Hypoxic Preconditioning Inhibits Hypoxia-induced Apoptosis of Cardiac Progenitor Cells via the PI3K/Akt-DNMT1-p53 Pathway.

ABSTRACT: Research has demonstrated that hypoxic preconditioning (HP) can enhance the survival and proliferation of cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs); however, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we report that HP of c-kit (+) CPCs inhibits p53 via the PI3K/Akt-DNMT1 pathway. First, CPCs were isolated from the hearts of C57BL/6 mice and further purified by magnetic-activated cell sorting. Next, these cells were cultured under either normoxia (H0) or HP for 6 hours (H6) followed by oxygen-serum deprivation for 24 hours (24h). Flow cytometric analysis and MTT assays revealed that hypoxia-preconditioned CPCs exhibited an increased survival rate. Western blot and quantitative real-time PCR assays showed that p53 was obviously inhibited, while DNMT1 and DNMT3β were both significantly

SUBMITTER: Xu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4973228 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature