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EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2022.11740
Keywords
intestine; ischemia; reperfusion injury; adenosine A(1) receptor; Caco-2 cells; PI3K; Akt
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The study found that A(1)R agonists can reduce the impact of intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury on Caco-2 cells, possibly through anti-apoptotic effects and activation of the PI3K/Akt/p53 signaling pathway.
Intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a common clinical problem with a high mortality rate, resulting from loss of blood flow to an intestinal segment. Adenosine serves a protective role in intestinal I/R injury; however, its potential mechanism is not completely understood. The present study aimed to investigate the protective effects of adenosine A(1) receptor (A(1)R) agonists CPA and LUF6941 and whether their mechanisms are associated with the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. To simulate intestinal I/R injury, a cell oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R) model was established and the human colon cancer cell line (Caco-2) was incubated with A(1)R agonists before OGD/R treatment. The viability of Caco-2 cells was detected by PI and Cell Counting Kit-8 assay, apoptosis was detected using flow cytometry and western blotting was used to analyze protein expression levels of PI3K, Akt and p53 in Caco-2 cells. A(1)R agonist pretreatment protected Caco-2 cells against OGD/R-induced cell damage and activated PI3K/Akt signaling. Additionally, apoptosis was inhibited by downregulating phosphorylation of p53 protein, as evidenced by increased cell viability. These findings suggested that A(1)R agonists decreased OGD/R damage in Caco-2 cells, which may be due to their anti-apoptotic effects and activation of the PI3K/Akt/p53 signal pathway.
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