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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Camphene as a Protective Agent in Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.

Rodopi Stamatiou, Maria Anagnostopoulou, Konstantina Ioannidou-Kabouri, Chrysa Rapti, Antigone Lazou

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rodopi StamatiouLaboratory of Animal Physiology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Maria AnagnostopoulouLaboratory of Animal Physiology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantina Ioannidou-KabouriLaboratory of Animal Physiology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0003-9752-9508
Chrysa RaptiLaboratory of Animal Physiology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Antigone LazouLaboratory of Animal Physiology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7889-9648
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

postgraduate program "Applications in Biology", of the School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (I/R) and the resulting heart failure is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Camphene has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and hypolipidemic properties; however, its role in the protection of the heart from ischemia and reperfusion has not been investigated. The cardioprotective role of camphene and the mechanism that mediates its action against I/R injury was evaluated in the present study. A single dose of camphene was administered in adult rats prior to ex vivo I/R induction. Infarct size was measured using 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining and cardiomyocyte injury was assessed by determining the release of the enzyme lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). Camphene pretreatment provided significant protection reducing myocardial infarct size and cell death after I/R. The effect was correlated with the reduction in oxidative stress as evidenced by the determination of protein carbonylation, GSH/GSSG ratio, the increase in mitochondrial content as determined by CS activity, and the modulation of antioxidant defense mechanisms (expression of Nrf2 and target genes and activities of CAT, MnSOD, and GR). Furthermore, ferroptosis was decreased, as demonstrated by downregulation of GPx4 expression and reduction in lipid peroxidation. The results suggest that camphene can protect the heart against I/R injury by maintaining redox homeostasis and can hold therapeutic potential for mitigating the detrimental effects of I/R in the heart.

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antioxidant activitycampheneferroptosisischemia/reperfusion injuryNrf2 signalingoxidative stressredox homeostasis

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PMID38671853
PMCPMC11047447
OpenAlexW4393279474

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