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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2016

Berberine Attenuates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Reducing Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Response: Role of Silent Information Regulator 1.

Liming Yu, Qing Li, Bo Yu, Yang Yang, Zhenxiao Jin, Weixun Duan, Guolong Zhao, Mengen Zhai, Lijun Liu, Dinghua Yi and 2 more

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Liming YuDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Qing LiBeijing Aortic Disease Center, Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China.
Bo YuDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Yang YangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Zhenxiao JinDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Weixun DuanDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Guolong ZhaoSchool of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China.
Mengen ZhaiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Lijun LiuCollege of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
Dinghua YiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Min ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Shiqiang YuDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Air Force Medical University · CNXijing Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CNNingxia Medical University · CNNorthwest University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Berberine (BBR) exerts potential protective effect against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury. Activation of silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) signaling attenuates MI/R injury by reducing oxidative damage and inflammation response. This study investigated the antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects of BBR treatment in MI/R condition and elucidated its potential mechanisms. Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with BBR in the absence or presence of the SIRT1 inhibitor sirtinol (Stnl) and then subjected to MI/R injury. BBR conferred cardioprotective effects by improving postischemic cardiac function, decreasing infarct size, reducing apoptotic index, diminishing serum creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase levels, upregulating SIRT1, Bcl-2 expressions, and downregulating Bax and caspase-3 expressions. Stnl attenuated these effects by inhibiting SIRT1 signaling. BBR treatment also reduced myocardium superoxide generation, gp91(phox) expression, malondialdehyde (MDA) level, and cardiac inflammatory markers and increased myocardium superoxide dismutase (SOD) level. However, these effects were also inhibited by Stnl. Consistently, BBR conferred similar antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects against simulated ischemia reperfusion injury in cultured H9C2 cardiomyocytes. SIRT1 siRNA administration also abolished these effects. In summary, our results demonstrate that BBR significantly improves post-MI/R cardiac function recovery and reduces infarct size against MI/R injury possibly due to its strong antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activity. Additionally, SIRT1 signaling plays a key role in this process.

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AnimalsApoptosisbcl-2-Associated X ProteinBenzamidesBerberineCaspase 3Cell LineCell SurvivalCreatine KinaseForkhead Box Protein O1Forkhead Transcription FactorsHeart Function TestsInflammationL-Lactate DehydrogenaseMaleMyocardial Infarctionbcl-2-Associated X ProteinBenzamidesBerberineCaspase 3Creatine KinaseForkhead Box Protein O1Forkhead Transcription FactorsFoxo1 protein, ratL-Lactate DehydrogenaseNaphtholsNerve Tissue ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingsirtinolSirtuin 1

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PMID26788242
PMCPMC4691633
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