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Does catalase play a role in Adriamycin induced cardiotoxicity?

L. CrostaNatale D'alessandroMarilena CrescimannoLuciano RausaLuisa Dusonchet

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chemistry.chemical_classificationPharmacologyCardiotoxicityLipid PeroxidesbiologyFree RadicalsHeart DiseasesMyocardiumPharmacologyNADCatalaseMalonatescarbohydrates (lipids)Lipid peroxidationchemistry.chemical_compoundMiceEnzymechemistryCatalaseDoxorubicinMalondialdehydepolycyclic compoundsbiology.proteinAnimalsFemale

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Summary Adriamycin causes an increase of lipid peroxidation in mouse cardiac homogenates that is dependent on the concentration of the antiblastic. The same phenomenon is not observed in the hearts of mice treated with an elevated dose of Adriamycin in which, conversely, an increase of the antioxidizing enzyme catalase was noticed. The significance of these findings is discussed with relationship to the hypothesis of an enhanced free radicals formation at the basis of Adriamycin induced cardiotoxicity.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-6989(80)80114-7