Astragali Radix Isoflavones Synergistically Alleviate Cerebral Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury Via Activating Estrogen Receptor-PI3K-Akt Signaling Pathway

Isoflavones are major neuroprotective components of a medicinal herb against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury but the mechanisms of neuroprotection remain unclear. Calycosin and formononetin are two major AR isoflavones while daidzein is the metabolite of formononetin after absorption. Herein, w...

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Published inFrontiers in pharmacology Vol. 12; p. 533028
Main Authors Gu, Yong, Chen, Xi, Fu, Shuping, Liu, Wenlan, Wang, Qi, Liu, Ke-Jian, Shen, Jiangang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 22.02.2021
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Pharmacology
synergism
astragali radix
isoflavones
estrogen receptor
neuroprotection
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Summary:Isoflavones are major neuroprotective components of a medicinal herb against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury but the mechanisms of neuroprotection remain unclear. Calycosin and formononetin are two major AR isoflavones while daidzein is the metabolite of formononetin after absorption. Herein, we aim to investigate the synergistic neuroprotective effects of those isoflavones of against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. Calycosin, formononetin and daidzein were organized with different combinations whose effects observed in both and experimental models. In the study, primary cultured neurons were subjected to oxygen-glucose deprivation plus reoxygenation (OGD/RO) or l-glutamate treatment. In the study, rats were subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion to induce cerebral ischemia and reperfusion. All three isoflavones pre-treatment alone decreased brain infarct volume and improved neurological deficits in rats, and dose-dependently attenuated neural death induced by l-glutamate treatment and OGD/RO in cultured neurons. Interestingly, the combined formulas of those isoflavones revealed synergistically activated estrogen receptor (estrogen receptors)-PI3K-Akt signaling pathway. Using ER antagonist and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor blocked the neuroprotective effects of those isoflavones. In conclusion, isoflavones could synergistically alleviate cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury activating ER-PI3K-Akt pathway.
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Edited by: Anna Karolina Kiss, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
This article was submitted to Ethnopharmacology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology
These authors have contributed equally to this work
Yih-Fung Chen, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
Reviewed by: Young-Ji Shiao, National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taiwan
ISSN:1663-9812
1663-9812
DOI:10.3389/fphar.2021.533028