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Curcumin improves cardiac fibrosis by inhibiting endothelial-mesenchymal transition through NRF2-DDAH-ADMA-NO pathway / 中国中药杂志
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica ; (24): 745-752, 2022.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-927958
ABSTRACT
The present study analyzed the correlations between curcumin(Cur), nuclear factor E2 related factor 2(NRF2)-dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase(DDAH)-asymmetric dimethylarginine(ADMA)-nitric oxide(NO) pathway, and endothelial-mesenchymal transition(EndMT) based on SD rats with cardiac fibrosis, and explored the effect and mechanism of Cur in resisting cardiac fibrosis to provide an in-depth theoretical basis for its clinical application in the treatment of heart failure. The cardiac fibrosis model was induced by subcutaneous injection of isoprenaline(Iso) in rats. Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into a control group, a model group, a low-dose Cur group(100 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1)), and a high-dose Cur group(200 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1)), with eight in each group. After 21 days of treatment, cardiac function was detected by echocardiography, degree of cardiac fibrosis by Masson staining, expression of CD31 and α-SMA by pathological staining, expression of VE-cadherin, vimentin, NRF2, and DDAH by Western blot, and ADMA level by HPLC. Compared with the model group, the Cur groups showed alleviated cardiac fibrosis, accompanied by increased CD31 and VE-cadherin expression and decreased α-SMA and vimentin expression, indicating relieved EndMT. Additionally, DDAH and NRF2 levels were elevated and ADMA and NO expression declined. Cur improves cardiac fibrosis by inhibiting EndMT presumedly through the NRF2-DDAH-ADMA-NO pathway.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Fibrosis / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Curcumin / NF-E2-Related Factor 2 / Amidohydrolases / Nitric Oxide Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Animals Language: Chinese Journal: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica Year: 2022 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Fibrosis / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Curcumin / NF-E2-Related Factor 2 / Amidohydrolases / Nitric Oxide Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Animals Language: Chinese Journal: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica Year: 2022 Type: Article