Pharmacological induction of transforming growth factor-beta1 in rat models enhances radiation injury in the intestine and the heart.
Radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer is dose limited by radiation injury in normal tissues such as the intestine and the heart. To identify the mechanistic involvement of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) in intestinal and cardiac radiation injury, we studied the influence of pharma...
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| author | Marjan Boerma Junru Wang Vijayalakshmi Sridharan Jean-Marc Herbert Martin Hauer-Jensen |
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| description | Radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer is dose limited by radiation injury in normal tissues such as the intestine and the heart. To identify the mechanistic involvement of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) in intestinal and cardiac radiation injury, we studied the influence of pharmacological induction of TGF-β1 with xaliproden (SR 57746A) in rat models of radiation enteropathy and radiation-induced heart disease (RIHD). Because it was uncertain to what extent TGF-β induction may enhance radiation injury in heart and intestine, animals were exposed to irradiation schedules that cause mild to moderate (acute) radiation injury. In the radiation enteropathy model, male Sprague-Dawley rats received local irradiation of a 4-cm loop of rat ileum with 7 once-daily fractions of 5.6 Gy, and intestinal injury was assessed at 2 weeks and 12 weeks after irradiation. In the RIHD model, male Sprague-Dawley rats received local heart irradiation with a single dose of 18 Gy and were followed for 6 months after irradiation. Rats were treated orally with xaliproden starting 3 days before irradiation until the end of the experiments. Treatment with xaliproden increased circulating TGF-β1 levels by 300% and significantly induced expression of TGF-β1 and TGF-β1 target genes in the irradiated intestine and heart. Various radiation-induced structural changes in the intestine at 2 and 12 weeks were significantly enhanced with TGF-β1 induction. Similarly, in the RIHD model induction of TGF-β1 augmented radiation-induced changes in cardiac function and myocardial fibrosis. These results lend further support for the direct involvement of TGF-β1 in biological mechanisms of radiation-induced adverse remodeling in the intestine and the heart. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6da39585fb8649a3ac7795f76dbb4dc82022-12-21T18:41:04ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0187e7047910.1371/journal.pone.0070479Pharmacological induction of transforming growth factor-beta1 in rat models enhances radiation injury in the intestine and the heart.Marjan BoermaJunru WangVijayalakshmi SridharanJean-Marc HerbertMartin Hauer-JensenRadiation therapy in the treatment of cancer is dose limited by radiation injury in normal tissues such as the intestine and the heart. To identify the mechanistic involvement of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) in intestinal and cardiac radiation injury, we studied the influence of pharmacological induction of TGF-β1 with xaliproden (SR 57746A) in rat models of radiation enteropathy and radiation-induced heart disease (RIHD). Because it was uncertain to what extent TGF-β induction may enhance radiation injury in heart and intestine, animals were exposed to irradiation schedules that cause mild to moderate (acute) radiation injury. In the radiation enteropathy model, male Sprague-Dawley rats received local irradiation of a 4-cm loop of rat ileum with 7 once-daily fractions of 5.6 Gy, and intestinal injury was assessed at 2 weeks and 12 weeks after irradiation. In the RIHD model, male Sprague-Dawley rats received local heart irradiation with a single dose of 18 Gy and were followed for 6 months after irradiation. Rats were treated orally with xaliproden starting 3 days before irradiation until the end of the experiments. Treatment with xaliproden increased circulating TGF-β1 levels by 300% and significantly induced expression of TGF-β1 and TGF-β1 target genes in the irradiated intestine and heart. Various radiation-induced structural changes in the intestine at 2 and 12 weeks were significantly enhanced with TGF-β1 induction. Similarly, in the RIHD model induction of TGF-β1 augmented radiation-induced changes in cardiac function and myocardial fibrosis. These results lend further support for the direct involvement of TGF-β1 in biological mechanisms of radiation-induced adverse remodeling in the intestine and the heart.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3723823?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Marjan Boerma Junru Wang Vijayalakshmi Sridharan Jean-Marc Herbert Martin Hauer-Jensen Pharmacological induction of transforming growth factor-beta1 in rat models enhances radiation injury in the intestine and the heart. PLoS ONE |
| title | Pharmacological induction of transforming growth factor-beta1 in rat models enhances radiation injury in the intestine and the heart. |
| title_full | Pharmacological induction of transforming growth factor-beta1 in rat models enhances radiation injury in the intestine and the heart. |
| title_fullStr | Pharmacological induction of transforming growth factor-beta1 in rat models enhances radiation injury in the intestine and the heart. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pharmacological induction of transforming growth factor-beta1 in rat models enhances radiation injury in the intestine and the heart. |
| title_short | Pharmacological induction of transforming growth factor-beta1 in rat models enhances radiation injury in the intestine and the heart. |
| title_sort | pharmacological induction of transforming growth factor beta1 in rat models enhances radiation injury in the intestine and the heart |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3723823?pdf=render |
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