm.13111 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Mol Med. 2017 Sep;21(9):1905-1914. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.13111. Epub 2017 Mar 8.