The panax notoginseng saponin(PNS) had been clinically used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and stroke in China.It had been demonstrated that PNS could protect cardiomyocytes from injury induced by ischem...The panax notoginseng saponin(PNS) had been clinically used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and stroke in China.It had been demonstrated that PNS could protect cardiomyocytes from injury induced by ischemi- a,but the underlying molecular mechanisms of this protective effect were still unclear.This study was aimed to investigate the protective effect and molecular mechanisms of PNS on apoptosis in H9c2 cells in vitro and rat myocardial ischemia injury model in vivo.Annexin-V/PI assay shew that PNS could protect H9c2 cells from apoptosis induced by serum, glucose and oxygen deprivation(SGOD) in a dose-dependent manner.However,the anti-apoptotic effect of PNS was reversed by LY294002,a specific PI3K inhibitor.This antiapoptotic effect of PNS was confirmed by JC-1,a specific probe of mitochondrial membrane potential staining.PNS could significantly increase phos-Akt in H9c2 cells by Western blot assays and its effect could be inhibited by LY294002.Furthermore,PNS could improve ischemic-induced left ventricular function as reflected by EF,LVDd and LVDs.PNS could also inhibited cellular apoptosis in myocardial tissues in ischemic rats by TUNEL assay.PNS administration also increased the expression of phos-Akt in rat ischemic myocardial tissues.These results suggested that PNS could protect myocardial cells from apoptosis induced by ischemia in vitro model and in vivo model through activating-PI3K/Akt signal pathway which may be meaningful for further understanding the molecular mechanisms of cardiac protection of PNS.And the results might be useful in treatment of myocardial ischemia in future.展开更多
Subject Code:H16With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,a collaborative study by the research groups led by Prof.Xiao Zhixiong(肖智雄)from the College of Life Science,Sichuan University de...Subject Code:H16With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,a collaborative study by the research groups led by Prof.Xiao Zhixiong(肖智雄)from the College of Life Science,Sichuan University demonstrates thatΔNp63αis a common inhibitory target in oncogenic PI3K/Ras/Her2-induced展开更多
Objective To investigate whether exogenous hydrogen sulfide（H2S）protects high glucose（HG）-inducedH9c2 cardiomyocyte injury and inflammation response by inhibiting reactive oxygen species（ROS）-Toll-like receptor ...Objective To investigate whether exogenous hydrogen sulfide（H2S）protects high glucose（HG）-inducedH9c2 cardiomyocyte injury and inflammation response by inhibiting reactive oxygen species（ROS）-Toll-like receptor 4（TLR4）pathway.Methods Cell counter kit-8（CCK-8）assay was used to measure the cell viability,展开更多
文摘The panax notoginseng saponin(PNS) had been clinically used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and stroke in China.It had been demonstrated that PNS could protect cardiomyocytes from injury induced by ischemi- a,but the underlying molecular mechanisms of this protective effect were still unclear.This study was aimed to investigate the protective effect and molecular mechanisms of PNS on apoptosis in H9c2 cells in vitro and rat myocardial ischemia injury model in vivo.Annexin-V/PI assay shew that PNS could protect H9c2 cells from apoptosis induced by serum, glucose and oxygen deprivation(SGOD) in a dose-dependent manner.However,the anti-apoptotic effect of PNS was reversed by LY294002,a specific PI3K inhibitor.This antiapoptotic effect of PNS was confirmed by JC-1,a specific probe of mitochondrial membrane potential staining.PNS could significantly increase phos-Akt in H9c2 cells by Western blot assays and its effect could be inhibited by LY294002.Furthermore,PNS could improve ischemic-induced left ventricular function as reflected by EF,LVDd and LVDs.PNS could also inhibited cellular apoptosis in myocardial tissues in ischemic rats by TUNEL assay.PNS administration also increased the expression of phos-Akt in rat ischemic myocardial tissues.These results suggested that PNS could protect myocardial cells from apoptosis induced by ischemia in vitro model and in vivo model through activating-PI3K/Akt signal pathway which may be meaningful for further understanding the molecular mechanisms of cardiac protection of PNS.And the results might be useful in treatment of myocardial ischemia in future.
文摘Subject Code:H16With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,a collaborative study by the research groups led by Prof.Xiao Zhixiong(肖智雄)from the College of Life Science,Sichuan University demonstrates thatΔNp63αis a common inhibitory target in oncogenic PI3K/Ras/Her2-induced
文摘Objective To investigate whether exogenous hydrogen sulfide（H2S）protects high glucose（HG）-inducedH9c2 cardiomyocyte injury and inflammation response by inhibiting reactive oxygen species（ROS）-Toll-like receptor 4（TLR4）pathway.Methods Cell counter kit-8（CCK-8）assay was used to measure the cell viability,
