Journal
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
Volume 153, Issue 1-3, Pages 220-228Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9641-8
Keywords
ATP-sensitive potassium channel; Adriamycin; Selenium; Cardiac dysfunction
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The possible mechanism of adriamycin (ADR) and/or selenium (Se) deficiency-induced cardiac dysfunction, and cardioprotective effects of Se against ADR-induced cardiac toxicity were investigated in this study. Cardiac function was evaluated by plasma brain natriuretic peptide level and echocardiographic and hemodynamic parameters. Cardiac glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity was assessed spectrophotometrically. Expression of ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K-ATP) subunits-SUR2A and Kir6.2-were examined by real-time PCR and Western blotting. The results showed that cardiac function and cardiac GPx activity decreased remarkably after administration of ADR or Se deficiency; more dramatic impairment of cardiac function and cardiac GPx activity were observed after co-administration of ADR and Se deficiency. Mechanically, it is novel for us to find down-regulation of K-ATP subunits gene expression in cardiac tissue after administration of ADR or Se deficiency, and more significant inhibition of cardiac K-ATP gene expression was identified after co-administration of ADR and Se deficiency. Furthermore, cardiac toxicity of ADR was found alleviated by Se supplementation, accompanied by restoring of cardiac GPx activity and cardiac K-ATP gene expression. These results indicate that decreased expression of cardiac K-ATP is involved in adriamycin and/or Se deficiency-induced cardiac dysfunction; Se deficiency exacerbates adriamycin-induced cardiac dysfunction by future inhibition of K-ATP expression; Se supplementation seems to protect against adriamycin-induced cardiac dysfunction via restoring K-ATP expression, showing potential clinical application in cancer chemotherapy.
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