Ginsenoside Rg3 protects mouse leydig cells against triptolide by downregulation of miR-26a
Identifieur interne : 000496 ( Pmc/Corpus ); précédent : 000495; suivant : 000497Ginsenoside Rg3 protects mouse leydig cells against triptolide by downregulation of miR-26a
Auteurs : Haiyan Liang ; Suwei Zhang ; Zhiling LiSource :
- Drug Design, Development and Therapy [ 1177-8881 ] ; 2019.
Abstract
Ginsenoside Rg3 has been reported to exert protection function on germ cells. However, the mechanisms by which Rg3 regulates apoptosis in mouse Leydig cells remain unclear. In addition, triptolide (TP) has been reported to induce infertility in male rats. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the protective effect of Rg3 against TP-induced toxicity in MLTC-1 cells.
CCK-8, immunofluorescence assay, Western blotting and flow cytometry were used to detect cell proliferation and cell apoptosis, respectively. In addition, the dual luciferase reporter system assay was used to detect the interaction between miR-26a and GSK3β in MLTC-1 cells.
TP significantly inhibited the proliferation of MLTC-1 cells, while the inhibitory effect of TP was reversed by Rg3. In addition, TP markedly induced apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells via increasing the expressions of Bax, active caspase 3, Cyto c and active caspase 9, and decreasing the level of Bcl-2. However, Rg3 alleviated TP-induced apoptosis of MLTC-1 cells. Moreover, the level of miR-26a was obviously downregulated by Rg3 treatment. The protective effect of Rg3 against TP-induced toxicity in MLTC-1 cells was abolished by miR-26a upregulation. Meanwhile, dual-luciferase assay showed GSK3β was the direct target of miR-26a in MLTC-1 cells. Overexpression of miR-26a markedly decreased the level of GSK3β. As expected, upregulation of miR-26a could abrogate the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity via inhibiting the expression of GSK3β.
These results indicated that Rg3 could protect MLTC-1 against TP by downregulation of miR-26a. Therefore, Rg3 might serve as a potential agent for the treatment of male hypogonadism.
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DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S208328
PubMed: 31296984
PubMed Central: 6598939
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However, the mechanisms by which Rg3 regulates apoptosis in mouse Leydig cells remain unclear. In addition, triptolide (TP) has been reported to induce infertility in male rats. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the protective effect of Rg3 against TP-induced toxicity in MLTC-1 cells.</p></sec><sec id="S2002"><title>Methods</title><p>CCK-8, immunofluorescence assay, Western blotting and flow cytometry were used to detect cell proliferation and cell apoptosis, respectively. In addition, the dual luciferase reporter system assay was used to detect the interaction between miR-26a and GSK3β in MLTC-1 cells.</p></sec><sec id="S2003"><title>Results</title><p>TP significantly inhibited the proliferation of MLTC-1 cells, while the inhibitory effect of TP was reversed by Rg3. In addition, TP markedly induced apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells via increasing the expressions of Bax, active caspase 3, Cyto c and active caspase 9, and decreasing the level of Bcl-2. However, Rg3 alleviated TP-induced apoptosis of MLTC-1 cells. Moreover, the level of miR-26a was obviously downregulated by Rg3 treatment. The protective effect of Rg3 against TP-induced toxicity in MLTC-1 cells was abolished by miR-26a upregulation. Meanwhile, dual-luciferase assay showed GSK3β was the direct target of miR-26a in MLTC-1 cells. Overexpression of miR-26a markedly decreased the level of GSK3β. As expected, upregulation of miR-26a could abrogate the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity via inhibiting the expression of GSK3β.</p></sec><sec id="S2004"><title>Conclusion</title><p>These results indicated that Rg3 could protect MLTC-1 against TP by downregulation of miR-26a. 