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Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury during Heart Transplantation. J Transplant 2012; 2012:928954. [PMID: 22530110 PMCID: PMC3316985 DOI: 10.1155/2012/928954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2011] [Revised: 12/09/2011] [Accepted: 12/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In solid organ transplantation, ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury during organ procurement, storage and reperfusion is an unavoidable detrimental event for the graft, as it amplifies graft inflammation and rejection. Intracellular mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways regulate inflammation and cell survival during IR injury. The four best-characterized MAPK subfamilies are the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK), extracellular signal- regulated kinase-1/2 (ERK1/2), p38 MAPK, and big MAPK-1 (BMK1/ERK5). Here, we review the role of MAPK activation during myocardial IR injury as it occurs during heart transplantation. Most of our current knowledge regarding MAPK activation and cardioprotection comes from studies of preconditioning and postconditioning in nontransplanted hearts. JNK and p38 MAPK activation contributes to myocardial IR injury after prolonged hypothermic storage. p38 MAPK inhibition improves cardiac function after cold storage, rewarming and reperfusion. Small-molecule p38 MAPK inhibitors have been tested clinically in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases, but not in transplanted patients, so far. Organ transplantation offers the opportunity of starting a preconditioning treatment before organ procurement or during cold storage, thus modulating early events in IR injury. Future studies will need to evaluate combined strategies including p38 MAPK and/or JNK inhibition, ERK1/2 activation, pre- or postconditioning protocols, new storage solutions, and gentle reperfusion.
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Ruiz-Meana M, Inserte J, Fernandez-Sanz C, Hernando V, Miro-Casas E, Barba I, Garcia-Dorado D. The role of mitochondrial permeability transition in reperfusion-induced cardiomyocyte death depends on the duration of ischemia. Basic Res Cardiol 2011; 106:1259-68. [PMID: 21959501 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-011-0225-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2011] [Revised: 07/29/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) is critical in cardiomyocyte death during reperfusion but it is not the only mechanism responsible for cell injury. The objectives of the study is to investigate the role of the duration of myocardial ischemia on mitochondrial integrity and cardiomyocyte death. Mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm, JC-1) and MPT (calcein) were studied in cardiomyocytes from wild-type and cyclophilin D (CyD) KO mice refractory to MPT, submitted to simulated ischemia and 10 min reperfusion. Reperfusion after 15 min simulated ischemia induced a rapid recovery of ΔΨm, extreme cell shortening (contracture) and mitochondrial calcein release, and CyD ablation did not affect these changes or cell death. However, when reperfusion was performed after 25 min simulated ischemia, CyD ablation improved ΔΨm recovery and reduced calcein release and cell death (57.8 ± 4.9% vs. 77.3 ± 4.8%, P < 0.01). In a Langendorff system, CyD ablation increased infarct size after 30 min of ischemia (61.3 ± 6.4% vs. 45.3 ± 4.0%, P = 0.02) but reduced it when ischemia was prolonged to 60 min (52.8 ± 8.1% vs. 87.6 ± 3.7%, P < 0.01). NMR spectroscopy in rat hearts showed a rapid recovery of phosphocreatine after 30 min ischemia followed by a marked decay associated with contracture and LDH release, that were preventable with contractile blockade but not with cyclosporine A. In contrast, after 50 min ischemia, phosphocreatine recovery was impaired even with contractile blockade (65.2 ± 4% at 2 min), and cyclosporine A reduced contracture, LDH release and infarct size (52.1 ± 4.2% vs. 82.8 ± 3.6%, P < 0.01). In conclusion, the duration of ischemia critically determines the importance of MPT on reperfusion injury. Mechanisms other than MPT may play an important role in cell death after less severe ischemia.
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- Marisol Ruiz-Meana
- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Research Institute, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Pg. Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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Somers SJ, Lacerda L, Opie L, Lecour S. Age, genetic characteristics and number of cycles are critical factors to consider for successful protection of the murine heart with postconditioning. Physiol Res 2011; 60:971-4. [PMID: 21995895 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Postconditioning (PostC) is a recently discovered phenomenon whereby brief repetitive cycles of ischaemia with intermittent reperfusion following prolonged ischaemia elicit cardioprotection. This study investigated whether the age, genetic characteristics or number of repetitive cycles influenced the protective effect of PostC in mice. C57BL/6 floxed or non-floxed STAT-3 mice aged between 14-16 weeks (young) or 18-20 weeks (older) were perfused on a Langendorff apparatus and subjected to 35 min global ischaemia and 45 min reperfusion. PostC was elicited by either 3 (PostC-3) or 6 cycles (PostC-6) of 10 s ischaemia and 10 s reperfusion. PostC-3 and PostC-6 in both young and older non-floxed mice reduced the myocardial infarct size. In contrast, only PostC-3 reduced myocardial infarct size in young floxed mice. Neither PostC-3 nor PostC-6 reduced the infarct in older floxed mice. Our data reveal that genetic characteristics, a minute difference in age or the number of postconditioning cycles are critical factors to be considered for the successful effect of ischaemic postconditioning in a murine model. Moreover, these factors should be taken into consideration for future experimental research or clinical applications of this protective phenomenon.
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- S J Somers
- Hatter Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Freixa X, Bellera N, Ortiz-Pérez JT, Jiménez M, Paré C, Bosch X, De Caralt TM, Betriu A, Masotti M. Ischaemic postconditioning revisited: lack of effects on infarct size following primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Eur Heart J 2011; 33:103-12. [PMID: 21846677 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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AIMS To assess the short- and long-term effects of postconditioning (p-cond) on infarct size, extent of myocardial salvage, and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in a series of patients presenting with evolving ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Previous studies have shown that p-cond during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) confers protection against ischaemia-reperfusion injury and thus might reduce myocardial infarct size. METHODS AND RESULTS Seventy-nine patients undergoing PCI for a first STEMI with TIMI grade flow 0-1 and no collaterals were randomized to p-cond (n= 39) or controls (n= 40). Postconditioning was performed by applying four consecutive cycles of 1 min balloon inflation, each followed by 1 min deflation. Infarct size, myocardial salvage, and LVEF were assessed by cardiac-MRI 1 week and 6 months after MI. Postconditioning was associated with lower myocardial salvage (4.1 ± 7.2 vs. 9.1 ± 5.8% in controls; P= 0.004) and lower myocardial salvage index (18.9 ± 27.4 vs. 30.9 ± 20.5% in controls; P= 0.038). No significant differences in infarct size and LVEF were found between the groups at 1 week and 6 months after MI. CONCLUSION This randomized study suggests that p-cond during primary PCI does not reduce infarct size or improve myocardial function recovery at both short- and long-term follow-up and might have a potential harmful effect.
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- Xavier Freixa
- Interventional Cardiology Section, Cardiology Department, Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Catalonia, Spain.
