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Kandpal A, Kumar K, Singh S, Yadav HN, Jaggi AS, Singh D, Chopra DS, Maslov L, Singh N. Amplification of Cardioprotective Response of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Rats by Quercetin: Potential Role of Activation of mTOR-dependent Autophagy and Nrf2. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2024:10.1007/s10557-024-07595-9. [PMID: 38916838 DOI: 10.1007/s10557-024-07595-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Noninvasive remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a practical, acceptable, and feasible conditioning technique reported to provide cardioprotection in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI). It has been well-reported that quercetin possesses antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This study investigates the modification of the cardioprotective response of RIPC by quercetin. METHODS Adult Wistar rats were randomized into 12 groups of six animals each. MIRI was induced by subjecting the isolated hearts of Wistar rats to global ischemia for 30 min, succeeded by reperfusion of 120 min after mounting on the Langendorff PowerLab apparatus. Hind limb RIPC was applied in four alternate cycles of ischemia and reperfusion of 5 min each by tying the pressure cuff before isolation of hearts. RESULTS MIRI was reflected by significantly increased infarct size, LDH-1, and CK-MB, TNF-α, TBARS, and decreased GSH, catalase, and hemodynamic index, and modulated Nrf2. Pretreatment of quercetin (25 and 50 mg/kg; i.p.) significantly attenuated the MIRI-induced cardiac damage and potentiated the cardioprotective response of RIPC at the low dose. Pretreatment of ketamine (10 mg/kg; i.p.), an mTOR-dependent autophagy inhibitor, significantly abolished the cardioprotective effects of quercetin and RIPC. CONCLUSIONS The findings highlight the modification of the cardioprotective effect of RIPC by quercetin and that quercetin protects the heart against MIRI through multiple mechanisms, including mTOR-dependent activation of autophagy and Nrf-2 activation.
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- Ayush Kandpal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India
- Guru Gobind Singh College of Pharmacy (GGSCOP), Yamunanagar, Haryana, 135001, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India
- Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India
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- Cardiology Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Science, Tomsk, Russia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India.
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Shen C, Chen Q, Chen S, Lin Y. Mechanism of Danggui Buxue decoction in the treatment of myocardial infarction based on network pharmacology and experimental identification. Heliyon 2024; 10:e29360. [PMID: 38665560 PMCID: PMC11043959 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Background Myocardial infarction (MI) remains one of the major causes of high morbidity and mortality worldwide. Danggui Buxue Decoction (DBD)-an ancient Chinese herbal decoction-has been used to prevent coronary heart disease, which was called "chest palsy" in ancient clinics. However, the mechanism of DBD in the treatment of MI remains unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the effect and mechanism of DBD on MI by combining network pharmacology with in vivo experiments. Materials and methods First, public databases were used to identify the key active chemicals and possible targets of DBD. The MI targets were obtained from the Therapeutic Target Database, and the function of the target genes in relation to linked pathways was investigated. Subsequently, Cytoscape software was used to build a target-signaling pathway network. Finally, the efficacy of DBD therapy on MI was validated using in vivo investigations combined with molecular docking. Results In traditional Chinese medicine systems pharmacology database and analysis platform (TCMSP), 27 bioactive compounds were screened from DBD. A total of 213 common targets were obtained, including 507 DBD targets and 2566 MI targets. Enrichment analysis suggests that PI3K/AKT is a potential signaling pathway for DBD-based protection. Immunofluorescence and protein blotting confirmed PI3K/AKT1, ERK2, and CASPASE-9 as the target proteins. Molecular docking analysis showed that quercetin, kaempferol, isoflavanones, isorhamnetin, hederagenin, and formononetin had high binding affinity to AKT1, ERK2, and CASPASE-9. Conclusions This study demonstrated that the therapeutic benefit of DBD on MI may be mediated via target proteins in the PI3K/AKT pathway, such as AKT1, ERK2, and CASPASE-9. Our study data can help to provide ideas and identify new treatment targets for MI.
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- Chuqiao Shen
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of R&D of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, 230038, China
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- Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of R&D of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, 230038, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, China
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Zhang W, Zheng Y, Yan F, Dong M, Ren Y. Research progress of quercetin in cardiovascular disease. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1203713. [PMID: 38054093 PMCID: PMC10694509 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1203713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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Quercetin is one of the most common flavonoids. More and more studies have found that quercetin has great potential utilization value in cardiovascular diseases (CVD), such as antioxidant, antiplatelet aggregation, antibacterial, cholesterol lowering, endothelial cell protection, etc. However, the medicinal value of quercetin is mostly limited to animal models and preclinical studies. Due to the complexity of the human body and functional structure compared to animals, more research is needed to explore whether quercetin has the same mechanism of action and pharmacological value as animal experiments. In order to systematically understand the clinical application value of quercetin, this article reviews the research progress of quercetin in CVD, including preclinical and clinical studies. We will focus on the relationship between quercetin and common CVD, such as atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, ischemia reperfusion injury, heart failure, hypertension and arrhythmia, etc. By elaborating on the pathophysiological mechanism and clinical application research progress of quercetin's protective effect on CVD, data support is provided for the transformation of quercetin from laboratory to clinical application.
