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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
Tanshinone IIB (TSB) is a major active constituent of the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen) widely used in the treatment of stroke and coronary heart disease in Asian countries. This study investigated the in vitro neuroprotective effects of TSB and the underlying mechanism. Co-treatment with TSB significantly inhibited the cytotoxicity and apoptosis of rat cortical neurons induced by staurosporine in a concentration-dependent manner. Consistently, TSB significantly reduced the DNA laddering caused by staurosporine in a concentration-dependent manner. TSB also suppressed the elevated Bax protein and decreased bcl-2 and caspase-3 proteins induced by staurosporine in rat cortical neurons. These findings indicated that TSB had a neuroprotective effect via inhibition of apoptosis. Further studies are warranted to investigate the role of other apoptosis-related signaling proteins and reperfusion-related mechanisms in the protective effect of TSB on neurons.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1099-1573
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
846-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-DNA Fragmentation, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Diterpenes, Abietane, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Phenanthrenes, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Salvia miltiorrhiza, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-Staurosporine, pubmed-meshheading:18389485-bcl-2-Associated X Protein
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Tanshinone IIB, a primary active constituent from Salvia miltiorrhiza, exerts neuroprotective effect via inhibition of neuronal apoptosis in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. yuxq@mail.sysu.edu.cn
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article