WU Tong,QIU Shenglei,LI Sinai,et al.Effect of Xinshuai Heji on PGC-1α/FNDC5 signaling pathway and mitochondrial dynamics in rats with heart failure after myocardial infarction[J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,44(11):1427-1432.
WU Tong,QIU Shenglei,LI Sinai,et al.Effect of Xinshuai Heji on PGC-1α/FNDC5 signaling pathway and mitochondrial dynamics in rats with heart failure after myocardial infarction[J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,44(11):1427-1432. DOI: 10.16025/j.1674-1307.2025.11.010.
Effect of Xinshuai Heji on PGC-1α/FNDC5 signaling pathway and mitochondrial dynamics in rats with heart failure after myocardial infarction
(XSHJ) on the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α/fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5 (PGC-1α/FNDC5) signaling pathway and mitochondrial dynamics in rats with post-myocardial infarction heart failure (HF).
Methods
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Rats were randomly assigned using a random number table into sham operation, model, positive control, and XSHJ low-, medium-, and high-dose groups. The post-myocardial infarction HF model was established by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Rats in the sham group were only threaded without ligation. The XSHJ low-, medium-, and high-dose groups received XSHJ at 8.75, 17.5, and 35 mg/mL, respectively, by gavage at 2 mL/100 g. The model and sham groups received an equal volume of 0.9% sodium chloride solution, and the positive control group received trimetazidine solution at 0.5 mg/mL, 2 mL/100 g. Administration began 1 day after surgery, once daily, five times per week, for 4 weeks. Echocardiography was used to measure left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and fractional shortening (FS). Transmission electron microscopy observed mitochondrial ultrastructure in myocardial cells. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) detected PGC-1α and FNDC5 expression in cardiac tissue. Western blot (WB) measured protein levels of PGC-1α, FNDC5, OPA, Mfn1, Mfn2, Drp1, and Fis1 in cardiac tissue. ELISA was used to detect serum PGC-1α levels.
Results
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Compared with the model group, LVEF and FS were significantly increased in all treatment groups (
P
<
0.05). Mitochondrial structural damage in myocardial cells was reduced. Expression levels of OPA, Mfn1, and Mfn2 were increased, while Drp1 and Fis1 were decreased. PGC-1α and FNDC5 protein expression was upregulated (
P
<
0.05) in a dose-dependent manner.
Conclusion
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XSHJ can activate the PGC-1α/FNDC5 signaling pathway in rats with post-myocardial infarction HF, inhibit excessive mitochondrial fission in myocardial cells, and reduce mitochondrial structural damage.
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