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Asiatic Acid Protects against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Mice

Oxid Med Cell Longev

The use of doxorubicin (DOX) can result in depression of cardiac function and refractory cardiomyopathy. Currently, there are no effective approaches to prevent DOX-related cardiac complications. Asiatic acid (AA) has be

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Reference Id
4580
Evidence Id
21170
Core Evidence Id
21170
Source Reference Id
2427
Herb2 Reference Id
HBREF003224
Subject Paper Key
HBIN017057_32509145
Pubmed Id
32509145
Doi
10.1155/2020/5347204
Paper Title
Asiatic Acid Protects against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Mice
Paper Abstract
The use of doxorubicin (DOX) can result in depression of cardiac function and refractory cardiomyopathy. Currently, there are no effective approaches to prevent DOX-related cardiac complications. Asiatic acid (AA) has been reported to provide cardioprotection against several cardiovascular diseases. However, whether AA could attenuate DOX-related cardiac injury remains unclear. DOX (15 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally into the mice to mimic acute cardiac injury, and the mice were given AA (10 mg/kg or 30 mg/kg) for 2 weeks for protection. The data in our study found that AA-treated mice exhibited attenuated cardiac injury and improved cardiac function in response to DOX injection. AA also suppressed myocardial oxidative damage and apoptosis without affecting cardiac inflammation in DOX-treated mice. AA also provided protection in DOX-challenged cardiomyocytes, improved cell viability, and suppressed intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vitro. Detection of signaling pathways showed that AA activated protein kinase B (AKT) signaling pathway in vivo and in vitro. Furthermore, we found that AA lost its protective effects in the heart with AKT inactivation. In conclusion, our results found that AA could attenuate DOX-induced myocardial oxidative stress and apoptosis via activation of the AKT signaling pathway.
Journal
Oxid Med Cell Longev
Publish Year
2020
Experiment Subject
mouse; dox-challenged cardiomyocytes
Experiment Type
Animal Experiment
Phenotype Related
Cardiovascular Diseases; Depression Of Cardiac Function; Cardiac Injury; Acute Cardiac Injury; Cardiac Inflammation; Cardiac Complications; Refractory Cardiomyopathy; Attenuated Cardiac Injury
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Asiatic Acid Protects against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Mice
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