R. Reiter, D. Cardinali, R. L. Neel, Alberto Domínguez Rodríguez, Gregory M. Brown, J. Tesarik
Melatonin was shown to prevent or mitigate a number of different respiratory and non-respiratory viral diseases. Given its non-specific anti-viral action, it is likely to be effective against the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 as well as any eventual future variants of the virus.
{"title":"Rationale for the continued use of melatonin to combat the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2","authors":"R. Reiter, D. Cardinali, R. L. Neel, Alberto Domínguez Rodríguez, Gregory M. Brown, J. Tesarik","doi":"10.32794/mr112500107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32794/mr112500107","url":null,"abstract":"Melatonin was shown to prevent or mitigate a number of different respiratory and non-respiratory viral diseases. Given its non-specific anti-viral action, it is likely to be effective against the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 as well as any eventual future variants of the virus.","PeriodicalId":18604,"journal":{"name":"Melatonin Research","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74915515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Datta, R. Majumder, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Bandyopadhyay
Heart failure is characterized by the heart losing its capacity to pump sufficient blood to match the body’s demand. It is caused by a variety of cardiovascular impairments. Among them, atherosclerosis is the most common one. Although, a variety of medicines selectively target this pathology, the death rate due to atherosclerosis associated heart disorders remain high. To address this issue, the use of antioxidants combined with conventional therapy to achieve synergistic effects has gained popularity. Melatonin is one of such antioxidants. In addition to its potent antioxidant activity, this molecule acts in harmony to protect the cardiovascular tissue. This review explores the various mechanisms by which melatonin protects the cardiovascular tissue. This information will contribute further insights into the role of melatonin in maintaining cardiovascular homeostasis in normal as well as in pathological conditions. It will also help us to better understand the potential synergistic effects of melatonin with conventional therapy to successfully target the heart failure associated with atherosclerosis.
{"title":"Protective effect of melatonin in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: A comprehensive review","authors":"M. Datta, R. Majumder, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Bandyopadhyay","doi":"10.32794/mr112500102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32794/mr112500102","url":null,"abstract":"Heart failure is characterized by the heart losing its capacity to pump sufficient blood to match the body’s demand. It is caused by a variety of cardiovascular impairments. Among them, atherosclerosis is the most common one. Although, a variety of medicines selectively target this pathology, the death rate due to atherosclerosis associated heart disorders remain high. To address this issue, the use of antioxidants combined with conventional therapy to achieve synergistic effects has gained popularity. Melatonin is one of such antioxidants. In addition to its potent antioxidant activity, this molecule acts in harmony to protect the cardiovascular tissue. This review explores the various mechanisms by which melatonin protects the cardiovascular tissue. This information will contribute further insights into the role of melatonin in maintaining cardiovascular homeostasis in normal as well as in pathological conditions. It will also help us to better understand the potential synergistic effects of melatonin with conventional therapy to successfully target the heart failure associated with atherosclerosis. ","PeriodicalId":18604,"journal":{"name":"Melatonin Research","volume":"2014 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86783831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Ghosh, T. Dey, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Bandyopadhyay
Chromium (Cr), a ubiquitous metal, has become a potent pollutant due to global industrialization, leading to pollution of air, water, and food that impacts human health. The most stable forms of Cr are Cr(III) and Cr(VI) (the major product of industrial activities). Cr(III) is a micronutrient essential for maintaining normal blood glucose and lipid profiles in our body but it can also form Cr (III)-DNA adducts. In addition, it directly produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) via Fenton and Haber-Weiss reactions; leading to tissue injuries. Cr (VI) has the capacity to generate Cr(V), Cr (IV), and Cr(III), respectively under suitable conditions. These intermediates also damage to biological macromolecules by interactions with several enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants. For example, Cr(III) can make double DNA strands breaking to inhibit DNA replication, induce DNA oxidation, and DNA adducts formation. All of these lead to the development of malignancy. Melatonin, a potent radical scavenger as well as a metal chelator, effectively chelates Cr(VI) and prevents DNA oxidative damage. Melatonin can upregulate the gene expression of several antioxidant enzymes, and thereby, maintains cellular integrity from the oxidative stress. Thus, melatonin can be a prime molecule to protect against Cr(VI) induced cytotoxicity and genotoxicity. This review aims to highlight the potential benefits of melatonin on Cr(VI) induced oxidative stress and DNA damage.
