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Complement C3 Reduces Apoptosis via Interaction with the Intrinsic Apoptotic Pathway.

ABSTRACT: Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) elicits an acute inflammatory response involving complement factors. Recently, we reported that myocardial necrosis was decreased in complement C3^-/- mice after heart I/R. The current study used the same heart model to test the effect of C3 on myocardial apoptosis and investigated if C3 regulation of apoptosis occurred in human cardiomyocytes. Comparative proteomics analyses found that cytochrome c was present in the myocardial C3 complex of WT mice following I/R. Incubation of exogenous human C3 reduced apoptosis in a cell culture system of human cardiomyocytes that did not inherently express C3. In addition, human C3 inhibited the intrinsic apoptosis pathway in a cell-free apoptosis system. Finally, human pro-C3 was found to bind with an apoptotic factor, pro-caspase 3, in a cell-free system. Thus, we present firsthand evidence showing that C3 readily reduces myocardial apoptosis via interaction with the intrinsic apoptotic pathway.

SUBMITTER: Fang Z

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10528058 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Complement C3 Reduces Apoptosis via Interaction with the Intrinsic Apoptotic Pathway.

Fang Zhou Z Lee Haekyung H Liu Junying J Wong Karen A KA Brown Lewis M LM Li Xiang X Xiaoli Alus M AM Yang Fajun F Zhang Ming M

Cells 20230915 18

Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) elicits an acute inflammatory response involving complement factors. Recently, we reported that myocardial necrosis was decreased in complement C3<sup>-/-</sup> mice after heart I/R. The current study used the same heart model to test the effect of C3 on myocardial apoptosis and investigated if C3 regulation of apoptosis occurred in human cardiomyocytes. Comparative proteomics analyses found that cytochrome c was present in the myocardial C3 complex of WT mi ...[more]

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