| Objective:The objective of this study is to investigate whether mangiferin can have a beneficial effect on daunorubicin-induced cardiac toxicity in vitro.Methods:Primary cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were pretreated with daunorubicin (1μmol/L) to create the apoptosis model, then treated with different concentrations of mangiferin (25,50or100μmol/L). Ginkgo Biloba extract761(25μg/ml) was selected as positive control. We observed morphological changes of apoptosis, using the optic inverted microscope and electron microscope, and using flow cytometry (Annexin V-FITC/PI double staining) to count the rate of apoptosis, using spectrophotometry to detect Caspase-3activity in cell lysate, using real-time fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR to detect the expression of P53, Fas and FasL.Results:1ã€When treated with daunorubicin(1μmol/L), electron microscopic evidence of nuclei fragmentation with intact plasma membranes, and mangiferin could reduce cardiac cell destruction effectively.2ã€Mangiferin could significantly suppress the daunorubicin-induced myocardial apoptosis after effect on daunorubicin-induced apoptosis model. As the raise of the drug concentration, the effect of inhibition was increased and myocardial apoptosis was decreased. 3ã€After treatment with daunorubicin the expression of Fas and FasL gene in cardiomyocytes increased. With the concentration rise up, mangiferin could down-regulate the mRNA expression of Fas and FasL,4ã€Daunorubicin that activates effecter Caspase-3will potentially lead to apoptosis. Mangiferin proved protects cardiac cells is by inhibit Caspase-3activation. This had shown as a dose-dependent effect.Conclusion:Mangiferin can inhibit the daunorubicin-induced myocardial apoptosis. The mechanism at least partially associated with reducing the levels of Fas and FasL mRNA expression and inhibiting Caspase-3activation. |