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In the present study, we observed that TrxR inhibition also impaired the contractile function of isolated heart. Our studies showed a decrease in the expression of Trx2 in the high glucose-treated H9c2 cardiac cells and myocardium of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Overexpression of Trx2 could significantly diminish high glucose-induced mitochondrial oxidative damage and improved ATP production in cultured H9c2 cells. Notably, Trx2 overexpression could suppress high glucose-induced atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) gene expression. Our studies suggest that high glucose-induced mitochondrial oxidative damage can be prevented by elevating Trx2 levels, thereby providing extensive protection to the diabetic heart.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms18091958","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,15]],"date-time":"2017-09-15T10:22:10Z","timestamp":1505470930000},"page":"1958","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Thioredoxin 2 Offers Protection against Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in H9c2 Cells and against Myocardial Hypertrophy Induced by Hyperglycemia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Hong","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathophysiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Changqing","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathophysiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Quanfeng","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathophysiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiuxiang","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathophysiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erkio","family":"Sugano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka 020-8551, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hiroshi","family":"Tomita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Iwate University, 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka 020-8551, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liming","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathophysiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sa","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathophysiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"575","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ecl.2006.05.003","article-title":"Diabetic cardiomyopathy","volume":"35","author":"Fonarow","year":"2006","journal-title":"Endocrinol. 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