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Hydrogen‑rich solution attenuates myocardial injury caused by cardiopulmonary bypass in rats via the Janus‑activated kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling pathway

  • Authors:
    • Keyan Chen
    • Yingjie Sun
    • Yugang Diao
    • Tiezheng Zhang
    • Wanwei Dong
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  • Published online on: May 4, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8639
  • Pages: 167-178
  • Copyright: © Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The incidence of complications and mortality following open‑heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with the severity of the myocardial injury that occurs during surgery. Hydrogen‑rich solution (HRS) may prevent antioxidant stress and inhibit apoptosis and inflammation. The present study was designed to investigate the effects of HRS on CPB‑induced myocardial injury, and to investigate its potential regulation of the Janus‑activated kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (JAK2/STAT3) pathway. The HRS treatment resulted in the significant upregulation of malonyl dialdehyde (MDA) and myeloperoxidase (MPO), whilesuperoxide dismutase (SOD) levels were significantly downregulated, compared with the Sham group (P<0.05). Additionally, HRS treatment improved myocardial injury, and decreased the expression levels of cardiac troponins, heart‑type fatty acid binding protein, interleukin (IL)‑1β, IL‑6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)‑α, MDA and MPO, and increased SOD release in CPB rats (P<0.05). Additionally, in the CPB group without the HRS treatment, the expression levels of B‑cell lymphoma (Bcl)‑2, JAK2, phospho‑JAK2 (p‑JAK2), STAT3 and phospho‑STAT3 (p‑STAT3) were significantly decreased, and Bax was significantly increased, compared with the Sham group (P<0.05). By contrast, compared with the CPB group, the expression levels of B‑cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl‑2), JAK2, phosphorylated (p)‑JAK2, STAT3 and p‑STAT3 in the HRS group were significantly increased, and Bcl‑2‑associated X protein expression was significantly decreased (P<0.05). In JAK2 knockdown experiments using siRNA, HRS treatment following hypoxia/reoxygenation also significantly increased the viability of myocardial cells, decreased the rate of myocardial cell apoptosis, elevated the levels of SOD and suppressed the release of MDA and lactate dehydrogenase in the control siRNA and CPB groups (P<0.05). Furthermore, JAK2 siRNA attenuated these protective effects of HRS (P<0.05 vs. control siRNA, HRS and CPB groups). Additionally, the results demonstrated that the HRS treatment significantly increased the expression levels of p‑JAK2, p‑STAT3 and Bcl‑2 in myocardial cells following hypoxia and decreased Bax expression in the control siRNA and CPB groups (P<0.05). In addition, JAK2 siRNA was determined to attenuate these effects of HRS (P<0.05 vs. control siRNA, HRS and CPB groups). Taken together, these results indicated that HRS may alleviate CPB‑induced myocardial injury, inhibit myocardial cell apoptosis and protect myocardial cells through regulation of the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway.

Introduction

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) refers to a series of procedures that involve the connection of blood vessels to a heart-lung machine in order to produce in vitro oxygenation of venous blood, and subsequently the transfer of oxygenated blood into the arterial system (1). With improvements in CPB and surgical techniques, an increasing number of congenital and acquired cardiovascular diseases may be treated using surgery (2). During CPB, complications, including aortic blockage and cardiac arrest, as well as resuscitation, may trigger myocardial ischemia and hypoxia-reperfusion injury, which may impair cardiac function and lead to postoperative malignant arrhythmias and low cardiac output syndrome (3,4). The incidence of complications and mortality following open-heart surgery with CPB is associated with the severity of myocardial injury that occurs during surgery, and ≥25% of postoperative mortalities are associated with malignant cardiovascular complications of surgery (5,6). Additionally, previous studies have demonstrated that the systemic inflammatory response, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) and surgical trauma are the primary causes of post-CPB myocardial injury (7,8).

Currently, a number of drugs are used for the prevention and treatment of myocardial IRI, including calcium antagonists, β-receptor blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (911); however, these drugs are not ideal due to side effects and safety issues (12). Recent studies have demonstrated that hydrogen-rich solution (HRS), obtained by dissolving hydrogen in physiological saline solution via special pressurization, is an effective antioxidant with a high hydrogen content, weak basicity, negative potential and low molecular water content, which balances pH and prevents inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis, and is safe and nontoxic (13,14). Furthermore, HRS exerts protective effects against IRI in the brain, liver and intestine, as well as in myocardial injury; however, its underlying mechanisms of action remain unknown, which restricts its development and clinical application.