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Drug Des Devel Ther</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Drug Des Devel Ther</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">DDDT</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="pmc">dddt</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Drug Design, Development and Therapy</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">1177-8881</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Dove</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">31296984</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">6598939</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">208328</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2147/DDDT.S208328</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Original Research</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Ginsenoside Rg3 protects mouse leydig cells against triptolide by downregulation of miR-26a</article-title><alt-title alt-title-type="running-authors">Liang et al</alt-title><alt-title alt-title-type="running-title">Liang et al</alt-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Liang</surname><given-names>Haiyan</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="AFF0001">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Zhang</surname><given-names>Suwei</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="AFF0002">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Li</surname><given-names>Zhiling</given-names></name><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="AN0001"></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="AFF0001">1</xref></contrib><aff id="AFF0001"><label>1</label><institution>Reproductive Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou University</institution>,<addr-line>Shantou</addr-line>,<addr-line>Guangdong</addr-line><addr-line>515031</addr-line>,<country>People’s Republic of China</country></aff><aff id="AFF0002"><label>2</label><institution>Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shantou Central Hospital</institution>,<addr-line>Shantou</addr-line>,<addr-line>Guangdong</addr-line><addr-line>515031</addr-line>,<country>People’s Republic of China</country></aff></contrib-group><author-notes><corresp id="AN0001">Correspondence: Zhiling Li<institution>Reproductive Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou University</institution>, <addr-line>No. 57 Changping Road</addr-line>, <addr-line>Shantou</addr-line><addr-line>515031</addr-line>, <addr-line>Guangdong</addr-line>, <country>People’s Republic of China</country><phone>Tel +8 607 548 825 8290</phone>Email <email xlink:href="zhilingli@yandex.com">zhilingli@yandex.com</email></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>24</day><month>6</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>13</volume><fpage>2057</fpage><lpage>2066</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>11</day><month>3</month><year>2019</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>20</day><month>5</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© 2019 Liang et al.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder>Liang et al.</copyright-holder><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/"><license-p>This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. 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In addition, the dual luciferase reporter system assay was used to detect the interaction between miR-26a and GSK3β in MLTC-1 cells.</p></sec><sec id="S2003"><title>Results</title><p>TP significantly inhibited the proliferation of MLTC-1 cells, while the inhibitory effect of TP was reversed by Rg3. In addition, TP markedly induced apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells via increasing the expressions of Bax, active caspase 3, Cyto c and active caspase 9, and decreasing the level of Bcl-2. However, Rg3 alleviated TP-induced apoptosis of MLTC-1 cells. Moreover, the level of miR-26a was obviously downregulated by Rg3 treatment. The protective effect of Rg3 against TP-induced toxicity in MLTC-1 cells was abolished by miR-26a upregulation. Meanwhile, dual-luciferase assay showed GSK3β was the direct target of miR-26a in MLTC-1 cells. Overexpression of miR-26a markedly decreased the level of GSK3β. As expected, upregulation of miR-26a could abrogate the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity via inhibiting the expression of GSK3β.</p></sec><sec id="S2004"><title>Conclusion</title><p>These results indicated that Rg3 could protect MLTC-1 against TP by downregulation of miR-26a. Therefore, Rg3 might serve as a potential agent for the treatment of male hypogonadism.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><title>Keywords</title><kwd>ginsenoside Rg3</kwd><kwd>male hypogonadism</kwd><kwd>triptolide</kwd><kwd>MLTC-1 cell</kwd><kwd>apoptosis</kwd></kwd-group><counts><fig-count count="6"></fig-count><ref-count count="46"></ref-count><page-count count="10"></page-count></counts></article-meta></front><body><sec id="S0001"><title>Introduction</title><p>Male hypogonadism is usually related to impotence, infertility or a reduction in spermatogenesis.