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Tamareille S, Mateus V, Ghaboura N, Jeanneteau J, Croué A, Henrion D, Furber A, Prunier F. RISK and SAFE signaling pathway interactions in remote limb ischemic perconditioning in combination with local ischemic postconditioning. Basic Res Cardiol 2011; 106:1329-39. [PMID: 21833651 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-011-0210-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 07/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Local ischemic postconditioning (IPost) and remote ischemic perconditioning (RIPer) are promising methods to decrease ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. We tested whether the use of the two procedures in combination led to an improvement in cardioprotection through a higher activation of survival signaling pathways. Rats exposed to myocardial I/R were allocated to one of the following four groups: Control, no intervention at myocardial reperfusion; IPost, three cycles of 10-s coronary artery occlusion followed by 10-s reperfusion applied at the onset of myocardial reperfusion; RIPer, 10-min limb ischemia followed by 10-min reperfusion initiated 20 min after coronary artery occlusion; IPost+RIPer, IPost and RIPer in combination. Infarct size was significantly reduced in both IPost and RIPer (34.25 ± 3.36 and 24.69 ± 6.02%, respectively) groups compared to Control (54.93 ± 6.46%, both p < 0.05). IPost+RIPer (infarct size = 18.04 ± 4.86%) was significantly more cardioprotective than IPost alone (p < 0.05). RISK pathway (Akt, ERK1/2, and GSK-3β) activation was enhanced in IPost, RIPer, and IPost+RIPer groups compared to Control. IPost+RIPer did not enhance RISK pathway activation as compared to IPost alone, but instead increased phospho-STAT-3 levels, highlighting the crucial role of the SAFE pathway. In IPost+RIPer, a SAFE inhibitor (AG490) abolished cardioprotection and blocked both Akt and GSK-3β phosphorylations, whereas RISK inhibitors (wortmannin or U0126) abolished cardioprotection and blocked STAT-3 phosphorylation. In our experimental model, the combination of IPost and RIPer improved cardioprotection through the recruitment of the SAFE pathway. Our findings also indicate that cross talk exists between the RISK and SAFE pathways.
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Sun H, Guo T, Liu L, Yu Z, Xu W, Chen W, Shen L, Wang J, Dou X. Ischemic postconditioning inhibits apoptosis after acute myocardial infarction in pigs. Heart Surg Forum 2011; 13:E305-10. [PMID: 20961830 DOI: 10.1532/hsf98.20101013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Recent studies have shown that ischemic postconditioning reduces myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury; however, the effects of inhibiting apoptosis on cardioprotection induced by ischemic postconditioning remain to be determined. The objective of this study was to investigate whether ischemic postconditioning attenuates myocardial I/R injury by reduced apoptosis in a closed-chest pig model of acute myocardial infarction. METHODS Diannan small-ear pigs were randomly divided into 3 groups (5/group): (1) The sham group underwent a sham operation without ischemia; (2) the I/R group received 60 minutes of ischemia and 72 hours of reperfusion; and (3) the ischemic postconditioning (Postcond) group was treated the same as the I/R group except that the pigs received 8 cycles of 30 seconds of reperfusion and 30 seconds of ischemia at the onset of reperfusion. After 72 hours of reperfusion, infarct size was measured by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining. Apoptotic cells in the peri-infarct myocardium were evaluated with the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) method, and apoptosis-related molecules were studied with western blotting analysis. RESULTS After 72 hours of reperfusion, mean (±SEM) infarct size was significantly smaller in the Postcond group than in the I/R group (23.26% ± 3.13% versus 10.89% ± 2.02%, P < .05). Apoptotic myocytes in the peri-infarct region were lower in the Postcond group than in the I/R group (15.31% ± 4.58% versus 33.83% ± 4.44%, P < .05). This decrease in the extent of apoptosis was accompanied by a significant decrease in Bax expression (0.306 ± 0.075 versus 0.433 ± 0.102 for the I/R group; P < .05) and a significant increase in Bcl-2 expression (1.801 ± 0.227 versus 1.267 ± 0.308 for the I/R group; P < .05). CONCLUSIONS In a clinically relevant closed-chest pig model of myocardial infarction, these data suggest the following: (1) Ischemic postconditioning reduces infarct size following prolonged reperfusion, and (2) this cardioprotective effect is likely achieved via antiapoptotic mechanisms.
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- Haimei Sun
- Department of ICU, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical College, 295 Xin-Chang Road, Kunming, P. R. China
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Hausenloy DJ, Lecour S, Yellon DM. Reperfusion injury salvage kinase and survivor activating factor enhancement prosurvival signaling pathways in ischemic postconditioning: two sides of the same coin. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 14:893-907. [PMID: 20615076 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The discovery of ischemic postconditioning (IPost) has rejuvenated the field of cardioprotection. As an interventional strategy to be applied at the onset of myocardial reperfusion, the transition of IPost from a bench-side curiosity to potential clinical therapy has been impressively rapid. Its existence also confirms the existence of lethal myocardial reperfusion injury in man, suggesting that 40%-50% of the final reperfused myocardial infarct may actually be due to myocardial reperfusion injury. Intensive analysis of the signal transduction pathways underlying IPost has identified similarities with the signaling pathways underlying its preischemic counterpart, ischemic preconditioning. In this article, the reperfusion injury salvage kinase pathway and the more recently described survivor activating factor enhancement pathway, two apparently distinct signaling pathways that actually interact to convey the IPost stimulus from the cell surface to the mitochondria, where many of the prosurvival and death signals appear to converge. The elucidation of the reperfusion signaling pathways underlying IPost may result in the identification of novel pharmacological targets for cardioprotection.
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- Derek J Hausenloy
- The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, 67 Chenies Mews, London, United Kingdom.
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Salminen PR, Jonassen AK, Aarnes EK, Moen CA, Stangeland L, Eliassen F, Kongsvik R, Matre K, Haaverstad R, Grong K. Antiapoptotic Intervention in Repeated Blood Cardioplegia: A Porcine Study of Myocardial Function. Ann Thorac Surg 2011; 91:784-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.10.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Revised: 10/20/2010] [Accepted: 10/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Ischemic preconditioning, a robust cardioprotective intervention, has limited clinical efficacy because it must be initiated before myocardial ischemia. Conversely, ischemic postconditioning, repeated brief reocclusions of a coronary artery after release of prolonged coronary occlusion, provides cardioprotection in clinically feasible settings, that is, coronary angioplasty. Ischemic postconditioning's signaling is being investigated to identify pharmacological triggers that could be used without angioplasty. In initial minutes of reperfusion H(+) washes out of previously ischemic cells. pH rises enabling mitochondrial permeability transition pores (MPTPs) to form leading to cessation of ATP production and cell necrosis. Coronary reocclusions maintain sufficient acidosis to keep MPTP closed while signaling is initiated that can generate endogenous antagonists of MPTP formation even after cellular pH normalizes. Reintroduction of oxygen generates reactive oxygen species that activate protein kinase C to increase sensitivity of adenosine A(2b) receptors allowing adenosine released from ischemic cells to bind leading to activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activation results in phosphorylation of Akt promoting activation of nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide production, which inhibits glycogen synthase kinase-3β, perhaps the final cytosolic signaling step before inhibition of MPTP formation. Interference with MPTP may be the final step that determines cell salvage.