Janus-activated kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling involves a family of important intracellular signal transduction pathways identified recently (15,16). In particular, it is associated with the inflammatory response, oxidative stress, cell damage and apoptosis (17). As a crucial member of the JAK/STAT signaling pathway, JAK2/STAT3serves an important role in myocardial injury (18,19). Additionally, the ischemic preconditioning, ischemic post-conditioning and anti-myocardial IRI effects of a number of drugs have been associated with activation of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway (2022). Terrell et al (23) demonstrated that interleukin (IL)-6, an inflammatory cytokine, stimulates cardiac hypertrophy through activation of the JAK/STAT pathway; however, whether HRS protects various organs against CPB-induced injury and whether its mechanism is associated with the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway have been scarcely investigated. In the present study, a CPB model was established in rats and treated with HRS, with the aim of investigating the effects of HRS on CPB-induced myocardial injury and the regulation of JAK2/STAT3 signaling. The data may provide a theoretical basis for the mechanism of perioperative organ injury and for subsequent protection strategies.

Materials and methods

In vivo
Animals and experimental protocols

A total of 30 male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats, weighing 350–400 g, aged 10 weeks old were provided by the Animal Center of China Medical University, Shenyang, China [production license no. SCXK (Liao)-2013-0001, application license no. SYXK (Liao)-2013-0007]. The present study was approved by the China Medical University Laboratory Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee. The experimental animals were fed in a barrier system and managed by experimental animal professionals. Animals were housed at a constant temperature (22±1°C), with 50% humidity, and a 12-h light-dark cycle. The rats had ad libitum access to food and autoclaved water. The experimental rats were randomly divided into a Sham group, a CPB group, and aCPB and HRS group (n=10 rats/group). Animals in the Sham group were subjected to a thoracotomy only. CPB was established in rats in the CPB group, while the rats in the CPB and HRS group were administered with an intraperitoneal injection of 6 ml/kg HRS [Prepared as previously reported (24)] three days prior to CPB. The rats were sacrificed by exsanguination from the abdominal aorta.

Establishment of CPB rat models

Rats were fasted for 6 h prior to surgery, with ad libitum access to water. Following being anesthetized with 2% sodium pentobarbital (Beijing Huayehuanyu Chemical Co., Ltd, Beijing, China), a tracheal intubation was established with a 16G trocar, and the rats were ventilated with a small animal anesthesia machine and ventilator (HX-100E; Shanghai Xinman Scientific Equipment Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China; http://www.shanghaixinman.qianyan.biz/). A 24G trocar was subsequently inserted into the right femoral vein to open an accessory venous pathway, and a 22G trocar was inserted into the left femoral artery and connected to a monitor to measure the arterial blood pressure. Another 22G trocar puncture catheter was used to perfuse the artery for extracorporeal circulation. A jugular internal venous catheter (18G needle with porous plug) connected to the right atrium served as a CPB drainage terminal. Fig. 1 demonstrates the extracorporeal circulation pattern, which was established in our previous study (25). For establishment of the CPB model, the following equipment connected to a PVC tube (internal diameter, 1.6 mm) was applied: A venous drainage tube, blood reservoir, arterial infusion tube, filter and connecting pipe. A total of 15 ml circulating prefilled solution (used for extracorporeal circulation) consisting of 6 ml hydroxyethyl starch, 6 ml lactate Ringer's solution, 1 ml heparin (250 IU/kg), 5% sodium bicarbonate and 1 ml 20% mannitol. At the start of the CPB, mechanical ventilation was terminated and the CPB flow rate was >80 ml/kg/min; the circulation volume was maintained to ensure the flow rate and the flow time was 60 min. During CPB, 1:4 oxygen: air mixture was ventilated through the lungs at a rate of 800 ml/min, mechanical ventilation was restarted prior to the reduced flow and the circulation volume was gradually decreased by adjusting the diameter of the venous outflow end. Subsequently, the right internal jugular vein and caudal artery were ligated, followed by the removal of the catheter and suture of the incision. After spontaneous breathing resumed in the rats, the tracheal intubation was removed and the rats were maintained in the laboratory for observation.

Hemodynamic measurements

An automatic biochemical analyzer (BS-180, Shenzhen Mindray, Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China) was used to determine the K+ concentration in the serum. The main carotid artery intubation was connected to a RM6240 multichannel physiological monitor (Chengdu Instrument Factory, Chengdu, China) to measure the mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) of the rats. Changes in the blood pH, PaO2, PaCO2 and base excess (BE) of the rats were analyzed using a bayer-248 blood gas analyzer (Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany).

