Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of roflumilast on acute myocardial infarction(AMI)rats and its possible mechanism.Methods Sixty SD male rats were randomly divided into sham operation group,model group(AMI),experimental-L group(AMI+1 mg·kg-1 roflumilast),experimental-H group(AMI+3 mg·kg-1 roflumilast),and positive group(AMI+0.9 mg·kg-1 metoprolol),10 rat in each group.AMI modeling was performed after 10 days of continuous drug intervention,and cardiac function indexes of rats were detected after 7 days of successful modeling.Serum factor was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA);myocardial tissue oxidative stress related indexes were detected by kit;myocardial cell apoptosis was detected by terminal-deoxynucleoitidyl transferase mediated nick end labeling(TUNEL);myocardial tissue protein expression was detected by Western blot.Results The left ventricular ejection fraction(EF)levels of rats in sham operation group,model group,experimental-L group,experimental-H group and positive group were(64.44±3.65)%,(36.12±2.50)%,(41.91±3.92)%,(49.90±2.48)%and(53.28±3.22)%,respectively;creatine kinase-MB(CK-MB)levels were(19.15±0.91),(77.86±5.92),(61.58±4.78),(43.62±4.17)and(39.73±4.08)U·L-1,respectively;the contents of malondialdehyde(MDA)were(2.07±0.23),(4.57±0.15),(3.55±0.32),(2.88±0.27)and(2.46±0.17)nmol·mL-1,respectively;TUNEL positive cell rates in each group were(3.96±0.20)%,(16.56±1.82)%,(14.30±0.80)%,(9.73±1.07)%and(7.80±0.56)%;phosphorylation adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase(p-AMPK)protein expression levels were 1.10±0.09,0.34±0.04,0.59±0.06,0.87±0.05 and 0.78±0.09,respectively;silencing information regulatory factor-related enzymes 1(SIRT1)protein were 0.96±0.13,0.33±0.03,0.48±0.06,0.77±0.07 and 0.69±0.06,respectively.Model group compared with sham operation group;experimental-L group,experimental-H group,positive group compared with model group,respectively;experimental-L group compared with experimental-H group;the differences of the above indexes were statistically significant(all P<0.05).Conclusion Roflumilast may inhibit inflammatory response and oxidative stress by activating AMPK/SIRT1 pathway,alleviate myocardial cell apoptosis and improve cardiac function in AMI rats.
roflumilastacute myocardial infarctionoxidative stressinflammatory responseadenylate activated protein kinase/silencing information regulatory factor-related enzymes 1 signaling pathway