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- Michael V Cohen
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.
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Vinten-Johansen J, Granfeldt A, Mykytenko J, Undyala VV, Dong Y, Przyklenk K. The multidimensional physiological responses to postconditioning. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 14:791-810. [PMID: 20618066 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Reperfusion is the definitive treatment to reduce infarct size and other manifestations of postischemic injury. However, reperfusion contributes to postischemic injury, and, therefore, reperfusion therapies do not achieve the optimal salvage of myocardium. Other tissues as well undergo injury after reperfusion, notably, the coronary vascular endothelium. Postconditioning has been shown to have salubrious effects on different tissue types within the heart (cardiomyocytes, endothelium) and to protect against various pathologic processes, including necrosis, apoptosis, contractile dysfunction, arrhythmias, and microvascular injury or "no-reflow." The mechanisms by which postconditioning alters the pathophysiology of reperfusion injury is exceedingly complex and involves physiological mechanisms (e.g., delaying re-alkalinization of tissue pH, triggering release of autacoids, and opening and closing of various channels) and molecular mechanisms (activation of kinases) that affect cellular and subcellular targets or effectors. The physiologic responses to postconditioning are not isolated or mutually exclusive, but are interactive, with one response affecting another in an integrated manner. This integrated response on multiple targets differs from the monotherapy approach by drugs that have failed to reduce reperfusion injury on a consistent basis and may underlie the efficacy of this therapeutic approach across species and in human trials.
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- Jakob Vinten-Johansen
- Department of Surgery (Cardiothoracic), Carlyle Fraser Heart Center, Emory University, 550 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30308-2225, USA.
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Several signal transduction pathways are activated by cardioprotective stimuli, including ischemic or pharmacological postconditioning. These pathways converge on a common target, the mitochondria, and cardioprotection by postconditioning is associated with preserved mitochondrial function after ischemia/reperfusion. The present review discusses the role of mitochondria in cardioprotection, especially the involvement of ATP-dependent potassium channels, reactive oxygen species, and the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, and focuses on the effects of postconditioning on mitochondrial function (i.e., their oxygen consumption and calcium retention capacity). The contribution of mitochondria to loss of protection by postconditioning in diseased or aged myocardium is also addressed.
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- Kerstin Boengler
- Institut für Pathophysiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, Essen, Germany.
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Gonon AT, Jung C, Yang J, Sjöquist PO, Pernow J. The combination of L-arginine and ischaemic post-conditioning at the onset of reperfusion limits myocardial injury in the pig. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 201:219-26. [PMID: 21241456 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM To investigate whether ischaemic post-conditioning (IPoC) combined with i.v. infusion of the nitric oxide (NO) substrate L-arginine at the onset of reperfusion exerts cardioprotective effect that is superior to either treatment given separately. METHODS Twenty-six anesthetized pigs were subjected to coronary artery (left anterior descending artery, LAD) ligation for 40 min followed by 4 h reperfusion. The pigs were randomized into five different groups receiving either i.v. vehicle, i.v. L-arginine, IPoC 4 × 60 s together with i.v. vehicle or IPoC together with i.v. L-arginine and a group with IPoC 8 × 30 s. All infusions were started 10 min before reperfusion. RESULTS The infarct size of the vehicle group was 82 ± 4% of the area at risk. L-Arginine alone (79 ± 8%), IPoC 4 × 60 s vehicle (86 ± 3%) or IPoC 8 × 30 s vehicle (94 ± 7%) did not affect infarct size. l-Arginine together with IPoC significantly reduced infarct size to 59 ± 4% (P < 0.01). Except for higher LAD flow during early reperfusion in the IPoC L-arginine group, haemodynamic parameters did not differ between the four main groups. Heart rate and rate pressure product were lower during ischaemia and reperfusion in the IPoC 8 × 30 s vehicle group. In comparison with the vehicle group, there were no changes in the expression of Akt, phosphorylated Akt Ser(473) , inducible NO synthase, endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) or phosphorylated eNOS Ser(1177) in the ischaemic/reperfused myocardium. CONCLUSION L-Arginine given systemically at the onset of reperfusion protects the pig heart against ischaemia and reperfusion injury only when combined with IPoC. These results indicate that the combination of the two treatment strategies exerts cardioprotection.
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- A T Gonon
- Division of Clinical Physiology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Cai M, Li Y, Xu Y, Swartz HM, Chen CL, Chen YR, He G. Endothelial NOS activity and myocardial oxygen metabolism define the salvageable ischemic time window for ischemic postconditioning. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 300:H1069-77. [PMID: 21217066 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00694.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ischemic postconditioning (IPOC) could be ineffective or even detrimental if the index ischemic duration is either too short or too long. The present study is to demonstrate that oxygen supply and metabolism defines a salvageable ischemic time window of IPOC in mice. C57BL/6 mice underwent coronary artery occlusion followed by reperfusion (I/R), with or without IPOC by three cycles of 10 s/10 s R/I. In vivo myocardial tissue oxygenation was monitored with electron paramagnetic resonance oximetry. Regional blood flow (RBF) was measured with a laser Doppler monitor. At the end of 60 min reperfusion, tissue from the risk area was collected, and mitochondrial enzyme activities were assayed. Tissue oximetry demonstrated that I/R induced a reperfusion hyperoxygenation state in the 30- and 45-min but not 15- and 60-min ischemia groups. IPOC attenuated the hyperoxygenation with 45 but not 30 min ischemia. RBF, eNOS phosphorylation, and mitochondrial enzyme activities were suppressed after I/R with different ischemic time, and IPOC afforded protection with 30 and 45 but not 60 min ischemia. Infarct size measurement indicated that IPOC reduced infarction with 30 and 45 min but not 60 min ischemia. Clearly, IPOC protected mouse heart with a defined ischemic time window between 30 and 45 min. This salvageable time window was accompanied by the improvement of RBF due to increased phosphorylated eNOS and the preservation of mitochondrial oxygen consumption due to conserved mitochondrial enzyme activities. Interestingly, this salvageable ischemic time window was mirrored by tissue hyperoxygenation status in the postischemic heart.
