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BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0719-z
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Ginkgo biloba extract; Acute myocardial infarction; TGF-beta 1; Type I collagen; Matrix metallopeptidase 2; Matrix metallopeptidase 9
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81173586]
- Provincial Key Technologies R&D Program of Guizhou [SY-[2011]-3011]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-13-0747]
- Innovated Team of the Education Department of Guizhou Province [2014-31]
- key Science and Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province [2015-02]
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Background: To investigate the ameliorated effects of an extract of Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) on experimental cardiac remodeling in rats induced by acute cardiac infarction, and further explore the mechanism concentrated on myocardial type I collagen, transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) and matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), and provide the experimentaldata for clinical application of GBE. Methods: Rats were divided into five groups (n = 20) as following: sham operation group (group A), acute myocardial infarction model group (group B), acute myocardial infarction model + aspirin (10 mg/kg) treatment group (group C), acute myocardial infarction model + captopril (20 mg/kg) treatment group (group D) and acute myocardial infarction model + Ginkgo biloba extract (100 mg/kg) treatment group (group E). The rat acute myocardial infarction model was reproduced by ligaturing the left anterior descending artery excluding the sham operation group which did not ligation only completed the operational process. Each group was further subdivided into treatment regimens lasting 4 weeks and 8 weeks. Immunohistochemistry and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods were used to detect the protein expression and mRNA transcriptional levels of rat myocardial TGF-beta 1, type I collagen, MMP-2 and MMP-9. Results: Compared with group B, regardless of the length of treatment (4 or 8 weeks), the TGF-beta 1, MMP-2 and MMP-9 mRNA transcriptional levels, and the protein expression levels of type I collagen, MMP-2 and MMP-9 in groups D, C and E were significantly decreased (P < 0.01). Furthermore, the mRNA expression levels of TGF-beta 1 in groups D, C and E were significantly lower after 8 weeks compared to after 4 weeks (P < 0.01), as were the expression levels of type I collagen in groups D, C and E (P < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the protein expression levels of MMP-2 and MMP-9 between groups E and C. Conclusions: GBE could inhibit experimental rat myocardial remodeling after acute myocardial infarction via reduced transcription of TGF-beta 1, MMP-2 and MMP-9 genes and by the decreased expression of type I collagen, MMP-2 and MMP-9 proteins in myocardial cells.
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