1. The effect of selected drugs on the mitigation of myocardial injury caused by gamma radiation.
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Kura B, Kalocayova B, Szeiffova Bacova B, Fulop M, Sagatova A, Sykora M, Andelova K, Abuawad Z, and Slezak J
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- Animals, Cardiomyopathies blood, Cardiomyopathies diagnosis, Cardiomyopathies etiology, Free Radicals blood, Free Radicals metabolism, Gamma Rays adverse effects, Heart radiation effects, Male, Malondialdehyde blood, Myocardium metabolism, Myocardium pathology, Oxidative Stress drug effects, Oxidative Stress radiation effects, Radiation Injuries, Experimental blood, Radiation Injuries, Experimental diagnosis, Radiation Injuries, Experimental etiology, Rats, Treatment Outcome, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha blood, Atorvastatin administration & dosage, Cardiomyopathies drug therapy, Heart drug effects, Radiation Injuries, Experimental drug therapy, Tadalafil administration & dosage
- Abstract
Radiation damage of healthy tissues represents one of the complications of radiotherapy effectiveness. This study is focused on the screening of potentially effective drugs routinely used in medical practice and involved in the mechanism of radiation injury, namely for radiation-induced production of free radicals in the body. Experiments in rats revealed significant reduction of oxidative stress (malondialdehyde) and inflammatory marker (tumor necrosis factor α) in 10 Gy irradiated groups after administration of atorvastatin and a slight decrease after tadalafil administration, which indicates that one of the possible mechanisms for mitigation of radiation-induced cardiac damage could be the modulation of nitric oxide (NO) in endothelium and phosphodiesterase 5. In addition, miRNAs were analyzed as potential markers and therapeutically effective molecules. Expression of miRNA-21 and miRNA-15b showed the most significant changes after irradiation. Atorvastatin and tadalafil normalized changes of miRNA (miRNA-1, miRNA-15b, miRNA-21) expression levels in irradiated hearts. This screening study concludes that administration of specific drugs could mitigate the negative impact of radiation on the heart, but more detailed experiments oriented to other aspects of drug effectiveness and their exact mechanisms are still needed.
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- 2021
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