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Exogenous hydrogen sulfide protects against high glucose‑induced apoptosis and oxidative stress by inhibiting the STAT3/HIF‑1α pathway in H9c2 cardiomyocytes

Retraction in: /10.3892/etm.2024.12479

  • Authors:
    • Jing Li
    • Yi‑Qiang Yuan
    • Li Zhang
    • Hua Zhang
    • Shen‑Wei Zhang
    • Yu Zhang
    • Xue‑Xi Xuan
    • Ming‑Jie Wang
    • Jin‑Ying Zhang
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  • Published online on: September 23, 2019     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8036
  • Pages: 3948-3958
  • Copyright : © Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY 4.0].

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Abstract

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), an endogenous gasotransmitter, possesses multiple physiological and pharmacological properties including anti‑apoptotic, anti‑oxidative stress and cardiac protective activities in diabetic cardiomyopathy. An increasing body of evidence has suggested that signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has beneficial effects in the heart. However, the effect of diabetes on the phosphorylation or activation of cardiac STAT3 appears to be controversial. The present study was designed to investigate the precise function of the STAT3/hypoxia‑inducible factor‑1α (HIF‑1α) signaling pathway in high glucose (HG)‑induced H9c2 cardiomyocyte injury and the function of the STAT3/HIF‑1α pathway in the cardioprotective action of H2S. The results revealed that GYY4137 pretreatment substantially ameliorated the HG‑induced decrease in cell viability and the increase in lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release in H9c2 cells. Additionally, HG treatment resulted in the upregulation of the phosphorylated (p)‑STAT3/STAT3 ratio and HIF‑1α protein expression in H9c2 cells, indicating that the activation of the STAT3/HIF‑1α pathway was induced by HG. STAT3/HIF‑1α pathway inhibition induced by transfection with STAT3 small interfering (si)‑RNA attenuated the HG‑induced downregulation of cell viability and the upregulation of LDH release. Furthermore, STAT3 siRNA transfection and GYY4137 pretreatment combined attenuated HG‑induced apoptosis as illustrated by the decrease in the number of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling‑positive cells, caspase‑3 activity, apoptosis ratio and BCL2 associated X, apoptosis regulator/BCL2 apoptosis regulator ratio in H9c2 cells. In addition, STAT3 siRNA transfection and GYY4137 blocked HG‑induced oxidative stress as evidenced by the decrease in reactive oxygen species generation, malondialdehyde content and NADPH oxidase 2 expression, and the increase in superoxide dismutase activity and glutathione level. Notably, GYY4137 pretreatment was revealed to reduce the p‑STAT3/STAT3 ratio and HIF‑1α protein expression, resulting in the inhibition of the STAT3/HIF‑1α signaling pathway in HG‑treated H9c2 cells. Altogether, the present results demonstrated that H2S mitigates HG‑induced H9c2 cell damage, and reduces apoptosis and oxidative stress by suppressing the STAT3/HIF‑1α signaling pathway.
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Li J, Yuan YQ, Zhang L, Zhang H, Zhang SW, Zhang Y, Xuan XX, Wang MJ and Zhang JY: Exogenous hydrogen sulfide protects against high glucose‑induced apoptosis and oxidative stress by inhibiting the STAT3/HIF‑1α pathway in H9c2 cardiomyocytes Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2024.12479. Exp Ther Med 18: 3948-3958, 2019
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Li, J., Yuan, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, H., Zhang, S., Zhang, Y. ... Zhang, J. (2019). Exogenous hydrogen sulfide protects against high glucose‑induced apoptosis and oxidative stress by inhibiting the STAT3/HIF‑1α pathway in H9c2 cardiomyocytes Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2024.12479. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 18, 3948-3958. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8036
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Li, J., Yuan, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, H., Zhang, S., Zhang, Y., Xuan, X., Wang, M., Zhang, J."Exogenous hydrogen sulfide protects against high glucose‑induced apoptosis and oxidative stress by inhibiting the STAT3/HIF‑1α pathway in H9c2 cardiomyocytes Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2024.12479". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 18.5 (2019): 3948-3958.
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Li, J., Yuan, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, H., Zhang, S., Zhang, Y., Xuan, X., Wang, M., Zhang, J."Exogenous hydrogen sulfide protects against high glucose‑induced apoptosis and oxidative stress by inhibiting the STAT3/HIF‑1α pathway in H9c2 cardiomyocytes Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2024.12479". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 18, no. 5 (2019): 3948-3958. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8036