{"title":"An insight into the ameliorative effects of melatonin against chromium induced oxidative stress and DNA damage: a review","authors":"P. Ghosh, T. Dey, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Bandyopadhyay","doi":"10.32794/mr112500101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32794/mr112500101","url":null,"abstract":"Chromium (Cr), a ubiquitous metal, has become a potent pollutant due to global industrialization, leading to pollution of air, water, and food that impacts human health. The most stable forms of Cr are Cr(III) and Cr(VI) (the major product of industrial activities). Cr(III) is a micronutrient essential for maintaining normal blood glucose and lipid profiles in our body but it can also form Cr (III)-DNA adducts. In addition, it directly produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) via Fenton and Haber-Weiss reactions; leading to tissue injuries. Cr (VI) has the capacity to generate Cr(V), Cr (IV), and Cr(III), respectively under suitable conditions. These intermediates also damage to biological macromolecules by interactions with several enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants. For example, Cr(III) can make double DNA strands breaking to inhibit DNA replication, induce DNA oxidation, and DNA adducts formation. All of these lead to the development of malignancy. Melatonin, a potent radical scavenger as well as a metal chelator, effectively chelates Cr(VI) and prevents DNA oxidative damage. Melatonin can upregulate the gene expression of several antioxidant enzymes, and thereby, maintains cellular integrity from the oxidative stress. Thus, melatonin can be a prime molecule to protect against Cr(VI) induced cytotoxicity and genotoxicity. This review aims to highlight the potential benefits of melatonin on Cr(VI) induced oxidative stress and DNA damage.","PeriodicalId":18604,"journal":{"name":"Melatonin Research","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76785260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Post-tuberculosis (post-TB) lung disease is a complex interplay between organism, host, and environmental factors, and it affects long-term respiratory health. It associates with underlying processes such as inflammation, fibrosis, and oxidative stress. Decades of research has demonstrated melatonin as a potent anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, antioxidant, and vasodilatory agent. These effects have been observed in numerous experimental and clinical models of lung diseases. Moreover, melatonin has significant anti-microbial activity, which has also been observed in the context of TB bacterial growth. It is worth pointing out that these effects of melatonin are a reminder of the pathologic processes that underpin post-TB lung disease. Based on the intriguing evidence presented and discussed in this paper, melatonin could be considered a safe, affordable, and adjunct therapy against post-TB lung disease. Melatonin may provide health benefits in this context, mediated via its anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, vasodilatory, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties.
{"title":"Could melatonin be an adjunct therapy for post-TB lung disease?","authors":"G. Maarman","doi":"10.32794/mr112500103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32794/mr112500103","url":null,"abstract":"Post-tuberculosis (post-TB) lung disease is a complex interplay between organism, host, and environmental factors, and it affects long-term respiratory health. It associates with underlying processes such as inflammation, fibrosis, and oxidative stress. Decades of research has demonstrated melatonin as a potent anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, antioxidant, and vasodilatory agent. These effects have been observed in numerous experimental and clinical models of lung diseases. Moreover, melatonin has significant anti-microbial activity, which has also been observed in the context of TB bacterial growth. It is worth pointing out that these effects of melatonin are a reminder of the pathologic processes that underpin post-TB lung disease. Based on the intriguing evidence presented and discussed in this paper, melatonin could be considered a safe, affordable, and adjunct therapy against post-TB lung disease. Melatonin may provide health benefits in this context, mediated via its anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, vasodilatory, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties.","PeriodicalId":18604,"journal":{"name":"Melatonin Research","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79351731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrita Banerjee, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Bandyopadhyay
At the beginning of life, natural selection is and still the principal driving force for the evolution of all organisms to adapt in the particular environments of the earth. As a result, ultimately neither the strongest, nor the supreme intelligent but the most adaptable species win the race. Not only the organisms, but also the elements which are necessary for survival of them also undergo extreme evolution. These include DNA, proteins and other biochemical moleculesAt the beginning of life, natural selection is and still the principal driving force for the evolution of all organisms to adapt in the particular environments of the earth. As a result, ultimately neither the strongest, nor the supreme intelligent but the most adaptable species win the race. Not only the organisms, but also the elements which are necessary for survival of them also undergo extreme evolution. These include DNA, proteins and other biochemical molecules. However, melatonin, an indoleamine, presents in the early life form remains unchanged in its structure from unicellular organisms to mammals. When it was discovered, it was considered to be a neuronal hormone produced exclusively in the pineal gland of vertebrates. The latter discovery of its presence in primitive bacteria drives the melatonin research in different directions. Its primary function is serving as an antioxidant in all organisms. Its chemical structure is perfect to scavenge free radicals and thus, this molecule is preserved from bacteria to mammals. However, this molecule acquired many additional functions during evolution. These include circadian regulation, immuno-enhancement, oncostatic, anti-inflammatory and anti-aging activities. In the review, we are trying to present hypothetical and most plausible chronological events in the functional evolvements of melatonin during the process of evolution.
{"title":"Melatonin: an ancient note in a contemporary wrap","authors":"Adrita Banerjee, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Bandyopadhyay","doi":"10.32794/mr112500105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32794/mr112500105","url":null,"abstract":"At the beginning of life, natural selection is and still the principal driving force for the evolution of all organisms to adapt in the particular environments of the earth. As a result, ultimately neither the strongest, nor the supreme intelligent but the most adaptable species win the race. Not only the organisms, but also the elements which are necessary for survival of them also undergo extreme evolution. These include DNA, proteins and other biochemical moleculesAt the beginning of life, natural selection is and still the principal driving force for the evolution of all organisms to adapt in the particular environments of the earth. As a result, ultimately neither the strongest, nor the supreme intelligent but the most adaptable species win the race. Not only the organisms, but also the elements which are necessary for survival of them also undergo extreme evolution. These include DNA, proteins and other biochemical molecules. However, melatonin, an indoleamine, presents in the early life form remains unchanged in its structure from unicellular organisms to mammals. When it was discovered, it was considered to be a neuronal hormone produced exclusively in the pineal gland of vertebrates. The latter discovery of its presence in primitive bacteria drives the melatonin research in different directions. Its primary function is serving as an antioxidant in all organisms. Its chemical structure is perfect to scavenge free radicals and thus, this molecule is preserved from bacteria to mammals. However, this molecule acquired many additional functions during evolution. These include circadian regulation, immuno-enhancement, oncostatic, anti-inflammatory and anti-aging activities. In the review, we are trying to present hypothetical and most plausible chronological events in the functional evolvements of melatonin during the process of evolution.","PeriodicalId":18604,"journal":{"name":"Melatonin Research","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76327252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eduardo Almeida Leite, P. R. Gomes, E. A. Vilas-Boas, A. C. Munhoz, L. C. Motta-Teixeira, José Sinésio Silva Júnior, A. Carpinelli, J. Cipolla Neto
Nocturnal melatonin secretion is important for preservation of ß-cell mass and function. Knowing that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia caused by the elevated resistance of peripheral tissues to insulin, reduction in pineal melatonin and disturbances of insulin secretion by pancreatic ß-cells. In this context, exercise is considered one of the most valuable non-pharmacological approaches for treatment of T2DM. Considering the beneficial role of melatonin on glycemic metabolism in physical exercise, we investigated the effects of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise plus melatonin on glycemic homeostasis, the morphology and architecture of pancreas in spontaneous T2DM animals [Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats]. The results confirmed that melatonin alone reduced the mass of epididymal white adipose tissue (WAT); however, only the combination of melatonin and physical exercise significantly reduced caloric intake, body weight, WAT and improved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in T2DM rats. This combination also reduced apoptosis of cells in pancreatic islets. We observed either melatonin or the combination was able to reduce insulinemia. However, only the combination improved the morphology of the pancreatic islets. Thus, we conclude that in GK rats, melatonin plays a crucial role in the functionality of the pancreas to improve insulin sensitivity of peripheral tissues and, consequently, to maintain the glucose homeostasis. In addition, the combination is more efficiency to improve glucose tolerance and integrity of pancreatic islets in GK rats than melatonin alone.
