PMID- 35983375 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220820 IS - 1663-9812 (Print) IS - 1663-9812 (Electronic) IS - 1663-9812 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - Protective effect of Astragaloside IV on chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced vascular endothelial dysfunction through the calpain-1/SIRT1/AMPK signaling pathway. PG - 920977 LID - 10.3389/fphar.2022.920977 [doi] LID - 920977 AB - Vascular endothelial dysfunction (VED) is linked with the pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) comorbidities, such as cardiovascular disease. Astragaloside IV (As-IV) has exhibited significant improvement for endothelial dysfunction. Nonetheless, the protective mechanism is not clear. Therefore, the present study investigated the potential mechanism of As-IV on VED. Calpain-1 knockout and wild-type C57BL/6 mice exposed to chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) were established and treated with As-IV (40, 80 mg/kg) for 4 weeks. Human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAECs) subjected to CIH exposure were pretreated with As-IV, MDL-28170 (calpain-1 inhibitor) and SRT1720 (SIRT1 activator) for 48 h in vitro. The endothelial function, inflammation, oxidative stress and mitochondrial function were measured to evaluate VED. Our data revealed that As-IV treatment ameliorated CIH-induced endothelial-dependent vasomotion and augmented nitric oxide (NO) production. As-IV administration suppressed the secretion of inflammation, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. As-IV treatment reduced the expression of calpain-1 and restored the downregulated expression of SIRT1 and Thr(172) AMPK and Ser(1177) eNOS phosphorylation. The effects of calpain-1 knockout and SRT1720 were similar to the effect of As-IV on VED. These findings demonstrated that As-IV ameliorated VED induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia via the calpain-1/SIRT1/AMPK signaling pathway. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Zhao, Meng, Wang, Fan, Liu, Zhang, Ran, Wang and Lu. FAU - Zhao, Fang AU - Zhao F AD - Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China. FAU - Meng, Yan AU - Meng Y AD - Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China. FAU - Wang, Yue AU - Wang Y AD - Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China. FAU - Fan, Siqi AU - Fan S AD - Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China. FAU - Liu, Yu AU - Liu Y AD - Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China. FAU - Zhang, Xiangfeng AU - Zhang X AD - Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China. FAU - Ran, Chenyang AU - Ran C AD - Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China. FAU - Wang, Hongxin AU - Wang H AD - Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China. FAU - Lu, Meili AU - Lu M AD - Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Drug Research of Liaoning Province, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220802 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Pharmacol JT - Frontiers in pharmacology JID - 101548923 PMC - PMC9381017 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Astragaloside IV OT - calpain-1 OT - chronic intermittent hypoxia OT - oxidative stress OT - vascular endothelial dysfunction COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/08/20 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/20 06:01 PMCR- 2022/08/02 CRDT- 2022/08/19 02:19 PHST- 2022/04/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/06/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/19 02:19 [entrez] PHST- 2022/08/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/20 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 920977 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fphar.2022.920977 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Pharmacol. 2022 Aug 2;13:920977. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.920977. eCollection 2022.