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Protective Effect of Two Alkaloids from Hippophae rhamnoides Linn. against Doxorubicin-Induced Toxicity in H9c2 Cardiomyoblasts

Authors :
Jian Ouyang
Honglun Wang
Gang Li
Na Hu
Zhou Wenna
Source :
Molecules, Volume 26, Issue 7, Molecules, Vol 26, Iss 1946, p 1946 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI, 2021.

Abstract

Background: Doxorubicin (Dox) is one of the most frequently prescribed anti-cancer drugs. However, clinical application with Dox is limited due to its potentially fatal cumulative cardiotoxicity. N-p-coumaroyl-4-aminobutan-1-ol (alk-A), an organic amide alkaloid and hippophamide (alk-B), a rare pyridoindole alkaloid were successfully obtained by purification and separation of seabuckthorn seed residue in our previous research. This study was undertaken to investigate the protective effect of alk-A and alk-B against Dox-induced embryonic rat cardiac cells (H9c2 cells) apoptosis. Methods: H9c2 cells were treated with Dox (2.5 µM) in the presence of alk-A and alk-B (10, 20, and 40 µM) and incubated for 24 h. Results: It was shown that pretreatment of the H9c2 cells with alk-A and alk-B significantly reduced Dox-induced apoptosis. Alk-A and alk-B both inhibited reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and suppressed cleaved-caspase-3 protein expression and the activation of JNK (Jun N-terminal kinases), as well as increasing ATP levels, favoring mitochondrial mitofusin protein expression, and relieving damage to mitochondrial DNA. Conclusions: These results suggest that alk-A and alk-B can inhibit Dox-induced apoptosis in H9C2 cardiac muscle cells via inhibition of cell apoptosis and improvement of mitochondrial function, while alk-B showed more protection. Alk-B could be a potential candidate agent for protecting against cardiotoxicity in Dox-exposed patients.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14203049
Volume :
26
Issue :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Molecules
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....024181499a09ee23f602ca44015e55f9