PMID- 31298404 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201001 LR - 20211204 IS - 2284-0729 (Electronic) IS - 1128-3602 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 12 DP - 2019 Jun TI - Nicotinamide protects chronic hypoxic myocardial cells through regulating mTOR pathway and inducing autophagy. PG - 5503-5511 LID - 18220 [pii] LID - 10.26355/eurrev_201906_18220 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To determine the protective effect of nicotinamide on chronic hypoxic myocardial cells and its underlying mechanism. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The H9C2 cell lines were taken as objects of study, and were divided into blank group, hypoxia group and nicotinamide treatment group. The cell viability, apoptosis level, autophagy level and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway activity in each group were detected via Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK8) assay, Hoechst staining, immunofluorescence staining, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Western blotting, respectively. RESULTS: Nicotinamide could protect the viability of normoxic and chronic hypoxic myocardial cells. Besides, it could also inhibit the expression of caspase3 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in chronic hypoxic myocardial cells, and reduce the expression of apoptosis-related proteins. Furthermore, it could induce the mRNA expression of autophagy-associated gene 5 (ATG5) and increase the expression of autophagy-related proteins. Further study on the mechanism of nicotinamide showed that nicotinamide could inhibit the activity of the mTOR pathway, thus regulating the autophagy. CONCLUSIONS: Nicotinamide induces the autophagy of chronic hypoxic myocardial cells by regulating the mTOR pathway, thereby protecting cells from apoptosis. FAU - Li, W AU - Li W AD - Department of Cardiology, Taizhou People's Hospital, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China. userliwei@126.com. FAU - Zhu, L AU - Zhu L FAU - Ruan, Z-B AU - Ruan ZB FAU - Wang, M-X AU - Wang MX FAU - Ren, Y AU - Ren Y FAU - Lu, W AU - Lu W LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Italy TA - Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci JT - European review for medical and pharmacological sciences JID - 9717360 RN - 0 (Atg5 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Autophagy-Related Protein 5) RN - 0 (Cardiotonic Agents) RN - 25X51I8RD4 (Niacinamide) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Casp3 protein, rat) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Autophagy/*drug effects MH - Autophagy-Related Protein 5/metabolism MH - Cardiotonic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Cell Hypoxia/physiology MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Myocardial Ischemia/pathology/prevention & control MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/*drug effects/pathology MH - Niacinamide/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Rats MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism EDAT- 2019/07/13 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/02 06:00 CRDT- 2019/07/13 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/07/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/02 06:00 [medline] AID - 18220 [pii] AID - 10.26355/eurrev_201906_18220 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2019 Jun;23(12):5503-5511. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_201906_18220.