Sharma Prateek, Verma Reet, Sharma Veerta, Singh Thakur Gurjeet
Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, 140401, Punjab, India.
Cardiovasc Toxicol. 2025 Jun 4. doi: 10.1007/s12012-025-10005-7.
Environmental toxins such as heavy metals, industrial pollutants, pesticides, and environmental chemicals are becoming recognized as key contributors to cardiotoxicity, with considerable implications for worldwide cardiovascular health. Humans are unintentionally exposed to environmental toxins, which have a variety of cardiopathologic effects. These poisons cause oxidative stress, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and dysregulation of important physiological pathways which ultimately contribute to cardiac dysfunction and diseases. Natural compounds originating from medicinal plants, microbes, and marine organisms have emerged as promising cardioprotective agents. These bioactive chemicals exhibit potent anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cardio-regenerative activities, which target molecular mechanisms involved in cardiotoxicity. Phytochemicals such as terpenoids, polyphenols, flavonoids, and alkaloids, as well as bioactive peptides and microbial metabolites, have shown promise in pre-clinical and clinical investigations for preventing toxin-induced cardiac damage. Therefore, this review highlights the mechanisms of environmental toxin-induced cardiotoxicity and the novel therapeutic agents for the prevention and treatment of environmental toxin-induced cardiotoxicity.
重金属、工业污染物、农药和环境化学物质等环境毒素正逐渐被视为心脏毒性的关键促成因素,对全球心血管健康具有重大影响。人类在无意中接触到环境毒素,这些毒素具有多种心脏病理效应。这些毒物会导致氧化应激、炎症、线粒体功能障碍以及重要生理途径的失调,最终导致心脏功能障碍和疾病。源自药用植物、微生物和海洋生物的天然化合物已成为有前景的心脏保护剂。这些生物活性化学物质表现出强大的抗氧化、抗炎和心脏再生活性,它们针对与心脏毒性相关的分子机制。萜类化合物、多酚、黄酮类化合物和生物碱等植物化学物质,以及生物活性肽和微生物代谢产物,在预防毒素诱导的心脏损伤的临床前和临床研究中已显示出前景。因此,本综述重点介绍了环境毒素诱导心脏毒性的机制以及预防和治疗环境毒素诱导心脏毒性的新型治疗药物。