Purinergic Component in the Coronary Vasodilatation to Acetylcholine after Ischemia-Reperfusion in Perfused Rat Hearts

2014 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángel Luis García-Villalón ◽  
Miriam Granado ◽  
Luis Monge ◽  
Nuria Fernández ◽  
Gonzalo Carreño-Tarragona ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blanca Arroyo-Flores ◽  
Erika Chi-Ahumada ◽  
Erika Briones-Cerecero ◽  
Alma Barajas-Espinosa ◽  
Sandra Perez-Aguilar ◽  
...  

Background: Ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) are common clinical insults that disrupt the molecular structure of coronary vascular endothelial luminal membrane (VELM) that result in diverse microvasculature dysfunctions. However, the knowledge of the associated biochemical changes is meager. We hypothesized that ischemia and I/R-induced structural and functional VELM alterations result from biochemical changes. First, these changes need to be described and later the mechanisms behind be identified. Methods: During control conditions, in isolated perfused rat hearts VELM proteins were labeled with biotin. The groups of hearts were: control (C), no flow ischemia (I; 25 min), and I/R (I; 25 min, reperfusion 30 min). The biotinylated luminal endothelial membrane proteins in these three different groups were examined by 2-D electrophoresis and identified. But, it must be kept in mind the proteins were biotin-labeled during control. Results: A comparative analysis of the protein profiles under the 3 conditions following 2D gel electrophoresis showed differences in the molecular weight distribution such that MWC > MWI > MWI/R. Similar analysis for isoelectric points (pHi) showed a shift toward more acidic pHi under ischemic conditions. Of 100 % proteins identified during control 66% and 88% changed their MW-pHi during ischemia and I/R respectively. Among these lost proteins there were 9 proteins identified as adhesins and G-protein coupled receptors. General significance: I and I/R insults alter MW-pHi of most luminal glycocalyx proteins due to the activation of nonspecific hydrolizing mechanisms; suspect metalloproteases and glycanases. This makes necessary the identification of hydrolyzing enzymes reponsible of multiple microvascular dysfunctions in order to maintain the integrity of vascular endothelial membrane. VELM must become a target of future therapeutics.


Circulation ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 114 (14) ◽  
pp. 1497-1503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madoka Matsumoto-Ida ◽  
Masaharu Akao ◽  
Toshihiro Takeda ◽  
Masashi Kato ◽  
Toru Kita

2010 ◽  
Vol 299 (6) ◽  
pp. H2076-H2081 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Farah ◽  
G. Meyer ◽  
L. André ◽  
J. Boissière ◽  
S. Gayrard ◽  
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Sustained urban carbon monoxide (CO) exposure exacerbates heart vulnerability to ischemia-reperfusion via deleterious effects on the antioxidant status and Ca2+ homeostasis of cardiomyocytes. The aim of this work was to evaluate whether moderate exercise training prevents these effects. Wistar rats were randomly assigned to a control group and to CO groups, living during 4 wk in simulated urban CO pollution (30–100 parts/million, 12 h/day) with (CO-Ex) or sedentary without exercise (CO-Sed). The exercise procedure began 4 wk before CO exposure and was maintained twice a week in standard filtered air during CO exposure. On one set of rats, myocardial ischemia (30 min) and reperfusion (120 min) were performed on isolated perfused rat hearts. On another set of rats, myocardial antioxidant status and Ca2+ handling were evaluated following environmental exposure. As a result, exercise training prevented CO-induced myocardial phenotypical changes. Indeed, exercise induced myocardial antioxidant status recovery in CO-exposed rats, which is accompanied by a normalization of sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase 2a expression and then of Ca2+ handling. Importantly, in CO-exposed rats, the normalization of cardiomyocyte phenotype with moderate exercise was associated with a restored sensitivity of the myocardium to ischemia-reperfusion. Indeed, CO-Ex rats presented a lower infarct size and a significant decrease of reperfusion arrhythmias compared with their sedentary counterparts. To conclude, moderate exercise, by preventing CO-induced Ca2+ handling and myocardial antioxidant status alterations, reduces heart vulnerability to ischemia-reperfusion.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Michaela Andrä ◽  
Miriam Russ ◽  
Susanne Jauk ◽  
Mariana Lamacie ◽  
Ingrid Lang ◽  
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As progressive organ shortage in cardiac transplantation demands extension of donor criteria, effort is needed to optimize graft survival. Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, generated during organ procurement, transplantation, and reperfusion, contribute to acute and late graft dysfunction. The combined application of diverse substances acting via different molecular pathways appears to be a reasonable approach to face the complex mechanism of ischemia reperfusion injury. Thus, an antioxidant solution containing α-ketoglutaric acid, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, N-acetyl-L-methionine, and N-acetyl-selenium-L-methionine was combined with endogenous angiotensin-(1-7). Its capacity of myocardial protection was investigated in isolated Langendorff-perfused rat hearts subjected to warm and cold ischemia. The physiological cardiac parameters were assessed throughout the experiments. Effects were evaluated via determination of the oxidative stress parameters malondialdehyde and carbonyl proteins as well as immunohistochemical and ultrastructural tissue analyses. It was shown that a combination of 20% (v/v) antioxidant solution and 220 pM angiotensin-(1-7) led to the best results with a preservation of heart tissue against oxidative stress and morphological alteration. Additionally, immediate cardiac recovery (after warm ischemia) and normal physiological performance (after cold ischemia) were recorded. Overall, the results of this study indicate substantial cardioprotection of the novel combination with promising prospective for future clinical use.