<xref rid="CIT0001" ref-type="bibr">1</xref> Testosterone, a vital hormone, is necessary for spermiogenesis and maintenance of secondary sexual functions in men.<xref rid="CIT0002" ref-type="bibr">2</xref> In the recent years, about 6% of males were attacked by male hypogonadism.<xref rid="CIT0003" ref-type="bibr">3</xref> The deficiency of serum testosterone in males not only leads to male sexual dysfunction, but also induces other diseases, such as obesity, skeletal muscle wasting and diabetes.<xref rid="CIT0004" ref-type="bibr">4</xref>–<xref rid="CIT0007" ref-type="bibr">7</xref> Testosterone is generated in Leydig cells, while with the age increase, the number of Leydig cells will reduce.<xref rid="CIT0008" ref-type="bibr">8</xref> The number of Leydig cells are closely associated with male reproductive system and sexual function.<xref rid="CIT0009" ref-type="bibr">9</xref> Therefore, improving the male sperm motility and hypogonadism is beneficial to improving sexual function, fertility and quality of life of males.</p><p><italic>Panax ginseng </italic> is a common Chinese herbal medicine in the Orient.<xref rid="CIT0010" ref-type="bibr">10</xref> Ginsenosides is one of the pharmacologically active compounds in the Ginseng, which could regulate multiple metabolic pathways.<xref rid="CIT0010" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>,<xref rid="CIT0011" ref-type="bibr">11</xref><italic>Ginsenoside Rg3</italic> is the most active compound of ginsenosides.<xref rid="CIT0012" ref-type="bibr">12</xref> Rg3 exerts a variety of pharmacological properties including anti-tumor, anti-inflammation, treatment of diabetes, anti-pruritic effects.<xref rid="CIT0013" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>–<xref rid="CIT0016" ref-type="bibr">16</xref> In addition, Rg3 could enhance erectile function in diabetic rats against streptozotocin.<xref rid="CIT0017" ref-type="bibr">17</xref> Meanwhile, Rg3 could improve endometrial lesions by promoting apoptosis in ectopic endometrial cells.<xref rid="CIT0018" ref-type="bibr">18</xref> However, the effect of Rg3 in leydig cells remains unclear.</p><p>Triptolide (TP), a diterpene triepoxide extracted from a Chinese medicinal herb <italic>Tripterygium wilfordii</italic>, is a post-testicular male contraceptive agent.<xref rid="CIT0019" ref-type="bibr">19</xref> Huang et al demonstrated that TP could produce cell toxicity on the male reproductive system in rats by increasing the deformity rate of sperm.<xref rid="CIT0020" ref-type="bibr">20</xref> TP has been reported to induce infertility in male rats.<xref rid="CIT0021" ref-type="bibr">21</xref> In addition, the longer duration of TP treatment could influence the spermatogenesis.<xref rid="CIT0019" ref-type="bibr">19</xref></p><p>Glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK3β) is a serine-threonine kinase, which involves in some cellular signaling pathways.<xref rid="CIT0022" ref-type="bibr">22</xref> GSK3β signaling has been implicated in cardiac disease and human cancers.<xref rid="CIT0023" ref-type="bibr">23</xref> However, little is known about the role of GSK3β in spermiogenesis. In addition, it has been reported that male hypogonadism was associated with microRNAs (miRNAs).<xref rid="CIT0024" ref-type="bibr">24</xref> Evidences indicated that microRNA-26a (miR-26a) plays important roles in tumor cells and neural stem cells; however, the function of miR-26a during male hypogonadism remains unclear.<xref rid="CIT0023" ref-type="bibr">23</xref>,<xref rid="CIT0025" ref-type="bibr">25</xref> Although previous studies have reported that Rg3 had multiple pharmacological functions, the mechanisms by which Rg3 regulates the proliferation and apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells against TP remain unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the protective effect of Rg3 against TP-induced toxicity in MLTC-1 cells.</p></sec><sec id="S0002"><title>Materials and methods</title><sec id="S0002-S2001"><title>Cell culture and cell transfection</title><p>The mouse Leydig MLTC-1 cell line was obtained from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Rockville, MD, USA). The cells were cultured in RPMI-1640 medium with 10% fetal bovine serum (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA), penicillin (100 U/mL, Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) and streptomycin (100 μg/mL, Sigma Aldrich) at 37°C with 5% CO<sub>2</sub>. Rg3 was purchased from Sigma Aldrich.