title: Synergistic effects of polydatin and vitamin C in inhibiting cardiotoxicity induced by doxorubicin in rats.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the synergistic effect of polydatin and vitamin C on attenuating cardiotoxicity induced by doxorubicin (DOX) in rats. Polydatin could significantly increase the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and the heart rate, attenuate myocardial pathological damage, decrease malondialdehyde (MDA) content, slightly increase arterial pressure and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity, reduce intervals of QRS, QT, and ST, and lower free fatty acid (FFA) content. The combination of polydatin and vitamin C could significantly increase arterial pressure and heart rate, decrease QRS interval and slightly reduce ST and QT intervals, significantly attenuate myocardial pathological damage, increase the activities of GSH-Px,T-SOD, Na+K+-ATPase, and Ca2+Mg2+-ATPase, elevate phosphocreatine (PCr) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) contents, slightly increase adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and total adenine nucleotide (TAN) contents and PCr/ATP, and significantly decrease the contents of MDA and FFA, when compared with those in the DOX group. Meanwhile, the improvement effects on FFA content, the activities of ATPase and SOD, and contents of ATP and TAN in combination group were more obvious than those in polydatin group, and the improvement effects on arterial pressure, heart rate, interval of QRS, GSH-Px activity, and MDA, ADP, and PCr contents in combination group were slightly obvious when compared with those in polydatin group. In addition, the mRNA expression levels of AMPK-α2 and PPAR-α were slightly improved in combination group. The results illustrate that the combination of polydatin and vitamin C has the ability to enhance the myocardial protective effects by its antioxidative effect and improve energy metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
authors.forename: Hui-Lin
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China.
authors.forename: Hai-Lun
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D062186:Arterial Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066126:Cardiotoxicity / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005960:Glucosides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D047495:PPAR gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005960:Glucosides; D047495:PPAR gamma; D013267:Stilbenes; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D004317:Doxorubicin; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D005978:Glutathione; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; C058229:polydatin
keywords: cardiomyopathy; energy metabolism; oxidative stress; polydatin; vitamin C