Sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction is primarily accompanied by severe sepsis,which is associated with high morbidity and mortality.11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1(11β-HSD1),encoded by Hsd11b1,is a reducta...Sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction is primarily accompanied by severe sepsis,which is associated with high morbidity and mortality.11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1(11β-HSD1),encoded by Hsd11b1,is a reductase that can convert inactive cortisone into metabolically active cortisol,but the role of 11β-HSD1 in sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction remains poorly understood.The current study aimed to investigate the effects of 11β-HSD1 on a lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-induced mouse model,in which LPS(10 mg/kg)was administered to wild-type C57BL/6J mice and 11β-HSD1 global knockout mice.We asscessed cardiac function by echocardiography,performed transmission electron microscopy and immunohistochemical staining to analyze myocardial mitochondrial injury and histological changes,and determined the levels of reactive oxygen species and biomarkers of oxidative stress.We also employed polymerase chain reaction analysis,Western blotting,and immunofluorescent staining to determine the expression of related genes and proteins.To investigate the role of 11β-HSD1 in sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction,we used LPS to induce lentivirus-infected neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes.We found that knockdown of 11β-HSD1 alleviated LPS-induced myocardial mitochondrial injury,oxidative stress,and inflammation,along with an improved myocardial function;furthermore,the depletion of 11β-HSD1 promoted the phosphorylation of adenosine 5′-monophosphate-activated protein kinase(AMPK),peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1α(PGC-1α),and silent information regulator 1(SIRT1)protein levels both in vivo and in vitro.Therefore,the suppression of 11β-HSD1 may be a viable strategy to improve cardiac function against endotoxemia challenges.展开更多
Let be a fuzzy stochastic process and be a real valued finite variation process. We define the Lebesgue-Stieltjes integral denoted by for each by using the selection method, which is direct, nature and different from ...Let be a fuzzy stochastic process and be a real valued finite variation process. We define the Lebesgue-Stieltjes integral denoted by for each by using the selection method, which is direct, nature and different from the indirect definition appearing in some references. We shall show that this kind of integral is also measurable, continuous in time t and bounded a.s. under the Hausdorff metric.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Youth Foundation of China(Grant No.81501201)the National Natural Science Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20151032)Min Huang,and the project of Critical Care Medicine of the Key Clinical Specialty of Jiangsu Province.
文摘Sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction is primarily accompanied by severe sepsis,which is associated with high morbidity and mortality.11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1(11β-HSD1),encoded by Hsd11b1,is a reductase that can convert inactive cortisone into metabolically active cortisol,but the role of 11β-HSD1 in sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction remains poorly understood.The current study aimed to investigate the effects of 11β-HSD1 on a lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-induced mouse model,in which LPS(10 mg/kg)was administered to wild-type C57BL/6J mice and 11β-HSD1 global knockout mice.We asscessed cardiac function by echocardiography,performed transmission electron microscopy and immunohistochemical staining to analyze myocardial mitochondrial injury and histological changes,and determined the levels of reactive oxygen species and biomarkers of oxidative stress.We also employed polymerase chain reaction analysis,Western blotting,and immunofluorescent staining to determine the expression of related genes and proteins.To investigate the role of 11β-HSD1 in sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction,we used LPS to induce lentivirus-infected neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes.We found that knockdown of 11β-HSD1 alleviated LPS-induced myocardial mitochondrial injury,oxidative stress,and inflammation,along with an improved myocardial function;furthermore,the depletion of 11β-HSD1 promoted the phosphorylation of adenosine 5′-monophosphate-activated protein kinase(AMPK),peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1α(PGC-1α),and silent information regulator 1(SIRT1)protein levels both in vivo and in vitro.Therefore,the suppression of 11β-HSD1 may be a viable strategy to improve cardiac function against endotoxemia challenges.
文摘Let be a fuzzy stochastic process and be a real valued finite variation process. We define the Lebesgue-Stieltjes integral denoted by for each by using the selection method, which is direct, nature and different from the indirect definition appearing in some references. We shall show that this kind of integral is also measurable, continuous in time t and bounded a.s. under the Hausdorff metric.
