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ArticleChinese journal of integrative medicine2025

Shenmai Injection Reduces Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis Induced by Doxorubicin through miR-30a/Bcl-2.

Xiao-Nan Zhang, Yan-Yang Li, Shi-Chao Lyu, Qiu-Jin Jia, Jun-Ping Zhang, Long-Tao Liu

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Xiao-Nan ZhangDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Cardiology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100091, China.
Yan-Yang LiDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, 300060, China.
Shi-Chao LyuDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
Qiu-Jin JiaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
Jun-Ping ZhangDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
Long-Tao LiuDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Cardiology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100091, China. liulongtao1976@126.com.

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objectiveTo explore the molecular mechanism of Shenmai Injection (SMI) against doxorubicin (DOX) induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis.

methodsA total of 40 specific pathogen-free (SPF) male Sprague Dawley (SD) male rats were divided into 5 groups based on the random number table, including the control group, the model group, miR-30a agomir group, SMI low-dose (SMI-L) group, and SMI high-dose (SMI-H) group, with 8 rats in each group. Except for the control group, the rats were injected weekly with DOX (2 mg/kg) in the tail vein for 4 weeks to induce myocardial injury, and were given different regimens of continuous intervention for 2 weeks. Cardiac function was detected by echocardiography and myocardial pathological changes were observed by Van Gieson (VG) staining. Myocardial injury serum markers, including creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), troponin T (cTnT), N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), soluble ST2 (sST2), and growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Cardiomyocyte apoptosis was observed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated biotinylated dUTP triphosphate nick end labeling (TUNEL) and transmission electron microscopy, and the expressions of target proteins and mRNA were detected by Western blot and quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-RCR), respectively.

resultsThe treatment with different doses of SMI reduced rat heart mass index and left ventricular mass index (P<0.05), significantly improved the left ventricular ejection fraction (P<0.05), decreased the levels of serum CK, LDH, cTnT, and NT-proBNP (P<0.05 or P<0.01), reduced the levels of serum sST2 and GDF-15 (P<0.05 or P<0.01), decreased the collagen volume fraction, reduced the expressions of rat myocardial type I and type III collagen (P<0.05 or P<0.01), and effectively alleviated myocardial fibrosis. And the study found that SMI promoted the expression levels of miR-30a and Bcl-2 in myocardium, and down-regulated the expression of Bax, which inhibited the activation of Caspase-3 and Caspase-9 (P<0.05 or P<0.01), and improved myocardial cell apoptosis.

conclusionsSMI can alleviate myocardial injury and apoptosis caused by DOX, and its mechanism possibly by promoting the targeted expression of myocardial Bcl-2 protein through miR-30a.

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ApoptosisDoxorubicinDrugs, Chinese HerbalMicroRNAsMyocytes, CardiacProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2AnimalsDrug CombinationsInjectionsMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyDoxorubicinDrug CombinationsDrugs, Chinese Herbalfructus schizandrae, radix ginseng, radix ophiopogonis drug combinationMicroRNAsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2apoptosiscardiotoxicitydoxorubicinmiR-30a/Bcl-2Shenmai Injection

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