Abstract：
:Oxidative stress is proved to be harmful to the vascular endothelial cells which are important in preventing the formation and progression of atheromatous plaque. This study was designed to investigate the protective effect and potential mechanisms of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) against H(2)O(2)-induced apoptosis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (ECV-304). ECV-304 cells were pretreated with different concentrations of DHT (0.01, 0.1 and 1 microM) for 2h, followed by exposure to 100 microM H(2)O(2) for 18h. 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2yl-)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was used to evaluate cell viability. To detect apoptosis, the cells were assessed by morphologic examination and Annexin V-propidium iodide double staining with flow cytometry. Finally, the expression of caspase-3, caspase-9 and phospho p38 MAPK was assayed by Western blot to investigate the possible molecular mechanisms. We found that H(2)O(2) treatment for 18h significantly decrease the viability of ECV-304 cells characterized by a high percentage of apoptotic cells. DHT could antagonize the apoptosis inducing effect of H(2)O(2) in a dose-dependent manner. Consistently, DHT also significantly inhibit the expression of caspase-3, caspase-9 and phospho p38 MAPK induced by H(2)O(2). In summary, pretreatment with DHT can inhibit apoptosis of ECV-304 cells induced by H(2)O(2). The protective effect of DHT was associated with the inhibition of caspase-3, caspase-9 and phospho p38 MAPK expression.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Xu ZR,Hu L,Cheng LF,Qian Y,Yang YMdoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.06.039subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-09-25 00:00:00pages
254-9issue
2-3eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014-2999(10)00630-8journal_volume
643pub_type
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