2003 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengyuan Xia ◽  
David V Godin ◽  
Thomas K.H Chang ◽  
David M Ansley

We examined the effects of propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) on functional recovery and 15-F2t-isoprostane generation during ischemia–reperfusion in Langendorff-perfused rat hearts. Before the induction of 40 min of global ischemia, hearts were perfused (10 min) with propofol at 5 (lo-P) or 12 μg/mL (hi-P) in saline or with saline only (control). During ischemia, saline, lo-P, or hi-P was perfused through the aorta at 60 μL/min. During the first 15 min of reperfusion, propofol (5 or 12 μg/mL) was continued, followed by perfusion with 5 μg/mL propofol for 75 min in both propofol-treated groups. After 90 min of reperfusion (Rep-90), heart tissues were harvested for assessment of antioxidant status. In hi-P, we observed increased latency to and greater reduction of ischemic contracture relative to the lo-P or control groups. 15-F2t-Isoprostane concentrations increased during ischemia and were significantly lower in hi-P and lo-P than in control (P < 0.01). At Rep-90, myocardial functional recovery was greater in both propofol-treated groups relative to control, and it correlated positively with tissue antioxidant capacity preservation. Tissue antioxidant capacity was better preserved in hi-P than in lo-P treatment (P < 0.05). We conclude that oxidant injury occurs during ischemia and reperfusion, and propofol provides dose-dependent protection primarily by enhancing tissue antioxidant capacity and reducing lipid peroxidation.Key words: propofol, myocardium, ischemia–reperfusion, 15-F2t-isoprostane.


2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (6) ◽  
pp. 1909-1916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebru Gürel ◽  
Kirsten M. Smeele ◽  
Otto Eerbeek ◽  
Anneke Koeman ◽  
Cihan Demirci ◽  
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The glycolytic enzyme hexokinase (HK) is suggested to play a role in ischemic preconditioning (IPC). In the present study we determined how ischemic preconditioning affects HK activity and HKI and HKII protein content at five different time points and three different subcellular fractions throughout cardiac ischemia-reperfusion. Isolated Langendorff-perfused rat hearts (10 groups of 7 hearts each) were subjected to 35 min ischemia and 30 min reperfusion (control groups); the IPC groups were pretreated with 3 times 5-min ischemia. IPC was without effect on microsomal HK activity, and only decreased cytosolic HK activity at 35 min ischemia, which was mimicked by decreased cytosolic HKII, but not HKI, protein content. In contrast, mitochondrial HK activity at baseline and during reperfusion was elevated by IPC, without changes during ischemia. No effect of IPC on mitochondrial HK I protein content was observed. However, mitochondrial HK II protein content during reperfusion was augmented by IPC, albeit not following the IPC stimulus. It is concluded that IPC results in decreased cytosolic HK activity during ischemia that could be explained by decreased HKII protein content. IPC increased mitochondrial HK activity before ischemia and during reperfusion that was only mimicked by increased HK II protein content during reperfusion. IPC was without effect on the phosphorylation status of HK before ischemia. We conclude that IPC is associated with 1) a biphasic response of increased mitochondrial HK activity before and after ischemia, 2) decreased cytosolic HK activity during ischemia, and 3) cellular redistribution of HKII but not HKI.


2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 775-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Yamashiro ◽  
Katsuhiko Noguchi ◽  
Toshihiro Matsuzaki ◽  
Kanako Miyagi ◽  
Junko Nakasone ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 294 (5) ◽  
pp. H2088-H2097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Pasdois ◽  
Bertrand Beauvoit ◽  
Liliane Tariosse ◽  
Béatrice Vinassa ◽  
Simone Bonoron-Adèle ◽  
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This study analyzed the oxidant generation during ischemia-reperfusion protocols of Langendorff-perfused rat hearts, preconditioned with a mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel (mitoKATP) opener (i.e., diazoxide). The autofluorescence of mitochondrial flavoproteins, and that of the total NAD(P)H pool on the one hand and the fluorescence of dyes sensitive to H2O2 or O2•− [i.e., the dihydrodichlorofluoroscein (H2DCF) and dihydroethidine (DHE), respectively] on the other, were noninvasively measured at the surface of the left ventricular wall by means of optic fibers. Isolated perfused rat hearts were subjected to an ischemia-reperfusion protocol. Opening mitoKATP with diazoxide (100 μM) 1) improved the recovery of the rate-pressure product after reperfusion (72 ± 2 vs. 16.8 ± 2.5% of baseline value in control group, P < 0.01), and 2) attenuated the oxidant generation during both ischemic (−46 ± 5% H2DCF oxidation and −40 ± 3% DHE oxidation vs. control group, P < 0.01) and reperfusion (−26 ± 2% H2DCF oxidation and −23 ± 2% DHE oxidation vs. control group, P < 0.01) periods. All of these effects were abolished by coperfusion of 5-hydroxydecanoic acid (500 μM), a mitoKATP blocker. During the preconditioning phase, diazoxide induced a transient, reversible, and 5-hydroxydecanoic acid-sensitive flavoprotein and H2DCF (but not DHE) oxidation. In conclusion, the diazoxide-mediated cardioprotection is supported by a moderate H2O2 production during the preconditioning phase and a strong decrease in oxidant generation during the subsequent ischemic and reperfusion phases.


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