Histopathological changes

At 24 h after CPB, the rats were anesthetized with 2% pentobarbital sodium (40 mg/kg, Beijing Huayehuanyu Chemical Co., Ltd, intraperitoneal injection) and euthanized via exsanguination from the abdominal aorta. Subsequently, myocardial tissues were harvested and fixed with 10% neutral formalin at room temperature for 48 h. Following 48 h, specimens were dehydrated with 70, 80, 90, 95 and 100% ethanol and cleared with xylene, embedded in paraffin and sliced into sections and heating at 42°C. All of the following steps were carried out at room temperature. Subsequently, the sections were deparaffinized, transferred to xylene and hydrated with absolute ethanol for 5 min, 90% ethanol for 2 min and 70% ethanol for 2 min, prior to staining with hematoxylin for 3 min and differentiation with 0.3% hydrochloric acid (0.3 ml hydrochloric acid and 100 ml 70% ethanol) for another 30 sec. The sections were then diluted with 1% aqueous ammonia for 1 min and counterstained with 0.5% eosin solution for 1 min at room temperature. The sections were washed with distilled water following each step. Following staining, the sections were dehydrated, rinsed, cleared with xylene and mounted, and pathological changes in the myocardial tissue were observed via light microscopy (magnification, ×200).

Myocardial Masson staining

The following steps were carried out at room temperature. Heart tissues were fixed using 10% formaldehyde for 24 h. Paraffin-embedded sections (5-µm thick) were dewaxed using 50% xylene for 1 h and 100% xylene for 2 h, and washed with distilled water, prior to being stained with Regaud hematoxylin dye with Masson (Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China) for 5–10 min. Following washing with distilled water, the sections were stained with Ponceau Fuchsin Acid solution (cat no. G1338; Solarbio, Beijing, China) for 5–10 min, soaked in 100 ml 2% acetic acid aqueous solution (Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd., China), differentiated in 1% phosphomolybdic acid aqueous solution for 3–5 min and washed with aniline blue for 5 min. The sections were subsequently immersed in 0.2% acetic acid aqueous solution, dehydrated with 95% anhydrous alcohol, cleared with xylene and sealed with neutral gum.

ELISA detection of myocardial injury markers, inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress markers in the serum

The blood extracted from the rats were separated by centrifugation at 1,000 × g for 10 min at 4°C to make the serum. Changes in the levels of markers of myocardial injury [cardiac troponins (cTnI), heart-type fatty acid binding protein (hFABP)], inflammatory cytokines [interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α] and oxidative stress [superoxide dismutase (SOD), myocardidialdehyde (MDA) and myeloperoxidase(MPO)] were detected using ELISA kits for cTnI (cat. no. SEA478Ra; USCN Business Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China), hFABP (cat. no. SEB243Ra; USCN Business Co., Ltd.), IL-1 (cat. no. SEA563Ra; USCN Business Co., Ltd.), IL-6 (cat. no. SEA079Ra; USCN Business Co., Ltd.), TNF-α (cat. no. SEA133Ra; USCN Business Co., Ltd.), SOD (cat. no. SES134Ra; USCN Business Co., Ltd.), MDA (cat. no. CEA597Ge; USCN Business Co., Ltd.) and MPO (cat. no. SEA601Ra; USCN Business Co., Ltd.). Following equilibration of all reagents to room temperature (20–25°C), 100 µl standard and diluted samples (diluted with PBS; SOD, 1,000 fold dilution; MPO, 10 fold dilution; all others, 5 fold dilution) were added to separate wells in the reaction plates, with gentle agitating for 30 sec and incubation at 20–25°C for 20 min. Serum samples (100 µl) were then added to each well of the reaction plate and incubated at 37°Cfor 2 h. Subsequently, 100 µl HRP-labeled antibody (included the ELISA kit) was added to each well and incubated at 37°C for 30 min. Following washing (20X washing buffer included the ELISA kit), 50 µl each of color liquids A and B (provided by the ELISA kit) were added for development and the reaction was terminated with 50 µl stop solution (provide by the ELISA kit). The optical density (OD) at 450 nm was measured with a microplate reader. A standard curve was plotted by taking the OD value as the ordinate and the standard sample concentration as the abscissa, from which the curve equation and R-value were calculated, thereby enabling the sample concentration to be determined.