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- Ming Cai
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Columbus, USA
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Si R, Tao L, Zhang HF, Yu QJ, Zhang R, Lv AL, Zhou N, Cao F, Guo WY, Ren J, Wang HC, Gao F. Survivin: A novel player in insulin cardioprotection against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 50:16-24. [PMID: 20801129 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Revised: 08/18/2010] [Accepted: 08/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Rui Si
- Department of Physiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Ischemia/reperfusion injury is increased and cardioprotection by a postconditioning protocol is lost as cardiac hypertrophy develops in nandrolone treated rats. Basic Res Cardiol 2010; 106:409-20. [DOI: 10.1007/s00395-010-0143-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Revised: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Remote postconditioning by humoral factors in effluent from ischemic preconditioned rat hearts is mediated via PI3K/Akt-dependent cell-survival signaling at reperfusion. Basic Res Cardiol 2010; 106:135-45. [PMID: 21103992 PMCID: PMC3012213 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-010-0133-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2010] [Revised: 10/19/2010] [Accepted: 11/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Short non-lethal ischemic episodes administered to hearts prior to (ischemic preconditioning, IPC) or directly after (ischemic postconditioning, IPost) ischemic events facilitate myocardial protection. Transferring coronary effluent collected during IPC treatment to un-preconditioned recipient hearts protects from lethal ischemic insults. We propose that coronary IPC effluent contains hydrophobic cytoprotective mediators acting via PI3K/Akt-dependent pro-survival signaling at ischemic reperfusion. Ex vivo rat hearts were subjected to 30 min of regional ischemia and 120 min of reperfusion. IPC effluent administered for 10 min prior to index ischemia attenuated infarct size by ≥55% versus control hearts (P < 0.05). Effluent administration for 10 min at immediate reperfusion (reperfusion therapy) or as a mimetic of pharmacological postconditioning (remote postconditioning, RIPost) significantly reduced infarct size compared to control (P < 0.05). The IPC effluent significantly increased Akt phosphorylation in un-preconditioned hearts when administered before ischemia or at reperfusion, while pharmacological inhibition of PI3K/Akt-signaling at reperfusion completely abrogated the cardioprotection offered by effluent administration. Fractionation of coronary IPC effluent revealed that cytoprotective humoral mediator(s) released during the conditioning phase were of hydrophobic nature as all hydrophobic fractions with molecules under 30 kDa significantly reduced infarct size versus the control and hydrophilic fraction-treated hearts (P < 0.05). The total hydrophobic effluent fraction significantly reduced infarct size independently of temporal administration (before ischemia, at reperfusion or as remote postconditioning). In conclusion, the IPC effluent retains strong cardioprotective properties, containing hydrophobic mediator(s) < 30 kDa offering cytoprotection via PI3K/Akt-dependent signaling at ischemic reperfusion.
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Lønborg J, Treiman M, Engstrøm T. Ischemic postconditioning: a clinical perspective. Interv Cardiol 2010. [DOI: 10.2217/ica.10.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Xin P, Zhu W, Li J, Ma S, Wang L, Liu M, Li J, Wei M, Redington AN. Combined local ischemic postconditioning and remote perconditioning recapitulate cardioprotective effects of local ischemic preconditioning. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 298:H1819-31. [PMID: 20207813 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01102.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Ischemic postconditioning (PostC) and perconditioning (PerC) provide practical methods for protecting the heart against ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, but their combined effects have not been studied in detail. Using an in vivo rat I/R model, we tested 1) whether additive effects were produced when local PostC was preceded by varying doses of remote PerC, and whether the optimal PostC+PerC regime is additive to local ischemic preconditioning (IPC), and 2) how combined PostC+PerC alters the activity of the reperfusion injury salvage kinase pathway. The optimal combination of PerC and PostC therapy was produced by PerC delivered with four cycles of 5 min of limb ischemia followed by 5-min reperfusion. This resulted in lower infarct size (22.56 ± 4.45%) compared with rats with PostC alone (29.39 ± 3.66%) and PerC alone (33.49 ± 5.81%) and complementary differences in the generation of reactive oxygen species and apoptotic signaling. However, this optimal combination of PostC+PerC resulted in protection similar to local IPC alone (18.8 ± 2.54%, P = 0.13), and when added to IPC there was no additional protection (19.62 ± 2.89%, P = 0.675). Akt and ERK1/2 phosphorylation was induced by PostC and PerC and maximally by combined PostC+PerC treatment, and protection was abolished by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase or ERK1/2 inhibitors. This study shows that neither PostC nor a maximized “dose” of PerC leads to optimal kinase signaling or cardioprotection compared with IPC alone. However, combined PostC+PerC may result in complementary effects on kinase signaling to recapitulate the effects of local IPC. Finally, combined PostC+PerC is not additive to IPC, suggesting that each works via a common pathway.
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- Division of Cardiology, Shanghai Sixth Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; and
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- Division of Cardiology, Shanghai Sixth Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; and
- Division of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Shanghai Sixth Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; and
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- Division of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Shanghai Sixth Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; and
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- Division of Cardiology, Shanghai Sixth Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; and
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- Division of Cardiology, Shanghai Sixth Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; and
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- Division of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
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Ovize M, Baxter GF, Di Lisa F, Ferdinandy P, Garcia-Dorado D, Hausenloy DJ, Heusch G, Vinten-Johansen J, Yellon DM, Schulz R. Postconditioning and protection from reperfusion injury: where do we stand? Position paper from the Working Group of Cellular Biology of the Heart of the European Society of Cardiology. Cardiovasc Res 2010; 87:406-23. [PMID: 20448097 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 430] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Ischaemic postconditioning (brief periods of ischaemia alternating with brief periods of reflow applied at the onset of reperfusion following sustained ischaemia) effectively reduces myocardial infarct size in all species tested so far, including humans. Ischaemic postconditioning is a simple and safe manoeuvre, but because reperfusion injury is initiated within minutes of reflow, postconditioning must be applied at the onset of reperfusion. The mechanisms of protection by postconditioning include: formation and release of several autacoids and cytokines; maintained acidosis during early reperfusion; activation of protein kinases; preservation of mitochondrial function, most strikingly the attenuation of opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP). Exogenous recruitment of some of the identified signalling steps can induce cardioprotection when applied at the time of reperfusion in animal experiments, but more recently cardioprotection was also observed in a proof-of-concept clinical trial. Indeed, studies in patients with an acute myocardial infarction showed a reduction of infarct size and improved left ventricular function when they underwent ischaemic postconditioning or pharmacological inhibition of MPTP opening during interventional reperfusion. Further animal studies and large-scale human studies are needed to determine whether patients with different co-morbidities and co-medications respond equally to protection by postconditioning. Also, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms must be improved to develop new therapeutic strategies to be applied at reperfusion with the ultimate aim of limiting the burden of ischaemic heart disease and potentially providing protection for other organs at risk of reperfusion injury, such as brain and kidney.