{"title":"A combination of melatonin and moderate-intensity aerobic exercise improves pancreatic beta-cell function and glycemic homeostasis in type 2 diabetic model of animals","authors":"Eduardo Almeida Leite, P. R. Gomes, E. A. Vilas-Boas, A. C. Munhoz, L. C. Motta-Teixeira, José Sinésio Silva Júnior, A. Carpinelli, J. Cipolla Neto","doi":"10.32794/mr112500106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32794/mr112500106","url":null,"abstract":"Nocturnal melatonin secretion is important for preservation of ß-cell mass and function. Knowing that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia caused by the elevated resistance of peripheral tissues to insulin, reduction in pineal melatonin and disturbances of insulin secretion by pancreatic ß-cells. In this context, exercise is considered one of the most valuable non-pharmacological approaches for treatment of T2DM. Considering the beneficial role of melatonin on glycemic metabolism in physical exercise, we investigated the effects of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise plus melatonin on glycemic homeostasis, the morphology and architecture of pancreas in spontaneous T2DM animals [Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats]. The results confirmed that melatonin alone reduced the mass of epididymal white adipose tissue (WAT); however, only the combination of melatonin and physical exercise significantly reduced caloric intake, body weight, WAT and improved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in T2DM rats. This combination also reduced apoptosis of cells in pancreatic islets. We observed either melatonin or the combination was able to reduce insulinemia. However, only the combination improved the morphology of the pancreatic islets. Thus, we conclude that in GK rats, melatonin plays a crucial role in the functionality of the pancreas to improve insulin sensitivity of peripheral tissues and, consequently, to maintain the glucose homeostasis. In addition, the combination is more efficiency to improve glucose tolerance and integrity of pancreatic islets in GK rats than melatonin alone.","PeriodicalId":18604,"journal":{"name":"Melatonin Research","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88485480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Haque, D. Shields, Arabinda Das, A. Varma, R. Reiter, N. Banik
Recent studies suggest ex vivo modeling of neuronal injury is a robust approach for the mechanistic study of neurodegeneration. Melatonin, an indolamine, is a versatile molecule with antioxidative, antiapoptotic, neuroprotective, and anti-inflammatory properties. While melatonin has been studied as a therapeutic agent for spinal cord injury (SCI) related neuronal cell loss, its actions in organotypic slice cultures approximating SCI effects are less well understood. The actions of melatonin were therefore examined following exposure of cultured rat spinal cord slices to glutamate excitotoxicity. Exposure to glutamate (500 μM) for 4 hours induced neuronal degeneration that was prevented by 0.5 μM melatonin (applied immediately or 4 hours following glutamate exposure). Decreased internucleosomal DNA fragmentation, Bax:Bcl-2 and calpain:calpastatin ratios, caspase 8, 9 and 3 activities in slice cultures were measured following melatonin treatment. Melatonin receptor (MTR1, MTR2) mRNA levels were increased in the melatonin treated spinal cord slices. To confirm melatonin receptor-mediated protection, slice cultures were treated with 10 or 25 μM luzindole (melatonin receptor antagonist) at 0 and 4 hours, respectively, after glutamate exposure. Luzindole significantly decreased the ability of melatonin to prevent cell death in the sliced culture model. These results suggest melatonin receptors may provide a pathway for therapeutic applications to prevent penumbral neuron loss following SCI.
{"title":"Melatonin receptor-mediated attenuation of excitotoxic cell death in cultured spinal cord slices","authors":"A. Haque, D. Shields, Arabinda Das, A. Varma, R. Reiter, N. Banik","doi":"10.32794/mr11250098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32794/mr11250098","url":null,"abstract":"Recent studies suggest ex vivo modeling of neuronal injury is a robust approach for the mechanistic study of neurodegeneration. Melatonin, an indolamine, is a versatile molecule with antioxidative, antiapoptotic, neuroprotective, and anti-inflammatory properties. While melatonin has been studied as a therapeutic agent for spinal cord injury (SCI) related neuronal cell loss, its actions in organotypic slice cultures approximating SCI effects are less well understood. The actions of melatonin were therefore examined following exposure of cultured rat spinal cord slices to glutamate excitotoxicity. Exposure to glutamate (500 μM) for 4 hours induced neuronal degeneration that was prevented by 0.5 μM melatonin (applied immediately or 4 hours following glutamate exposure). Decreased internucleosomal DNA fragmentation, Bax:Bcl-2 and calpain:calpastatin ratios, caspase 8, 9 and 3 activities in slice cultures were measured following melatonin treatment. Melatonin receptor (MTR1, MTR2) mRNA levels were increased in the melatonin treated spinal cord slices. To confirm melatonin receptor-mediated protection, slice cultures were treated with 10 or 25 μM luzindole (melatonin receptor antagonist) at 0 and 4 hours, respectively, after glutamate exposure. Luzindole significantly decreased the ability of melatonin to prevent cell death in the sliced culture model. These results suggest melatonin receptors may provide a pathway for therapeutic applications to prevent penumbral neuron loss following SCI. ","PeriodicalId":18604,"journal":{"name":"Melatonin Research","volume":"142 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77873485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Swaimanti Sarkar, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Bandyopadhyay
A constant energy supply is indispensable for the relentlessly working heart. The unique metabolic flexibility of the cardiac tissue enables it to maintain its energy requirement under variable physiological conditions. However, some physiopathological statuses including aging, ischemia-reperfusion injury, diabetic cardiomyopathy, pathological cardiac hypertrophy, and heart failure frequently cause cardiac dysfunction and detrimental metabolic alteration. If the ATP supply fails to match the requirement of a working heart, the heart loses its functional capacity, resulting in slower recovery. A decrease in energy generation is often the ramifications of myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Melatonin, a broad-spectrum antioxidant molecule has an appreciable role in the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis― from a single cell to an entire organism. Melatonin has the capacity to reduce ROS generation, preserve mitochondrial stability, and restore a robust mitochondrial function for unabated ATP production in cardiac tissues. Additionally, melatonin can promote carbohydrate and fat metabolism to further improve the ATP production in heart. In cardiac cells, melatonin upregulates GLUT4 expression either by impeding oxidative stress or by enhancing AMPK activation which accelerates fatty acid oxidation by upregulating PPAR-α and CPT-1α. Melatonin plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of calcium homeostasis in cardiomyocytes by obviating oxidative stress-mediated disruption of SERCA and NCX proteins. A possible role of melatonin to convert the Warburg effect to oxidative metabolism in pathological cardiac events has been recently contemplated. The current review will discuss the possible role of melatonin protecting against cardiac metabolic imbalances under pathological states.