Western blot analysis of B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax), JAK2 and STAT3 protein expression in the myocardial tissue

The myocardial tissue was ground and centrifuged in a pre-chilled RIPA buffer (Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.) at 16,000 × g for 30 min at 4°C. The supernatant was collected and protein quantification was performed by BCA (cat. no. 23230; Pierce; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA) The supernatant of the total protein (40 µg) was extracted and separated by 12% SDS-PAGE, following which the protein was semi-dried to polyvinylidene difluoride membrane transfer. The membranes were blocked for 2 h at room temperature in TBS with 20% Tween-20 (TBST) buffer and incubated overnight at 4°C with antibodies against Bcl-2 (1:500, cat. no. ab196495; Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA), Bax (1:1,000, cat. no. ab32503; Abcam), JAK2 (1:5,000, cat. no. ab108596; Abcam), phosphorylated-JAK2 (p-JAK2) (1:1,000, cat. no. ab32101; Abcam), STAT3 (1:1,000, cat. no. ab68153; Abcam), p-STAT3 (1:2,000; cat. no. ab76315; Abcam) and GAPDH (1:10,000; cat. no. ab181602; Abcam), followed by three washes and incubation with horseradish peroxidase conjugated Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (HRP)(1:2,000, cat. no. ab6721; Abcam) for 1 h at 4°C. Following four washes with TBST [Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.) with 20% Tween-20 (cat. no. T8220; Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.)], the membranes were developed with an enhanced chemiluminescence kit (Pierce ECL Plus Western Blotting Substrate; cat no. 32132; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc,) and visualized with a Gel Doc™ EZ System (cat. no. 1708270; Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA, USA). The gray values were measured with Image Lab™ software (version 6.0; Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.).

In vitro assays
Primary culture of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

A total of 3 SD rats (2 male and 1 female, provided by the Animal Center of China Medical University, Shenyang, China), weighing 350–400 g, aged 10 weeks old, were placed in mating cages at a 2:1 male-female mating ratio. Animals were housed at a constant temperature (22±1°C), with 50% humidity, and a 12-h light-dark cycle. The rats had ad libitum access to food and autoclaved water. A total of 24 h after spontaneous delivery, newly born rats were sacrificed by cervical dislocation and their chest regions were shaved and disinfected with 75% ethanol. After the thoracic skin was cut with ophthalmic scissors, heart samples were harvested and washed twice with Hank's solution (Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.). Myocardial tissue was peeled away and placed in sterilized glass plates on ice; any attached tissue and blood cells were removed by repeated rinsing with serum-free Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM)/F12 culture medium (cat. no. 12400024; Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). Subsequently, myocardial tissue was cut into 2 mm sections, digested with 0.5% trypsin in a 50 ml glass tube at 37°C for 10 min and oscillated 1–2 times. To terminate digestion, the samples were mixed with twice the volume of fetal bovine serum (FBS; CLARK Bioscience, Richmond, VA, USA) for 5 min. Subsequently, the cell suspension was filtered through a 200-mesh copper mesh to remove large tissue segments and then centrifuged at 110 × g for 10 min at room temperature. The cell supernatant was discarded and the cells were suspended with DMEM/F12 medium containing 20% FBS. Following counting and trituration, the cells were seeded into 12-well culture plates precoated with type I rat tail collagen (Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.) at a density of 1×105 cells/ml. Arabinose (20 µl, Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.) was then added to each well and the cells were cultured at 37°C in a 5% CO2 incubator. After 24 h, half of the culture medium was replenished with DMEM/F12 medium containing 10% FBS, and after another 72 h, the culture medium was replenished with DMEM (Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.). Subsequently, the culture medium was changed every three days and cell proliferation was observed every 24 h under an inverted microscope (×40, magnification).

Establishment of hypoxia-reoxygenation model and grouping

A hypoxic solution (Consisted of 137 mM NaCl, 12 mM KCl, 0.49 mM MgCl2, 0.9 mM CaCl2-2H2O, 4 mM HEPES, 10 mM deoxyglucose, 0.75 mM sodium sulfite and 20 mM sodium lactate, pH 6.5) was used to simulate CPB-induced hypoxia in myocardial cells. During the hypoxia procedure, the cells were placed in 95% N2 and 5% CO2 for 2 h at 37°C. During the reoxygenation process, the cells were placed in a normal DMEM culture medium (cat. no. 31600; Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.) and incubated in 95% O2 and 5% CO2 for 4 h at 37°C.

