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BACKGROUND: Antineoplastic medications, including doxorubicin, idarubicin, and epirubicin, have been found to adversely affect the heart due to oxidative stress - mitochondrial dysfunction - ferroptosis (ORMFs), which act as contributing attributes to anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity. To better understand this phenomenon, the time-resolved measurements of ORMFS genes were analyzed in this study. METHODS: The effect of three anthracycline drugs on ORMFs genes was studied using a human 3D cardiac microtissue cell model. Transcriptome data was collected over 14 days at two doses (therapeutic and toxic). WGCNA identified key module-related genes, and functional enrichment analysis investigated the biological processes quantified by ssGSEA, such as immune cell infiltration and angiogenesis. Biopsies were collected from heart failure patients and control subjects. GSE59672 and GSE2965 were collected for validation. Molecular docking was used to identify anthracyclines's interaction with key genes. RESULTS: The ORMFs genes were screened in vivo or in vitro. Using WGCNA, six co-expressed gene modules were grouped, with MEblue emerging as the most significant module. Eight key genes intersecting the blue module with the dynamic response genes were obtained: CD36, CDH5, CHI3L1, HBA2, HSD11B1, OGN, RPL8, and VWF. Compared with control samples, all key genes except RPL8 were down-regulated in vitro ANT treatment settings, and their expression levels varied over time. According to functional analyses, the key module-related genes were engaged in angiogenesis and the immune system pathways. In all ANT-treated settings, ssGSEA demonstrated a significant down-regulation of angiogenesis score and immune cell activity, including Activated CD4 T cell, Immature B cell, Memory B cell, Natural killer cell, Type 1 T helper cell, and Type 2 T helper cell. Molecular docking revealed that RPL8 and CHI3L1 show significant binding affinity for anthracyclines. CONCLUSION: This study focuses on the dynamic characteristics of ORMFs genes in both human cardiac microtissues and cardiac biopsies from ANT-treated patients. It has been highlighted that ORMFs genes may contribute to immune infiltration and angiogenesis in cases of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity. A thorough understanding of these genes could potentially lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
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Cardiotoxicity , Ferroptosis , Molecular Docking Simulation , Oxidative Stress , Humans , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Ferroptosis/drug effects , Ferroptosis/genetics , Mitochondria, Heart/drug effects , Mitochondria, Heart/metabolism , Mitochondria, Heart/pathology , Mitochondria, Heart/genetics , Gene Regulatory Networks , Time Factors , Transcriptome , Epirubicin/adverse effects , Doxorubicin , Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/adverse effects , Case-Control Studies , Idarubicin , Heart Failure/chemically induced , Heart Failure/genetics , Heart Failure/metabolism , Heart Failure/physiopathology , Gene Expression Profiling , Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects , Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism , Myocytes, Cardiac/pathology , Longitudinal Studies , Anthracyclines/adverse effects , Gene Expression Regulation , Signal TransductionABSTRACT
Aim To explore the protective roles of lic-ochalcone A ( LA) on mice with cigarette smoke-medi-ated acute lung injury and the related mechanisms. Methods In vivo: Mice were exposed to cigarette smoke ( CS) to establish acute lung injury model. The bronchoalveolar lavage fluid ( BALF ) was conducted for cell counting. The mRNA and protein expression of keratinocyte-derived chemokine ( KC ) , tumor necrosis factor alpha ( TNF-α) , interleukin 1β ( IL-1β) and matrix metalloproteinases ( MMP)-9 in lungs were de-termined. The myeloperoxidase ( MPO ) , superoxide dismutase ( SOD ) activities and glutathione ( GSH ) levels in lungs were quantified. The paraffin sections of lungs were prepared and stained with HE. In vitro:Human lung epithelial cells (BEAS-2B) were exposed to cigarette smoke extract ( CSE ) , which induced cell injury. The releases of interleukin 8 (IL-8) and MMP-9 were assessed. The phosphorylation of mitogen-acti-vated protein kinases ( MAPKs, including ERK1/2, p38 and JNK ) and nuclear factor-κB ( NF-κB ) p65 protein were analyzed by Western blot. Results In vi-vo: The accumulation of inflammatory cells was lower in LA groups than that in model group. In comparison with normal control group, the mRNA and protein lev-els of KC, TNF-α, IL-1βand MMP-9 were significant-ly increased in model group. Following treatment with LA, the above indicators were significantly decreased as compared to model group. In the CS-exposed mice, the MPO activity in lungs was significantly increased, meanwhile the SOD activity and GSH level were signif-icantly decreased compared with the air-exposed ani-mals. CS-induced activity of MPO was significantly in-hibited, which were accompanied by increases in SOD and GSH levels by LA. In vitro: CSE-induced mRNA levels of IL-8 and MMP-9 were significantly inhibited by LA at 2 . 5 and 5 μmol · L-1 . The CSE-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and nucleus NF-κB p65 protein expression were prevented by pretreatment with LA. Conclusions LA has protective effects on CS-ex-posed acute lung injury in mice by preventing CS-in-duced pulmonary inflammation, oxidative stress and protease rise. The exploration of the mechanisms sug-gests that LA exerts protective effects via suppressing ERK1/2/NF-κB pathways.
