Abstract | ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Aqueous bark extract of Terminalia arjuna (TA) has been in use as an ethnomedicine for cardiovascular ailments in the Indian subcontinent for centuries. Studies using hemodynamic, ROS scavenging and anti-inflammatory parameters in animal models have shown its anti-atherogenic, hypotensive, inotropic, anti-inflammatory effects. However, details analysis on its effects on established molecular and cell biological markers are a prerequisite for its wider acceptance to the medical community. AIMS OF THE STUDY: METHODS:
Cardiac hypertrophy was induced by ISO (5mg/kg/day s.c. for 14 days) in rats and a standardized aqueous extract of TA stem bark was orally administered by gavage. Total RNA and protein were isolated from control, ISO, ISO plus TA and TA treated rat hearts and analyzed for the transcripts for the markers of hypertrophy, signaling kinases, transcription factors and total protein profile. RESULTS: TA extract reversed the induction of fetal genes like β- myosin heavy chain, skeletal α-actin and brain natriuretic peptide in hypertrophic rat hearts. While ISO slightly increased the level of phospho-ERK, TA repressed it to about one third of the base line level. Survival kinase Akt, ER stress marker Grp78 and epigenetic regulator HDAC5 were augmented by ISO and TA restored them by various extents. ISO administration moderately increased the transcription factor NFκB binding activity, while coadministration of TA further increased it. AP-1 binding activity was largely unchanged by ISO treatment but it was upregulated when administered along with TA. MEF2D binding activity was increased by ISO and TA restored it to the baseline level. Global proteomic analysis revealed that TA treatment restored a subset of proteins up- and down-regulated in the hypertrophied hearts. Amongst those restored by TA were purinergic receptor X, myosin light chain 3, tropomyosin, and kininogen; suggesting a nodal role of TA in modulating cardiac function. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Santosh Kumar, Md Jahangir Alam, Pankaj Prabhakar, Sayeed Ahmad, Subir K Maulik, Manish Sharma, Shyamal K Goswami |
Journal | Journal of ethnopharmacology
(J Ethnopharmacol)
Vol. 198
Pg. 98-108
(Feb 23 2017)
ISSN: 1872-7573 [Electronic] Ireland |
PMID | 28063919
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Plant Extracts
- Isoproterenol
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Topics |
- Animals
- Cardiomegaly
(chemically induced, drug therapy)
- Isoproterenol
(pharmacology)
- Male
- Phytotherapy
- Plant Bark
- Plant Extracts
(therapeutic use)
- Proteomics
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Terminalia
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