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  3. Aconitine induces autophagy via activating oxidative DNA damage-mediated AMPK/ULK1 signaling pathway in H9c2 cells

Aconitine induces autophagy via activating oxidative DNA damage-mediated AMPK/ULK1 signaling pathway in H9c2 cells

  • J Ethnopharmacol. 2022 Jan 10;282:114631. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114631.
Wenlin Wang 1,  Jialuo Jiang 2,  Yan Huang 3,  Fu Peng 4,  Tingting Hu 5,  Jiayang Wu 6,  Xiaoqi Pan 7,  Chaolong Rao 8
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China; R&D Center for Efficiency, Safety and Application in Chinese Materia Medica with Medical and Edible Values, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China. Electronic address: 1123982446@qq.com.
  • 2 School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China; R&D Center for Efficiency, Safety and Application in Chinese Materia Medica with Medical and Edible Values, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China. Electronic address: 894505202@qq.com.
  • 3 School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China; R&D Center for Efficiency, Safety and Application in Chinese Materia Medica with Medical and Edible Values, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China. Electronic address: 1151399350@qq.com.
  • 4 West China School of Pharmacy, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 610041, China. Electronic address: fujing126@yeah.net.
  • 5 School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China; R&D Center for Efficiency, Safety and Application in Chinese Materia Medica with Medical and Edible Values, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China. Electronic address: 459605074@qq.com.
  • 6 West China School of Pharmacy, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 610041, China. Electronic address: 591273527@qq.com.
  • 7 School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China; R&D Center for Efficiency, Safety and Application in Chinese Materia Medica with Medical and Edible Values, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China. Electronic address: panxiaoqi1104@cdutcm.edu.cn.
  • 8 School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China; R&D Center for Efficiency, Safety and Application in Chinese Materia Medica with Medical and Edible Values, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, 611137, China. Electronic address: raocl@cdutcm.edu.cn.
PMID: 34520828 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114631
Abstract

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Aconitum species, with a medicinal history of 2000 years, was traditionally used in the treatment of rheumatism, arthritis, bruises, and pains. However, many studies have reported that Aconitum species can cause arrhythmia in experimental Animals, resulting in myocardial fibrosis and cardiomyocyte damage. Cardiotoxicity is the main toxic effect of aconitine, but the detailed mechanism remains unclear.

Aim of the study: This study aimed to explore the effects and underlying mechanism of Autophagy in H9c2 cardiomyocytes induced by aconitine.

Materials and methods: H9c2 cells were incubated with different concentrations of aconitine for 24 h, and the intervention sections were pretreated with various inhibitors for 1 h. The effects of aconitine on the oxidative DNA damage, Autophagy and viability of H9c2 cells were evaluated by flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot.

Results: In H9c2 cells, the cell viability declined, LDH release rate, the number of autophagosomes, protein expression levels of LC3 and Beclin-1 increased significantly after 24 h of aconitine incubation. The pretreatment of Autophagy Inhibitor 3-MA decreased markedly autophagosomes and protein expression levels of LC3 and Beclin-1, which suggested that aconitine could induce cell Autophagy. The significant increase of ROS and 8-OHdG showed that aconitine could cause oxidative DNA damage through ROS accumulation. Meanwhile, treatment of aconitine dramatically increased AMPKThr172 and ULK1Ser317 phosphorylation, and Compound C inhibited AMPKThr172 and ULK1Ser317 phosphorylation, which proved that aconitine induced Autophagy via AMPK activation mediated ULK1 phosphorylation. Antioxidant NAC significantly reduced LDH, ROS and 8-OHdG, inhibited the phosphorylation of AMPKThr172 and ULK1Ser317, and down-regulated autophagosomes and proteins expression levels of LC3 and Beclin-1. Consequently, the inhibition of oxidative DNA damage and AMPK/ULK1 signaling pathway alleviated the aconitine-induced autophagic death of H9c2 cells.

Conclusions: These results showed that aconitine induces Autophagy of H9c2 cardiomyocytes by activating AMPK/ULK1 signaling pathway mediated by oxidative DNA damage. The Autophagy induced by aconitine in cardiomyocytes is dependent on the activation of the AMPK pathway, which may provide novel insights into the prevention of aconitine-related toxicity.

Keywords

AMPK/ULK1 pathway; Aconitine; Autophagy; H9c2 cells; Oxidative DNA damage.

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