Effects of Endurance Training on Combined Goserelin Acetate and Doxorubicin Treatment-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction
Journal
Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
3
Pages
685-692
Date Issued
2011
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Abstract
Doxorubicin (DOX) and goserelin acetate (GA), when administered individually, can lead to impaired cardiac function via different mechanisms. Combining GA and DOX (GA + DOX), however, could potentially exacerbate cardiac dysfunction when compared to GA and DOX treatments administered individually. Therefore, the first purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of GA + DOX on cardiac function. Additionally, since exercise training has been shown to protect against GA- and DOX-induced cardiac dysfunction when administered individually, the second purpose of this study was to examine the effects of exercise during GA + DOX on cardiac function. Female rats were randomly assigned to control (CON), GA, DOX, GA + DOX, or exercise training during GA + DOX (EX GA + DOX). Following 56 days, cardiac function was analyzed in vivo using echocardiography and ex vivo using an isolated working heart model. GA + DOX had significantly lower mitral valve maximal and mean blood flow velocities and aortic valve maximal blood flow velocity than CON (in vivo analysis, P < 0.05), but these differences were not observed between EX GA + DOX and CON. In the isolated working heart, GA + DOX hearts had significantly different left ventricular developed pressures and maximal rates of pressure development and decline than CON (P < 0.05), but these differences were not observed in EX GA + DOX. GA + DOX resulted in significantly impaired in vivo and ex vivo cardiac function, but exercise training during GA + DOX was cardioprotective.
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journal article