SHANDONG SCIENCE ›› 2015, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 29-33.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2015.03.006

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Protection effect of resveratrol to astemizoleinduced cardiac injury of zebrafish embryos

XUE Di1,2, HAN Liwen2, YANG Jifang3, HE Qiuxia2,WANG Xue2,HOU Hairong2,ZHANG Aiping1*, LIU Kechun2*   

  1. 1. School of Pharmacy, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001,China; 2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biosensors,Biology Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, China; 3. Department of Nursing, The First People's Hospital of Qingdao Development Zone, Qingdao 266555, China
  • Received:2015-04-02 Online:2015-06-20 Published:2015-06-20

Abstract: We explore the protection effect of different concentrations resveratrol to astemizoleinduced cardiac injury of zebrafish embryos.We treat zebrafish embryos with 4 μmol/L astemizole and different concentrations resveratrol with normal growth 48 hpf zebrafish embryo as an experimental model.We observe cardiac phenotypes, heart rates and the variation of SVBA at 72 hpf. Astemizole group shows heart injury such as pericardium edema, blood cell accumulation around the heart, heart rate reduction and SVBA interval shortening after drug feeding. However, astemizoleinduced heart toxicity significantly decreases with the increase of resveratrol concentration for resveratrol group.We therefore think resveratrol can protect astemizoleinduced cardiac injury of zebrafish embryos.

Key words: cardiac injury, heart rate, astemizole, resveratrol, protection, zebrafish

CLC Number: 

  • R965.1