title: Isorhamnetin protects rat ventricular myocytes from ischemia and reperfusion injury.
abstract: Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) has been known to cause damages to ventricular myocytes. Isorhamnetin, one member of flavonoid compounds, has cardioprotective effect, the effect that suggests a possible treatment for I/R damages. In the present investigation, we found that isorhamnetin could significantly promote the viability of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes that were exposed to ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in vitro. Ventricular myocytes were obtained from neonatal SD rats, and then were divided randomly into three groups, namely I/R-/isor-, I/R+/isor- and I/R+/isor+ group. Before the whole experiment, the most appropriate concentration of isorhamnetin (4 μM) was determined by MTT assay. Our results showed that isorhamnetin could alleviate the damages of I/R to ventricular myocytes through inhibiting lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity, and repressing apoptosis. Compared with the counterpart of the I/R+/isor- group, LDH activity in the isorhamnetin-treated group weakened, halving from 24.1 ± 2.3 to 11.4 ± 1.2U/L. Additionally, flow cytometry showed the apparently increased apoptosis rate induced by I/R, the result that was further confirmed by transmission electron microscope. Administration of isorhamnetin, however, assuaged the apoptosis induced by I/R. Corresponding to the reduced apoptosis rate in the I/R+/isor+ group, western blotting assay showed increased amount of Bcl-2 and p53, decreased amount of Bax, and nuclear accumulation of NF-κB/p65.
authors.affiliation: The Medicine-Biology Laboratory of Life Science College of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province 610041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Najuan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: Huaying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Tongtong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Chunlei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D015153:Blotting, Western; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D044948:Flavonols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D015394:Molecular Structure; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011794:Quercetin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D051381:Rats; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C494828:Bax protein, rat; D044948:Flavonols; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; C047368:3-methylquercetin; D011794:Quercetin; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase