Troxerutin Protects Against Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Via Pi3k/Akt Pathway in Rats.
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Abstrait
OBJECTIVE
Troxerutin, also known as vitamin P4, has been commonly used in the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) disease. However, its effect on in vivo myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, a model that closely mimics acute myocardial infarction in humans, is still unknown.
METHODS
The myocardial I/R injury rat model was created with troxerutin preconditioning. Myocardial infarct size was evaluated by the Evans blue-TTC method. Hemodynamic parameters, including the heart rate (HR), left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP), maximal rate of rise in blood pressure in the ventricular chamber (+dp/dt max), and maximal rate of decline in blood pressure in the ventricular chamber (-dp/dt max) were monitored. Serum TNF-α and IL-10 were determined by ELISA kit. Cell apoptosis was detected by MTT method.
RESULTS
Troxerutin preconditioning significantly reduced myocardial infarct size, improved cardiac function, and decreased the levels of creatine kinase (CK), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the I/R injury rat model. The serum and mRNA levels of TNF-α and IL-10 as well as some apoptosis markers (Bax, Caspase 3) also decreased. Moreover, troxerutin pretreatment markedly increased the phosphorylation of Akt, and blocking PI3K activity by LY294002 abolished the protective effect of troxerutin on I/R injury.
CONCLUSIONS
Troxerutin preconditioning protected against myocardial I/R injury via the PI3K/Akt pathway.
