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Effects of Tanshinone VI on Phosphorylation of ERK and Akt in Isolated Cardiomyocytes and Cardiac Fibroblasts

Effects of Tanshinone VI on Phosphorylation of ERK and Akt in Isolated Cardiomyocytes and Cardiac Fibroblasts

Toru Arino, Kouichi Tanonaka, Yuji Kawahara, Toshiyuki Maki, Norio Takagi, Akira Yagi, Satoshi Takeo

Eur J Pharmacol. 2008 Feb 12;580(3):298-305.

PMID: 18076874

Abstract:

Effects of tanshinone VI, a diterpene from Tan-Shen, on humoral factor-induced phosphorylation of ERK and Akt during hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes and fibrosis of cardiac fibroblasts isolated from neonatal rats were examined. Treatment of cultured cardiomyocytes with 10 nM insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) or 10 nM endothelin-1 resulted in an increase in leucine incorporation into acid-insoluble fraction. Treatment of cultured cardiac fibroblasts with 10 nM IGF-1 or 10 nM angiotensin II increased incorporation of proline. IGF-1 increased phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (pERK) and protein kinase B (pAkt) of cardiomyocytes, whereas endothelin-1 increased pERK, but not pAkt. Treatment of cardiac fibroblasts with 10 nM IGF-1 or 10 nM angiotensin II also increased pERK, whereas pAkt was increased by treatment with IGF-1 alone. When the cardiomyocytes were incubated in the presence of 10 microM tanshinone VI, IGF-1- and endothelin-1-induced increases in pERK, but not pAkt, were partially attenuated. Treatment of cardiac fibroblasts with 10 microM tanshinone VI also attenuated IGF-1-induced increases in pERK and pAkt. Tanshinone VI also partially attenuated angiotensin II-induced increase in proline incorporation into cardiac fibroblasts. PD98059, an inhibitor for phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), but not wortmannin, that for protein kinase B phosphorylation, attenuated an increase in leucine incorporation into cardiomyocytes in the presence of either IGF-1 or endothelin-1. These results suggest that tanshinone VI is a possible agent that can attenuate the humoral factor-induced hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes and fibrosis of cardiac fibroblasts via an attenuation of ERK phosphorylation in these cells.

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IAR42415214	Akt Inhibitor VI, Akt-in			Price

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