Abstract:
Objective To study the effect of anacardic acid inhibiting histone H3K9 acetylation modification on the phenotypic transformation of rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells(VSMC) induced by high fructose and its possible mechanism. Methods The VSMC of SD rat were cultured by tissue adherent method. The effect of different fructose concentrations on the proliferation of VSMC was detected by CCK-8 assay to determine the fructose intervention concentration. Further, the effect of different concentrations of anacardic acid on the proliferation of high fructose-induced VSMC was detected to determine the intervention concentration of anacardic acid. Western blot and immunofluorescence were used to investigate the effect of anacardic acid inhibiting histone H3K9 acetylation modification on the expression of protein of phenotypic transformation and NF-κB/nucleotide binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3(NLRP3) of rat VSMC induced by high fructose. Results Treatment with fructose of 5-30 mmol/L for 48 h and 72 h enhanced the proliferation of VSMC(P<0.05) and the effect of fructose 10 mmol/L for 72 h was the most significant. Anacardic acid inhibited the proliferation of VSMC induced by high fructose in a concentration-dependent manner. Spearman correlation analysis showed that the concentration of Anacardic acid was positively correlated with cell inhibition rate(rs=0.98, P<0.05) and the half inhibitory concentration(IC
50) was 65.34(95%CI 60.60-70.45) μmol/L. High fructose made the expression of α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA), smooth muscle 22α(SM22α) and Calponin which are contractive biomarkers decreased(P<0.05), while the expression of collagen Ⅰ(Col Ⅰ), fibronectin(FN), osteopontin(OPN) which is synthetic biomarker, P300/CBP related factor(PCAF), Histone 3 acetylation K9(H3K9ac), p-NF-κBp65 and NLRP3 increased(P<0.05). Anacardic acid made the expression of α-SMA, SM22α, Calponin increased(P<0.05), while the expression of Col Ⅰ, FN, OPN, PCAF, H3K9ac, p-NF-κBp65 and NLRP3 decreased(P<0.05). Conclusion Anacardic acid inhibits high fructose-induced aortic VSMC phenotypic transformation from a contractile to a synthetic type in rats and the mechanism may be related to the inhibition of PCAF-mediated H3K9 acetylation and NF-κB/NLRP3 expression by anacardic acid.