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ArticleScientific reports2017

Acute and long-term cardioprotective effects of the Traditional Chinese Medicine MLC901 against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice.

Anne Vincent, Aurélie Covinhes, Christian Barrère, Laura Gallot, Soulit Thoumala, Christophe Piot, Catherine Heurteaux, Michel Lazdunski, Joël Nargeot, Stéphanie Barrère-Lemaire

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors.

Anne VincentIGF, CNRS, INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Aurélie CovinhesIGF, CNRS, INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Christian BarrèreIGF, CNRS, INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Laura GallotIGF, CNRS, INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Soulit ThoumalaIGF, CNRS, INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Christophe PiotIGF, CNRS, INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Catherine HeurteauxLaboratory of Excellence Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics, Valbonne, France.
Michel LazdunskiIPMC, UMR CNRS 7275, Univ Côte d'Azur, Valbonne, France.
Joël NargeotIGF, CNRS, INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Stéphanie Barrère-LemaireIGF, CNRS, INSERM, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France. stephanie.barrere@igf.cnrs.fr.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MLC901, a traditional Chinese medicine containing a cocktail of active molecules, both reduces cerebral infarction and improves recovery in patients with ischemic stroke. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acute and long-term benefits of MLC901 in ischemic and reperfused mouse hearts. Ex vivo, under physiological conditions, MLC901 did not show any modification in heart rate and contraction amplitude. However, upon an ischemic insult, MLC901 administration during reperfusion, improved coronary flow in perfused hearts. In vivo, MLC901 (4 µg/kg) intravenous injection 5 minutes before reperfusion provided a decrease in both infarct size (49.8%) and apoptosis (49.9%) after 1 hour of reperfusion. Akt and ERK1/2 survival pathways were significantly activated in the myocardium of those mice. In the 4-month clinical follow-up upon an additional continuous per os administration, MLC901 treatment decreased cardiac injury as revealed by a 45%-decrease in cTnI plasmatic concentrations and an improved cardiac performance assessed by echocardiography. A histological analysis revealed a 64%-decreased residual scar fibrosis and a 44%-increased vascular density in the infarct region. This paper demonstrates that MLC901 treatment was able to provide acute and long-term cardioprotective effects in a murine model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in vivo.

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Medicine, Chinese TraditionalAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDrugs, Chinese HerbalExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesFibrosisHeartHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyocardial InfarctionMyocardiumOncogene Protein v-aktRegional Blood FlowReperfusion InjuryDrugs, Chinese HerbalExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesNeuroaidOncogene Protein v-aktTroponin I

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PMID29089640
PMCPMC5665902

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