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  • Title: High glucose enhances H2O2-induced apoptosis in bovine aortic endothelial cells.
    Author: Guo X, Liu WL, Chen LW, Guo ZG.
    Journal: Acta Pharmacol Sin; 2000 Jan; 21(1):41-5. PubMed ID: 11263246.
    Abstract:
    AIM: To investigate the effect of high glucose on hydroperoxide (H2O2)-induced apoptosis in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC). METHODS: BAEC were cultured and passaged in normal glucose (5.5 mmol.L-1, NG) and high glucose (25 mmol.L-1, HG). Morphologic changes and quantification of apoptotic cells were determined under fluorescence microscope after H2O2-treated BAEC for 24 h with Hoechst 33258 staining. DNA fragmentation was visualized by agarose gel electrophoresis. The expression of phospho-p38 Ca(2+)-calmodulin dependent protein kinase (CCDPK, formerly called MAPK) was measured by Western blotting. RESULTS: H2O2 elicited typical apoptotic morphologic changes (chromatic condensation, nucleus fragmentation). At 100 -300 mumol.L-1, both NG- and HG-BAEC incubated with H2O2 for 24 h increased cell apoptosis and phospho-p38 CCDPK expression in a concentration-dependent manner. In HG-BAEC, H2O2 induced DNA fragmentation at a lower concentration than that in NG-BAEC, and the apoptotic cell count in HG-BAEC was also higher than that of NG-BAEC (P < 0.05). Similarly, the expression of phospho-p38 CCDPK induced by H2O2 was up-regulated in HG-BAEC (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: High glucose enhances H2O2-induced apoptosis in BAEC, which is related to high expression of phospho-p38 CCDPK.
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