RÉSUMÉ
PURPOSE: It has been reported that exhaustive exercise (EE) causes myocyte injury, and eventually damages the function of the myocardia. Albiflorin (AF) has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-apoptosis effects. In this study, we determined whether AF could mitigate the EE-induced myocardial injury and research the potential mechanisms. METHODS: The rat model of EE was built by forced treadmill running method. Rats were intraperitoneally injected with AF before EE once daily for one week. The relative factors levels were examined by commercial kits. The apoptosis was appraised using a TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay kit. The ACSL4, GPX4, Nrf2, pAKT/AKT, and HO-1 contents were assessed by western blot. RESULTS: AF lessened EE-induced cardiac myocytes ischemic/hypoxic injury and reduced the contents of myocardial injury biomarkers in the serum. AF lessened EE-induced cardiac myocyte apoptosis, inflammatory response, oxidative stress, and ferroptosis in myocardial tissues. However, the influences of AF were overturned by the co-treatment of AF and LY294002. AF activated the AKT/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway in myocardial tissues in vivo. CONCLUSIONS: AF could curb cardiac myocytes ferroptosis, thus diminishing the EE-induced myocardial injury through activating the AKT/Nrf2/HO-1 cascade.
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Ferroptose , Myocytes cardiaques , Facteur-2 apparenté à NF-E2 , Protéines proto-oncogènes c-akt , Transduction du signal , Animaux , Facteur-2 apparenté à NF-E2/métabolisme , Protéines proto-oncogènes c-akt/métabolisme , Protéines proto-oncogènes c-akt/effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques , Mâle , Transduction du signal/effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques , Ferroptose/effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques , Myocytes cardiaques/effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques , Myocytes cardiaques/métabolisme , Rats , Stress oxydatif/effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques , Apoptose/effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques , Modèles animaux de maladie humaine , Rat Sprague-Dawley , Heme oxygenase-1/métabolisme , Myocarde/métabolisme , Myocarde/anatomopathologie , Composés pontésRÉSUMÉ
ABSTRACT Purpose: It has been reported that exhaustive exercise (EE) causes myocyte injury, and eventually damages the function of the myocardia. Albiflorin (AF) has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-apoptosis effects. In this study, we determined whether AF could mitigate the EE-induced myocardial injury and research the potential mechanisms. Methods: The rat model of EE was built by forced treadmill running method. Rats were intraperitoneally injected with AF before EE once daily for one week. The relative factors levels were examined by commercial kits. The apoptosis was appraised using a TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay kit. The ACSL4, GPX4, Nrf2, pAKT/AKT, and HO-1 contents were assessed by western blot. Results: AF lessened EE-induced cardiac myocytes ischemic/hypoxic injury and reduced the contents of myocardial injury biomarkers in the serum. AF lessened EE-induced cardiac myocyte apoptosis, inflammatory response, oxidative stress, and ferroptosis in myocardial tissues. However, the influences of AF were overturned by the co-treatment of AF and LY294002. AF activated the AKT/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway in myocardial tissues in vivo. Conclusions: AF could curb cardiac myocytes ferroptosis, thus diminishing the EE-induced myocardial injury through activating the AKT/Nrf2/HO-1 cascade.