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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2017

Effect of ALDH2 on High Glucose-Induced Cardiac Fibroblast Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis, and Fibrosis.

Xiaoyu Gu, Tingting Fang, Pinfang Kang, Junfeng Hu, Ying Yu, Zhenghong Li, Xiangyang Cheng, Qin Gao

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaoyu GuDepartment of Physiology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu Anhui 233030, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7303-0524
Tingting FangDepartment of Physiology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu Anhui 233030, China.
Pinfang KangDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu Anhui 233004, China.
Junfeng HuDepartment of Respiratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233004, China.
Ying YuDepartment of Physiology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu Anhui 233030, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0925-0148
Zhenghong LiDepartment of Physiology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu Anhui 233030, China.
Xiangyang ChengDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu Anhui 233004, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8837-970X
Qin GaoDepartment of Physiology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu Anhui 233030, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7599-4295
Bengbu Medical College · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our study aimed firstly to observe whether ALDH2 was expressed in neonate rat cardiac fibroblasts, then to investigate the effect of activation of ALDH2 on oxidative stress, apoptosis, and fibrosis when cardiac fibroblasts were subjected to high glucose intervention. Cultured cardiac fibroblasts were randomly divided into normal (NG), NG + Alda-1, high glucose (HG), HG + Alda-1, HG + Alda-1 + daidzin, HG + daidzin, and hypertonic groups. Double-label immunofluorescence staining, RT-PCR, and Western blot revealed ALDH2 was expressed in cardiac fibroblasts. Compared with NG, ALDH2 activity and protein expression were reduced, and cardiac fibroblast proliferation, ROS releasing, 4-HNE protein expression, collagen type I and III at mRNA levels, and the apoptosis rate were increased in HG group. While in HG + Alda-1 group, with the increases of ALDH2 activity and protein expression, the cardiac fibroblast proliferation and ROS releasing were decreased, and 4-HNE protein expression, collagen type I and III at mRNA levels, and apoptosis rate were reduced compared with HG group. When treated with daidzin in HG + Alda-1 group, the protective effects were inhibited. Our findings suggested that ALDH2 is expressed in neonate rat cardiac fibroblasts; activation of ALDH2 decreases the HG-induced apoptosis and fibrosis through inhibition of oxidative stress.

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Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, MitochondrialAnimalsApoptosisFibroblastsFibrosisGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGlucoseMyocardiumOxidative StressRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyAldehyde Dehydrogenase, MitochondrialAldh2 protein, ratGlucose

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PMID29129988
PMCPMC5654254
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