ReferenceID 4430

Acacetin ameliorates cardiac hypertrophy by activating Sirt1/AMPK/PGC-1α pathway

Eur J Pharmacol

Cardiac hypertrophy is a major risk factor for developing heart failure. This study investigates the effects of the natural flavone acacetin on myocardial hypertrophy in cellular level and whole animals. In cardiomyocyte

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Reference Id
4430
Evidence Id
21020
Core Evidence Id
21020
Source Reference Id
2139
Herb2 Reference Id
HBREF002936
Subject Paper Key
HBIN014294_35219729
Pubmed Id
35219729
Doi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2022.174858
Paper Title
Acacetin ameliorates cardiac hypertrophy by activating Sirt1/AMPK/PGC-1α pathway
Paper Abstract
Cardiac hypertrophy is a major risk factor for developing heart failure. This study investigates the effects of the natural flavone acacetin on myocardial hypertrophy in cellular level and whole animals. In cardiomyocytes from neonatal rat with hypertrophy induced by angiotensin II (Ang II), acacetin at 0.3, 1, and 3 μM reduced the increased myocyte surface area, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and ROS production by upregulating anti-oxidative molecules (i.e. Nrf2, SOD1, SOD2, HO-1), anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2, and downregulating the pro-apoptotic protein Bax and the inflammatory cytokine IL-6 in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, acacetin rescued Ang II-induced impairment of PGC-1α, PPARα and pAMPK. These beneficial effects of acacetin were mediated by activation of Sirt1, which was confirmed in cardiac hypertrophy induced by abdominal aorta constriction (AAC) in SD rats. Acacetin prodrug (10 mg/kg, s.c., b.i.d.) treatment reduced the elevated artery blood pressure, improved the increased heart size and thickness of left ventricular wall and the ventricular fibrosis associated with inhibiting myocardial fibrosis and BNP, and reversed the impaired protective signal molecules including PGC-1α, Nrf2, PPARα, pAMPK and Sirt1 of left ventricular tissue. Our results demonstrate the novel pharmacological effect that acacetin ameliorates cardiac hypertrophy via Sirt1-mediated activation of AMPK/PGC-1α signal molecules followed by reducing oxidation, inflammation and apoptosis.
Journal
Eur J Pharmacol
Publish Year
2022
Experiment Subject
rat
Experiment Type
Animal & Cell Experiment
Phenotype Related
Myocardial Fibrosis; Myocardial Hypertrophy; Cardiac Hypertrophy; Abdominal Aorta Constriction; Heart Failure; Ventricular Fibrosis; Hypertrophy
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Paper Title En
Acacetin ameliorates cardiac hypertrophy by activating Sirt1/AMPK/PGC-1α pathway
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