Effect of NMDA Receptor Antagonist (APV)on the Toxicity Induced by Oxygen Radicals in Cultured Myocardial Cells / 체질인류학회지

Toxic effect of oxygen radicals and cardioprotective effect of N -methyl -D -aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists against xanthine oxidase (XO) and hypoxanthine (HX)-induced cardiotoxicity were measured in order to elucidate the mechanism of cardiotoxicity on cultured mouse myocardial cells. MTT assay was performed after myocardial cells were cultured for 12 hours at various concentrations of XO/HX alone or with D -2 -amino -5 -phosphonovaleric acid (APV) or 6 - cyano -7 -nitroquinoxaline -2,3 -dione (CNQX). In this study, XO/HX was toxic in a time -and dose -dependent manners on cultured myocardial cells, and midcytotoxicity value 50 (MTT50) was at 30 mU/ml XO and 0.1 mM HX after myocardial cells were grown for 12 hours in media containing 1 ~50 mU/ml XO and 0.1 mM HX. When cultures were treated with 30 mU/ml XO and 0.1 mM HX flus 20 80 microM APV for 12 hours, cell viability was increased remarkably, while treatment with 30 mU/ml XO and 0.1 mM HX flus 10 ~50 microM CNQX did not show any protective effect against XO/HX -induced neurotoxicity. From the above results, it is suggested that oxygen radicals are toxic on cultured mouse myocardial cells by the decrease of cell viability, and NMDA receptor antagonists such as APV are very effective in the prevention of myocardial toxicity induced by oxygen radicals.

Effect of Antioxidants on FeSO4 Toxicity in Cultured Myocardial Cells / 체질인류학회지

In order to elucidate the cardiotoxicity of FeSO4 in cultured myocardial cells derived from neonatal rat, cardiotoxicity was measured by MTT assay when cultured cells were treated with various concentrations of FeSO4. In addition, the cardioprotective effect of antioxidants, glutathione and ascorbic acid was evaluated by MTT assay in these cultrures. Cell viability was remakably decreased in a dose -dependent manner after exposure of cultured rat myocardial cells to 20 microM FeSO4 for 48 hours. In the cardioprotective effect of antioxidants on FeSO4 -induced toxicity, glutathione blocked the cardiotoxicity induced by FeSO4, while ascorbic acid was not effective in blocking FeSO4 -induced cardiotoxicity in these cultures. These results suggest that FeSO4 is toxic in cultured myocardial cells from neonatal rat and selective antioxidants such as glutathione are effective in blocking the cardiotoxicity induced by FeSO4.

EFFECT OF ADRIAMYCIN ON LEAKAGE OF LACTATE DEHYDROSENASE(LDH) & CONTENT OF MALONDIALDEHYDE (MDA) IN CULTURED MYOCARDIAL CELLS / 中国药理学通报

Cardiotoxic effects of adriamycin were investigated in cultured heart cells. Three-day cultured myocardial cells were treated with the different doses of adriamycin (0.3mg/L, 1 mg/L, 3 mg/L) , and incubated in verieus times times ( 4 h, 8 h, 24h ) , and, then the content of lactate dehydrogenase ( LDH ) in media and malondialdehyde ( MDA ) in cells were measured. The results showed that the content of LDH in media increased with the time in culture. The content of LDH in media and MDA in cells increased markedly with the increase in adriamycin concentration. It suggested that the adriamycin has direct damage to myocardial cells, which is time-dependent and dose-dependent.