{"title":"Melatonin as a prospective metabolic regulator in pathologically altered cardiac energy homeostasis","authors":"Swaimanti Sarkar, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Bandyopadhyay","doi":"10.32794/MR11250097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32794/MR11250097","url":null,"abstract":"A constant energy supply is indispensable for the relentlessly working heart. The unique metabolic flexibility of the cardiac tissue enables it to maintain its energy requirement under variable physiological conditions. However, some physiopathological statuses including aging, ischemia-reperfusion injury, diabetic cardiomyopathy, pathological cardiac hypertrophy, and heart failure frequently cause cardiac dysfunction and detrimental metabolic alteration. If the ATP supply fails to match the requirement of a working heart, the heart loses its functional capacity, resulting in slower recovery. A decrease in energy generation is often the ramifications of myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Melatonin, a broad-spectrum antioxidant molecule has an appreciable role in the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis― from a single cell to an entire organism. Melatonin has the capacity to reduce ROS generation, preserve mitochondrial stability, and restore a robust mitochondrial function for unabated ATP production in cardiac tissues. Additionally, melatonin can promote carbohydrate and fat metabolism to further improve the ATP production in heart. In cardiac cells, melatonin upregulates GLUT4 expression either by impeding oxidative stress or by enhancing AMPK activation which accelerates fatty acid oxidation by upregulating PPAR-α and CPT-1α. Melatonin plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of calcium homeostasis in cardiomyocytes by obviating oxidative stress-mediated disruption of SERCA and NCX proteins. A possible role of melatonin to convert the Warburg effect to oxidative metabolism in pathological cardiac events has been recently contemplated. The current review will discuss the possible role of melatonin protecting against cardiac metabolic imbalances under pathological states.","PeriodicalId":18604,"journal":{"name":"Melatonin Research","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80966307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Gholizadeh, Faezeh Abaj, H. Hasani, A. Mirzababaei, K. Mirzaei
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic and there is no specific treatment for reducing the severity of this disease up to date. The majority of the treatments remain supportive and empirical. The aim of present study is to assess the relationship between melatonin supplementation and its effect on the severity of the outcomes in covid-19 patients. All published studies up to April 4 of 2021 were searched by using the databases of PubMed, ISI Web of Science, SCOPUS and Google Scholar. Finally, 201 studies have been acquired. After screening titles, abstracts and justifying the inclusion criteria, eight studies were finally selected in our study. Four studies were observational and case series with total 216,792 participants. Three studies performed on laboratory in the molecular level and one was carried out in mice. The results have suggested that melatonin decreases the severity of the outcomes of COVID-19 patients in their early stage or even in their critical conditions. Furthermore, the melatonin decreases pneumonia and reduces the ground glass lung damage observed in the image findings. Also, it plays an important role as anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and antioxidant activities. Melatonin inhibits the main protease of sares-cov-2 virus and decreases the viral load in molecular level. Regarding the in vivo studies, melatonin is more effective for reducing acute lung injury than other treatments. Although, further clinical studies are required.
2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)是一种全球大流行疾病，迄今为止还没有降低这种疾病严重程度的特定治疗方法。大多数治疗仍然是支持性和经验性的。本研究的目的是评估补充褪黑素与其对covid-19患者预后严重程度的影响之间的关系。通过PubMed、ISI Web of Science、SCOPUS和Google Scholar数据库检索截至2021年4月4日的所有已发表的研究。最后获得201项研究。在筛选标题、摘要、论证纳入标准后，最终筛选出8篇研究纳入我们的研究。四项研究是观察性和病例系列研究，共有216,792名参与者。在分子水平上进行了三项实验室研究，在小鼠身上进行了一项研究。研究结果表明，褪黑素可以降低新冠肺炎患者早期甚至危重期预后的严重程度。此外，褪黑素可以减少肺炎，减少图像中观察到的磨玻璃肺损伤。此外，它还具有抗炎、抗病毒和抗氧化作用。褪黑素在分子水平上抑制sars -cov-2病毒的主要蛋白酶，降低病毒载量。在体内研究中，褪黑素对减轻急性肺损伤比其他治疗方法更有效。不过，还需要进一步的临床研究。
{"title":"Does the melatonin supplementation decrease the severity of the outcomes in COVID-19 patients? A mini review of observational data in the in vivo and in vitro studies","authors":"M. Gholizadeh, Faezeh Abaj, H. Hasani, A. Mirzababaei, K. Mirzaei","doi":"10.32794/MR11250099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32794/MR11250099","url":null,"abstract":"The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic and there is no specific treatment for reducing the severity of this disease up to date. The majority of the treatments remain supportive and empirical. The aim of present study is to assess the relationship between melatonin supplementation and its effect on the severity of the outcomes in covid-19 patients. All published studies up to April 4 of 2021 were searched by using the databases of PubMed, ISI Web of Science, SCOPUS and Google Scholar. Finally, 201 