去甲肾上腺素对心肌细胞NF-κB活性的影响

目的:探讨去甲肾上腺素(NE)对心肌细胞核因子-κB(NF-κB)活性的影响及机制。方法:采用乳鼠心肌细胞培养模型,分别加入NE和哌唑嗪、普萘洛尔及维生素E等刺激,观察心肌细胞内活性氧水平和NF-κB核结合活性的改变。结果:NE刺激后,心肌细胞活性氧生成明显增加、NF-κB活性增强,维生素E、哌唑嗪和普萘洛尔可不同程度减少心肌细胞活性氧含量、降低NF-κB活性。结论:NE对心肌细胞的作用部分通过激活NF-κB实现,这与NE通过肾上腺素能受体介导活性氧过量产生有关。

Effects of norepinephrine on the activity of NF- κB in cardiomyocytes

AIM: To study the effects and mechanisms of norepinephrine (NE) on the activity of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) in cardiomyocytes. METHODS: Using the cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes, the levels of reactive oxygen species and the nuclear DNA binding activity of NF-κB were measured in cardiomyocytes before and after stimulated with NE alone, NE+prazosin+propranolol, and NE+vitamin E, respectively. RESULTS: NE increased significantly the levels of reactive oxygen species and NF-κB activity in cardiac myocytes. These effects of NE were attenuated by vitamin E pretreatment, as well as prazosin and propranoloe. CONCLUSION: The effects of NE on cardiomyocytes might be exerted partly through NF-κB activation, associated with NE-induced overproducion of reactive oxygen species via the adrenergic receptor pathway.