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JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 143, Issue 3, Pages 156-164Publisher
JAPANESE PHARMACOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2020.03.005
Keywords
Safranal; Myocardial ischemia; Oxidative stress; Cell contractility; L-type Ca2+ current
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- Research Foundation of Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Hebei Province, China [2015030]
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Safranal (SFR) is the major constituent of saffron. The purpose of this study was to observe the effect of SFR on myocardial ischemia induced by isoprenaline (ISO) and to explore its possible mechanism. The myocardial ischemia rat model was established by subcutaneous injection of ISO (85 mg/kg/d) on the 8th and 9th day of the experiment. Serum creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were measured, as were changes in calcium concentration, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cardiac morphology of the myocardial tissue. The effects of SFR on cell contraction, Ca2+ transient and L-type Ca2+ current (ICa-L) in isolated rat myocardial cells were measured using the Ion Optix detection system and the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. SFR can decrease the activity of serum CK, LDH and MDA, and increase the activity of serum SOD, reduce intracellular calcium concentration and the manufacture of ROS. In addition, SFR can improve changes in heart morphology. SFR can significantly inhibit contraction, Ca2+ transients and ICa-L in isolated ventricular myocytes. SFR has a cardioprotective role in ISO-induced MI rats, and the underling mechanism is related to the inhibition of oxidative stress, myocardial contractility, ICa-L and the regulation of Ca2+ homeostasis. (C) 2020 The Authors. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Japanese Pharmacological Society.
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