Cardiovascular Toxicology
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Author(s):  
Qiang Li ◽  
Kang Huang ◽  
Tianyi Ma ◽  
Shijuan Lu ◽  
Shilin Tang ◽  
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AbstractCardiomyocyte senescence is involved in the pathological mechanism of cardiac diseases. Metoprolol is a β1 receptor blocker used for the treatment of hypertension. Recent studies show that Metoprolol can protect cardiomyocytes against ischemia injury. The present study aims to investigate the protective effects of Metoprolol against arginine vasopressin (AVP)-induced cellular senescence in cultured cardiomyocytes. The cell proliferation assay and cytotoxicity lactate dehydrogenase assay showed that the highest tolerated dosage of Metoprolol in H9C2 cardiomyocytes was optimized as 10 µM. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed that Metoprolol significantly ameliorated the elevated level of the DNA oxidation product 8-hydroxy-2 deoxyguanosine. Metoprolol also decreased the percentage of senescence-associated β-galactosidase positive cells and improved the telomerase activity under AVP exposure. Moreover, treatment with Metoprolol ameliorated the decreased intracellular nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase activity, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide/nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAD+/NADPH) ratio, and Sirtuin1 activity in cardiomyocytes by AVP. Finally, Metoprolol was able to downregulate the AVP-induced expression of acetylated p53 and p21. Taken together, our data reveal that Metoprolol protected the cardiomyocytes from AVP-induced senescence.


Author(s):  
Farahnaz Nikdoust ◽  
Mahboubeh Pazoki ◽  
Mohammadjavad Mohammadtaghizadeh ◽  
Mahsa Karimzadeh Aghaali ◽  
Mehran Amrovani

Author(s):  
Raquel da Silva Ferreira ◽  
Paula Bretas Ullmann Fernandes ◽  
Jéssica Pereira Oliveira da Cruz ◽  
Françoise Louanne Araújo Silva ◽  
Marthin Raboch Lempek ◽  
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