A recent study from the Institute for Cardiovascular Regeneration, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Frankfurt, Germany shows that “MicroRNA-34a regulates cardiac ageing and function.” This study was published in the 7 March 2013 issue of Nature by Prof Dimmler, Boon, and others.
On the foundation of this interesting finding, Dr L Boominathan PhD, Director-cum-chief Scientist of GBMD, reports that: Small molecule-based Regenerative Stem cell therapy for Myocardial Infarction: Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) improves myocardial function after myocardial infarction via up regulation of PNUTS/PPP1R10 (Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 10).
Significance:
Given that: (1) cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide; (2) in India, in 2004, 14.6 lakhs deaths (14% of total deaths) were: (i) due to ischemic heart disease; and (ii) expected to be doubled by 2015; and (3) the global economic cost spent in the treatment of cardiovascular disease in 2011 was little more than 10 billion US dollars, there is an urgent need to find: (i) a way to induce regeneration of adult cardiomyocytes that were lost in Myocardial patients; (ii) a cheaper alternative to the existing expensive drugs; and (iii) a side-effect-free natural product-based drug.
This study suggests, for the first time, a small molecule-based cardiac regeneration therapy. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), by increasing the expression of its target gene, it may increase the expression of PNUTS/PPP1R10. Thereby, it may: (1) inhibit DNA damage responses, (2) inhibit telomere shortening; and (3) promote cardimyocyte survival/regeneration. By treating myocardial patients with Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), one may prevent ageing-associated (or, stress-associated) decline in cardiac function. Thus, pharmacological formulations encompassing “Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) or its analogues” may be used to improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction.
Idea Proposed/Formulated by: Dr L Boominathan Ph.D.
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To cite: Boominathan, Small molecule-based Regenerative Stem cell therapy for Myocardial Infarction: Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) improves myocardial function after myocardial infarction via up regulation of PNUTS/PPP1R10 (Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 10), 9/June/2015, 11.16 pm, Genome-2-Bio-Medicine Discovery center (GBMD), http://genomediscovery.org
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Undisclosed information: How Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) increases the expression of PNUTS/PPP1R10