Oxidative Stress in Metabolic Cardiomyopathy
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 18524
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metabolic cardiomyopathy is a specific type of cardiac muscle disease associated with metabolic syndrome and diabetes which is not causally related to the common morbidity risks factors induced by metabolic challenges, including coronary artery disease and hypertension. This clinical condition has been described in both human and animal subjects. This pathological condition is initially characterized by cardiac interstitial fibrosis, leading to a restrictive functional phenotype with decreased left ventricle early diastolic filling and increased end-diastolic pressure with preserved left ventricle ejection fraction. The disease progresses to cardiac remodelling and left ventricular hypertrophy, with reduced cardiac compliance that coincides with reduced ejection fraction. Metabolic cardiomyopathy doubles the risk of congestive heart failure. The initiation and progression to congestive heart failure are multifactorial. Underlying pathogenic mechanisms include systemic and cardiac insulin resistance and inflammation, increased energetic substrates (glucose, free fatty acids), the activation of endocrine signalling pathways such as renin angiotensin aldosterone and sympathetic nervous systems, and alterations in contractile apparatus and calcium handling. These mechanisms are either the cause or the effect of oxidative stress, which may be the major executioner of cardiac damage.
We invite all colleagues to submit the results of their research or literature review to this Special Issue, which has the goal of bringing together the most recent findings on the sources and downstream effects of oxidative stress in metabolic heart disease. We appreciate submissions regarding the difference between the role of increased oxidative stress in the initiation and progression of diabetic cardiomyopathy in human subjects versus animal models, as well as in male versus female subjects. We also welcome reports regarding various sources of oxidative stress, including mitochondria, NADPH oxidase, xanthine oxidase, microsomal P-450 enzyme, and uncoupled NO synthase. We hope that this Special Issue on Oxidative Stress in Metabolic Cardiomyopathy will compile the most recent discoveries and reveal novel and targeted antioxidant therapeutic approaches.
We look forward to your participation.
Dr. Mariana G. Rosca
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Diabetes
- Metabolic syndrome
- Heart
- Oxidative stress
- Mitochondria
- NADPH oxidase
- Xanthine oxidase
- Microsomal P-450 enzyme
- Uncoupled NO synthase
- Gender disparity
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