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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
Fibrates, the ligands of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha), are used as a class of lipid-lowering drugs in clinical practice for the treatment of dyslipidemia. Fibrates are well tolerated in most cases concomitantly with occasional adverse reactions including muscular toxicity, which is enhanced by the combination with statins. This study was designed to investigate the effects of bezafibrate as a PPARalpha agonist on human embryo rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells and possible mechanisms responsible for bezafibrate-mediated myopathy. The results revealed that bezafibrate caused a dose-dependent decrease in cell viability, which was fortified in association with atorvastatin at a pharmacological dose. Bezafibrate at toxic doses of 300 and 1000microM upregulated PPARalpha at the mRNA level, counteracted by a PPARalpha antagonist (MK886). Bezafibrate at a toxic dose induced typical apoptotic characteristics related to the inhibition of phosphorylation of Akt which was blocked by PPARalpha antagonist. Toxic doses of bezafibrate initiated a significant increase in pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 mRNA and protein levels, compromised by MK886. These results suggest the critical roles of PPARalpha signaling in bezafibrate-induced myotoxicity and the involvement of apoptosis through Akt pathway.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1879-3177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
154-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Bezafibrate, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Hypolipidemic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Oncogene Protein v-akt, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-PPAR alpha, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19683050-Rhabdomyosarcoma
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Bezafibrate induces myotoxicity in human rhabdomyosarcoma cells via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha signaling.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nutrition and Food, Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang, China. amyzhaosb@126.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article