Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17(4), 466; doi:10.3390/ijms17040466
Anti-Apoptotic and Pro-Survival Effect of Alpinate Oxyphyllae Fructus (AOF) in a d-Galactose-Induced Aging Heart
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The School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 84001, Taiwan
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Chinese Medicine Department, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
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1PT Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Taichung 433, Taiwan
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Research Center for Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
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Departments of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40447, Taiwan
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School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
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Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung 40447, Taiwan
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Department of pathology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 50506, Taiwan
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Department of Medical Technology, Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Miaoli 35665, Taiwan
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Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641046, India
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Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11042, Taiwan
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Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
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School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40447, Taiwan
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Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
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Academic Editor: Harry A. J. Struijker-Boudier
Received: 27 January 2016 / Revised: 21 March 2016 / Accepted: 21 March 2016 / Published: 29 March 2016
(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Abstract
Aging, a natural biological/physiological phenomenon, is accelerated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and identified by a progressive decrease in physiological function. Several studies have shown a positive relationship between aging and chronic heart failure (HF). Cardiac apoptosis was found in age-related diseases. We used a traditional Chinese medicine, Alpinate Oxyphyllae Fructus (AOF), to evaluate its effect on cardiac anti-apoptosis and pro-survival. Male eight-week-old Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats were segregated into five groups: normal control group (NC), d-Galactose-Induced aging group (Aging), and AOF of 50 (AL (AOF low)), 100 (AM (AOF medium)), 150 (AH (AOF high)) mg/kg/day. After eight weeks, hearts were measured by an Hematoxylin–Eosin (H&E) stain, Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)-assays and Western blotting. The experimental results show that the cardiomyocyte apoptotic pathway protein expression increased in the d-Galactose-Induced aging groups, with dose-dependent inhibition in the AOF treatment group (AL, AM, and AH). Moreover, the expression of the pro-survival p-Akt (protein kinase B (Akt)), Bcl-2 (B-cell lymphoma 2), anti-apoptotic protein (Bcl-xL) protein decreased significantly in the d-Galactose-induced aging group, with increased performance in the AOF treatment group with levels of p-IGFIR and p-PI3K (Phosphatidylinositol-3′ kinase (PI3K)) to increase by dosage and compensatory performance. On the other hand, the protein of the Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) pathway expression decreased in the aging groups and showed improvement in the AOF treatment group. Our results suggest that AOF strongly works against ROS-induced aging heart problems. View Full-TextKeywords:
AOF; d-galactose-induced aging; apoptosis; SIRT1
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Chang, Y.-M.; Chang, H.-H.; Kuo, W.-W.; Lin, H.-J.; Yeh, Y.-L.; Padma Viswanadha, V.; Tsai, C.-C.; Chen, R.-J.; Chang, H.-N.; Huang, C.-Y. Anti-Apoptotic and Pro-Survival Effect of Alpinate Oxyphyllae Fructus (AOF) in a d-Galactose-Induced Aging Heart. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 466.
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