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Hyperglycemia magnifies bupivacaine-induced cell apoptosis triggered by mitochondria dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum stress

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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 91, Issue 6, Pages 786-798

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23216

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glucose; bupivacaine; apoptosis; reactive oxygen species; endoplasmic reticulum stress; mitochondrial dysfunction

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81271390]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China [2011010004056]

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Nerve cell injury associated with apoptosis plays an important role in the development of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). However, it remains unclear whether preexisting or potential neurocyte damage induced by hyperglycemia increases sensitivity to local anesthetics. SH-SY5Y cells were pretreated with a high concentration of glucose in vitro, to imitate DPN prior to administration of bupivacaine or placebo. Cell viability and apoptosis were investigated with a CCK-8 assay and flow cytometry, respectively. In addition, mitochondrial membrane potential, reactive oxygen species (ROS), mitochondrially generated ROS, and activity of mitochondrial complexes I and III were studied to explore the molecular mechanism of bupivacaine-induced mitochondrial injury. Grp78 and caspase-12 expression were measured by qRT-PCR and Western blot, representing endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Cell structure was also assessed via transmission electron microscopy. Incubation with bupivacaine decreased the activity of mitochondrial complexes I and III; increased ROS production at cell and mitochondrial levels, mitochondrial potential depolarization, and Grp78 and caspase-12 expression at both transcription and translation levels; and affected cell structure, which could be enhanced by glucose pretreatment. These findings indicate that mitochondrial dysfunction and ER stress related to ROS are involved in bupivacaine-induced apoptosis and may be enhanced by glucose administration. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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