Paradoxical cardiotoxicity of intraperitoneally-injected epigallocatechin gallate preparation in diabetic mice

Sci Rep. 2018 May 18;8(1):7880. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25901-y.

Abstract

Numerous clinical and bioavailability studies addressed epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) beneficial effects; however, our previous work revealed EGCG-induced nephrotoxicity in the presence of diabetes. In this study, the potential myocardial toxicity of EGCG preparation (100 mg/kg/day, IP; 4 days) in diabetic mice injected with streptozotocin (STZ; 150 mg/kg, IP) was investigated. Diabetic mice receiving EGCG preparation showed electrocardiographic changes in addition to elevation of both serum creatine kinase-MB and troponin-I levels accompanied by microscopic myocardial damage. Additionally, myocardial NADPH oxidase, lipid peroxides and nitrotyrosine were increased in the vicinity of decreases of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, hemeoxygenase-1, reduced glutathione, total antioxidant capacity, glutathione peroxidase and reductase and heat shock protein 90. Moreover, in diabetic mice, EGCG preparation increased myocardial nuclear factor-kappa B and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in addition to pronounced overexpression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and active caspase-3. Therefore, this study substantiates that EGCG-mediated deterioration compromises diabetes-induced cardiotoxicity to solidify our previous report for its potential nephrotoxicity in the same experimental setting.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / chemistry
  • Antioxidants / metabolism
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Biomarkers / metabolism
  • Catechin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Catechin / toxicity
  • Creatine Kinase, MB Form / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / chemically induced
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / metabolism
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / pathology
  • Electrocardiography
  • HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism
  • Heart / drug effects*
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Myocardium / metabolism*
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • NADPH Oxidases / metabolism
  • NF-kappa B / metabolism
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects
  • Troponin I / blood

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Biomarkers
  • HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • NF-kappa B
  • Troponin I
  • Catechin
  • epigallocatechin gallate
  • NADPH Oxidases
  • Creatine Kinase, MB Form