studies have been acquired. After screening titles, abstracts and justifying the inclusion criteria, eight studies were finally selected in our study. Four studies were observational and case series with total 216,792 participants. Three studies performed on laboratory in the molecular level and one was carried out in mice. The results have suggested that melatonin decreases the severity of the outcomes of COVID-19 patients in their early stage or even in their critical conditions. Furthermore, the melatonin decreases pneumonia and reduces the ground glass lung damage observed in the image findings. Also, it plays an important role as anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and antioxidant activities. Melatonin inhibits the main protease of sares-cov-2 virus and decreases the viral load in molecular level. Regarding the in vivo studies, melatonin is more effective for reducing acute lung injury than other treatments. Although, further clinical studies are required.","PeriodicalId":18604,"journal":{"name":"Melatonin Research","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79261675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Majumder, M. Datta, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Bandyopadhyay
Over the past few decades, since the induction of antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors (PPI) as a therapeutic tool in controlling gastropathy, a substantial decline in the incidence of gastric ulcer and its related manifestations has been achieved globally. However, there are a lot of skeptics on the steady rise in the list of complications following long-term use of these drugs, especially in chronic and elderly patients. Hence, the search for a sustainable cure for these gastropathies has never actually ended; this let us consider that melatonin, an endogenous antioxidant, might have a utility in this respect. Although researchers have linked melatonin with accelerated post ulcerative wound healing, many of these studies have failed to identify the confounding factors and plausible healing mechanisms. In this review, we attempt to identify the underline mechanisms as to the protective effects of melatonin on a variety of gastropathies. Based on the evidence, we select the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) to be the main targets of melatonin. MMPs play a key role in maintaining the balance between extracellular matrix degradation and tissue remodeling, therefore, they act as the integral connection between the ulcer manifestation and healing. Thus, gastric ulceration occurs where this balance is disrupted. Melatonin can preserve this balance during the onset of gastric ulcers. In this review, we have also discussed the effects of melatonin on the different isoforms of MMPs and their roles in gastric ulceration, respectively. We hope that this will bestow us with a better understanding of the development of the gastric ulcer, as well as its cure.
{"title":"Melatonin promotes gastric healing by modulating the components of matrix metalloproteinase signaling pathway: a novel scenario for gastric ulcer management","authors":"R. Majumder, M. Datta, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Bandyopadhyay","doi":"10.32794/mr11250092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32794/mr11250092","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past few decades, since the induction of antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors (PPI) as a therapeutic tool in controlling gastropathy, a substantial decline in the incidence of gastric ulcer and its related manifestations has been achieved globally. However, there are a lot of skeptics on the steady rise in the list of complications following long-term use of these drugs, especially in chronic and elderly patients. Hence, the search for a sustainable cure for these gastropathies has never actually ended; this let us consider that melatonin, an endogenous antioxidant, might have a utility in this respect. Although researchers have linked melatonin with accelerated post ulcerative wound healing, many of these studies have failed to identify the confounding factors and plausible healing mechanisms. In this review, we attempt to identify the underline mechanisms as to the protective effects of melatonin on a variety of gastropathies. Based on the evidence, we select the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) to be the main targets of melatonin. MMPs play a key role in maintaining the balance between extracellular matrix degradation and tissue remodeling, therefore, they act as the integral connection between the ulcer manifestation and healing. Thus, gastric ulceration occurs where this balance is disrupted. Melatonin can preserve this balance during the onset of gastric ulcers. In this review, we have also discussed the effects of melatonin on the different isoforms of MMPs and their roles in gastric ulceration, respectively. We hope that this will bestow us with a better understanding of the development of the gastric ulcer, as well as its cure.","PeriodicalId":18604,"journal":{"name":"Melatonin Research","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84997576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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