Chemotherapy and radiation regimens to breast cancer treatment induce changes in mRNA levels of renin-angiotensin system related genes in cardiac tissue.
J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst
; 14(4): 330-6, 2013 Dec.
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Cardiovascular complications are one limitation of breast cancer treatment. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether the renin-angiotensin related genes could be altered by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, using a rat model. METHODS: Female rats were divided into three groups: control, chemotherapy + irradiation (TC+IR) and irradiation (IR). Molecular analyses of the left ventricle were performed five months after the end of treatment. The analyses evaluated the changes in mRNA levels of some renin-angiotensin system (RAS) related genes: angiotensinogen, renin, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which can be related to ACE production, by RT-PCR. RESULTS: Renin was only observed in treated groups, TC+IR and IR, compared with the control group. ACE and VEGF levels were decreased in TC+IR (p<0.001) and in IR (p<0.001), and AT1 mRNA was higher in groups TC+IR (p<0.01) and IR (p<0.05) compared with the control group. CONCLUSION: Chemotherapy and irradiation can induce significant changes in some RAS related genes. These alterations are important to understand the pathways and consequences beyond cardiotoxicity induced by breast cancer treatments.
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Assunto principal:
Sistema Renina-Angiotensina
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Neoplasias Mamárias Animais
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Regulação da Expressão Gênica
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Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
Idioma:
En
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J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst
Assunto da revista:
FISIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Reino Unido