BackgroundTaxifolin(Tax)isanessentialnaturalantioxidant.MultiplestudieshaveshownthatTaxcanprotectcardiomyocytesfromischemia-reperfusioninjury.However,theunderlyingmechanismisstillunclear.MethodsH9C2cellswererandomlypidedintocontrol,H_2O_2group,Taxpretreatmentgroup(Tax+H_2O_2);Taxeffectgroup.CellactivitywasdetectedbyCCK-8andtheintracellularstructurewasobservedbytransmissionelectronmicroscopy.AutophagywasdeterminebyWesternblottinganalysisofBeclin-1,Bcl-2andPKC.ResultsTaxpretreatmentsignificantlyincreasedanti-apoptoticproteinBcl-2andautophagyproteinBeclin-1.ExpressionofPKCwasinhibitedbyTax.ConclusionsTaxpretreatmentcouldprotectH9C2cellsagainstH_2O_2-induceddamagethroughtheBcl-2andautophagypathways.
