Oleanolic acid : a novel cardioprotective agent that blunts hyperglycemia-induced contractile dysfunction
dc.contributor.author | Mapanga, Rudo F. | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Rajamani, Uthra | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Dlamini, Nonkululeko | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Zungu-Edmondson, Makhosazane | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Kelly-Laubscher, Roison | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Shafiullah, Mohammed | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Wahab, Athiq | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Hasan, Mohamed Y. | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Fahim, Mohamed A. | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Rondeau, Phillipe | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Bourdon, Emmanuel | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Essop, M. Faadiel | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-01T06:53:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-01T06:53:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-10-16 | |
dc.description | CITATION: Mapanga, R. F., et al. 2012. Oleanolic acid : a novel cardioprotective agent that blunts hperglycemia-induced contractile dysfunction. PLoS ONE, 7(10): 1-17, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047322. | en_ZA |
dc.description | The original publication is available at http://journals.plos.org/plosone | en_ZA |
dc.description | Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | Diabetes constitutes a major health challenge. Since cardiovascular complications are common in diabetic patients this will further increase the overall burden of disease. Furthermore, stress-induced hyperglycemia in non-diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction is associated with higher in-hospital mortality. Previous studies implicate oxidative stress, excessive flux through the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) and a dysfunctional ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) as potential mediators of this process. Since oleanolic acid (OA; a clove extract) possesses antioxidant properties, we hypothesized that it attenuates acute and chronic hyperglycemia-mediated pathophysiologic molecular events (oxidative stress, apoptosis, HBP, UPS) and thereby improves contractile function in response to ischemia-reperfusion. We employed several experimental systems: 1) H9c2 cardiac myoblasts were exposed to 33 mM glucose for 48 hr vs. controls (5 mM glucose); and subsequently treated with two OA doses (20 and 50 mM) for 6 and 24 hr, respectively; 2) Isolated rat hearts were perfused ex vivo with Krebs-Henseleit buffer containing 33 mM glucose vs. controls (11 mM glucose) for 60 min, followed by 20 min global ischemia and 60 min reperfusion 6 OA treatment; 3) In vivo coronary ligations were performed on streptozotocin treated rats 6 OA administration during reperfusion; and 4) Effects of long-term OA treatment (2 weeks) on heart function was assessed in streptozotocin-treated rats. Our data demonstrate that OA treatment blunted high glucose-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in heart cells. OA therapy also resulted in cardioprotection, i.e. for ex vivo and in vivo rat hearts exposed to ischemia-reperfusion under hyperglycemic conditions. In parallel, we found decreased oxidative stress, apoptosis, HBP flux and proteasomal activity following ischemia-reperfusion. Long-term OA treatment also improved heart function in streptozotocin-diabetic rats. These findings are promising since it may eventually result in novel therapeutic interventions to treat acute hyperglycemia (in non-diabetic patients) and diabetic patients with associatedcardiovascular complications. | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the South African National Research Foundation and Stellenbosch University (to MFE). Experimental work conducted at Universite´ de La Re´union was supported by the Ministe`re de l’Enseignement Supe´ rieur et de la Recherche and the Universite´ de La Re´union and the Conseil Re´gional de La Re´union and l’Europe (to EB). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0047322 | |
dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
dc.format.extent | 17 pages : illustrations | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Mapanga, R. F., et al. 2012. Oleanolic acid : a novel cardioprotective agent that blunts hperglycemia-induced contractile dysfunction. PLoS ONE, 7(10): 1-17, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047322 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 (online) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 (print) | |
dc.identifier.other | doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047322 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79623 | |
dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Oleanolic Acid therapy | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Contractile dysfunction | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Hyperglycemia -- Treatment | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Cardioprotective agents | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Diabetes | en_ZA |
dc.title | Oleanolic acid : a novel cardioprotective agent that blunts hyperglycemia-induced contractile dysfunction | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |