title: [Extract of Ginkgo biloba and quercetin inhibit angiotensin-II induced hypertrophy in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect and related mechanisms of extract of ginkgo biloba (EGb) and quercetin (Que) on angiotensin II (AngII) induced hypertrophy in the primary cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were treated with placebo (control), AngII (10(-6) mol/L), AngII + EGb (40 microg/ml), AngII + Que (4 microg/ml), AngII + captopril (10(-5) mol/L) and AngII + DPI [diphenylene iodonium chloride, NADPH inhibitor (10 micromol/L)] respectively. Total protein content of cardiomyocytes, cardiomyocytes size, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were measured. The expression of phospho-Extracellular-signal regulated kinase 1/2, phospho-c-Jun N-terminal kinase and phospho-P38 were detected by Western blot.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total protein content and cell size of cardiomyocytes increased significantly in AngII treated cells and these effects could be blocked by EGb and Que. EGb and Que also enhanced the SOD activity and reduced the production of MDA. AngII significantly activated ERK1/2, JNK and P38 expressions and only JNK activation could be inhibited by Que and DPI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EGb and Que can inhibit AngII-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy through a ROS-dependent pathway. Que could also block the JNK activation induced by AngII.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Navigation Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yu-mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D020441:Ginkgo biloba; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011794:Quercetin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010936:Plant Extracts; D000804:Angiotensin II; D011794:Quercetin; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases