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Cyclosporine-Induced Apoptosis in Human Cardiomyocytes Through P53-Dependent Pathway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

M. Kinjo  and
C. Wei
M. Kinjo
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Molecular Research, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201
C. Wei
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Molecular Research, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201
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Cyclosporine A (CsA) is the most effective and widely used immunosuppressant drug in heart, lung and kidney transplantation. However, the effect of CsA is limited by the significant toxicity. The mechanism of CsA-induced toxicity is remaining controversial. Cellular apoptosis is being suggested as a possible mediator of CsA toxicity. To date, regarding the effects of CsA on apoptosis and apoptosis-related gene regulation in cardiomyocytes remain unclear. Therefore, the current study was designed to investigate the effect of CsA on apoptosis and apoptosis-related gene p53 expression in human cardiomyocytes. We hypothesized that CsA induces apoptosis in human cardiomyocytes through p53-dependent pathway.

Human cardiac atrial tissue was obtained from open-heart surgery (n=5). The cardiac tissue was minced and incubated in the special tissue culture system for 24 hours in the absence or presence of CsA (10-7 M). To detect the DNA fragmentation, in situ terminal deoxymucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) was performed.

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Apoptosis
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 6 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2000, Microscopy Society of America 58th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 34th Annual Meeting, Microscopical Society of Canada/Societe de Microscopie de Canada 27th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 13-17, 2000 , August 2000 , pp. 632 - 633
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America

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