Authors : Zhaofang Xi, Haibao Zhu, Dongyang Liu, Liming Wu and DingZong Guo
Abstract: Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) and Apoptosis Repressor with Caspase recruitment domain (ARC) play an important role in regulating apoptosis. Although, the precise mechanisms of IGF-1 and ARC in this process have not been defined, they have similar anti-apoptotic effects in myocardial cells, suggesting that these effects are related. Researchers found that H2O2 can induce ARC reduction in H9C2 cells but IGF-1 can change this trend. To clarify this trend using immunofluorescence and immunoblot analysis, researchers found that LY294002 (PI3K inhibitor) blocked IGF-1 up-regulation of ARC protein and blocked the protective effect of IGF-1 on myocardial cell apoptosis induced by oxidative stress. These results indicate that IGF-1 up-regulates ARC protein expression via the PI3K pathway which protects against myocardial cell apoptosis induced by oxidative stress.
Zhaofang Xi, Haibao Zhu, Dongyang Liu, Liming Wu and DingZong Guo, 2012. IGF-1 Protects Myocardial Cells from ROS Stress-Induced Apoptosis via Up-Regulating ARC. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 11: 1901-1906.