Investigating the Effects and Mechanism of Rhodiola Rosea Injection on Cardiac Function in Rats with Chronic Heart Failure.

AIM: To study the effect of Rhodiola Rosea injection on cardiac function and the reninangiotensin- aldosterone system (RASS) in rats with chronic heart failure. BACKGROUND: Rhodiola Rosea injection, a traditional Chinese medication for relieving blood stasis and improving blood circulation, is an excellent therapeutic for treating coronary heart disease-angina pectoris. Rhodiola Rosea injection's major component, salidroside, protects the cardiovascular system. But there isn't much first-hand evidence about how injectable Rhodiola Rosea affects heart failure. OBJECTIVES: In this study, a rat model of heart failure was established, and the effect of Rhodiola rosea injection on myocardial cell morphology, cardiac function, and ventricular remodelling in rats with heart failure was investigated. METHODS: 66 SD male rats were selected; 10 were randomly selected as a blank control group, and 56 were treated intraperitoneally with doxorubicin (4 g/g). After 6 weeks, all animals had LVEF 60%. Established a heart failure model. Each group had 14 rats: model control, low-dose, mediumdose, and high-dose Rhodiola Rosea injection. The 2 mL/kg of Rhodiola Rosea injection was injected into the tail vein once a day for 2 weeks. Both the blank and control groups received normal daily saline. After 2 weeks, the echocardiographic index, RASS-related index, and serum BNP level were assessed in all rats, and myocardial tissue morphology was observed. MiRNA423-5p, miRNA499-5p, and miRNA210-3p were extracted from peripheral blood. Rhodiola rosea injection on its expression was compared to healthy control rats. RESULTS: 6 mL/kg Rhodiola Rosea injection lowered LVEDV and LVESV while increasing LVEF and LVFS. Injections of 6 mL/kg Rhodiola Rosea reduce plasma levels of miR-210-3p, miR-423- 5p, miRNA-499, and BNP in heart failure model rats. The 6 mL/kg Rhodiola Rosea injection can restore the RASS indexes of heart failure rats to the level of the normal group. CONCLUSION: The present study offers preliminary evidence supporting the use of Rhodiola Rosea injection in the treatment of heart failure and offers a solid foundation for clinical off-label medication use.

Laser ablation in liquids for the assembly of Se@Au chain-oligomers with long-term stability for photothermal inhibition of tumor cells.

For the potential use of Au nanoparticles (NPs) in photothermal therapy, it is important and effective to achieve the uniaxial assembly of Au NPs to allow enhanced absorption in the near infrared (NIR) region. Herein, we first presented the construction of amorphous selenium encapsulated gold (Se@Au) chain-oligomers by successive laser ablation of Au and Se targets in sodium chloride solution without other toxic precursors, stabilizers, or templating molecules. Se@Au chain-oligomers showed evidently enhanced NIR absorption and excellent photothermal transduction efficiency (η), which was higher than 47% at 808 nm. After being stored for 1 year, the Se@Au colloids still exhibited outstanding photothermal performance. The cytotoxicity assay demonstrated that there is negligible toxicity of Se@Au chain-oligomers in cells, but cell viability declined to only 1% in phototherapeutic experiments that were implemented in vitro. In intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) generation measurements, Se@Au chain-oligomers could trigger a 35.9% increment of ROS upon laser irradiation. The possible synergetic effects between the anticancer function of Se and photothermal behaviors of Se@Au oligomers were intended to increase ROS level in cells. Therefore, such designed Se@Au chain-oligomers of high stability exhibit promising potential for their use as in vivo photothermal therapeutic agents.