Journal
BIOCELL
Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 745-749Publisher
TECH SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.32604/biocell.2021.013293
Keywords
Apurine/pyrimidine-free endonuclease 1; Cardiomyocyte apoptosis; Cardiac ischemia-reperfusion
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81900245, 81770395]
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APEX1 plays a protective role against oxidative damage in cardiomyocytes, reducing apoptosis and reversing oxidative damage induced by H2O2 through downregulating caspase 3 and Bax expression levels.
Apurine/pyrimidine-free endonuclease 1 (APEX1) is a multifunctional enzyme that contributes to oxidization-mediated DNA-cleaved base excision repair and redox activation of transcription factors. However, the role of APEX1 during cardiomyocyte oxidative stress injury is not completely understood. In the present study, whether APEX1 protects oxidative damage-induced cardiomyocytes was investigated. mRNA and protein expression levels of APEX1 were downregulated in the mouse model of cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury. Furthermore, the expression of APEX1 in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-treated neonatal mice cardiomyocytes was also decreased. APEX1 knockdown aggravated H2O2-treated cardiomyocyte apoptosis indexes. By contrast, APEX1 overexpression reversed H2O2-induced oxidative damage, as demonstrated by decreased caspase 3 and Bax expression levels. Moreover, homeobox A5 upregulated APEX1. The results of the present study indicated that APEX1 displayed protective effects against oxidative damage, suggesting that APEX1 may serve as a unique protective strategy for cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury.
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