Ginsenoside Rb1 preconditioning enhances eNOS expression and attenuates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in diabetic rats.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is associated with decreased NO bioavailability in the myocardium. Ginsenoside Rb1 has been shown to confer cardioprotection against ischemia reperfusion injury. The aim of this study was to investigate whether Ginsenoside Rb1 exerts cardioprotective effects during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion in diabetic rats and whether this effect is related to increase the production of NO via enhancing eNOS expression in the myocardium. The myocardial I/R injury were induced by occluding the left anterior descending artery for 30 min followed by 120 min reperfusion. An eNOS inhibitor L-NAME or Rb1 were respectively administered 25 min or 10 min before inducing ischemia. Ginsenoside Rb1 preconditioning reduced myocardial infarct size when compared with I/R group. Ginsenoside Rb1 induced myocardial protection was accompanied with increased eNOS expression and NO concentration and reduced plasma CK and LDH (P < 0.05). Moreover, the myocardial oxidative stress and tissue histological damage was attenuated by Ginsenoside Rb1 (P < 0.05). L-NAME abolished the protective effects of Ginsenoside Rb1. It is concluded that Ginsenoside Rb1 protects against myocardium ischemia/reperfusion injury in diabetic rat by enhancing the expression of eNOS and increasing the content of NO as well as inhibiting oxidative stress.

• Authors: Rui Xia, Bo Zhao, Yang Wu, Jia-Bao Hou, Li Zhang, Jin-Jin Xu, Zhong-Yuan Xia
• Journal: Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology (J Biomed Biotechnol) Vol. 2011 Pg. 767930 ( 2011) ISSN: 1110-7251 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 22013385 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Ginsenosides
• Nitric Oxide
• ginsenoside Rb1
• L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
• Nos3 protein, rat
• Creatine Kinase
• NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester

Topics

• Animals
• Apoptosis (drug effects)
• Creatine Kinase (blood)
• Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental (enzymology)
• Gene Expression (drug effects)
• Ginsenosides (pharmacology)
• Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial (methods)
• L-Lactate Dehydrogenase (blood)
• Male
• Myocardial Reperfusion Injury (enzymology)
• Myocardium (enzymology, pathology)
• NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester (pharmacology)
• Nitric Oxide (metabolism)
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III (biosynthesis)
• Oxidative Stress (drug effects)
• Rats
• Rats, Sprague-Dawley