In PrxIII knockout mice with doxorubicin cardiotoxicity, SS‑31 rescued the exacerbated cardiac dysfunction.
In plain wordsIn mice lacking PrxIII and given doxorubicin, SS‑31 rescued the worsened heart function.
- Peptide
- Elamipretide (SS-31)
- Outcome
- DecreaseDoxorubicin-induced cardiac dysfunction
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
PrxIII knockout mice with doxorubicin cardiotoxicity- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Notably, mitigating the mitochondrial H2O2 burden and protecting the mitochondrial inner membrane using the mitochondria-targeted antioxidant peptide SS-31 successfully rescued this exacerbated cardiac dysfunction.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In vivo experiments using PrxⅢ knockout mice confirmed that loss of PrxⅢ aggravated DOX-induced cardiac dysfunction.