Withaferin A attenuates ovarian cancer-induced cardiac cachexia.

ABSTRACT: Cachexia is a common multifactorial syndrome in the advanced stages of cancer and accounts for approximately 20-30% of all cancer-related fatalities. In addition to the progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass, cancer results in impairments in cardiac function. We recently demonstrated that WFA attenuates the cachectic skeletal muscle phenotype induced by ovarian cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether ovarian cancer induces cardiac cachexia, the possible pathway involved, and whether WFA attenuates cardiac cachexia. Xenografting of ovarian cancer induced cardiac cachexia, leading to the loss of normal heart functions. Treatment with WFA rescued the heart weight. Further, ovarian cancer induced systolic dysfunction and diastolic dysfunction Treatment with WFA preserved

SUBMITTER: Kelm NQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7386592 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature