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Korean J Physiol Pharmacol 2021; 25(2): 131-137

Published online March 1, 2021 https://doi.org/10.4196/kjpp.2021.25.2.131

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Mangiferin ameliorates cardiac fibrosis in D-galactose-induced aging rats by inhibiting TGF-β/p38/MK2 signaling pathway

Jing Cheng1, Chaoyang Ren2, Renli Cheng3, Yunning Li4, Ping Liu1, Wei Wang1,*, and Li Liu1,*

1Department of Pharmacy, Wuhan Fourth Hospital, Puai Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2Dong Xi Hu Municipal Healthcare Security Administration, 3Department of Orthopedics, Wuhan Fourth Hospital, Puai Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430033, Hubei, 4Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 986 Hospital of Air Force, Xian 710054, Shanxi, China

Correspondence to:Li Liu
E-mail: puaichengjing@163.com
Wei Wang
E-mail: doudoumav@sina.com

Received: August 25, 2020; Revised: October 24, 2020; Accepted: November 3, 2020

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Erratum: Korean J Physiol Pharmacol 2021; 25(3): 259-259

Abstract

Aging is the process spontaneously occurred in living organisms. Cardiac fibrosis is a pathophysiological process of cardiac aging. Mangiferin is a wellknown C-glucoside xanthone in mango leaves with lots of beneficial properties. In this study, rat model of cardiac fibrosis was induced by injected with 150 mg/kg/d Dgalactose for 8 weeks. The age-related cardiac decline was estimated by detecting the relative weight of heart, the serum levels of cardiac injury indicators and the expression of hypertrophic biomakers. Cardiac oxidative stress and local inflammation were measured by detecting the levels of malondialdehyde, enzymatic antioxidant status and proinflammatory cytokines. Cardiac fibrosis was evaluated by observing collagen deposition via masson and sirius red staining, as well as by examining the expression of extracellular matrix proteins via Western blot analysis. The cardiac activity of profibrotic TGF-β1/p38/MK2 signaling pathway was assessed by measuring the expression of TGF-β1 and the phosphorylation levels of p38 and MK2. It was observed that mangiferin ameliorated D-galactose-induced cardiac aging, attenuated cardiac oxidative stress, inflammation and fibrosis, as well as inhibited the activation of TGF-β1/p38/MK2 signaling pathway. These results showed that mangiferin could ameliorate cardiac fibrosis in D-galactose-induced aging rats possibly via inhibiting TGF-β/p38/MK2 signaling pathway.

Keywords: Aging, Heart fibrosis, Inflammation, Mangiferin, Oxidative stress