Prior to establishment of the hypoxia-reoxygenation model, myocardial cells were divided into a hypoxia-reoxygenation group (CPB group), a control siRNA (sense, 5′-GCGUUCUGGUCUUACUGUUU-3′; antisense, 5′-AGAGAAUAAACCCGCAGACUU-3′; 20 µg at 1 mg/ml), HRS and CPB group, a JAK2 siRNA, HRS and CPB group and a JAK2 siRNA and CPB group. Cells in the siRNA groups were transfected with JAK2 or control siRNA prior to hypoxia-reoxygenation. The cells were inoculated into 6-well culture plates at a density of 2 ×105 cells/well with high-glucose DMEM and incubated in a CO2 incubator for 24 h at 37°C. Transfection medium (100 µl, cat. no. 31985062, Opti-MEM™, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) mixed with 20–80 pM JAK2/control siRNA was taken as solution A and 100 µl transfection medium mixed with 2–8 µl siRNA Lipofectamine® 2000 transfection reagent (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) was taken as solution B. Solution A and solution B were mixed and left for 45 min and cells were rinsed with 2 ml siRNA transfection medium (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). siRNA transfection medium (0.8 ml) was then added to the mixture of A and B, which was administered to cells in a CO2 incubator for 7 h at 37°C, for siRNA transfection. The cells were subjected to hypoxia-reoxygenation and used in subsequent assays 24 h after transfection. In the HRS groups, cells were treated with 0.8 mM/l HRS during the 2 h hypoxia stage and then reoxygenated for 4 h.

Determination of cell viability by MTT colorimetry

The cells in the logarithmic growth phase were inoculated into 96-well culture plates at a density of 2,000–5,000/well (100 µl cells/well). Next, 20 µl 5 mg/ml MTT solution (cat no. V13154; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) was added to each well and the cells were cultured for 4 h at 37°C, following which the supernatant was removed and 150 µl dimethyl sulfoxide was added to each well. Cells were agitated for 10 min to dissolve the crystals and then the OD at 570 nm was measured with an ELISA microplate reader. The cell survival and inhibition rates were calculated as follows: Cell survival rate=(OD value of the intervention group/OD value of the normal control group) ×100; inhibition rate=1-OD value of the intervention group/OD value of the control group.

Detection of the apoptotic rate

Cell apoptosis was detected according to the instructions of an Annexin V-FITC apoptosis detection kit (Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology, Haimen, China). Myocardial cells at a density of 1×105 cells/ml were inoculated into 6-well cell culture plates (2 ml cells/well) and incubated at 37°C for 2 days, until the bottom of the plates were covered. The aforementioned siRNA, hypoxia and HRS treatments were performed, and then the cells were counted, centrifuged at 1,000 × g for 5 min at room temperature and cultured with 195 µl Annexin V-FITC binding solution and 5 µl Annexin V-FITC for 10 min at room temperature. Following centrifugation, the cells were resuspended with 190 µl Annexin V-FITC, stained with 10 µl propidium iodide in the dark for 10–20 min at room temperature and analyzed using a flow cytometer (Attune NxTv. 2.6, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.).

Protein detection by western blot analysis

Cells were ultrasonic fragmented and centrifuged in a radioimmunoprecipitation assay lysis buffer (cat no. 89901; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) at 16,000 × g for 30 min at 4°C. The total protein concentration was determined using a bicinchoninic acid kit (cat no. 23227; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). The protein levels of Bcl-2, Bax, JAK2, p-JAK2, STAT3 and p-STAT3 were measured using western blot analysis, as previously described.

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), SOD and MDA levels in myocardial culture medium

The culture medium of the myocardial cells was collected to measure the levels of LDH, SOD and MDA by ELISA as previously described.

Preparation and treatment of rat tissues

All rats were anesthetized with 2% pentobarbital sodium at 24 h after the CPB procedure. Blood samples (3 ml) were collected from the internal jugular vein and the serum was separated by centrifugation at 1,000 × g for 10 min at 4°C and stored at −80°C for measurement of serum levels by ELISA as previously described. Isolated rat myocardial tissues were fixed in 10% neutral formalin for 48 h at room temperature or stored in liquid nitrogen (−196°C).

