Heat shock protein 70 protects PC12 cells against ischemia-hypoxia/reoxygenation by maintaining intracellular Ca~(2+) homeostasis

Heatshockprotein70(HSP70)maintainsCa~(2+)homeostasisinPC12cells,whichmayprotectagainstapoptosis;however,themechanismsofneuroprotectionareunclear.Therefore,inthisstudy,weexaminedCa~(2+)levelsinPC12cellstransfectedwithanexogenouslentiviralHSP70geneexpressionconstruct,andwesubsequentlysubjectedthecellstoischemia-hypoxia/reoxygenationinjury.HSP70overexpressionincreasedneuronalviabilityandATPaseactivity,anditdecreasedcellularreactiveoxygenspecieslevelsandintracellularCa~(2+)concentrationafterhypoxia/reoxygenation.HSP70overexpressionenhancedtheproteinandmRNAexpressionlevelsofsarcoplasmic/endoplasmicreticulumCa~(2+)-ATPase(SERCA),butitdecreasedtheproteinandmRNAlevelsofinositol1,4,5-trisphosphatereceptor(IP3R),therebyleadingtodecreasedintracellularCa~(2+)concentrationafterischemia-hypoxia/reoxygenation.TheseresultssuggestthatexogenousHSP70protectsagainstischemia-hypoxia/reoxygenationinjury,atleastinpart,bymaintainingcellularCa~(2+)homeostasis,byupregulatingSERCAexpressionandbydownregulatingIP_3Rexpression.