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Protective effects of Xinji′erkang on myocardial infarction induced cardiac injury in mice

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Protective effects of Xinji′erkang on myocardial infarction induced cardiac injury in mice
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, June 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12906-017-1846-5
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Juan Hu, Yong-xue Zhang, Li Wang, Ling Ding, Guang-yao Huang, Guo-wei Cai, Shan Gao

Abstract

Myocardial infarction (MI) is a major risk factor responsible for morbidity and mortality. Xinji'erkang (XJEK) has been clinically used as an effective medication in the treatment of coronary heart disease and myocarditis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cardioprotective effect of Xinji'erkang on MI mice. Forty male mice were randomly assigned into four groups as follows (n = 10): sham, model, MI with administration of XJEK and fosinopril for four weeks. At the end of studies, hemodynamic parameters and electrocardiography (ECG) were recorded. Heart and body mass were measured and heart weight/body weight (HW/BW) ratio was calculated as index of hypertrophy. The hypertrophy of heart and aorta was examined using the hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining, and the collagen deposition was evaluated using Van Gieson (VG) staining. Serum nitric oxide level (NO), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration were assayed by colorimetric analysis. The expressions of endothelial NO synthetase (eNOS) expression in serum and cardiac tissues were determined using ELISA assay and immunohistochemistry. Angiotensin II (Ang II) in serum and cardiac tissues was measured using ELISA assay. Besides, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin1β (IL-1β) and interleukin10 (IL-10) were observed in cardiac tissues with ELISA assay as well. The administration of XJEK significantly improved cardiac dysfunction and abnormal ECG with reduced HW/BW ratio and ameliorated cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and collagen deposition compared to MI, which was partly due to the decreased SOD and increased MDA in serum. Moreover, XJEK treatment also improved endothelial dysfunction (ED) with not only enhanced eNOS activities in serum and cardiac tissues and elevated NO levels in serum, but also decreased Ang II content in serum and cardiac tissues. Finally, protein expressions of pro-inflammation cytokines, TNF-α and IL-1β in the cardiac tissues with XJEK treatment were significantly decreased compared to model. On the contrary, IL-10, an anti-inflammatory cytokine concentrated in cardiac tissues was significantly enhanced compared to model. Xinji'erkang exerts cardioprotective effect on myocardial infarction in mice, which may be due to the improvement of endothelial dysfunction and the reduction of oxidative stress and inflammation response.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 5 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 13%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 9%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 4%
Student > Master 1 4%
Other 3 13%
Unknown 8 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 3 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 9%
Unspecified 1 4%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 4%
Other 3 13%
Unknown 10 43%
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