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- Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Cardiovasculaires and Inserm U886, Hospices Civils de Lyon, University of Lyon, France
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van der Pals J, Koul S, Götberg MI, Olivecrona GK, Ugander M, Kanski M, Otto A, Götberg M, Arheden H, Erlinge D. Apyrase treatment of myocardial infarction according to a clinically applicable protocol fails to reduce myocardial injury in a porcine model. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2010; 10:1. [PMID: 20047685 PMCID: PMC2820435 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-10-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2009] [Accepted: 01/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Ectonucleotidase dependent adenosine generation has been implicated in preconditioning related cardioprotection against ischemia-reperfusion injury, and treatment with a soluble ectonucleotidase has been shown to reduce myocardial infarct size (IS) when applied prior to induction of ischemia. However, ectonucleotidase treatment according to a clinically applicable protocol, with administration only after induction of ischemia, has not previously been evaluated. We therefore investigated if treatment with the ectonucleotidase apyrase, according to a clinically applicable protocol, would reduce IS and microvascular obstruction (MO) in a large animal model. Methods A percutaneous coronary intervention balloon was inflated in the left anterior descending artery for 40 min, in 16 anesthetized pigs (40-50 kg). The pigs were randomized to 40 min of 1 ml/min intracoronary infusion of apyrase (10 U/ml, n = 8) or saline (0.9 mg/ml, n = 8), twenty minutes after balloon inflation. Area at risk (AAR) was evaluated by ex vivo SPECT. IS and MO were evaluated by ex vivo MRI. Results No differences were observed between the apyrase group and saline group with respect to IS/AAR (75.7 ± 4.2% vs 69.4 ± 5.0%, p = NS) or MO (10.7 ± 4.8% vs 11.4 ± 4.8%, p = NS), but apyrase prolonged the post-ischemic reactive hyperemia. Conclusion Apyrase treatment according to a clinically applicable protocol, with administration of apyrase after induction of ischemia, does not reduce myocardial infarct size or microvascular obstruction.
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Pagel PS. Cardioprotection by Volatile Anesthetics: Established Scientific Principle or Lingering Clinical Uncertainty? J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2009; 23:589-93. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2009] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Iliodromitis EK, Downey JM, Heusch G, Kremastinos DT. What is the optimal postconditioning algorithm? J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 2009; 14:269-73. [PMID: 19741111 DOI: 10.1177/1074248409344328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Ischemic postconditioning has emerged as a clinically feasible intervention for limiting infarction in the setting of percutaneous intervention. In ischemic postconditioning, a number of cycles of a brief period of reperfusion followed by a brief period of occlusion are applied immediately upon reperfusion of the ischemic heart. Although ischemic postconditioning is protective in both animals and man, the animal studies reveal that the algorithm used in selecting the duration of the occlusion and reperfusion periods is critical to the degree of protection realized and it varies with species. The question then arises what is the best algorithm for man? The available animal and clinical data are examined in an attempt to shed light on this perplexing problem.
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- Efstathios K Iliodromitis
- 2nd University Department of Cardiology, Medical School, Attikon General Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Zhao WS, Xu L, Wang LF, Zhang L, Zhang ZY, Liu Y, Liu XL, Yang XC, Cui L, Zhang L. A 60-s postconditioning protocol by percutaneous coronary intervention inhibits myocardial apoptosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Apoptosis 2009; 14:1204-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-009-0387-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lacerda L, Somers S, Opie LH, Lecour S. Ischaemic postconditioning protects against reperfusion injury via the SAFE pathway. Cardiovasc Res 2009; 84:201-8. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Manintveld OC, Hekkert MTL, van der Ploeg NT, Verdouw PD, Duncker DJ. Interaction between pre- and postconditioning in the in vivo rat heart. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2009; 234:1345-54. [PMID: 19657069 DOI: 10.3181/0903-rm-121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Patients with an impending myocardial infarction may be preconditioned by pre-infarct angina. Hence, it is important to establish whether ischemic postconditioning is still effective in preconditioned hearts. We therefore studied in anesthetized rats the effect of postconditioning after coronary artery occlusions (CAO) of 60 min in control hearts, hearts preconditioned by a single 15-min CAO (1IPC15) or a triple 3-min CAO (3IPC3). Furthermore, we studied the effect of postconditioning in hearts that had been pharmacologically preconditioned with intravenous adenosine and in hearts that had become tolerant to 1IPC15. Postconditioning limited infarct size in control hearts, but did not afford additional protection in preconditioned hearts, irrespective of the IPC stimulus. NO synthase inhibition abolished the cardioprotection by postconditioning, both IPC stimuli, and the combination of postconditioning and either IPC stimulus. Postconditioning also failed to afford cardioprotection in hearts protected by adenosine, and in hearts that had become tolerant to cardioprotection by 1IPC15. In accordance with previous observations, postconditioning paradoxically increased infarct size following a 30-min CAO. This detrimental effect was prevented by either IPC stimulus, in a NO synthase-dependent manner. In conclusion, postconditioning does not afford additional protection in preconditioned hearts, irrespective of the preconditioning stimulus and the presence of tolerance to preconditioning. Lack of additional protection may be related to the observation that postconditioning and preconditioning are both mediated via NO synthase. In contrast, the increase in infarct size by postconditioning following a 30-min CAO is abolished by either IPC stimulus. These findings indicate that the interaction between preconditioning and postconditioning is highly dependent on the duration of index ischemia, but independent of the preconditioning stimulus.
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- Olivier C Manintveld
- Experimental Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Musiolik J, van Caster P, Skyschally A, Boengler K, Gres P, Schulz R, Heusch G. Reduction of infarct size by gentle reperfusion without activation of reperfusion injury salvage kinases in pigs. Cardiovasc Res 2009; 85:110-7. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kaljusto ML, Mori T, Mohammad Husain Rizvi S, Galagudza M, Frantzen ML, Valen G, Vaage J. Postconditioning in rats and mice. SCAND CARDIOVASC J 2009; 40:334-41. [PMID: 17118823 DOI: 10.1080/14017430601007587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE For subsequent studies on the molecular mechanisms of postconditioning, we aimed to identify a robust postconditioning protocol in rat and mouse heart. DESIGN Isolated rat hearts were subjected to different postconditioning protocols (study 1 and 2). The protection was compared to preconditioning. Rats (study 3) in vivo in two different laboratories were postconditioned. Isolated mouse hearts (study 4) and mice in vivo (study 5) were postconditioned. RESULTS Postconditioning did not protect isolated, perfused rat hearts, however, preconditioning improved function and reduced infarct size. Postconditioning tended to protect rat hearts in vivo in one laboratory (p = 0.10), whereas protection was seen in the other laboratory (infarct size 51+/-11% vs controls 62+/-3%, p = 0.01). Postconditioned mouse hearts were protected, both ex vivo (16+/-9% vs controls 33+/-18%, p = 0.02) and in vivo (21+/-5% vs 42+/-7%, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Rat hearts are less suitable for studies of mechanisms of postconditioning. The results suggest that the signaling pathways differ between pre- and postconditioning. Mouse hearts were strongly protected by postconditioning, and genetically engineered mice may be useful for postconditioning research.
