ACETALDEHYDE-INDUCED CARDIAC CONTRACTILE DYSFUNCTION MAY BE ALLEVIATED BY VITAMIN B1 BUT NOT BY VITAMINS B6 OR B12
Author(s) -
Nicholas S. Aberle,
Larry Burd,
Bonnie H Zhao,
Jun Ren
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agh085
Subject(s) - alcoholic cardiomyopathy , medicine , endocrinology , vitamin , contractility , myocyte , apoptosis , acetaldehyde , vitamin b12 , vitamin e , chemistry , antioxidant , biochemistry , cardiomyopathy , ethanol , heart failure
Chronic alcohol exposure leads to a deficiency of group B vitamins and increased risk of alcoholic cardiomyopathy characterized by impaired ventricular contractility. This study was designed to examine the effect of group B vitamin supplementation on short-term exposure of the main alcohol metabolite acetaldehyde (ACA)-induced cardiac contractile dysfunction in rat ventricular myocytes.
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