The Functionality of Apigenin as a Novel Cardioprotective Nutraceutical with Emphasize on Regulating Cardiac Micro RNAs:.

Shahabi Raberi V, Esmati M, Bodagh H, Ghasemi R, Ghazal M, Matinpour A, Abbasnezhad M
Galen medical journal · 2022 · doi:10.31661/gmj.v11i.2535 · PMID:37200687 · PMC10188251
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This review evaluates apigenin's cardioprotective effects, highlighting its regulation of cardiac microRNAs like miR-103 and miR-122-5p to prevent cardiovascular diseases through various mechanisms.

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This 2022 review examined evidence for apigenin, a nutraceutical flavonoid, as a cardioprotective agent in cardiovascular diseases, focusing specifically on its reported ability to regulate cardiac microRNAs. It synthesizes findings that apigenin can affect multiple miRNAs (including miR-103, miR-122-5p, miR-15b, miR-155, and miR-33) and links these changes to functional outcomes such as improved cholesterol efflux, modulation of ABCA1 levels, reduced cardiocyte apoptosis, and slowed myocyte fibrosis, along with effects on oxidative balance, endothelial dysfunction, and inflammation/reactive oxygen species. A key caveat is that the paper is a narrative review, so it is not presented as primary experimental evidence or a systematic evaluation with predefined quality thresholds. Relevance to endometriosis: the paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are considered the most common disorder and the leading cause of mortality globally. The etiology of CVDs depends on a variety of genetic and acquired parameters. Nowadays, a dramatic surge appeared in published reports to find the association between microRNAs (miRNAs) and CVDs in order to understand the cause of the disease, rapid diagnosis with the introduction of valid biomarkers, and target as a therapeutic approach. Apigenin is a novel nutraceutical flavonoid that cardioprotective properties are suggested. The current review aimed to evaluate the beneficial features of this phytochemical against CVDs with an emphasis on its ability to regulate the miRNAs. The findings demonstrated that Apigenin could regulate cardiac miRNAs, including miR-103, miR-122-5p, miR-15b, miR-155, and miR-33. Consequently, preventing CVDs is possible through different effects such as the promotion of cholesterol efflux, prevention of hyperlipidemia, alteration in ATP Binding Cassette Subfamily A Member 1 (ABCA1) levels, reducing of cardiocytes apoptosis, and retarding myocytes fibrosis. Also, it can regulate signaling pathways, protect against endothelial dysfunction, maintain oxidative balance, and decrease inflammatory factors and reactive oxygen species. Hence, apigenin regulatory characteristics affecting miRNAs expression could introduce this flavonoid as a novel cardioprotective phytochemical against different CVDs.
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The Functionality of Apigenin as a Novel Cardioprotective Nutraceutical with Emphasize on Regulating Cardiac Micro RNAs DOI: https://doi.org/10.31661/gmj.v11i.2535Keywords: Apigenin, Reactive Oxygen Species, Antioxidants, MicroRNAs, Cardiovascular DiseasesAbstract Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are considered the most common disorder and the leading cause of mortality globally. The etiology of CVDs depends on a variety of genetic and acquired parameters. Nowadays, a dramatic surge appeared in published reports to find the association between microRNAs (miRNAs) and CVDs in order to understand the cause of the disease, rapid diagnosis with the introduction of valid biomarkers, and target as a therapeutic approach. Apigenin is a novel nutraceutical flavonoid that cardioprotective properties are suggested. The current review aimed to evaluate the beneficial features of this phytochemical against CVDs with an emphasis on its ability to regulate the miRNAs. The findings demonstrated that Apigenin could regulate cardiac miRNAs, including miR-103, miR-122-5p, miR-15b, miR-155, and miR-33. Consequently, preventing CVDs is possible through different effects such as the promotion of cholesterol efflux, prevention of hyperlipidemia, alteration in ATP Binding Cassette Subfamily A Member 1 (ABCA1) levels, reducing of cardiocytes apoptosis, and retarding myocytes fibrosis. Also, it can regulate signaling pathways, protect against endothelial dysfunction, maintain oxidative balance, and decrease inflammatory factors and reactive oxygen species. Hence, apigenin regulatory characteristics affecting miRNAs expression could introduce this flavonoid as a novel cardioprotective phytochemical against different CVDs.Published 2022-12-17 How to Cite Abbasnezhad, M. ., Shahabi Raberi , V. ., Esmati , M., Bodagh, H. ., Ghasemi , R. ., Ghazal , M. ., & Matinpour , A. . (2022). The Functionality of Apigenin as a Novel Cardioprotective Nutraceutical with Emphasize on Regulating Cardiac Micro RNAs. Galen Medical Journal, 11, e2535. https://doi.org/10.31661/gmj.v11i.2535 Issue Section Review Article

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