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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2021

Astragaloside IV attenuates inflammatory response mediated by NLRP-3/calpain-1 is involved in the development of pulmonary hypertension.

Yang Sun, Meili Lu, Tairan Sun, Hongxin Wang

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yang SunKey Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3751-2790
Meili LuKey Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5770-0911
Tairan SunKey Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6315-7836
Hongxin WangKey Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3256-3137
Jinzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81973553
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation eventually leads to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Astragaloside IV(AS-IV) has a protective effect on pulmonary hypertension, but the specific protective mechanism has been unclear until now. Therefore, in this study, our aim was to investigate the mechanisms underlying the effects of AS-IV on PAH. In vivo, male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were injected intraperitoneally with monocrotaline (MCT, 60 mg/kg) and treated with AS-IV (40 mg/kg, 80 mg/kg), MCC950 and MDL-28170. In vitro, human pulmonary artery endothelial cells (HPAECs) were treated with monocrotaline pyrrole (MCTP, 60 μg/mL). The protein expression levels of NLRP-3, caspase-1, ASC, IL-18, IL-1β and calpain-1 were measured in vivo and/or in vitro. The results showed that AS-IV decreased the protein expression levels of NLRP-3, caspase-1, ASC, IL-18, IL-1β and calpain-1 in vivo and/or vitro. In conclusion, in this study the results suggested that AS-IV could inhibit monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension via the NLRP-3/calpain-1 pathway.

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AnimalsBlotting, WesternCalpainEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansImmunohistochemistryInflammationInterleukin-18MaleNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySaponinsTriterpenesastragaloside ACalpainInterleukin-18NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinSaponinsTriterpenesAS-IVcalpain-1inflammationmonocrotalineNLRP-3

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PMID33295020
PMCPMC7810938
OpenAlexW3113164180

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