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Effects of NADPH oxidase inhibition on oxidative stress and skeletal muscle phenotype in chronic heart failure rats

Grant number: 11/22589-0
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
Start date until: June 01, 2012
End date until: May 31, 2015
Field of knowledge:Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics
Principal Investigator:Marina Politi Okoshi
Grantee:Camila Bonomo
Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FMB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Skeletal muscle abnormalities can contribute to reduced exercise tolerance in heart failure (HF). The mechanisms responsible for muscle abnormalities are not completely elucidated. Oxidative stress has been shown to participate in muscle changes related to aging, diabetes, and lung diseases. In this study, we test the hypothesis that HF-induced myopathy is characterized by increased oxidative stress which can be attenuated by treatment with the NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin. Objectives: 1) to analyze muscle phenotype and oxidative stress in the soleus muscle of rats with aortic stenosis (AS)-induced HF; and 2) to evaluate whether the treatment with apocynin attenuates or prevents increased oxidative stress and phenotypic changes. Twenty weeks after inducing AS, rats will be randomized into two groups: AS vehicle and AS treated with apocynin for eight weeks. Rats will be subjected to echocardiogram before and after the treatment. Histological analysis of soleus will be performed on NADH-TR stained sections. Antioxidant enzymes activity will be assessed by spectrophotometry. Oxidative stress in skeletal muscle will be analyzed by quantification of hydroperoxide and malondialdehyde. Total generation of reactive oxygen species will be evaluated by assessing oxidation products derived from dihydroethidium by HPLC. NADPH oxidase activity will be assessed by HPLC and fluorometry analyses of dihydroethidium oxidation products. Myosin heavy chains isoforms will be analyzed by electrophoresis. Statistical analysis: ANOVA and Bonferroni.

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BONOMO, Camila. Efeito da inibição da NADPH oxidase sobre o estresse oxidativo e o fenótipo muscular esquelético de ratos com insuficiência cardíaca crônica induzida por estenose aórtica. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Medicina. Botucatu Botucatu.

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