Nardosinone

Nardosinone has inhibitory effect on Ang II-induced hypertrophy in H9c2 cells, might be mediated by targeting PI3K/Akt and MEK/ERK signaling pathways. Nardosinone could protect against the neuronal injury exposed to OGD, which may be relevant to the promotion of PKA and ERK signaling pathway. Nardosinone enhances staurosporine- or dbcAMP-induced neurite outgrowth from PC12D cells, probably by amplifying both the MAP kinase-dependent and -independent signaling pathways of dbcAMP and staurosporine. The enhancement of NGF-induced neurite outgrowth from PC12D cells by Nardosinone involves activation of a down-stream step of the MAP kinase-dependent cascade of NGF coupled with PKC.