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- Mari-Liis Kaljusto
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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Juhaszova M, Zorov DB, Yaniv Y, Nuss HB, Wang S, Sollott SJ. Role of glycogen synthase kinase-3beta in cardioprotection. Circ Res 2009; 104:1240-52. [PMID: 19498210 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.109.197996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Limitation of infarct size by ischemic/pharmacological pre- and postconditioning involves activation of a complex set of cell-signaling pathways. Multiple lines of evidence implicate the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) as a key end effector of ischemic/pharmacological pre- and postconditioning. Increasing the ROS threshold for mPTP induction enhances the resistance of cardiomyocytes to oxidant stress and results in infarct size reduction. Here, we survey and synthesize the present knowledge about the role of glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3beta in cardioprotection, including pre- and postconditioning. Activation of a wide spectrum of cardioprotective signaling pathways is associated with phosphorylation and inhibition of a discrete pool of GSK-3beta relevant to mitochondrial signaling. Therefore, GSK-3beta has emerged as the integration point of many of these pathways and plays a central role in transferring protective signals downstream to target(s) that act at or in proximity to the mPTP. Bcl-2 family proteins and mPTP-regulatory elements, such as adenine nucleotide translocator and cyclophilin D (possibly voltage-dependent anion channel), may be the functional downstream target(s) of GSK-3beta. Gaining a better understanding of these interactions to control and prevent mPTP induction when appropriate will enable us to decrease the negative impact of the reperfusion-induced ROS burst on the fate of mitochondria and perhaps allow us to limit propagation of damage throughout and between cells and consequently, to better limit infarct size.
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- Magdalena Juhaszova
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, Box 13, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-6825, USA
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Skyschally A, van Caster P, Iliodromitis EK, Schulz R, Kremastinos DT, Heusch G. Ischemic postconditioning: experimental models and protocol algorithms. Basic Res Cardiol 2009; 104:469-83. [PMID: 19543787 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-009-0040-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2009] [Revised: 04/30/2009] [Accepted: 05/27/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ischemic postconditioning, a simple mechanical maneuver at the onset of reperfusion, reduces infarct size after ischemia/reperfusion. After its first description in 2003 by Zhao et al. numerous experimental studies have investigated this protective phenomenon. Whereas the underlying mechanisms and signal transduction are not yet understood in detail, infarct size reduction by ischemic postconditioning was confirmed in all species tested so far, including man. We have now reviewed the literature with focus on experimental models and protocols to better understand the determinants of protection by ischemic postconditioning or lack of it. Only studies with infarct size as unequivocal endpoint were considered. In all species and models, the duration of index ischemia and the protective protocol algorithm impact on the outcome of ischemic postconditioning, and gender, age, and myocardial temperature contribute.
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- Andreas Skyschally
- Institut für Pathophysiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Intracoronary acid infusion as an alternative to ischemic postconditioning in pigs. Basic Res Cardiol 2009; 104:761-71. [DOI: 10.1007/s00395-009-0032-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2009] [Revised: 04/27/2009] [Accepted: 04/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hyperthermia-Induced Cardioprotection Is Potentiated by Ischemic Postconditioning in Rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2009; 234:573-81. [DOI: 10.3181/0807-rm-217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We tested the hypothesis that the protective effects of hyperthermia (HT) could be augmented by ischemic postconditioning (PostC) via enhancement of reperfusion-induced Akt phosphorylation. The role of the mitoKATP channel as an effecter to protect hearts against ischemia/reperfusion injury was also investigated. In isolated perfused heart experiments using a Langendorff apparatus, 30 min of no-flow global ischemia was followed by 120 min of reperfusion. Ischemic PostC, 5 cycles of 10-sec reperfusion/10-sec ischemia, was achieved at the initial moment of reperfusion. Hyperthermia (HT, 43°C for 20 min) was applied 24 hr before ischemia onset. Ischemic PostC alone did not show significant protection, but HT did. The HT-induced protection in terms of infarct size, recovery of left ventricular performance, amount of released creatine kinase and apoptosis were enhanced by ischemic PostC. These protective effects were consistent with the levels of Akt phosphorylation 7 min after reperfusion and were completely blocked by the pretreatment with the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor wortmannin. HT-induced protection was also completely abolished by concomitant perfusion with 5-hydroxydecanoate (5HD, 100 μM), an inhibitor of the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium (mitoKATP) channel. However, the potentiated protection by ischemic PostC remained, even in the presence of 5HD. In conclusion, ischemic PostC could potentiate the protective effects of HT possibly via enhancement of reperfusion-induced Akt phosphorylation. Although the opening of the mitoKATP channel is predominantly involved as an effecter in HT-induced protection, potentiated protection by ischemic PostC may involve mechanisms other than the mitoKATP channel.
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Postconditioning and Anticonditioning: Possibilities to Interfere to Evoked Apoptosis. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2009; 29:821-5. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9363-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2008] [Accepted: 02/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cardioprotection: a radical view Free radicals in pre and postconditioning. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:781-93. [PMID: 19248760 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2008] [Revised: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 02/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A series of brief (a few minutes) ischemia/reperfusion cycles (ischemic preconditioning, IP) limits myocardial injury produced by a subsequent prolonged period of coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion. Postconditioning (PostC), which is a series of brief (a few seconds) reperfusion/ischemia cycles at reperfusion onset, attenuates also ischemia/reperfusion injury. In recent years the main idea has been that reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an essential, though double-edged, role in cardioprotection: they may participate in reperfusion injury or may play a role as signaling elements of protection in the pre-ischemic phase. It has been demonstrated that preconditioning triggering is redox-sensitive, using either ROS scavengers or ROS generators. We have shown that nitroxyl triggers preconditioning via pro-oxidative, and/or nitrosative stress-related mechanism(s). Several metabolites, including acetylcholine, bradykinin, opioids and phenylephrine, trigger preconditioning-like protection via a mitochondrial K(ATP)-ROS-dependent mechanism. Intriguingly, and contradictory to the above mentioned theory of ROS as an obligatory part of reperfusion-induced damage, some studies suggest the possibility that some ROS at low concentrations could protect ischemic hearts against reperfusion injury. Yet, we demonstrated that ischemic PostC is also a cardioprotective phenomenon that requires the intervention of redox signaling to be protective. Emerging evidence suggests that in a preconditioning scenario a redox signal is required during the first few minutes of myocardial reperfusion following the index ischemic period. Intriguingly, the ROS signaling in the early reperfusion appear crucial to both preconditioning- and postconditioning-induced protection. Therefore, our and others' results suggest that the role of ROS in reperfusion may be reconsidered as they are not only deleterious.
