PMID- 32256720 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 1792-0981 (Print) IS - 1792-1015 (Electronic) IS - 1792-0981 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Apr TI - Effects of propofol on LC3II and mTOR/p-mTOR expression during ischemia-reperfusion myocardium injury in rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus. PG - 2441-2448 LID - 10.3892/etm.2020.8499 [doi] AB - To investigate the effects of propofol on myocardial ischemia reperfusion in rats with type 2 diabetes, male adult rats were divided into five groups: Sham-operation (CC), ischemia-reperfusion (CI), low-dose propofol (LP), moderate-dose propofol (MP) and high-dose propofol (HP). The LP, MP and HP groups were administered with 6, 12 and 24 mg/kg/h propofol, respectively, prior to occlusion. Heart rate (HR), left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP) and the rate (dp/dt max) of left ventricular pressure rise in early systole (+/-dp/dt max) were recorded. The role of autophagy was also studied by measuring the levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), autophagy marker protein LC3II, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/phosphorylate (p)-mTOR and cardiac troponin T (cTnT). The myocardial morphological features were assessed using light and electron microscopy. The present results demonstrated that the HR, LVSP, +dp/dt and -dp/dt levels in the propofol groups (LP, MP and HP) were significantly increased (P<0.05) when compared with the CI group. The myocardial cells in the MP group showed mild edematous changes and partially dissolved mitochondrial cristae and membrane rupture. SOD, cTnT and MDA levels were significantly decreased (P<0.05), mTOR expression decreased significantly (P<0.05) and p-mTOR expression increased significantly in the MP group (P<0.05). The present study demonstrated the protective effects of propofol in T2DM rats exhibiting MIRI, with an optimal protective effect at an infusion rate of 12 mg/kg/h. Additionally, the results revealed that propofol led to significant reductions in LC3II and mTOR serum levels and the inhibition of autophagy in myocardial cells. CI - Copyright: (c) Wang et al. FAU - Wang, Ying AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, P.R. China. FAU - Zhang, Kecheng AU - Zhang K AD - Department of Medicine, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, P.R. China. FAU - Qi, Xiuru AU - Qi X AD - Department of Medicine, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, P.R. China. FAU - Yang, Guang AU - Yang G AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, P.R. China. FAU - Wang, Hongjie AU - Wang H AD - Department of Medicine, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, P.R. China. FAU - Zhang, Zhe AU - Zhang Z AD - Hebei Medical Science and Technology Development Research Center, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 051000, P.R. China. FAU - Yang, Baofeng AU - Yang B AD - Health and Family Planning Commission of Hebei, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050000, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200207 PL - Greece TA - Exp Ther Med JT - Experimental and therapeutic medicine JID - 101531947 PMC - PMC7098214 OTO - NOTNLM OT - LC3II OT - autophagy OT - cardiac troponin T OT - diabetes mellitus OT - malondialdehyde OT - mechanistic target of rapamycin OT - myocardial ischemia reperfusion OT - phospho- mechanistic target of rapamycin OT - propofol OT - superoxide dismutase EDAT- 2020/04/08 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/08 06:01 PMCR- 2020/02/07 CRDT- 2020/04/08 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/11/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/08 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ETM-0-0-8499 [pii] AID - 10.3892/etm.2020.8499 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Ther Med. 2020 Apr;19(4):2441-2448. doi: 10.3892/etm.2020.8499. Epub 2020 Feb 7.