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February 1, 2023International Journal of MorphologyOpen Access

Can Pumpkin Save us of Doxorubicin Induced Cardiotoxicity?

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Key result

Pretreatment with pumpkin carotenoid extract significantly reduced doxorubicin-induced myocardial damage in rats, lowering the doxorubicin damage score from 5 to 1.75 (p=0.013).

Why the study?

Cardiotoxicity is the leading adverse effect limiting clinical use of doxorubicin, and carotenoids may play a protective role.

Does pretreatment with pumpkin carotenoids prevent doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in an animal model?

Population

Animals distributed in 8 groups

Comparison

Pumpkin carotenoids vs commercially available antioxidant preparation (CardiofortIN), controls, and doxorubicin

Design

In vivo study

Authors

MBMilana BosanacJAJelena AmidžićMSMaja Stefanović

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Overview

May support carotenoid cardioprotection in doxorubicin animal models; leaves open translation to human cancer patients.

Structured PICO

Does pretreatment with pumpkin carotenoids prevent doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in an animal model?

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Population
80 healthy male Wistar rats subjected to doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity, treated with pumpkin carotenoids or a commercial antioxidant for 9 days.
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Intervention
Pretreatment with a mixture of pumpkin carotenoids
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Comparator
Doxorubicin alone, CardiofortIN (commercially available antioxidant preparation), NADES, and Control
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Outcome
Myocardial damage assessed by doxorubicin damage score (DDS) on hematoxylin-eosin stained histological sectionssurrogate

Main Result

Absolute Event Rate: 1.75% vs 5%

p-value: p=0.013

Pumpkin carotenoids demonstrate promising cardioprotective effects against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in an animal model, likely mediated through inhibition of oxidative stress.

Cite This Study

Bosanac et al. (2023) studied Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity (n=80). Pumpkin carotenoids extract vs. Doxorubicin alone was evaluated on Doxorubicin damage score (DDS) (p=0.013). Pretreatment with pumpkin carotenoid extract significantly reduced doxorubicin-induced myocardial damage in rats, lowering the doxorubicin damage score from 5 to 1.75 (p=0.013).

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa0f50fa4cd221e9c667a24https://doi.org/10.4067/s0717-95022023000100231
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