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Yao Y, Li L, Li L, Gao C, Shi C. Sevoflurane Postconditioning Protects Chronically-Infarcted Rat Hearts against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Activation of Pro-survival Kinases and Inhibition of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Opening upon Reperfusion. Biol Pharm Bull 2009; 32:1854-61. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.32.1854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Yuntai Yao
- Department of Anesthesiology, Fuwai Cardiovascular Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Fuwai Cardiovascular Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiovascular Institute, General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiovascular Institute, General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Fuwai Cardiovascular Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College
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Skyschally A, van Caster P, Boengler K, Gres P, Musiolik J, Schilawa D, Schulz R, Heusch G. Ischemic postconditioning in pigs: no causal role for RISK activation. Circ Res 2008; 104:15-8. [PMID: 19038864 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.108.186429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Ischemic postconditioning (IPoC) reduces infarct size following ischemia/reperfusion. Whether or not phosphorylation of RISK (reperfusion injury salvage kinases) (AKT, ERK1/2, P70S6K, GSK3beta) is causal for protection by IPoC is controversial. We therefore studied the impact of RISK on IPoC in anesthetized pigs subjected to 90 minutes of left anterior descending coronary artery hypoperfusion and 120 minutes of reperfusion. In protocol 1, IPoC, by 6 cycles of 20/20 seconds of reperfusion/reocclusion (n=13), was compared with immediate full reperfusion (IFR) (n=15). In protocol 2, IPoC (n=4) or IFR (n=4) was performed with pharmacological RISK blockade by IC coinfusion of Wortmannin and U0126. Infarct size was determined by TTC staining, and the expression of phosphorylated RISK proteins by Western blot analysis in biopsies. In protocol 1, infarct size was 20+/-3% (percentage of area at risk; mean+/-SEM) with IPoC and 33+/-4% (P<0.05) with IFR. RISK phosphorylation increased with reperfusion but was not different between IPoC and IFR. In protocol 2, Wortmannin and U0126 blocked the increases in RISK phosphorylation during reperfusion, but infarct size was still smaller with IPoC (15+/-7%) than with IFR (35+/-6%; P<0.05).
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Lie RH, Hasenkam JM, Nielsen TT, Poulsen R, Sloth E. Post-conditioning reduces infarct size in an open-chest porcine acute ischemia-reperfusion model. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2008; 52:1188-93. [PMID: 18823456 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01756.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Timely reperfusion is a prerequisite for myocardial salvage; however, re-oxygenation of the ischemic myocardium initiates reperfusion injury. Post-conditioning diminishes the detrimental aftermath of an acute myocardial infarction through alleviation of reperfusion injury. Ischemic post-conditioning consists of a series of brief interruptions in the coronary blood supply that has to be applied within the first minutes after re-establishing the coronary flow. METHODS Sixteen female mixed Danish Landrace and Yorkshire pigs weighing 20 kg were included. The heart was exposed through a midline sternotomy. A snare was positioned around the left anterior descending coronary artery downstream of the second diagonal branch. After randomization to either no treatment (control group) or treatment by ischemic post-conditioning (post-conditioning group), the pigs underwent 45 min of ischemia and 180 min of reperfusion. The post-conditioning group had a post-conditioning algorithm applied consisting of 15 s of reperfusion alternating with 15 s of re-occlusion repeated 10 times. RESULTS The groups were comparable with regard to body weight, hemodynamics and the size of the area at risk. The post-conditioning group had an absolute reduction in infarct size of 18.1% [confidence interval (CI): 6.2: 30.0%] compared with the control group (P=0.0056). In the post-conditioning group, infarction developed in 39.6+/-12.0% (1 SD) of the area at risk compared with 57.8+/-10.2% (1 SD) in the control group. CONCLUSION When ischemic post-conditioning was applied at reperfusion, we found an absolute reduction in infarct size of 18.1% presumably attributable to a diminished reperfusion injury. The model we have developed is suitable for further studies of this promising intervention.
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- R H Lie
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Dow J, Bhandari A, Kloner RA. Ischemic Postconditioning's Benefit on Reperfusion Ventricular Arrhythmias Is Maintained in the Senescent Heart. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 2008; 13:141-8. [DOI: 10.1177/1074248408317705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The purpose of this study is to determine if postconditioning's beneficial effect on ventricular arrhythmias is maintained in elderly hearts. In elderly populations, the cardioprotective effects of ischemic preconditioning are lost. Previously, the authors observed that ischemic postconditioning markedly reduced reperfusion-induced ventricular arrhythmias in adult rats. Whether this benefit is maintained in senescent hearts is unknown. Here, the authors study young adult rats compared with senescent animals. They chose 24-month-old Fischer female rats as these rats are approaching the end of their normal life span. Unlike some studies that suggest that the benefits of preconditioning and postconditioning are lost in the elderly, their data show that antiarrhythmic protection conferred by postconditioning is present in both the young and old rats.
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- Joan Dow
- Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital
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- Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California
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- Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, , Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California
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McAllister SE, Ashrafpour H, Cahoon N, Huang N, Moses MA, Neligan PC, Forrest CR, Lipa JE, Pang CY. Postconditioning for salvage of ischemic skeletal muscle from reperfusion injury: efficacy and mechanism. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 295:R681-9. [PMID: 18509099 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90303.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We tested our hypothesis that postischemic conditioning (PostC) is effective in salvage of ischemic skeletal muscle from reperfusion injury and the mechanism involves inhibition of opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP). In bilateral 8x13 cm pig latissimus dorsi muscle flaps subjected to 4 h ischemia, muscle infarction increased from 22+/-4 to 41+/-1% between 2 and 24 h reperfusion and remained unchanged at 48 (38+/-6%) and 72 (40+/-1%) h reperfusion (P<0.05; n=4 pigs). PostC induced by four cycles of 30-s reperfusion/reocclusion at the onset of reperfusion after 4 h ischemia reduced muscle infarction from 44+/-2 to 22+/-2% at 48 h reperfusion. This infarct protective effect of PostC was mimicked by intravenous injection of the mPTP opening inhibitor cyclosporin A or NIM-811 (10 mg/kg) at 5 min before the end of 4 h ischemia and was abolished by intravenous injection of the mPTP opener atractyloside (10 mg/kg) at 5 min before PostC (P<0.05; n=4-5 pigs). PostC or intravenous cyclosporin A injection at 5 min before reperfusion caused a decrease in muscle myeloperoxidase activity and mitochondrial free Ca2+ concentration and an increase in muscle ATP content after 4 h ischemia and 2 h reperfusion compared with the time-matched controls. These effects of PostC were abolished by intravenous injection of atractyloside at 5 min before PostC (P<0.05; n=6 pigs). These observations support our hypothesis that PostC is effective in salvage of ischemic skeletal muscle from reperfusion injury and the mechanism involves inhibition of opening of the mPTP.
