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- Title
The Proteoglycans Biglycan and Decorin Protect Cardiac Cells against Irradiation-Induced Cell Death by Inhibiting Apoptosis.
- Authors
Gáspár, Renáta; Diószegi, Petra; Nógrádi-Halmi, Dóra; Erdélyi-Furka, Barbara; Varga, Zoltán; Kahán, Zsuzsanna; Csont, Tamás
- Abstract
Radiation-induced heart disease (RIHD), a common side effect of chest irradiation, is a primary cause of mortality among patients surviving thoracic cancer. Thus, the development of novel, clinically applicable cardioprotective agents which can alleviate the harmful effects of irradiation on the heart is of great importance in the field of experimental oncocardiology. Biglycan and decorin are structurally related small leucine-rich proteoglycans which have been reported to exert cardioprotective properties in certain cardiovascular pathologies. Therefore, in the present study we aimed to examine if biglycan or decorin can reduce radiation-induced damage of cardiomyocytes. A single dose of 10 Gray irradiation was applied to induce radiation-induced cell damage in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts, followed by treatment with either biglycan or decorin at various concentrations. Measurement of cell viability revealed that both proteoglycans improved the survival of cardiac cells post-irradiation. The cardiocytoprotective effect of both biglycan and decorin involved the alleviation of radiation-induced proapoptotic mechanisms by retaining the progression of apoptotic membrane blebbing and lowering the number of apoptotic cell nuclei and DNA double-strand breaks. Our findings provide evidence that these natural proteoglycans may exert protection against radiation-induced damage of cardiac cells.
- Subjects
PROTEOGLYCANS; HEART cells; CELL death; DOUBLE-strand DNA breaks; APOPTOSIS; CELL nuclei; CARDIOTONIC agents
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2024, Vol 13, Issue 10, p883
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells13100883