title: [Protective effect of hawthorn leaf procyanidins on cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats subjected to simulated ischemia-reperfusion injury].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the direct effect of hawthorn leaf procyanidins on cardiomyocytes subjected to ischemia-reperfusion injury and elucidate their therapeutic mechanism on ischemic heart diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cultured cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats were subjected to anoxia-reoxia injury which simulated the ischemia-reperfusion injury in vivo, and hawthorn leaf procyanidins were applied. The therapeutic effect was valued by LDH leakage and MTT test. For a further mechanism study, contents of MDA and activities of SOD in cardiomyocytes were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hawthorn leaf procyanidins in 24-60 mg x L(-1) significantly and dose-dependently inhibited LDH leakage (compared with the model group, all P<0.01 ) and cell viability decrease (compared with model group, 24-48 mg x L(-1) groups all P<0.05; 60 mg x L(-1) group, P<0.01) in cardiomyocytes induced by anoxia-reoxia injury. Furthermore, hawthorn leaf procyanidins in 24-60 mg x L(-1) significantly inhibited the increase of MDA content (compared with the model group, all P<0.01) and the decreased of SOD activity (compared with the model group, 24 mg x L(-1) group, P<0.05; other groups all P<0.01) in cardiomyocytes undergoing anoxia-reoxia injury.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hawthorn leaf procyanidins have a significant therapeutic effect on the simulated ischemia-reperfusion injury of cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, which may relate to their anti-oxidation effects. And the direct protective effect of hawthorn leaf procyanidins on cardiomyocytes subjected to ischemia-reperfusion injury may be one of the key mechanisms of its therapeutic effect on ischemic heart diseases.
authors.affiliation: Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100091, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jiannong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shujie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jianxun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044946:Biflavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002392:Catechin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D027825:Crataegus / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*; D044945:Proanthocyanidins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D044946:Biflavonoids; D044945:Proanthocyanidins; C017674:procyanidin; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D002392:Catechin; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase