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Effects of the anti-cancer drug adriamycin on the energy metabolism of rat heart as measured by in vivo 31P-NMR and implications for adriamycin-induced cardiotoxicity

Nicolay, K. and Aue, W. P. and Seelig, J. and van Echteld, C. J. and Ruigrok, T. J. and de Kruijff, B.. (1987) Effects of the anti-cancer drug adriamycin on the energy metabolism of rat heart as measured by in vivo 31P-NMR and implications for adriamycin-induced cardiotoxicity. Biochimica et biophysica acta, Vol. 929, H. 1. pp. 5-13.

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Abstract

In vivo 31P-NMR was used to measure the effects of the anti-tumor drug adriamycin on the energy metabolism of rat heart. The exclusive acquisition of NMR signal from cardiac muscle was assured by positioning a solenoidal radio-frequency NMR coil around the heart. Appropriate control experiments verified that 31P-NMR spectra solely originated from this organ. Acute effects occurring shortly after adriamycin administration are expressed in 31P spectra as a dose-dependent decline in the cardiac levels of phosphocreatine, after which stabilization at a new steady-state level occurs. These acute effects of a single dose are complete in 30-60 min and no significant further changes take place within 150 min after drug introduction. Longer-term effects of single high doses and of multiple lower doses were measured up to a week after the initiation of treatment. It seemed that at a total dose of 20 mg/kg, drug-induced interference with cardiac energy metabolism was more pronounced than at the same dose in the acute phase. These 31P-NMR data demonstrate that adriamycin treatment is accompanied by a decrease of the cardiac phosphocreatine/ATP ratio which might be an expression of the well-established cardiotoxicity of the drug.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Biophysical Chemistry (Seelig J)
UniBasel Contributors:Seelig, Joachim
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0006-3002
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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