Abstract:
Objective To study the effect of anacardic acid(AA) inhibiting histone acetylation modification on the phenotypic transformation of rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells(VSMC) induced by high salt. Methods SD rat aorta VSMCs were primary cultured by tissue adherence method and identified by immunofluorescence method. Cell counting kit-8(CCK-8)was used to detect the effect of different concentrations of AA on the proliferation of VSMC induced by high salt and to determine the intervention concentration of AA. The cells were treated with normal salt(NS, Na
+ 139 mmol/L), high salt(HS group, Na
+ 159 mmol/L) and high salt+anacardic acid(HS+AA group). Scratch, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) and Western blot were used to study the effect of AA inhibiting histone acetylation modification on the phenotypic transformation of VSMC induced by high salt. Results Compared with the NS group, the migration of VSMC increased(P<0.05), the expression of collagen Ⅰ(Col Ⅰ) secreted protein increased(P<0.05), the expression of α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA), smooth muscle 22α(SM22α) and calponin all decreased(P<0.05), while the expression of Col Ⅰ, fibronectin(FN), osteopontin(OPN), P300/CBP associated factor(PCAF) and histone 3 acetylation K9(H3 K9 ac) all increased in the HS group(P<0.05). AA could inhibit the proliferation of VSMC induced by high salt. Pearson correlation analysis showed that the concentration of AA was positively correlated with the cell inhibition rate(r=0.984, P<0.05). The 50% inhibition rate concentration(IC
50) was 49.09(95% CI 46.60-51.71) μmol/L, therefore, 50 μmol/L was selected as the intervetion concentration. Compared with the HS group, the migration of VSMC decreased(P<0.05), the expression of Col Ⅰ secreted protein decreased(P<0.05), the expression of α-SMA, SM22α and calponin all increased(P<0.05), while the expression of Col Ⅰ, FN, OPN, PCAF and H3 K9 ac all decreased in the HS+AA group(P<0.05). Conclusions Histone acetylation modification is involved in the phenotypic transformation of SD rat aorta VSMC induced by high salt. Histone acetylase inhibitor AA can inhibit PCAF and reduce the expression of H3 K9 ac, thereby inhibits phenotypic transformation of SD rat aorta VSMC induced by high salt.