Statistical analysis

Measurement data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation and were analyzed using SPSS 19.0 statistical software (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by a Tukey's post-hoc test was used to compare the differences between two groups and intra-group comparisons were performed using repeated ANOVA. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Changes in the hemodynamics of CPB rats

As depicted by the results in Table I, the MAP, HR, rectal temperature and blood gas levels were all significantly decreased immediately following CPB administration (P<0.05) and returned to normal levels 2 h following CPB withdrawal. Notably, HR was lower upon opening of the aorta (P<0.05); PaCO2 and PaO2 levels were stable prior to and following CPB and the values following CPB did not differ significantly to those at the T0 time point (P>0.05); hematocrit levels were significantly decreased following CPB (P<0.05); the blood pH value was stable following CPB; and K+ ions remained stable during CPB. These changes were consistent with the trends in HR, MAP and blood gases during the cardiac surgery (data not shown).

Table I.

MAP, HR, RT and blood gasanalysis at each time point.

Table I.

MAP, HR, RT and blood gasanalysis at each time point.

Prior to CPBBlock the aortaOpen the aortaCPB 60 minStop CPB 2 h





VariableT0T1T2T3T4
MAP, mmHg86.35±7.52 30.38±2.21a 60.16±12.35a 65.38±14.13a80.19±17.39
HR, bpm330±280a200±24a280±31a310±35
RT, °C36.21±1.53 34.37±0.82a35.81±1.1636.53±0.9536.58±1.42
pH7.40±0.057.36±0.047.32±0.037.35±0.037.36±0.05
PaO2, mmHg300±21280±15290±23300±30310±28
PaCO2, mmHg38.56±2.23 36.98±4.05a37.63±3.3236.58±2.5835.43±2.40
BE, mmol/l−1.51±0.55−2.04±0.60−2.53±0.85−3.05±1.74−3.08±1.51
HCT0.40±0.05 0.21±0.03a 0.20±0.03a 0.25±0.04a 0.26±0.04a
K+, mmol/l4.82±0.634.41±0.755.24±0.955.36±0.725.04±0.46

a P<0.05, compared with T0. CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; MAP, mean arterial pressure; HR, heart rate; RT, rectal temperature; BE, base excess; HCT, hematocrit.

HRS alleviates pathological injury in the myocardium

Myocardial cells from the Sham group exhibited an orderly arrangement and had clear boundaries and intact nuclei. Myocardial cells from the CPB group exhibited a disorderly arrangement with indistinct boundaries, myofibre rupture and disappearance of the nuclei. In the HRS group, the severity of myocardial injuries was improved, compared with the CPB group. The Masson trichrome staining results also identified myocardial fibrosis and notable damage in the myocardium of the CPB group, which was improved in the HRS group (Fig. 2).

HRS reduces the serum levels of IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6 in CPB-injured rats

Compared with the Sham group, the serum levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in the CPB group were significantly increased (P<0.05). Compared with the CPB group, IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α levels in the HRS group were significantly decreased (P<0.05; Fig. 3).

HRS reduces the levels of cTnI and hFABP in CPB-injured rats

The levels of cTnI and hFABP in the CPB group were significantly higher, compared with the Sham group (P<0.05), and compared with the CPB group, the levels of cTnI and hFABP in the HRS group were significantly decreased (P<0.05; Fig. 4).

Changes in SOD, MDA and MPO levels

The levels of MDA and MPO in the serum of the CPB group were significantly higher, compared with the Sham group, whilst the level of SOD was significantly reduced (P<0.05). Compared with the CPB group, the serum levels of MDA and MPO in the HRS group were significantly decreased, while the level of SOD was significantly increased (P<0.05; Fig. 5).

Expression of Bcl-2, Bax, JAK2, p-JAK2, STAT3 and p-STAT3

Compared with the Sham group, the protein expression levels of Bcl-2, JAK2, p-JAK2, STAT3 and p-STAT3 in the myocardial tissues of rats in the CPB group were significantly reduced, whilst Bax expression was significantly increased (P<0.05). Conversely, the expression levels of Bcl-2, JAK2, p-JAK2, STAT3 and p-STAT3 in the HRS group were significantly higher, compared with the CPB group (P<0.05), and the expression of Bax was significantly reduced (Fig. 6).

Changes in myocardial cell viability and apoptotic rate

The viability of myocardial cells in each group was detected using the MTT method following reoxygenation. It was observed that HRS treatment significantly increased the viability of myocardial cells in the control siRNA and CPB groups following hypoxia/reoxygenation (P<0.01). This myocardial protective effect of HRS was attenuated by transfection with JAK2 siRNA, as indicated by a decrease in the viability of cells in the JAK2 siRNA, HRS and CPB group (P<0.01 vs. control siRNA, HRS and CPB groups). By contrast, compared with the control siRNA and CPB groups, cells in the JAK2 siRNA and CPB group exhibited no significant change in cell viability (P>0.05; Fig. 7A).