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- Weiwei Zhang
- Department of Oncology, Cancer Prevention and Treatment Institute of Chengdu, Chengdu Fifth People’s Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Affiliated Fifth People’s Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Chengdu, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Geriatric Diseases Institute of Chengdu, Center for Medicine Research and Translation, Chengdu Fifth People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Geriatric Diseases Institute of Chengdu, Center for Medicine Research and Translation, Chengdu Fifth People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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Draginic N, Milosavljevic I, Andjic M, Jeremic J, Nikolic M, Sretenovic J, Kocovic A, Srejovic I, Zivkovic V, Bolevich S, Bolevich S, Curcic S, Jakovljevic V. Short-Term Administration of Lemon Balm Extract Ameliorates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury: Focus on Oxidative Stress. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15070840. [PMID: 35890139 PMCID: PMC9317599 DOI: 10.3390/ph15070840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We aimed to investigate the cardioprotective effects of ethanolic Melissa officinalis L. extract (ME) in the rat model of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Thirty-two Wistar rats were randomly divided into a CTRL non-treated control group with myocardial I/R injury and three experimental groups of rats treated with 50, 100, or 200 mg/kg of ME for 7 days per os. Afterward, hearts were isolated, and cardiodynamic function was assessed via the Langendorff model of global 20 min ischemia and 30 min reperfusion. Oxidative stress parameters were determined spectrophotometrically from the samples of coronary venous effluent (O2−, H2O2, TBARS, and NO2−,) and heart tissue homogenate (TBARS, NO2−, SOD, and CAT). H/E and Picrosirius red staining were used to examine cardiac architecture and cardiac collagen content. ME improved cardiodynamic parameters and achieved to preserve cardiac architecture after I/R injury and to decrease fibrosis, especially in the ME200 group compared to CTRL. ME200 and ME100 markedly decreased prooxidants TBARS, O2−, and H2O2 while increasing NO2−. Hereby, we confirmed the ME`s ability to save the heart from I/R induced damage, even after short-term preconditioning in terms of preserving cardiodynamic alterations, cardiac architecture, fibrosis, and suppressing oxidative stress, especially in dose of 200 mg/kg.
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- Nevena Draginic
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; (N.D.); (M.A.); (J.J.); (A.K.)
- Department of Human Pathology, First Moscow State Medical University I.M. Sechenov, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; (N.D.); (M.A.); (J.J.); (A.K.)
- Correspondence: (I.M.); (V.J.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; (N.D.); (M.A.); (J.J.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; (N.D.); (M.A.); (J.J.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; (M.N.); (J.S.); (I.S.); (V.Z.)
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; (M.N.); (J.S.); (I.S.); (V.Z.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; (N.D.); (M.A.); (J.J.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; (M.N.); (J.S.); (I.S.); (V.Z.)
- Department of Pharmacology of the Institute of Biodesign and Complex System Modelling, First Moscow State Medical University I.M. Sechenov, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; (M.N.); (J.S.); (I.S.); (V.Z.)
- Department of Pharmacology of the Institute of Biodesign and Complex System Modelling, First Moscow State Medical University I.M. Sechenov, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Human Pathology, First Moscow State Medical University I.M. Sechenov, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Department of Patophysiology, First Moscow State Medical University I.M. Sechenov, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
- Department of Pharmacology, First Moscow State Medical University I.M. Sechenov, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Education in Jagodina, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia;
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- Department of Human Pathology, First Moscow State Medical University I.M. Sechenov, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; (M.N.); (J.S.); (I.S.); (V.Z.)
- Correspondence: (I.M.); (V.J.)
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Wang Z, Bian W, Yan Y, Zhang DM. Functional Regulation of KATP Channels and Mutant Insight Into Clinical Therapeutic Strategies in Cardiovascular Diseases. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:868401. [PMID: 35837280 PMCID: PMC9274113 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.868401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
ATP-sensitive potassium channels (KATP channels) play pivotal roles in excitable cells and link cellular metabolism with membrane excitability. The action potential converts electricity into dynamics by ion channel-mediated ion exchange to generate systole, involved in every heartbeat. Activation of the KATP channel repolarizes the membrane potential and decreases early afterdepolarization (EAD)-mediated arrhythmias. KATP channels in cardiomyocytes have less function under physiological conditions but they open during severe and prolonged anoxia due to a reduced ATP/ADP ratio, lessening cellular excitability and thus preventing action potential generation and cell contraction. Small active molecules activate and enhance the opening of the KATP channel, which induces the repolarization of the membrane and decreases the occurrence of malignant arrhythmia. Accumulated evidence indicates that mutation of KATP channels deteriorates the regulatory roles in mutation-related diseases. However, patients with mutations in KATP channels still have no efficient treatment. Hence, in this study, we describe the role of KATP channels and subunits in angiocardiopathy, summarize the mutations of the KATP channels and the functional regulation of small active molecules in KATP channels, elucidate the potential mechanisms of mutant KATP channels and provide insight into clinical therapeutic strategies.
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- Zhicheng Wang
- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Cardiology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Dai-Min Zhang,
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Kozłowska A, Szostak-Węgierek D. Targeting Cardiovascular Diseases by Flavonols: An Update. Nutrients 2022; 14:1439. [PMID: 35406050 PMCID: PMC9003055 DOI: 10.3390/nu14071439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Flavonols are one of the most plentiful flavonoid subclasses found in natural products and are extensively used as dietary supplements. Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies have shown the cardioprotective properties of flavonols, especially quercetin. This group of substances exerts positive impacts primarily due to their antiatherogenic, antithrombotic, and antioxidant activities. The potential of flavonols to promote vasodilation and regulation of apoptotic processes in the endothelium are other beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system. Despite promising experimental findings, randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses have yielded inconsistent results on the influence of these substances on human cardiovascular parameters. Thus, this review aims to summarize the most recent clinical data on the intake of these substances and their effects on the cardiovascular system. The present study will help clinicians and other healthcare workers understand the value of flavonol supplementation in both subjects at risk for cardiovascular disease and patients with cardiovascular diseases.
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- Aleksandra Kozłowska
- Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Medical University of Warsaw, Oczki Str. 3, 02-007 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Department of Clinical Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, E Ciołka Str. 27, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland
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