A New Approach for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders. Molecular Hydrogen Significantly Reduces the Effects of Oxidative Stress
Cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Redox dysregulation and a dyshomeostasis of inflammation arise from, and result in, cellular aberrations and pathological conditions, which lead to cardiovascular diseases. Despite years of intensive research, t...
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| author | Tyler W. LeBaron Branislav Kura Barbora Kalocayova Narcis Tribulova Jan Slezak |
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| description | Cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Redox dysregulation and a dyshomeostasis of inflammation arise from, and result in, cellular aberrations and pathological conditions, which lead to cardiovascular diseases. Despite years of intensive research, there is still no safe and effective method for their prevention and treatment. Recently, molecular hydrogen has been investigated in preclinical and clinical studies on various diseases associated with oxidative and inflammatory stress such as radiation-induced heart disease, ischemia-reperfusion injury, myocardial and brain infarction, storage of the heart, heart transplantation, etc. Hydrogen is primarily administered via inhalation, drinking hydrogen-rich water, or injection of hydrogen-rich saline. It favorably modulates signal transduction and gene expression resulting in suppression of proinflammatory cytokines, excess ROS production, and in the activation of the Nrf2 antioxidant transcription factor. Although H<sub>2</sub> appears to be an important biological molecule with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic effects, the exact mechanisms of action remain elusive. There is no reported clinical toxicity; however, some data suggests that H<sub>2</sub> has a mild hormetic-like effect, which likely mediate some of its benefits. The mechanistic data, coupled with the pre-clinical and clinical studies, suggest that H<sub>2</sub> may be useful for ROS/inflammation-induced cardiotoxicity and other conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a299e617acc54703a547f0125ea410412022-12-22T00:53:45ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492019-05-012411207610.3390/molecules24112076molecules24112076A New Approach for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders. Molecular Hydrogen Significantly Reduces the Effects of Oxidative StressTyler W. LeBaron0Branislav Kura1Barbora Kalocayova2Narcis Tribulova3Jan Slezak4Centre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 841 04, Slovak RepublicCentre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 841 04, Slovak RepublicCentre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 841 04, Slovak RepublicCentre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 841 04, Slovak RepublicCentre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 841 04, Slovak RepublicCardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Redox dysregulation and a dyshomeostasis of inflammation arise from, and result in, cellular aberrations and pathological conditions, which lead to cardiovascular diseases. Despite years of intensive research, there is still no safe and effective method for their prevention and treatment. Recently, molecular hydrogen has been investigated in preclinical and clinical studies on various diseases associated with oxidative and inflammatory stress such as radiation-induced heart disease, ischemia-reperfusion injury, myocardial and brain infarction, storage of the heart, heart transplantation, etc. Hydrogen is primarily administered via inhalation, drinking hydrogen-rich water, or injection of hydrogen-rich saline. It favorably modulates signal transduction and gene expression resulting in suppression of proinflammatory cytokines, excess ROS production, and in the activation of the Nrf2 antioxidant transcription factor. Although H<sub>2</sub> appears to be an important biological molecule with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic effects, the exact mechanisms of action remain elusive. There is no reported clinical toxicity; however, some data suggests that H<sub>2</sub> has a mild hormetic-like effect, which likely mediate some of its benefits. The mechanistic data, coupled with the pre-clinical and clinical studies, suggest that H<sub>2</sub> may be useful for ROS/inflammation-induced cardiotoxicity and other conditions.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/11/2076heart transplantationischemia/reperfusion injurymolecular hydrogenoxidative stressradiation-induced heart disease |
| spellingShingle | Tyler W. LeBaron Branislav Kura Barbora Kalocayova Narcis Tribulova Jan Slezak A New Approach for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders. Molecular Hydrogen Significantly Reduces the Effects of Oxidative Stress Molecules heart transplantation ischemia/reperfusion injury molecular hydrogen oxidative stress radiation-induced heart disease |
| title | A New Approach for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders. Molecular Hydrogen Significantly Reduces the Effects of Oxidative Stress |
| title_full | A New Approach for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders. Molecular Hydrogen Significantly Reduces the Effects of Oxidative Stress |
| title_fullStr | A New Approach for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders. Molecular Hydrogen Significantly Reduces the Effects of Oxidative Stress |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Approach for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders. Molecular Hydrogen Significantly Reduces the Effects of Oxidative Stress |
| title_short | A New Approach for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders. Molecular Hydrogen Significantly Reduces the Effects of Oxidative Stress |
| title_sort | new approach for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disorders molecular hydrogen significantly reduces the effects of oxidative stress |
| topic | heart transplantation ischemia/reperfusion injury molecular hydrogen oxidative stress radiation-induced heart disease |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/11/2076 |
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