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Endocrine Regulations Vol.42, p.129-135, 2008

Title: ROLE OF INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND CHEMOATTRACTANTS IN THE RAT MODEL OF STREPTOZOTOCININDUCED DIABETIC HEART FAILURE
Author: J. DRIMAL, V. KNEZL, J. NAVAROVA, J. NEDELCEVOVA, E. PAULOVICOVA, R. SOTNIKOVA, V. SNIRC, D. DRIMAL

Abstract: Objective. It is not yet clear how oxidative stress, free radicals, inflammatory cytokines and chemoattractants produced in the heart induce chronic heart failure. The myocardial damage caused by chronic diabetes results either from the persistence of inflammatory signaling directly in the heart or from the dysregulation of anti-inflammatory signaling systems. In the rat model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes (STZD) we investigated 1/ the concentration of free radicals (FR), 2/ reduced glutathione (GSH), 3/ lysozomal enzymes, 4/ inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alfa (TNF-alfa) and interleukin-6 (IL-6)), and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (mcp-1) in the myocardium. Methods. Diabetes was induced in 12 male Wistar rats by injection of streptozotocin (STZ). The free radical scavenger and cardiac protectant SMe1EC2 (10 mg/kg/d.) was given orally for 5 days and 5 weeks and these animals were compared with the diabetic and non-diabetic controls. Results. We found reduced heart rate and rate dependent functions of the rat heart, early release of free radicals triggering the release of cytotoxic inflammatory cytokines (like TNF-alfa and IL-6) and chemoattractants (mcp-1) as an example of this type of pathogens, resulting in the initiation and progression of cardiac pathology. The reduced myocardial contractility after STZD was accompanied with the increased reactive responsiveness of isolated aorta and mesenteric artery to phenylephrine, with increased production of chemoattractive proteins directly in the myocardium, with increased activity of peripheral ß-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase (NAGA), as representative of lysosomal activation processes. The pretreatment of SME1EC2 reduced increase in vascular reactivity, reduced myocardial depression and protected against myocardial toxicity. Conclusion. The newly identified and specific cardiac protectant SMe1EC2 could serve as a prospective target in the treatment of increased myocardial cytokine and chemoattractive proteins in diabetic cardiomyopathy.

Keywords: Streptozotocin diabetes – Heart – Cytokines – Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 – Cardiac protectant SMe1EC2
Year: 2008, Volume: 42, Issue: 4 Page From: 129, Page To: 135



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