</p><p>MLTC-1 cells (4x10<sup>5</sup> cells per well) were plated into 6-well plates overnight at 37°C. Then, miR-26a mimics were transfected into cells for 24 hrs at 37°C using Lipofectamine 2000 reagent according to the manufacturer’s instructions. MiR-26a mimics were purchased from GenePharma (Shanghai, China). GSK3β inhibitor 1 was provided by MedChemExpress (Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA).</p></sec><sec id="S0002-S2002"><title>CCK-8 assay of cell viability</title><p>Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8, Sigma Aldrich) was used to assess the cell viability according to the specification. MLTC-1 cells (5x10<sup>3</sup> cells per well) were plated into 96-well plates overnight at 37°C. After that, cells were treated with TP (0, 40, 80, 120, 160 or 200 nM), or Rg3 (0, 5, 10, 20, 40 or 80 μM) for 24 hrs at 37°C. In addition, cells were treated with TP (120 nM) and Rg3 (0, 5, 10, 20 or 40 μM) for 24 hrs at 37°C. After 2 hrs of incubation with CCK-8 solution (10 μL), microplate reader (BioRad, Hercules, CA, USA) was applied to detect the absorbance of cells at a wavelength of 450 nm.</p></sec><sec id="S0002-S2003"><title>Immunofluorescence</title><p>MLTC-1 cells (5x10<sup>4</sup> cells per well) were plated into 24-well plates overnight at 37°C. The cells were fixed in methanol at room temperature for 10 mins. Then, cells were permeabilized in Triton X-100 and washed 3 times with PBS. The samples were then incubated with anti-Ki67 (Abcam Cambridge, MA, USA), anti-DAPI (Abcam) for 1 hr. After that, cells were subsequently treated with goat anti-ribbit IgG H&L (Abcam) for 1 hr at 37°C. Later on, the stained cells were observed by confocal microscopy (Olympus CX23, Tokyo, Japan).</p></sec><sec id="S0002-S2004"><title>Western blot analysis</title><p>Equal amounts of protein (40 μg per lane) were separated by SDS-PAGE gels. Then, proteins were transferred onto PVDF membranes (Thermo Fisher Scientific). The PVDF membranes were blocked with 5% skim milk and incubated with the corresponding primary antibodies overnight at 4°C. Anti-Bax (Abcam, 1:1000, ab32503), anti-Bcl-2 (Abcam, 1:1000, ab32124), anti-active caspase 3 (Abcam, 1:1000, ab2302), anti-Cyto c (Abcam, 1:1000, ab133504), anti-GSK3β (Abcam, 1:1000, ab32391), anti-active caspase 9 (Abcam, 1:1000, ab32539), anti-β-actin (Abcam, 1:1000, ab8227). After that, the membranes were washed four times with TBST (5 mins each) and incubated with secondary antibodies for 50 mins. Later on, the ECL reagent (GE Healthcare, Buckinghamshire, UK) was applied for visualization. ChemiDoc™XRS+ imaging system (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA) was used to capture the blots.</p></sec><sec id="S0002-S2005"><title>Flow cytometric analysis of cell apoptosis</title><p>MLTC-1 cells were centrifuged and trypsinized at 4°C. Then, cells were washed twice with pre-cold PBS and resuspended in binding buffer (500 μL). 5 μL of Annexin V-FITC and 5 μL of PI reagents were added into each sample for 10 mins in the dark. Gallios Flow Cytometer (Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA, USA) was applied to analyze the apoptotic cells using the FlowJo software (Ashland, OR, USA).</p></sec><sec id="S0002-S2006"><title>Real-time qPCR</title><p>Total RNA was extracted from MLTC-1 cells according to the manufacturer’s specification using a Trizol kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific). Then, cDNA Reverse Transcription Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific) was used to synthesize cDNA. After that, PCR was performed by using SYBR Green master mix kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific). The qPCR conditions were as follows: 94°C for 5 mins; and 35 cycles of 95°C for 30 s, 60°C for 30 s and 75°C for 45 mins. The sequences of primers are as follows: miR-34a: Forward: 5’-ACAGTCTCATGCCAGGAAAGC-3’, Reverse: 5’-GCACATTGATGATGCACAGGC-3’; miR-15a: Forward: 5’-GCTAGCAGCACATAATGGTTTGTG-3’, Reverse: 5’-GTGCAGGGTCCGAGGTATTC-3’; miR-184: Forward: 5’-TACGACTATGTGACCTGCCTG-3’, Reverse: 5’- TGGTTCAACTCTCCTTTCCA-3’; miR-130a Forward: 5’-GGGGTACCGCTTACCCACATCATA-3’, Reverse: 5’-GAAGATCTTACCACCATGGATCGTC-3’; miR-26a: Forward: 5’- ACACTCCAGCTGGGTTCAAGTAATCCAGGA-3’, Reverse: 5’-TGGTGTCGTGGAGTCG-3’; GSK3β: Forward: 5′-CAAAGCAGCTGGTCCGAGG-3′, Reverse:5′-TCCACCAACTGATCCACACCAC-3’, U6: Forward: 5’- CGCTTCGGCAGCACATATAC-3’, Reverse: 5’-AAATATGGAACGCTTCACGA-3’. The relative levels of miR-34a, miR-15a, miR-184, miR-130a, miR-26a and GSK3B were normalized to the level of U6. The 2<sup>−ΔΔCt</sup> method was used to analyze the data.