Title : Curcumin reduces cold storage-induced damage in human cardiac myoblasts.

Pub. Date : 2007 Apr 30

PMID : 17464175






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1 Curcumin is a polyphenolic compound possessing interesting anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties and has the ability to induce the defensive protein heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). Curcumin heme oxygenase 1 Homo sapiens
2 Curcumin is a polyphenolic compound possessing interesting anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties and has the ability to induce the defensive protein heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). Curcumin heme oxygenase 1 Homo sapiens
3 In additional experiments, an inhibitor of heme oxygenase activity (tin protoporphyrin IX, 10 microM) or siRNA for HO-1 were used to investigate the participation of HO-1 as a mediator of curcumin-induced effects. Curcumin heme oxygenase 1 Homo sapiens
4 Treatment with curcumin produced a marked induction of cardiac HO-1 in normothermic condition but cells were less responsive to the polyphenolic compound at low temperature. Curcumin heme oxygenase 1 Homo sapiens
5 Thus, curcumin added to Celsior preservation solution effectively prevents the damage caused by cold-storage; this effect involves the protective enzyme HO-1 but also other not yet identified mechanisms. Curcumin heme oxygenase 1 Homo sapiens