The apoptotic rates of cells were also detected by flow cytometry following reoxygenation. Compared with control siRNA and CPB treatments alone, the HRS, control siRNA andCPB treatments significantly reduced the apoptotic rate of myocardial cells following hypoxia/reoxygenation (P<0.01). JAK2 siRNA significantly attenuated this myocardial protective effect of HRS by increasing the apoptotic rate of myocardial cells in the JAK2 siRNA, HRS and CPB group (P<0.01 vs. control siRNA, HRS and CPB groups). Compared with the control siRNA and CPB groups, cells in the JAK2 siRNA and CPB group exhibited no significant change in apoptotic rate (P>0.05; Fig. 7B-F).

Effects of HRS and JAK2 knockdown on the release of LDH, SOD and MDA from myocardial cells following hypoxia/reoxygenation

The amounts of LDH, MDA and SOD released into the cell culture medium following reoxygenation were measured. Compared with control siRNA and CPB treatments alone, the addition of the HRS treatment was determined to significantly decrease the release of LDH and MDA, and increase that of SOD from myocardial cells following hypoxia/reoxygenation (P<0.01). JAK2 siRNA reversed this protective effect of HRS, and increased the release of LDH and MDA while decreasing the release of SOD from myocardial cells in the JAK2 siRNA, HRS and CPB group (P<0.05). Compared with control siRNA and CPB treatments, the JAK2 siRNA and CPB treatment had no significant effect on LDH, MDA and SOD release (Fig. 8).

Effects of HRS and JAK2 knockdown on protein expression in myocardial cells following hypoxia/reoxygenation

Following hypoxia/reoxygenation, the myocardial cells were subjected to western blot analysis. Compared with the control siRNA and CPB treatments alone, the addition of the HRS treatment significantly increased the expression levels of p-JAK2, p-STAT3 and Bcl-2 following hypoxia/reoxygenation and significantly decreased Bax expression. JAK2 siRNA reversed this protective effect of HRS, and significantly decreased the expression levels of p-JAK2, p-STAT3 and Bc1-2, while significantly increasing Bax expression (P<0.05 vs. control siRNA, HRS and CPB groups). Furthermore, the JAK2 siRNA and CPB treatment significantly reduced p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 expression, compared with the control siRNA and CPB treatments (Fig. 9).

Discussion

In the present study, the effect of HRS on myocardial injury in CPB rats was investigated, principally by evaluating histopathological changes, the viability and apoptosis of cells, and the expression levels of Bcl-2, Bax, JAK/STAT family proteins (JAK2, STAT3) and inflammatory factors. The results demonstrated that HRS reduced CPB-induced myocardial injury, decreased the expression of inflammatory cytokines and reduced cell apoptosis. In addition, the protective effect of HRS against CPB-induced myocardial injury may have occurred via the upregulation of JAK2, p-JAK2, STAT3, p-STAT3 and Bc1-2, and the downregulation of Bax in the myocardium.

The JAK2/STAT3 pathway serves an important role in the oxidative stress and apoptotic responses of primary culture myocardial cells, and it was observed that HRS inhibited myocardial injury by regulating the JAK2/STAT3 pathway. The incidence of complications and mortality following open-heart surgery with CPB is associated with the severity of myocardial injury that occurs during surgery (26,27). As a potential therapeutic, HRS has been reported to exert anti-oxidative stress, anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory effects (2830).

Due to the complexity of open-heart surgery, the processes of CPB and circulatory arrest require relatively long time periods, during which the blood supply may become blocked, leading to myocardial ischemia and hypoxia (31). After the aorta is opened, the heart is re-perfused with systemic blood flow and a large number of white blood cells accumulate in the myocardial microvascular bed and interact with inflammatory mediators, resulting in the release of oxygen free radicals and other toxic substances, which ultimately leads to ischemic injury and an enhanced systemic inflammatory response (8,32). Accordingly, these events increase the incidence of postoperative malignant arrhythmia and low cardiac output syndrome. In the present study, CPB models in rats with circulatory arrest were established according to a previous study (33); the circulatory arrest and resuscitation processes are consistent with clinical practice.

