Description
SchisandrinBisfoundinSchisandra;itexhibitsanti-fibrotic,anti-inflammatory,cardioprotective,hepatoprotective,neuroprotective,andanti-metastaticactivities.Invitro,schisandrinBdecreasesTGF-β1-inducedmyosinlightchainphosphorylationandSmadsignaling,preventingstressfiberformation.Inanimalmodelsofmyocardialinfarction,schisandrinBdownregulatesexpressionofpro-inflammatorycytokinesandinhibitsmyocardialapoptosis,decreasinginfarctsizeandimprovingheartfunctionandsurvivalrates.SchisandrinBalsoincreasesexpressionofHSP27andHSP70,inhibitingacetaminophen-inducedliverinjuryandhepaticnecrosis.Inanimalmodelsofcerebralischemia/reperfusion,thiscompounddecreasesexpressionofIL-1βandTNF-αandpreventsdegradationofmatrixmetalloproteinases2and9(MMP2/9),decreasinginfarctvolume.Additionally,schisandrinBinhibitsinvasionofbreastcancercellsbysuppressingtheepithelialtomesenchymaltransition(EMT),increasingsurvivalratesinvivo.