<xref rid="CIT0026" ref-type="bibr">26</xref></p></sec><sec id="S0002-S2007"><title>Luciferase reporter assay</title><p>MLTC-1 cells were plated onto the 96-well plates at 37°C and cultured to reach 70% confluence. The wild-type and mutant-type human GSK3β-3’ UTR were constructed, and cloned into the pMIR-REPORT Luciferase vector (Promega, Madison, Wisconsin, USA). The designed miR-26a mimics control was then used to co-transfect MLTC-1 cells together with the corresponding plasmids (Wide type GSK3β or mutant GSK3β) using Lipofectamine 2000 for 48 hrs. The luciferase report activity was measured with the Dual Luciferase reporter 1000 Assay System (Promega). The data were normalized to the rellina luciferase activity of control group.</p></sec><sec id="S0002-S2008"><title>Statistical analysis</title><p>All experiments were performed at least three independent experiments and all data were expressed as the mean ± SD. The data were conducted with GraphPad Prism version 7 (GraphPad Software, CA, USA.). One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s test was used to analyze the difference between groups with <italic>P</italic><0.05 being regarded as indicating a statistically significant difference (*<italic>P</italic><0.05, **<italic>P</italic><0.01).</p></sec></sec><sec id="S0003"><title>Results</title><sec id="S0003-S2001"><title>Rg3 attenuated TP-induced cytotoxicity in MLTC-1 cells</title><p>The chemical structure of Rg3 was indicated in <xref rid="F0001" ref-type="fig">Figure 1A</xref>. CCK-8 assay was used to determine the effects of Rg3 or TP on the viability of MLTC-1 cells. As shown in <xref rid="F0001" ref-type="fig">Figure 1B</xref>, TP dose-dependently inhibited the proliferation of MLTC-1 cells. 120 nM TP induced about 60% cell growth inhibition, which was utilized in the following experiments. In addition, 80 μM Rg3 significantly inhibited the proliferation of MLTC-1 cells, whereas 5, 10, 20 or 40 μM Rg3 had no obvious inhibitory effects on MLTC-1 cells (<xref rid="F0001" ref-type="fig">Figure 1C</xref>). Furthermore, TP inhibited the proliferation of MLTC-1 cells, which were reversed the most by 20 μM Rg3 treatment (<xref rid="F0001" ref-type="fig">Figure 1D</xref>). Therefore, 20 μM Rg3 were utilized in the following experiments. Similarly, the immunofluorescence assay data indicated that Rg3 exhibited notably protective effects against TP‐induced cytotoxicity (<xref rid="F0001" ref-type="fig">Figure 1E</xref> and <xref rid="F0001" ref-type="fig">F</xref>). These results indicated that Rg3 could attenuate TP-induced cytotoxicity in MLTC-1 cells.<fig id="F0001" fig-type="figure" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 1</label><caption><p>Rg3 attenuated TP-induced cytotoxicity in MLTC-1 cells. (<bold>A</bold>) The chemical structure of Rg3. (<bold>B</bold>) CCK-8 assay was used to detect the viability of MLTC-1 cells. MLTC-1 cells were treated with TP (0, 40, 80, 120, 160, 200 nM) for 24 hrs. (<bold>C</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were treated with Rg3 (0, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 μM) for 24 hrs. (<bold>D</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were treated with TP (120 nM) and Rg3 (0, 5, 10, 20, 40 μM) for 24 hrs. (<bold>E</bold> and <bold>F</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were treated with 120 nM TP or/and 20 μM Rg3 for 24 hrs. Relative fluorescence expression levels were quantified by Ki67 and DAPI staining. **<italic>P</italic><0.01 compared with control group; <sup>#</sup><italic>P</italic><0.05, <sup>##</sup><italic>P</italic><0.01 compared with TP_120 nM group; <sup>^^</sup><italic>P</italic><0.01 compared with TP_160 nM group.</p></caption><graphic content-type="print-only" xlink:href="DDDT-13-2057-g0001"></graphic></fig></p></sec><sec id="S0003-S2002"><title>Rg3 reversed TP-induced apoptosis of MLTC-1 cells</title><p>To further investigate the effects of Rg3 in TP-treated MLTC-1 cells, flow cytometry was used. As illustrated in <xref rid="F0002" ref-type="fig">Figure 2A</xref> and <xref rid="F0002" ref-type="fig">B</xref>, TP markedly induced apoptosis of MLTC-1 cells, which was reversed by Rg3 treatment. In addition, Western blotting was used to measure the expressions of apoptosis-related proteins Bcl-2, Bax and active caspase 3. As indicated <xref rid="F0002" ref-type="fig">Figure 2C</xref>, <xref rid="F0002" ref-type="fig">D</xref>, <xref rid="F0002" ref-type="fig">E</xref> and <xref rid="F0002" ref-type="fig">F</xref>, TP increased the levels of Bax and active caspase 3 and increased the expression of Bcl-2 in cells, while these effects were significantly reversed by Rg3 treatment. These data suggested that Rg3 could reverse TP-induced apoptosis of MLTC-1 cells.