Neogambogic acid relieves myocardial injury induced by sepsis via p38 MAPK/NF-κB pathway

Sepsis-associated myocardial injury, an invertible myocardial depression, is a common complication of sepsis. Neogambogic acid is an active compound in garcinia and exerts anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, and detoxification properties. The role of neogambogic acid in sepsis-associated myocardial injury was assessed. Firstly, mice were pretreated with neogambogic acid and then subjected to lipopolysaccharide treatment to induce sepsis. Results showed that lipopolysaccharide treatment induced up-regulation of biomarkers involved in cardiac injury, including lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB), and troponin I (cTnI). However, pretreatment with neogambogic acid reduced levels of LDH, CK-MB, and cTnI, and ameliorated histopathological changes in the heart tissues of septic mice. Secondly, neogambogic acid also improved cardiac function in septic mice through reduction in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, and enhancement of ejection fraction, fractional shortening, and left ventricular systolic mean pressure. Moreover, neogambogic acid suppressed cardiac apoptosis and inflammation in septic mice and reduced cardiac fibrosis. Lastly, protein expression of p-p38, p-JNK, and p-NF-κB in septic mice was decreased by neogambogic acid. In conclusion, neogambogic acid exerted anti-apoptotic, anti-fibrotic, and anti-inflammatory effects in septic mice through the inactivation of MAPK/NF-κB pathway.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

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The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology - 26(2022), 6 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 511-518

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Xiaowei [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Lidong [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Weijuan [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Tao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Apoptosis
Fibrosis
Journal Article
Myocardial reperfusion
Neo-gambogic acid
P38 MAPK
Sepsis

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Date Revised 04.11.2022

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.4196/kjpp.2022.26.6.511

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348169876