title: Protective effects of hydroxysafflor yellow A on acute and chronic congestive cardiac failure mediated by reducing ET-1, NOS and oxidative stress in rats.
abstract: The present study was conducted to investigate whether hydroxysafflor yellow A (HSYA) has a protective effect on acute and chronic heart failure (AHF/CHF) induced by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery for 3 h and 8 weeks, respectively. The rats were divided into the following groups: sham operation, coronary artery ligation (CAL), CAL+HSYA (100 mg kg(-1) by gavage) and CAL+diltiazem (20 mg kg(-1) by gavage). In the AHF model, heart function, as determined by haemodynamic studies and echocardiography, was improved significantly by pretreatment with HSYA or diltiazem. Significant reductions in elevated serum creatine phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, malondialdehyde (MDA), glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, glutamic pyruvic transaminase and blood viscosity were observed, and the activity of serum superoxide dismutase (SOD) was enhanced (all P<0.01). In the CHF model, HSYA and diltiazem restored abnormal heart function, and completely suppressed the elevated plasma atrial natriuretic polypeptide (ANP) and endothelin-1 (ET-1), serum and left-ventricular tissue inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase (iNOS), NO and MDA, and improved the decrease in SOD. HSYA and diltiazem improved cardiac performance in AHF and reduced cardiac remodelling in CHF by reducing tissue weight indices: left ventricular weight/body weight (BW), right ventricular weight/BW, kidney weight/BW and lung weight/BW, and attenuating increases in infarct size, inner diameter of the left ventricle and collagen volume fraction in non-infarcted areas, and the decrease in mean wall thickness of infarcted myocardium. These results suggest that HSYA exerted beneficial actions in cardiac performance in models of both AHF and CHF, mainly by suppressing ET-1, iNOS and oxidative stress in infarcted tissue.
authors: Institute of Chinese Herb Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, P. R. China.
authors: Haibo
authors: H
authors: He
authors: Xianzhe
authors: X
authors: Yang
authors: Mengqiong
authors: M
authors: Shi
authors: Xiaowei
authors: X
authors: Zeng
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Yang
authors: Limao
authors: L
authors: Wu
authors: Lianda
authors: L
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000187:drug effects; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002599:Chalcone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000097:blood*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D008026:Ligation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000097:blood*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D011809:Quinones / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D019332:Endothelin-1; D011809:Quinones; C085278:hydroxysafflor yellow A; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D002599:Chalcone; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D004110:Diltiazem