Involvement of Interleukin-1 β/Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 in Ameliorating Effects of Electroacupuncture on Myocardial Fibrosis Induced by Essential Hypertension

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) at Neiguan (PC 6) on myocardial fibrosis in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), and to explore the contribution of interleukin-1 β (IL-1 β), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), and transforming growth factor β 1 (TGF- β 1) to the effects.

METHODS: Nine 12-weeks-old Wistar Kyoto (WKY) male rats were employed as the normal group. Twenty-seven SHRs were equally randomized into SHR, SHR+EA, and SHR + sham groups. EA was applied at bilateral PC 6 once a day 30 min per day in 8 consecutive weeks. After 8-weeks EA treatment at PC 6, histopathologic changes of collagen type I (Col I), collagen type 1 (Col 1) and the levels of IGF-1, 1L-1 β, TGF- β 1, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 were examined in myocardial tissure respectively.

RESULTS: After 8-weeks EA treatment at PC 6, the enhanced myocardial fibrosis in SHRs were characterized by the increased mean fluorescence intensity of Col I and Col 1 in myocardium tissue (P<0.01). All these abnormal alterations above in SHR + EA group was significantly lower compared with the SHR group (P<0.01). Meanwhile, the increased levels of IL-1 β, IGF-1, TGF-β 1 in serum or myocardial tissue of SHRs, diminished MMP 9 mRNA expression in SHRs were also markedly inhibited after 8 weeks of EA treatment (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Furthermore, the contents of IL-1 β, IGF-1, TGF-β 1 in myocardial tissue were positively correlated with the systolic blood pressure and hydroxyproline respectively (P<0.01).

CONCLUSION: EA at bilateral PC 6 could ameliorate cardiac fibrosis in SHRs, which might be mediated by regulation of 1L-1 β/IGF-1-TGF- β 1-MMP9 pathway.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

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Chinese journal of integrative medicine - 29(2023), 2 vom: 15. Feb., Seite 162-169

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xin, Juan-Juan [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Jun-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Qun [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yu-Xue [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Xiao-Chun [VerfasserIn]

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67763-96-6
Collagen Type I
Electroacupuncture
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Insulinlike growth factor 1
Interleukin-1 β
Interleukin-1beta
Journal Article
Myocardial fibrosis
Spontaneously hypertensive rats

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Date Completed 09.02.2023

Date Revised 09.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11655-022-2897-0

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NLM343610965