Investigation into the correlations of expressions of Cav-3 and Smad3 with pathogenesis and prognosis of viral myocarditis

H.-L. Jia, J. Liu

Department of Pediatrics, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China. 18678728111@163.com

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• Cardiology

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlations of expressions of Caveolae-3 (Cav-3) and sma and mad homologue (Smad3) with the pathogenesis and prognosis of viral myocarditis (VMC).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: VMC animal models were prepared and divided into the control group, the virus group and the Shenmai group. We detected the levels of creatine kinase isoenzyme (CK-MB) in the serum that was associated with the myocardial injuries, investigated the pathological features of VMC in BALB/C mice via hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, measured the mRNA expressions of Cav-3 and Smad3 via Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and determined the protein expressions of Cav-3 and Smad3 through Western blotting method.

RESULTS: The expressions of CK-MB in the virus group and Shenmai group were significantly higher than those in the control group; in comparison with the virus group, obvious improvement was identified in the pathologic condition of the Shenmai group; also, there was a statistically significant difference in comparison of the pathologic scores of BALB/C mice between the Shenmai group and the virus group. The mRNA expressions of Cav-3 and Smad3 in the virus group and Shenmai group were significantly higher than those in the control group, and the differences had statistical significance; however, higher mRNA expressions were identified in the virus group. Besides, protein expressions of Cav-3 and Smad3 in the virus group and Shenmai group were remarkably higher than those in the control group with statistically significant differences, but those in the virus group were much higher.

CONCLUSIONS: Cav-3 and Smad3 may be involved in the occurrence and development of VMC, which provides some theoretical evidence for further research into the pathogenesis of VMC and the development of clinical drugs for treatment of VMC.

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