title: Polydatin attenuates ischemia/reperfusion-induced apoptosis in myocardium of the rat.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of polydatin on apoptosis induced by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in rat myocardium and to explore the underlying mechanism. Adult male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into control, I/R and polydatin (50 mumol/L) groups. On the Langendorff apparatus, isolated rat heart was subjected to 30-min global ischemia followed by 60-min reperfusion. TUNEL labeling and flow cytometric techniques were used for the measurement of apoptosis and the expression of Bcl-2 and Bax protein in cardiomyocytes of rat. The results showed: (1) Compared with those in the control group, the number of TUNEL-positive cells and apoptosis rate were increased in I/R group; (2) Compared with that in the I/R group, the number of TUNEL-positive cells was significantly decreased in the polydatin group [(18.1+/-4.0)% vs (35.1+/-5.4)%, P<0.01]; (3) Apoptosis rate assayed by flow cytometry in I/R group was significantly higher than that in polydatin group [(15.43+/-4.55)% vs (8.66+/-3.18)%, P<0.01]; (4) Expression level of Bax protein was higher in I/R group than that in polydatin group (P<0.05), while the level of Bcl-2 protein and Bcl-2/Bax ratio were higher in polydatin group than those in I/R group (P<0.05, P<0.01), respectively. The results obtained suggest that polydatin exerts an inhibitory effect on I/R-induced apoptosis through increasing Bcl-2 protein expression and decreasing Bax protein expression in myocardium of the rat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, China.
authors.forename: Li-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hui-Jie
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Hui-Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.forename: Mei-Ling
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D005960:Glucosides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C494828:Bax protein, rat; D005960:Glucosides; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D013267:Stilbenes; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; C058229:polydatin