<fig id="F0002" fig-type="figure" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 2</label><caption><p>Rg3 reversed TP-induced apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells. MLTC-1 cells were treated with 120 nM TP or/and 20 μM Rg3 for 24 hrs. (<bold>A</bold> and <bold>B</bold>) Apoptotic cells were measured with Annexin V and PI double staining. (<bold>C</bold>) Expression levels of Bax, Bcl-2 and active caspase 3 in MLTC-1 cells were detected with Western blotting. β-actin was used as an internal control. (<bold>D–F</bold>) The relative expressions of Bax, Bcl-2 and active caspase 3 were quantified via normalization to β-actin. **<italic>P</italic><0.01 compared with control group; <sup>##</sup><italic>P</italic><0.01 compared with TP_120 nM group.</p></caption><graphic content-type="print-only" xlink:href="DDDT-13-2057-g0002"></graphic></fig></p></sec><sec id="S0003-S2003"><title>Overexpression of miR-26a reversed the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity in MLTC-1 cells</title><p>The proliferation of Leydig cells could maintain spermatogenesis in adult male mice.<xref rid="CIT0027" ref-type="bibr">27</xref> In addition, the spermatogenesis occurs mainly in Leydig cells.<xref rid="CIT0027" ref-type="bibr">27</xref> Previous studies demonstrated that miR-34a, miR-15a, miR-184, miR-130a and miR-26a have been shown to be associated with spermatogenesis.<xref rid="CIT0024" ref-type="bibr">24</xref>,<xref rid="CIT0028" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>–<xref rid="CIT0033" ref-type="bibr">33</xref> Thus, qRT-PCR was used to detect the levels of these miRNAs in MLTC-1 cells. As demonstrated in <xref rid="F0003" ref-type="fig">Figure 3A</xref>, the level of miR-26a was significantly downregulated by Rg3 in MLTC-1 cells. However, the expression of miR-26a was slightly upregulated in TP-induced MLTC-1 cells (<xref rid="F0003" ref-type="fig">Figure 3B</xref>).<fig id="F0003" fig-type="figure" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 3</label><caption><p>Overexpression of miR-26a reversed the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity in MLTC-1 cells. (<bold>A</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were treated with 20 μM Rg3 for 24 hrs. Relative expressions of miR-34a, miR-15a, miR-184, miR-130a and miR-26a in MLTC-1 cells were detected by qRT-PCR. (<bold>B</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were treated with 120 nM TP or/and 20 μM for 24 hrs. Relative expression of miR-26a in MLTC-1 cells was detected by qRT-PCR. (<bold>C</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were transfected with 10 nM miR-26a mimics for 24 hrs. Relative expression of miR-26a in MLTC-1 cells was detected by qRT-PCR. (<bold>D</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were treated with 10 nM miR-26a mimics, 120 nM TP plus 20 μM Rg3 or triple treatment for 24 hrs. CCK-8 assay was used to detect the viability of MLTC-1 cells. (<bold>E</bold> and <bold>F</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were treated with 0 nM miR-26a mimics, 120 nM TP plus 20 μM Rg3 or triple treatment for 24 hrs. Apoptotic cells were measured with Annexin V and PI double staining. **<italic>P</italic><0.01 compared with control group; <sup>##</sup><italic>P</italic><0.01 compared with Rg3+ TP group.</p></caption><graphic content-type="print-only" xlink:href="DDDT-13-2057-g0003"></graphic></fig></p><p>As shown in <xref rid="F0003" ref-type="fig">Figure 3C</xref>, the level of miR-26a was markedly increased in miR-26a mimics group, compared with control group. In addition, the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity in MLTC-1 cells were reversed following transfection with miR-26a mimics (<xref rid="F0003" ref-type="fig">Figure 3D</xref>). Moreover, the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells were reversed by miR-26a mimics as well (<xref rid="F0003" ref-type="fig">Figure 3E</xref> and <xref rid="F0003" ref-type="fig">F</xref>). All these results indicated that overexpression of miR-26a reversed the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity in MLTC-1 cells.</p></sec><sec id="S0003-S2004"><title>GSK3β was a direct target of miR-26a</title><p>The mechanism by which miRNAs exhibit corresponding effects by binding to the 3′ UTR of target gene has been shown.<xref rid="CIT0034" ref-type="bibr">34</xref> Three online bioinformatics tools, TargetScan, miRDB, or microRNA were used to predict the downstream targets of miR-26a. The results showed that GSK3β was a potential target of miR-26a (<xref rid="F0004" ref-type="fig">Figure 4A</xref> and <xref rid="F0004" ref-type="fig">B</xref>). In addition, the luciferase assay data indicated that reduced luciferase activity was observed in MLTC-1 cells following transfection with psiCHECK-2-GSK3β-WT and miR-26a mimics (<xref rid="F0004" ref-type="fig">Figure 4C</xref>). Moreover, qRT-PCR analysis confirmed that the level of GSK3β was markedly decreased following transfection with miR-26a mimics (<xref rid="F0004" ref-type="fig">Figure 4D</xref>). These data revealed that GSK3β is a downstream target of miR-26a.<fig id="F0004" fig-type="figure" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 4</label><caption><p>GSK3β was a direct target of miR-26a. (<bold>A</bold> and <bold>B</bold>) Gene structure of GSK3β at the position of 1604–1611 indicates the predicted target site of miR-26a in its 3’UTR, with a sequence of UUACUUGAC. (<bold>C</bold>) The luciferase activity was measured by using the dual luciferase reporter assay. (<bold>D</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were transfected with 10 nM miR-26a mimics for 24 hrs. Relative expression of GSK3β in MLTC-1 cells was detected by qRT-PCR. **<italic>P</italic><0.01 compared with control group.</p></caption><graphic content-type="print-only" xlink:href="DDDT-13-2057-g0004"></graphic></fig></p></sec><sec id="S0003-S2005"><title>Overexpression of miR-26a reversed the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity via targeting GSK3β</title><p>In order to detect the mechanism by which miR-26a regulated GSK3β in MLTC-1 cells, Western blot was applied. As indicated in <xref rid="F0005" ref-type="fig">Figure 5A</xref> and <xref rid="F0004" ref-type="fig">B</xref>, the level of GSK3β was significantly increased by Rg3 treatment, whereas Rg3-induced GSK3β upregulation was completely inhibited by GSK3β selective inhibitor. In addition, Western blotting data indicated that TP markedly induced the upregulation of Cyto c and active caspase 9 and notably downregulation of GSK3β, which were significantly reversed by Rg3 (<xref rid="F0005" ref-type="fig">Figure 5C</xref>, <xref rid="F0005" ref-type="fig">D</xref>, <xref rid="F0005" ref-type="fig">E</xref> and <xref rid="F0005" ref-type="fig">F</xref>). However, the protective effect of Rg3 was significantly reversed following transfection with miR-26a mimics (<xref rid="F0005" ref-type="fig">Figure 5C</xref>, <xref rid="F0005" ref-type="fig">D</xref>, <xref rid="F0005" ref-type="fig">E</xref> and <xref rid="F0005" ref-type="fig">F</xref>). These results suggested that overexpression of miR-26a could attenuate the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity via targeting GSK3β.<fig id="F0005" fig-type="figure" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 5</label><caption><p>Overexpression of miR-26a reversed the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity via targeting GSK3β. (<bold>A</bold> and <bold>B</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were treated with Rg3 (0, 10, 20 μM) or Rg3 (20 μM) plus GSK3β inhibitor 1 (20 nM) for 24 hrs. Expression level of GSK3β in MLTC-1 cells was detected with Western blotting. The relative expression of GSK3β was quantified via normalization to β-actin. (<bold>C</bold>) MLTC-1 cells were treated with 120 nM TP +20 μM Rg3 or/and miR-26a mimics for 24 hrs. Expressions of GSK3β and active caspase 9 in MLTC-1 cells and the level of Cyto c in cytoplasm were detected with Western blotting. (<bold>D</bold>–<bold>F</bold>) The relative expressions of Cyto c, GSK3β and active caspase 9 were quantified via normalization to β-actin. **<italic>P</italic><0.01 compared with control group; <sup>##</sup><italic>P</italic><0.01 compared with Rg3+ TP group.</p></caption><graphic content-type="print-only" xlink:href="DDDT-13-2057-g0005"></graphic></fig></p></sec></sec><sec id="S0004"><title>Discussion</title><p>Leydig cells play important roles in spermatogenesis, because the synthesis of testosterone and spermatogenesis mainly occurs in Leydig cells.<xref rid="CIT0035" ref-type="bibr">35</xref> Previous study found that TP could lead to male infertility.<xref rid="CIT0036" ref-type="bibr">36</xref> In addition, TP could induce reproduction toxicity via influencing spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis.<xref rid="CIT0037" ref-type="bibr">37</xref> In this study, we found that TP significantly inhibited proliferation of MLTC-1 cells. However, the toxicity effect of TP on MLTC-1 cells was reversed by Rg3. Moreover, Rg3 could reverse TP-induced apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells via downregulating the levels of Bax, active caspase 3, Cyto c and active caspase 9, and upregulating the level of Bcl-2. Kopalli et al indicated that Rg3 could alleviate hyperthermia-mediated male infertility.