Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on the apoptosis of rat cardiomyocytes induced by anoxia/reoxygenation (A/R) and its related signaling pathways. Methods A total of 60 male healthy SD rats aging 1 d to 3 d were selected to establish a primary model of cardiomyocytes in vitro. The animals were randomly divided ten groups before A/R experiments (n=6): ① a control group, ② an A/R group, ③ a CGRP+A/R group, ④ a CGRP8-37+CGRP+A/R group, ⑤ an 5-HD+CGRP+A/R group, ⑥ a DZ+A/R group, ⑦ an H-89+CGRP+A/R group, ⑧ a chelerythine+CGRP+A/R group, ⑨ a glibenclamide+CGRP+A/R group and ⑩ an HMR-1098+CGRP+A/R group. The activities of caspase-3 and caspase-9 were measured by spectrophotometry. Results Compared with the control group, the A/R group showed significantly increased activities of caspase-3 and caspase-9 (P<0.05). Compared with the A/R group, the CGRP+A/R group demonstrated significantly decreased activities of caspase-3 and caspase-9 (P<0.05), which were reversed by the treatment of 10-6mol/L CGRP8-37 (P<0.05). In addition, the activities of caspase-3 and caspase-9 in the DZ+A/R group was remarkably lower than those in the A/R group (P<0.05). Compared with the CGRP+A/R group, the glibenclamide+CGRP+A/R and 5-HD+CGRP+A/R groups demonstrated significantly increased activities of caspase-3 and caspase-9 (P<0.05), while not significant increases were found in the activities of caspase-3 and caspase-9 in the HMR-1098+CGRP+A/R group (P>0.05). Compared with the CGRP+A/R group, the chelerythine+CGRP+A/R group produced significantly increased activities of caspase-3 and caspase-9 (P<0.05), while the activities of caspase-3 and caspase-9 in the H-89+CGRP+A/R group were slightly increased without statistical differences (P>0.05). Conclusions CGRP relieves cardiomyocyte A/R injury and plays an important role in cardiomyocyte apoptosis by activating protein kinase C-mitochondrial ATP sensitive potassium channel and decreasing the expression of caspase-3 and caspase-9.
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