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. 2021 Jul;476(7):2587-2601.
doi: 10.1007/s11010-021-04109-1. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

An inquest into regulatory mechanism of caveolin by ischemic preconditioning against orchidectomy-challenged rat heart

Ritesh Kumar Srivastav  1   2 , Tarique Mahmood Ansari  3 , Mahesh Prasad  1 , Vishal Kumar Vishwakarma  4 , Prabhat Kumar Upadhyay  5 , Farogh Ahsan  2 , Arshiya Shamim  2
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An inquest into regulatory mechanism of caveolin by ischemic preconditioning against orchidectomy-challenged rat heart

Ritesh Kumar Srivastav et al. Mol Cell Biochem. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

Lower level of testosterone in men is related to major risks of cardiovascular diseases. This risk may increase due to the opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP). The mPTP is also regulated by ischemic preconditioning (IPC) and a membrane protein known as caveolin. The cardioprotective effect of IPC is the most effective methodologies used in testosterone deficiency. Daidzein (DDZ) a caveolin inhibitor shows cardioprotective action. The experiment has been designed to evaluate the pretreated DDZ effect in IPC-mediated cardioprotective action in orchidectomy (OCZ)-challenged rat heart. The experiment was designed on male Wistar rats with/without OCZ. The level of testosterone is decreased by OCZ which reduces general body growth. Isolated heart from normal and OCZ rat was tied up on Langendorff's perfused apparatus and followed by ischemic reperfusion (IR) and IPC cycle. To investigate the cardioprotective effect of DDZ in heart with testosterone deficiency, a total of nine groups, each consisting of six rats (n = 6) were as follows: Sham, IR, IPC, IPC + OCZ, IPC + DDZ, IPC + OCZ + DDZ, IPC + sodium nitrite, IPC + OCZ + sodium nitrite, IPC + OCZ + DDZ + sodium nitrite. Hemodynamic parameters, cellular injury (infarct size, LDH, CKMB and cardiac troponin-T), oxidative stress, mitochondrial function, integrity and immunoblot analysis were assessed for each group. The experimental data showed that DDZ potentiated IPC-mediated increase in the heart rate, left ventricular diastolic pressure, coronary flow; + dp/dtmax, and - dp/dtmax. The pretreated DDZ decreases the action of LDH and CKMB, myocyte size, cardiac collagen content, infarct size and ventricular fibrillation and attenuation in oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in OCZ-challenged rat heart in all sets of experiments. Sodium nitrite, a producer of nitric oxide (NO), enhanced potentiating effects of DDZ on IPC-mediated cardioprotection in OCZ-challenged rats. These observations show that the downregulation of caveolin through impaired opening of mPTP during reperfusion and caveolin might be a potential adjuvant to IPC against cardiac injury in OCZ-challenged rats.

Keywords: Caveolin; Ischemic preconditioning; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Testosterone.

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