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Refaie MMM, Abdel-Gaber SA, Rahman SAAE, Hafez SMNA, Khalaf HM. Cardioprotective effects of bosentan in 5-fluorouracil-induced cardiotoxicity. Toxicology 2022; 465:153042. [PMID: 34800596 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2021.153042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is a widely used chemotherapeutic agent but cardiotoxicity challenges its clinical usefulness. Thus, searching for more cardioprotective drugs is highly required to prevent the accompanied cardiac hazards. Up to date, the different mechanisms involved in 5-FU cardiotoxicity are still unclear and there is no evaluation of bosentan's role in controlling these cardiac complications. This forced us to deeply study and evaluate the possible cardiopreserving properties of bosentan and different mechanisms involved in mediating it. 32 Wistar albino rats were included in our experiment and induction of cardiotoxicity was performed via administration of 5-FU (150 mg/kg) on 5th day of the experiment by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection with or without co-administration of bosentan (50 mg/kg/day) orally for 7days. Our data revealed that 5-FU could induce cardiotoxicity which was detected as significant increases of troponin I, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase- MB (CK-MB), endothelin receptors, malondialdehyde (MDA), toll like receptor4 (TLR4), myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MyD88), nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB), and caspase 3 levels. However, there is marked decrease in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), reduced glutathione (GSH) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC). In addition, the histopathological examination showed severe toxic features of cardiac injury. Interestingly, co-administration of bosentan could ameliorate 5-FU-induced cardiotoxicity via improving the detected biochemical and histopathological changes besides modulation of TLR4/MyD88/NFκB signaling pathway, eNOS, and endothelin receptors. Bosentan had a significant cardioprotective effect against 5-FU induced cardiac damage. This effect may be attributed to its ability to inhibit endothelin receptors, stimulates eNOS, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic properties with modulation of TLR4/MyD88/NFκB signaling pathway.
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- Marwa M M Refaie
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, 61511, El-Minia, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, 61511, El-Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, 61511, El-Minia, Egypt
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Miyauchi Y, Jesmin S, Sakai S, Kamiyama J, Shimojo N, Rahman A, Islam M, Zaedi S, Maeda S, Maruyama H, Mizutani T, Homma S, Aonuma K, Miyauchi T. Effects of selective endothelin (ET)-A receptor antagonist versus dual ET-A/B receptor antagonist on hearts of streptozotocin-treated diabetic rats. Life Sci 2014; 111:6-11. [PMID: 24953608 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2014.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2013] [Revised: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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AIMS The aim was to study the differences in the effectiveness of two types of endothelin (ET) receptor antagonists (selective ET-A or dual ET-A/B antagonists) on the hearts of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats (type I diabetes) at functional and biochemical/molecular levels. MAIN METHODS Citrate saline (vehicle) or STZ was injected into rats. The ET-A/B dual receptor antagonist (SB209670, 1mg/kg/day) and the ET-A receptor antagonist (TA-0201, 1mg/kg/day) were then administered to these rats. One week after injection, the animals were separated into those receiving SB209670, TA-0201 or vehicle by 4-week osmotic mini-pump. KEY FINDINGS The VEGF level and percent fractional shortening in the diabetic heart were significantly decreased compared to the non-diabetic heart, whereas SB209670 and TA-0201 treatments greatly and comparably prevented this decrease. SB209670 treatment was more effective in reversing decreased expressions of KDR and phosphorylated AKT, downstream of VEGF angiogenic signaling, than TA-0201 treatment. The eNOS levels in hearts were significantly higher in diabetic rats than in healthy rats, and this increase was significantly reduced by TA-0210 but not by SB209670 treatment. SIGNIFICANCE Improvement of KDR mRNA and pAKT levels by SB209670 but not TA-0201 suggests that dual ET-A/-B blockade may be effective in improving intracellular systems of these components in the diabetic rat heart. However, the present study also showed that TA-0201 or SB209670 improved percent fractional shortening and VEGF levels of the diabetic hearts to a similar extent, suggesting that ET-A blockade and dual ET-A/-B blockade are similarly effective in improving cardiac dysfunction in the diabetic rats.
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- Yumi Miyauchi
- Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
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Someya A, Yuyama H, Fujimori A, Ukai M, Fukushima S, Sasamata M. Effect of YM598, a selective endothelin ETA receptor antagonist, on endothelin-1-induced bone formation. Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 543:14-20. [PMID: 16843458 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2006] [Revised: 06/16/2006] [Accepted: 06/19/2006] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We investigated the effect of endothelin-1 on bone formation in vitro and in vivo, and the effect of YM598, a novel selective endothelin ET(A) receptor antagonist, on endothelin-1-induced responses. In in vitro studies, the effect of endothelin-1 on cellular responses was investigated by measuring intracellular Ca(2+) levels, cell growth and alkaline phosphatase activity in the mouse osteoblast-like cell line MC3T3-E1. In in vivo studies, the effect of endothelin-1 on bone morphogenetic protein-2-induced ectopic bone formation in rats was investigated. A carrier containing bone morphogenetic protein-2 with or without endothelin-1 was subcutaneously implanted over the thorax, and the tissue (carrier) calcium content 3 weeks after implantation was evaluated. The inhibitory effect of YM598 on these responses was also investigated. In the in vitro studies, endothelin-1 (10(-13) to 10(-6) M) significantly increased intracellular Ca(2+) concentration, DNA synthesis and cell number in a concentration-dependent manner, while significantly decreasing alkaline phosphatase activity. YM598 (10(-12) to 10(-4) M) significantly inhibited these increases, as well as the decrease in alkaline phosphatase activity, in a concentration-dependent manner. In the in vivo studies, the tissue calcium content 3 weeks after carrier implantation was significantly higher in the group that received both bone morphogenetic protein-2 and endothelin-1 than in the group receiving bone morphogenetic protein-2 alone. Chronically administered YM598 (1 mg/kg/day) marginally inhibited this endothelin-1-potentiated ectopic bone formation. These results suggest that endothelin-1 may induce bone formation via endothelin ET(A) receptors in vitro and in vivo.
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- Akiyoshi Someya
- Pharmacology Laboratories, Institute for Drug Discovery Research, Astellas Pharma, Inc. 21, Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-8585, Japan.
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