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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 762, Issue -, Pages 1-10Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.05.028
Keywords
Berberine; Autophagy; Ischemia/reperfusion injury; Heart; AMPK
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81102837, 81370224]
- Education Department of Zhejiang Province [Y201119884, Y200906376]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY13H280004]
- Key Construction Academic Subject (traditional Chinese medicine) of Zhejiang Province [2012-XK-A28]
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Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced autophagy increases the severity of cardiomyocyte injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of berberine, a natural extract from Rhizoma coptidis, on the I/R-induced excessive autophagy in in vitro and in vivo models. Autophagy was increased both in H9c2 myocytes during hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injury and in mouse hearts exposed to I/R. And the expression level of p-AMPK and p-mTORC2 (Ser2481) were increased during H/R period. In addition, the increased autophagy level was correlated with reduced cell survival in H9c2 myocytes and increased infarct size in mouse hearts. However, berberine treatment significantly enhanced the H/R-induced cell viability and reduced I/R-induced myocardial infarct size, which was accompanied by improved cardiac function. The beneficial effect of berberine is associated with inhibiting the cellular autophagy level, due to decreasing the expression level of autophagy-related proteins such as SIRT1, BNIP3, and Beclin-1. Furthermore, both the level of p-AMPK and p-mTORC2 (Ser2481) in H9c2 myocytes exposed to H/R were decreased by berberine. In summary, berberine protects myocytes during I/R injury through suppressing autophagy activation. Therefore, berberine may be a promising agent for treating I/R-induced cardiac myocyte injury. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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