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Retracted : Anti‐Apoptotic Effect of MicroRNA‐30b in Early Phase of Rat Myocardial Ischemia‐Reperfusion Injury Model
Author(s) -
Song ChunLi,
Liu Bin,
Wang JinPeng,
Zhang BeiLin,
Zhang JiChang,
Zhao LiYan,
Shi YongFeng,
Li YangXue,
Wang Guan,
Diao HongYing,
Li Qian,
Xue Xin,
Wu JunDuo,
Liu Jia,
Yu YunPeng,
Cai Dan,
Liu ZhiXian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cellular biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1097-4644
pISSN - 0730-2312
DOI - 10.1002/jcb.25208
Subject(s) - apoptosis , tunel assay , western blot , immunohistochemistry , reperfusion injury , andrology , microrna , medicine , endocrinology , chemistry , ischemia , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , gene , biochemistry
ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the effect of microRNA‐30b (miR‐30b) in rat myocardial ischemic‐reperfusion (I/R) injury model. We randomly divided Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats (n = 80) into five groups: 1) control group; 2) miR‐30b group; 3) sham‐operated group; 4) I/R group, and 5) I/R+miR‐30b group. Real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemical staining and Western blot analysis were conducted. TUNEL assay was employed for testing cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Our results showed that miR‐30b levels were down‐regulated in I/R group and I/R + miR‐30b group compared with sham‐operated group (both P < 0.05). However, miR‐30b level in I/R + miR‐30b group was higher than I/R group ( P < 0.05). Markedly, the apoptotic rate in I/R group showed highest in I/R group ( P < 0.05). Additionally, the results illustrated that protein levels of Bcl‐2, Bax, and caspase‐3 were at higher levels in ischemic regions in I/R group, comparing to sham‐operated group (all P < 0.05), while Bcl‐2/Bax was reduced ( P < 0.05). Bcl‐2 level and Bcl‐2/Bax were obviously increased in I/R + miR‐30b group by comparison with I/R group, and expression levels of Bax and caspase‐3 were down‐regulated (all P < 0.05). We also found that in I/R + miR‐30b group, KRAS level was apparently lower and p‐AKT level was higher by comparing with I/R group (both P < 0.05). Our study indicated that miR‐30b overexpression had anti‐apoptotic effect on early phase of rat myocardial ischemia injury model through targeting KRAS and activating the Ras/Akt pathway. J. Cell. Biochem. 116: 2610–2619, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.