期刊
PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH
卷 61, 期 2, 页码 142-148出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2009.08.009
关键词
Curcumin; Myocardial infarction; Heart function; Infarct size; Serum biochemistry; Gene expression
资金
- Mega-projects of Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology [2004C13022]
Curcumin has extensive cardioprotective effects against diabetic cardiovascular complications, cardiac hypertrophy and myocardial infarction (MI), but the molecular mechanism behind such cardio protective effects remains still unclear. To explore the mechanism of MI, a rat model of coronary artery ligation was used to assess the cardioprotective effects of curcumin. Microarray technology was employed to detect the gene expression in the heart of MI rats treated with curcumin. Semiquantitative RT-PCR was then performed to verify the microarray result. Our results showed that curcumin could improve heart function, diminish infarct size and reverse the abnormal changes in the activities of serum lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase MB in rats after MI. A total of 179 genes were found to be significantly differentially expressed between sham-operated rats and coronary artery-ligated rats. Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, ECM-receptor interaction, focal adhesions and colorectal cancer pathway may be involved in the cardioprotective effects of curcumin. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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