Population
Mice and skinned ventricular trabeculae
Comparison
Doxorubicin in vivo; peroxynitrite in vitro vs Vehicle control
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
5 days (in vivo)
Authors
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Peroxynitrite-mediated MM-CK inactivation may contribute to doxorubicin cardiotoxicity; hypothesis-generating in animals, clinical relevance remains open.
Peroxynitrite-related protein nitration, specifically targeting myofibrillar creatine kinase, is a key mechanistic event in doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy.
Mihm et al. (2002) studied this question.
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