Effect of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell exosomes on myocardial ischemia / reperfusion injury in rats and the effect of Wnt3a/β-catenin signaling pathway#br#
CHEN Xiaojia GUO Ziao GUO Jinhua LI Linke ZHANG Jiankai YANG Chun CUI Xiaojun
Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, Guangdong Province, Dongguan 523808, China
Abstract:Objective To study the protective effect of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell exosomes (ADMSC-exs) on myocardial ischemia / reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats and the influence on the Wnt3a/β-catenin signaling pathway. Methods A total of 40 adult rats were randomly divided into four groups: S group (sham operation group), only thoracotomy without ligation of the coronary artery left anterior descending (LAD); I/R group, reperfusion after ligation of LAD 30 min; in the Ex group, LAD was ligated for 30 minutes and then reperfused, and ADMSC-exs was injected into the tail vein within five minutes of reperfusion; in the Ex+X group, LAD was ligated for 30 minutes and then reperfused, and ADMSC-exs and XAV939 were injected from the tail vein within five minutes of reperfusion. Ten rats in each group. The levels of creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and cardiac troponin I (cTnI), and myocardial cell apoptosis index (AI) in each group of myocardial ischemic area were detected by TUNEL method; Western blot was used to detect B lymphoma-2 gene (Bcl-2), Bcl-2 related X protein (Bax), caspase-3, Wnt3a, and β-catenin. Results The levels of LDH, CK-MB and cTnI in the I/R group were higher than those in the S group, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The levels of myocardial enzymes in the Ex group was lower than those in the I/R group, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). When the Wnt3a/β-catenin pathway inhibitor XAV939 was injected into the tail vein, the levels of myocardial enzymes in the Ex+X group were higher than those in the Ex group, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05); compared with the I/R group, there was no statistical difference between two groups (P > 0.05). The AI of S group was lower than that of I/R group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). After ADMSC-exs treatment, AI in Ex group was lower than that in I/R group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The Bcl2/Bax ratio of I/R group lower higher than that of S group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The Bcl2/Bax ratio of Ex group was higher than that of I/R group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The level of caspase-3 in Ex group was lower than that in I/R group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The level of caspase-3 in Ex+X group was significantly higher than that in Ex group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The levels of Bcl2/Bax, Wnt3a, and β-catenin in the I/R group were lower than those in the S group, while the caspase-3 level was higher than that in the S group, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The levels of Bcl2/Bax, Wnt3a and β-catenin in the Ex group were higher than those in the I/R group, while the level of caspase-3 was lower than that in the S group, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The levels of Bcl2/Bax, Wnt3a, and β-catenin in the Ex+X group were lower than those in the S group, while the caspase-3 level was higher than that in the Ex group, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion ADMSC-exs can protect cardiomyocytes after I/R by up-regulating the expression of Bcl-2 and down-regulating the expression of Bax and caspase-3. Its mechanism may be related to the Wnt3a/β-catenin signaling pathway.