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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H254-H263, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01023.2001
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Vol. 283, Issue 1, H254-H263, July 2002

Melatonin as an effective protector against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity

Xuwan Liu1, Zhongyi Chen2, Chu Chang Chua2, Yan-Shan Ma3, George A. Youngberg3, Ronald Hamdy2, and Balvin H. L. Chua1,2

1 Department of Pharmacology, 2 Cecile Cox Quillen Laboratory of Geriatric Research, and 3 Department of Pathology, James H. Quillen School of Medicine, East Tennessee State University and James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee 37614

The present study was designed to explore the protective effects of melatonin and its analogs, 6-hydroxymelatonin and 8-methoxy-2-propionamidotetralin, on the survival of doxorubicin-treated mice and on doxorubicin-induced cardiac dysfunction, ultrastructural alterations, and apoptosis in mouse hearts. Whereas 60% of the mice treated with doxorubicin (25 mg/kg ip) died in 5 days, almost all the doxorubicin-treated mice survived when melatonin or 6-hydroxymelatonin (10 mg/l) was administered in their drinking water. Perfusion of mouse hearts with 5 µM doxorubicin for 60 min led to a 50% suppression of heart rate × left ventricular developed pressure and a 50% reduction of coronary flow. Exposure of hearts to 1 µM melatonin or 6-hydroxymelatonin reversed doxorubicin-induced cardiac dysfunction. 8-Methoxy-2-propionamidotetralin had no protective effects on animal survival and on in vitro cardiac function. Infusion of melatonin or 6-hydroxymelatonin (2.5 µg/h) significantly attenuated doxorubicin-induced cardiac dysfunction, ultrastructural alterations, and apoptosis in mouse hearts. Neither melatonin nor 6-hydroxymelatonin compromised the antitumor activity of doxorubicin in cultured PC-3 cells. These results suggest that melatonin protect against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity without interfering with its antitumor effect.

6-hydroxymelatonin; cardiac function; apoptosis


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