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ArticleThe Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology2022

Chronic activation of cardiac Atg-5 and pancreatic Atg-7 by intermittent fasting alleviates acute myocardial infarction in old rats.

Sahar Mohamed El Agaty, Noha A Nassef, Doaa A Abou-Bakr, Aya A Hanafy

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Article in The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sahar Mohamed El AgatyDepartment of Physiology, Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, 24 Mohamed El Makaref Street, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. sahar_elagaty@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1276-2147
Noha A NassefDepartment of Physiology, Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, 24 Mohamed El Makaref Street, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
Doaa A Abou-BakrDepartment of Physiology, Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, 24 Mohamed El Makaref Street, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
Aya A HanafyDepartment of Physiology, Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, 24 Mohamed El Makaref Street, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
Ain Shams University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAging is associated with cardiovascular and metabolic changes, increasing the susceptibility to acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Intermittent fasting (IF) has a beneficial effect on the age-associated cardiovascular diseases. The present study was planned to investigate the possible protective effect of IF against acute AMI induced by isoproterenol (ISO) in old rats and its possible underlying mechanisms mediated by heart and pancreatic autophagy. Thirty Male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: adult; old; Old-ISO (rats subjected to AMI by ISO) and Old-F-ISO groups (rats were subjected to IF for 4 weeks and AMI by ISO).

resultsIF significantly increased the mRNA expression of cardiac Atg-5 and pancreatic Atg-7 in Old-F-ISO versus old and adult groups. This was associated with a significant decrease in serum troponin-I, serum creatine kinase (CK-MB), cardiac malondialdehyde and cardiac TNF-α, fasting plasma glucose, and HOMA-IR in Old-F-ISO compared to Old-ISO group. Also, IF significantly decreased the age-related overall and visceral obesity in Old-F-ISO versus old and Old-ISO groups. Histological studies revealed attenuation of the local inflammatory response in Old-F-ISO versus Old-ISO group. Pancreatic Atg-7 and heart Atg-5 were significantly increased in Old-ISO versus old rats.

conclusionsIF protects against acute AMI in old rats, possibly, via chronic activation of heart Atg-5 and pancreatic Atg-7, and alleviation of age-related overall and visceral obesity. Thus, IF could be a dietary lifestyle modification for attenuation of the susceptibility to acute AMI in aged population. On the other hand, acute activation of heart and pancreatic autophagy by ISO might augment cardiac injury.

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AgingAutophagyDiabetes mellitusMyocardial infarctionObesity

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