Exploring the protective effects of schizandrol A in acute myocardial ischemia mice by comprehensive metabolomics profiling integrated with molecular mechanism studies

Schizandrol A (SA) is an bioactive component isolated from the Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill., which has been used as a remedy to prevent oxidative injury. However, whether the cardioprotective effect of SA is associated with regulating endogenous metabolites remains unclear, thus we performed comprehensive metabolomics profiling in acute myocardial ischemia (AMI) mice following SA treatment. AMI was induced in ICR mice by coronary artery ligation, then SA (6 mg·kg-1·d-1, ip) was administered. SA treatment significantly decreased the infarct size, preserved the cardiac function, and improved the biochemical indicators and cardiac pathological alterations. Moreover, SA (10, 100 M) significantly decreased the apoptotic index in OGD-treated H8c2 cardiomycytes in vitro. By using HPLC-Q-TOF/MS, we conducted metabonomics analysis to screen the significantly changed endogenous metabolites and construct the network in both serum and urine. The results revealed that SA regulated the pathways of glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, lysine biosynthesis, pyrimidine metabolism, arginine and proline metabolism, cysteine and methionine metabolism, valine, leucine and isoleucine biosynthesis under the pathological conditions of AMI. Furthermore, we selected the regulatory enzymes related to heart disease, including ecto-5'-nucleotidase (NT5E), guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase (GAMT), platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (PD-ECGF) and methionine synthase (MTR), for validation. In addition, SA was found to facilitate PI3K/Akt activation and inhibit the expression of NOX2 in AMI mice and OGD-treated H9c2 cells. In conclusion, we have elucidated SA-regulated endogenous metabolic pathways and constructed a regulatory metabolic network map. Furthermore, we have validated the new potential therapeutic targets and underlying molecular mechanisms of SA against AMI, which might provide a reference for its future application in cardiovascular diseases.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

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Acta pharmacologica Sinica - 41(2020), 8 vom: 03. Aug., Seite 1058-1072

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lai, Qiong [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Guang-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ze-Liang [VerfasserIn]
Kou, Jun-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Bo-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Fang [VerfasserIn]

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Acute myocardial ischemia mice
Cardioprotective effect
Cardiotonic Agents
Cyclooctanes
Enzymes
G01BQC0879
Journal Article
Lignans
Metabolic pathways
Metabonomics
OGD-treated H9c2 cardiomycytes
Polycyclic Compounds
Schizandrin
Schizandrol A
Therapeutic targets

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Date Completed 28.05.2021

Date Revised 28.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41401-020-0377-7

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NLM307147762