Although there are a number of perioperative myocardial protection strategies and drugs, a number of them are not ideal myocardial protection approaches due to associated side effects and safety and ethics issues (34,35). Hydrogen is an optimal natural antioxidant, and therefore hydrogen-containing solution has a strong reductive function and may neutralize free radicals within blood and cells (36). Additionally, HRS containing hydrogen dissolved in saline may enter cells, where it has the ability to become involved in metabolic pathways, and notably may promote cell detoxification, increase cell hydration and enhance the immune system (3741). Animal experiments and clinical trials have demonstrated that HRS markedly inhibited the injuries induced by IR in the heart, liver, lung and intestine, by reducing the inflammatory response and excessive oxidation and there by protecting the organs (4244). Furthermore, HRS may effectively reduce lung and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, decrease the lung wet/dry weight ratio and significantly inhibit TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1α and VCAM-1 mRNA expression in rats (45). In the present study, it was demonstrated that HRS improved CPB-induced myocardial injury, reduced cTnI, hFABP, IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, MDA and MPO expression levels, enhanced SOD release and inhibited apoptotic protein expression. These data indicated that HRS protected against the CPB-induced myocardial injury in the rat model, and that this protective effect was achieved through anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects.

JAK2/STAT3 signal transduction pathways serve an important role in various pathophysiological processes in the cardiovascular system (46). JAK2 may be activated by autophosphorylation, and activated JAK2 may recruit and phosphorylate STAT3 on one or more receptor sites to induce its activation and dissociation, which enables JAK2 to exert cardioprotective effects via STAT3 (47). Hilfiker-Kleiner et al (48) demonstrated that myocardial infarcted areas in myocardium-specific STAT3 knockout mice following IRI intervention were larger and exhibited a greater amount of apoptotic cells than that in wild-type mice and were associated with a higher mortality rate. The anti-IRI effects of numerous drugs and factors involve the activation of the of JAK2/STAT3 pathway (20,49). Li et al (50) demonstrated that fasudil exerted protective effects on rat myocardium following ischemia by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress and activating the JAK2/STAT3 pathway. According to the data of Luan et al (51), hydrogen sulfide post-conditioning also protected the myocardium via the JAK2/STAT3 pathway during myocardial IR. In the present study, the expression levels of Bcl-2, JAK2, p-JAK2, STAT3 and p-STAT3 in rat myocardium were significantly decreased following CPB, and HRS increased the expression levels of these proteins in the JAK2/STAT3 pathway. These data indicated that the JAK2/STAT3 pathway serves an important role in CPB-induced myocardial injury.

Previous studies have reported that STAT3 may protect myocardial cells, and that activated STAT3 may inhibit the apoptosis of normal myocardial cells upon injury (52,53). By contrast, the anti-apoptotic effects of STAT3 in tumor cells may contribute to tumor growth (54,55). Tao et al (56) measured cardiac function in rats by echocardiography 8 h after injections of LPS and/or HRS, and observed that the addition of HRS increased fractional shortening and the ratio of phosphocreatinine to ATP. Furthermore, the potential inhibition of JNK by HRS had beneficial effects in the LPS-challenged rats, by restoring cardiac fatty acid oxidation (56). To further investigate the underlying mechanism of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway regarding myocardial IRI, cultured myocardial cells were subjected to hypoxia and reoxygenation and JAK2 siRNA was used to specifically block the JAK2/STAT3 pathway. The results demonstrated that HRS treatment significantly increased the viability and decreased the apoptosis of myocardial cells, elevated SOD levels, decreased the release of MDA and LDH, upregulated the expression levels of p-JAK2, p-STAT3 and the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2, and downregulated the expression of the apoptosis-associated protein Bax following hypoxia/reoxygenation. Therefore, HRS had a clear myocardial protective effect and inhibited apoptosis, which was probably mediated through regulation of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway.

In summary, the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway serves an important role in the mechanism of CPB-induced myocardial injury, and HRS may alleviate CPB-induced oxidative stress injury and apoptosis through the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway, thereby exerting protective effects.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Funding

The present study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 81471121 and 31601005), Liaoning natural fund project (grant no. 2016028020) and the New Teacher Foundation of China Medical University (grant no. XZR20160036).

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors' contributions

KC and WD conceived and designed the study, acquired data, interpreted the results and drafted the manuscript. WD also contributed to the acquisition of funding and support. KC, YS and YD performed the experiments. TZ analyzed the data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Ethics statement and consent to participate

The present study was approved by the China Medical University Laboratory Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee.

Consent for publication

Not applicable.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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