<xref rid="CIT0038" ref-type="bibr">38</xref> Ginseng could protect fertility factors and testicular damage in immobilization stress-induced rats.<xref rid="CIT0039" ref-type="bibr">39</xref> Furthermore, ginseng could improve the quality of spermatozoa via inhibiting apoptosis in rats.<xref rid="CIT0040" ref-type="bibr">40</xref> Consistent with these studies, our results illustrated that Rg3 could attenuate TP-induced cytotoxicity in MLTC-1 cells.</p><p>It has been shown that a number of miRNAs have been considered as biomarkers for the diagnosis of male hypogonadism.<xref rid="CIT0041" ref-type="bibr">41</xref> MiRNAs are endogenous small RNAs, which play important roles in male hypogonadism and infertility.<xref rid="CIT0042" ref-type="bibr">42</xref> Ma et al found that miR-26a-5p could regulate sperm apoptosis.<xref rid="CIT0033" ref-type="bibr">33</xref> In the present study, the level of miR-26a significantly downregulated in Rg3-treated MLTC-1 cells, while TP slightly upregulated miR-26a expression in MLTC-1 cells. These results indicated that the level of miR-26a was regulated by Rg3 in MLTC-1 cells. However, the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity in MLTC-1 cells were reversed following transfection with miR-26a mimics. Therefore, it can be suggested that miR-26a could reverse the anti-apoptotic effects of Rg3 on MLTC-1 cells. Taken together, our data indicated that Rg3 protects MLTC-1 cells against TP by downregulation of miR-26a.</p><p>However, there are no reports pointing out the cell targets of miR-26a on MLTC-1 cells. The luciferase reporter assay was used to confirm the downstream targets of miR-26a. In this study, the data demonstrated that GSK3β was the direct target of miR-26a. GSK3β, a serine/threonine kinase, is involved in diverse cellular processes including protein synthesis, cell cycle, proliferation and cell apoptosis.<xref rid="CIT0042" ref-type="bibr">42</xref> Fei et al indicated that silencing of GSK3β could induce apoptosis in prostate cancer cells.<xref rid="CIT0043" ref-type="bibr">43</xref> Hongjin et al found that adrenomedullin inhibited apoptosis in mesenchymal stem cells via increasing of GSK3β.<xref rid="CIT0044" ref-type="bibr">44</xref> In addition, phosphorylated GSK3β could inhibit mitochondria‐dependent apoptosis via decreasing the release of cytoplasmic Cyto-C and caspase 9.<xref rid="CIT0045" ref-type="bibr">45</xref> These reports demonstrated that GSK3β could inhibit cell apoptosis.<xref rid="CIT0046" ref-type="bibr">46</xref> As expected, in this study, 20 μM Rg3 significantly increased the level of GSK3β in MLTC-1 cells. Therefore, we indicated that Rg3 attenuated TP-induced cytotoxicity in MLTC-1 cells via upregulation of GSK3β, which was consistent with previous studies.</p><p>In addition, overexpression of miR-26a downregulated the level of GSK3β in MLTC-1 cells. Meanwhile, miR-26a mimics reversed the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity via inhibiting the level of GSK3β, and increasing the level of Cyto c and active caspase 9. These results illustrated that overexpression of miR-26a reversed the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity via targeting GSK3β (<xref rid="F0006" ref-type="fig">Figure 6</xref>). Indeed, it is possible that Rg3 exerted protective effect against TP by regulating other pathways and more investigations are needed in the future.<fig id="F0006" fig-type="figure" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Figure 6</label><caption><p>Overexpression of miR-26a reversed the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity. TP significantly induced apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells. However, Rg3 reversed TP-induced apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells. In addition, overexpression of miR-26a reversed the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity via targeting GSK3β.</p></caption><graphic content-type="print-only" xlink:href="DDDT-13-2057-g0006"></graphic></fig></p></sec><sec id="S0005"><title>Conclusion</title><p>In this study, we found that Rg3 exhibited markedly protective effects against TP‐induced apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells. In addition, overexpression of miR-26a reversed the protective effects of Rg3 against TP-induced cytotoxicity via targeting GSK3β. These findings indicated that Rg3 alleviated TP-induced apoptosis in MLTC-1 cells via regulating GSK3β. 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