| Autor: |
Lupu M; Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Physiology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania., Tudor DV; Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Physiology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania., Toma VA; Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. vlad.al.toma@gmail.com.; Institute of Biological Research, Cluj-Napoca, branch of NIRDBS, Bucharest, Romania., Florea A; Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Molecular Biology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania., Lupsor A, Moldovan R; Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Physiology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania., Stancu B; Second Department of General Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania., Decea N; Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Physiology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania., Filip AG; Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Physiology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. |
| Abstrakt: |
Acute cardiac pathologies represent one of the leading causes of death, while iron metabolism is recognized to be implicated in reactive oxygen species production, lipid peroxidation, and inflammation. The aim of the present study was to assess iron chelation effects in isoproterenol (ISO) induced acute cardiac stress. We divided male Wistar rats into preventive and secondary treatment groups, with the active arm consisting in deferiprone (DFP), a lipid permeable chelator. Mortality of ISO was 10-18.18% in both preventive and secondary groups. We analyzed serum and myocardial tissue parameters of inflammation, iron dynamics, and lipid peroxidation, accompanied by ultramicroscopy, histological, and ultrasound-derived parameters of left ventricular function. Results reveal that ISO-mediated lipid peroxidation and inflammation are alleviated by administration of DFP, with negligible effect on systemic ferroregulation dynamics and global ventricular function (as assessed by ultrasound). DFP administration after cardiovascular stress is associated with a decrease in lipid peroxidation and inflammation, without an improvement in gross left ventricular parameters. |
