PMID- 37526264 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231102 LR - 20231102 IS - 1477-0903 (Electronic) IS - 0960-3271 (Linking) VI - 42 DP - 2023 Jan-Dec TI - Role of hypoxia inducible factor/vascular endothelial growth factor/endothelial nitric oxide synthase signaling pathway in mediating the cardioprotective effect of dapagliflozin in cyclophosphamide-induced cardiotoxicity. PG - 9603271231193392 LID - 10.1177/09603271231193392 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Cyclophosphamide (CP) is a commonly used chemotherapeutic and immunosuppressive alkylating agent. However, cardiac adverse effects of CP interfere with its clinical benefit. Cardio-oncology research is currently an important issue and finding effective cardiopreserving agents is a critical need. For the first time, we aimed to detect if dapagliflozin (DAP) could ameliorate CP-induced cardiac injury and investigated the role of hypoxia inducible factor alpha (HIF1alpha)/vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) pathway. METHODS: Forty male Wistar albino rats were included in the current model. Studied groups are: control group; CP-induced cardiotoxicity group; CP group treated with DAP; CP group treated with DAP and administered a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor; nitro-omega-L-arginine (L-NNA) before DAP to explore the role of eNOS. RESULTS: Our data revealed that CP could induce cardiac damage as manifested by significant increases in cardiac enzymes, blood pressure, malondialdehyde (MDA), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), HIF1alpha, sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) and cleaved caspase-3 levels with toxic histopathological changes. However, there are significant decreases in reduced glutathione (GSH), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), VEGF, and eNOS. On the opposite side, co-administration of DAP showed marked improvement of CP-induced cardiac damage that may be due to its ability to inhibit SGLT2, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties. Results showed decreasing the cardioprotective effect of DAP on administration of L-NNA, reflecting the critical effect of eNOS in mediating such protection. CONCLUSION: DAP could reduce CP cardiotoxicity based upon its ability to modulate SGLT2 and HIF1alpha/VEGF/eNOS signaling pathway. FAU - Mahmoud Refaie, Marwa Monier AU - Mahmoud Refaie MM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0216-5020 AD - Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt. RINGGOLD: 68877 FAU - Bayoumi, Asmaa Ma AU - Bayoumi AM AD - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt. RINGGOLD: 68843 FAU - Mokhemer, Sahar Ahmed AU - Mokhemer SA AD - Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt. RINGGOLD: 68843 FAU - Shehata, Sayed AU - Shehata S AD - Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt. RINGGOLD: 68877 FAU - Abd El-Hameed, Nahla Mohammed AU - Abd El-Hameed NM AD - Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt. RINGGOLD: 68843 LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Hum Exp Toxicol JT - Human & experimental toxicology JID - 9004560 RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III) RN - 1ULL0QJ8UC (dapagliflozin) RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase) RN - 8N3DW7272P (Cyclophosphamide) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) SB - IM MH - Rats MH - Animals MH - Male MH - *Cardiotoxicity/drug therapy MH - *Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/metabolism MH - Antioxidants/pharmacology MH - Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2/metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Cyclophosphamide/toxicity/therapeutic use MH - Hypoxia MH - Nitric Oxide/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dapagliflozin OT - cardiotoxicity OT - cyclophosphamide OT - endothelial nitric oxide synthase OT - vascular endothelial growth factor EDAT- 2023/08/01 13:09 MHDA- 2023/08/01 13:10 CRDT- 2023/08/01 07:33 PHST- 2023/08/01 13:10 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/01 13:09 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/01 07:33 [entrez] AID - 10.1177/09603271231193392 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Exp Toxicol. 2023 Jan-Dec;42:9603271231193392. doi: 10.1177/09603271231193392.