PMID- 31703755 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200318 LR - 20200318 IS - 1875-5364 (Electronic) IS - 1875-5364 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 10 DP - 2019 Oct TI - YQWY decoction reverses cardiac hypertrophy induced by TAC through inhibiting GATA4 phosphorylation and MAPKs. PG - 746-755 LID - S1875-5364(19)30091-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/S1875-5364(19)30091-3 [doi] AB - To investigate the effect of Yiqi Wenyang (YQWY) decoction on reversing cardiac hypertrophy induced by the transverse aortic constriction (TAC). Wistar rats aged 7-8 weeks were subjected to TAC surgery and then randomly divided into 4 groups (n = 5/group): Sham group, TAC group, low-dose group and high dose group. After 16-week intragastric administration of YQWY decoction, the effect of YQWY decoction on alleviating cardiomyocyte hypertrophy was examined by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), hematoxylin/eosin (HE), wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) staining, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western blot (WB), immunohistochemistry (IHC) and immunofluorescence (IF), respectively. The results showed significant differences in left ventricle volume-diastole/systole (LV Vol d/s), N-terminal pro-B-type brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) (P < 0.01), Ejection Fraction (EF), LV mass and fractional shortening (FS) (P < 0.05) between YQWY-treated group and TAC group. HE and WGA staining showed that treatment with YQWY decoction dramatically prevented TAC-induced cardiomycyte hypertrophy. Moreover, the results of WB, IHC and IF indicated that administration of YQWY could suppress the expressions of cardiac hypertrophic markers, which included the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), BNP and myosin heavy chain 7 (MYH7) (P < 0.05) and inhibit phosphorylation of GATA binding protein 4 (P-GATA4) (P < 0.05), phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (P-ERK) (P < 0.05), phosphorylation of P38 mitogen activated protein kinase (P-P38) (P < 0.05) and phosphorylation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (P-JNK) (P < 0.05). Thus, we concluded that YQWY decoction suppressed cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and reversed the impaired heart function, and the curative effects of YQWY decoction were associated with the decreased phosphorylation of GATA4 and mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs), as well as the reduced expression of the downstream targets of GATA4, including ANP, BNP, and MYH7. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 China Pharmaceutical University. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Huang, Jing-Jing AU - Huang JJ AD - The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China. FAU - Xie, Yong AU - Xie Y AD - The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China. FAU - Li, He AU - Li H AD - The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China. FAU - Zhang, Xiao-Xiao AU - Zhang XX AD - The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China. FAU - Huang, Qing AU - Huang Q AD - The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China. FAU - Zhu, Yao AU - Zhu Y AD - The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China. FAU - Gu, Ping AU - Gu P AD - Department of Endocrinology, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 21002, China. Electronic address: ping-19762000@163.com. FAU - Jiang, Wei-Min AU - Jiang WM AD - The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China. Electronic address: jwm0410@njucm.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Chin J Nat Med JT - Chinese journal of natural medicines JID - 101504416 RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (GATA4 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Gata4 protein, rat) RN - 0 (MYH7 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)) RN - 114471-18-0 (Natriuretic Peptide, Brain) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.4.1 (Myosin Heavy Chains) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Aorta/surgery MH - Cardiomegaly/*drug therapy/genetics/*metabolism MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*administration & dosage MH - GATA4 Transcription Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Myosin Heavy Chains/genetics/metabolism MH - Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/genetics/metabolism MH - Peptide Fragments/genetics/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cardiac hypertrophy OT - GATA4 phosphorylation OT - MAPKs OT - YQWY decoction EDAT- 2019/11/11 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/19 06:00 CRDT- 2019/11/10 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/11/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/11/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/19 06:00 [medline] AID - S1875-5364(19)30091-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/S1875-5364(19)30091-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chin J Nat Med. 2019 Oct;17(10):746-755. doi: 10.1016/S1875-5364(19)30091-3.