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- Sandra E McAllister
- Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
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Murphy E, Steenbergen C. Mechanisms underlying acute protection from cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury. Physiol Rev 2008; 88:581-609. [PMID: 18391174 PMCID: PMC3199571 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00024.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1075] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Mitochondria play an important role in cell death and cardioprotection. During ischemia, when ATP is progressively depleted, ion pumps cannot function resulting in a rise in calcium (Ca(2+)), which further accelerates ATP depletion. The rise in Ca(2+) during ischemia and reperfusion leads to mitochondrial Ca(2+) accumulation, particularly during reperfusion when oxygen is reintroduced. Reintroduction of oxygen allows generation of ATP; however, damage to the electron transport chain results in increased mitochondrial generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mitochondrial Ca(2+) overload and increased ROS can result in opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, which further compromises cellular energetics. The resultant low ATP and altered ion homeostasis result in rupture of the plasma membrane and cell death. Mitochondria have long been proposed as central players in cell death, since the mitochondria are central to synthesis of both ATP and ROS and since mitochondrial and cytosolic Ca(2+) overload are key components of cell death. Many cardioprotective mechanisms converge on the mitochondria to reduce cell death. Reducing Ca(2+) overload and reducing ROS have both been reported to reduce ischemic injury. Preconditioning activates a number of signaling pathways that reduce Ca(2+) overload and reduce activation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. The mitochondrial targets of cardioprotective signals are discussed in detail.
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- Elizabeth Murphy
- Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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du Toit EF, Genis A, Opie LH, Pollesello P, Lochner A. A role for the RISK pathway and K(ATP) channels in pre- and post-conditioning induced by levosimendan in the isolated guinea pig heart. Br J Pharmacol 2008; 154:41-50. [PMID: 18297097 DOI: 10.1038/bjp.2008.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Myocardial reperfusion injury prevents optimal salvage of the ischaemic myocardium, and adjunct therapy that would significantly reduce reperfusion injury is still lacking. We investigated whether (1) the heart could be pre- and/or post-conditioned using levosimendan (levosimendan pre-conditioning (LPC) and levosimendan post-conditioning (LPostC)) and (2) the prosurvival kinases and/or the sarcolemmal or mitochondrial K(ATP) channels are involved. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Isolated guinea pig hearts were treated with two 5 min cycles of levosimendan (0.1 microM) interspersed with vehicle perfusion, or two 5 min cycles of ischaemia/reperfusion, before coronary artery ligation (CAL) for 40 min at 36.5 degrees C. Hearts were treated with mitochondrial or sarcolemmal K(ATP) channel blockers before LPC or LPostC. For post-conditioning, hearts received three 30 s cycles of ischaemia/reperfusion or levosimendan/vehicle. Hearts were pretreated with levosimendan immediately before CAL (without washout). Cardiac function, infarct size and reperfusion injury salvage kinase activity was assessed. KEY RESULTS LPC and LPostC halved the infarct size compared with controls (P<0.05). Treatment with K(ATP) channel blockers before LPC or LPostC reversed this decrease. Pretreating hearts with levosimendan increased activity of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 42/44 on reperfusion and had the most marked infarct-lowering effect (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS (1) Hearts could be pharmacologically pre- and post-conditioned with levosimendan; (2) levosimendan pretreatment is the most effective way to reduce infarct size, possibly by increasing ERK 42/44 activity; (3) benefits of LPC and LPostC were abolished by both K(ATP) channel blockers and (4) LPC may be useful before elective cardiac surgery, whereas LPostC may be used after acute coronary artery events.
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- E F du Toit
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a major contributory factor to cardiac dysfunction and infarct size that determines patient prognosis after acute myocardial infarction. Considerable interest exists in harnessing the heart's endogenous capacity to resist I/R injury, known as ischemic preconditioning (IPC). The IPC research has contributed to uncovering the pathophysiology of I/R injury on a molecular and cellular basis and to invent potential therapeutic means to combat such damage. However, the translation of basic research findings learned from IPC into clinical practice has often been inadequate because the majority of basic research findings have stemmed from young and healthy animals. Few if any successful implementations of IPC have occurred in the diseased hearts that are the primary target of viable therapies activating cardioprotective mechanisms to limit cardiac dysfunction and infarct size. Therefore, the first purpose of this review is to facilitate understanding of pathophysiology of I/R injury and the mechanisms of cardioprotection afforded by IPC in the normal heart. Then I focus on the problems and opportunities for successful bench-to-bedside translation of IPC in the diseased hearts.
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- Hajime Otani
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi City, Japan.
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Hale SL, Mehra A, Leeka J, Kloner RA. Postconditioning fails to improve no reflow or alter infarct size in an open-chest rabbit model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 294:H421-5. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00962.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Postconditioning (PoC) with brief intermittent ischemia after myocardial reperfusion has been shown to lessen some elements of postischemic injury including arrhythmias and, in some studies, the size of myocardial infarction. We hypothesized that PoC could improve reflow to the risk zone after reperfusion. Anesthetized, open-chest rabbits were subjected to 30 min of coronary artery occlusion followed by 3 h of reperfusion. In protocol 1, rabbits were randomly assigned to the control group ( n = 10, no further intervention after reperfusion) or to the PoC group, which consisted of four cycles of 30-s reocclusions with 30 s of reperfusion in between starting at 30 s after the initial reperfusion (4 × 30/30, n = 10). In protocol 2, rabbits were assigned to the control group ( n = 7) or the PoC group, which received PoC consisting of four cycles of 60-s intervals of ischemia and reperfusion starting at 30 s after the initial reperfusion (4 × 60/60, n = 7). No reflow was determined by injecting thioflavine S (a fluorescent marker of capillary perfusion), risk zone by blue dye, and infarct size by triphenyltetrazolium chloride. In protocol 1, there were no statistical differences in hemodynamics, ischemic risk zone, or infarct size (35 ± 6% of the risk zone in the PoC group vs. 29 ± 4% in the control group, P = 0.38) between the groups. Similarly, in protocol 2, PoC failed to reduce infarct size compared with the control group (45 ± 4% of the risk zone in the PoC group vs. 42 ± 6% in the control group, P = 0.75). There was a strong correlation in both protocols between the size of the necrotic zone and the portion of the necrotic zone that contained an area of no reflow. However, PoC did not affect this relationship. PoC did not reduce infarct size in this model, nor did it reduce the extent of the anatomic zone of no reflow, suggesting that this intervention may not impact postreperfusion microvascular damage due to ischemia.
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Penna C, Mancardi D, Raimondo S, Geuna S, Pagliaro P. The paradigm of postconditioning to protect the heart. J Cell Mol Med 2007; 12:435-58. [PMID: 18182064 PMCID: PMC3822534 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00210.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Ischaemic preconditioning limits the damage induced by subsequent ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R). However, preconditioning is of little practical use as the onset of an infarction is usually unpredictable. Recently, it has been shown that the heart can be protected against the extension of I/R injury if brief (10–30 sec.) coronary occlusions are performed just at the beginning of the reperfusion. This procedure has been called postconditioning (PostC). It can also be elicited at a distant organ, termed remote PostC, by intermittent pacing (dyssynchrony-induced PostC) and by pharmacological interventions, that is pharmacological PostC. In particular, brief applications of intermittent bradykinin or diazoxide at the beginning of reperfusion reproduce PostC protection. PostC reduces the reperfusion-induced injury, blunts oxidant-mediated damages and attenuates the local inflammatory response to reperfusion. PostC induces a reduction of infarct size, apoptosis, endothelial dysfunction and activation, neutrophil adherence and arrhythmias. Whether it reduces stunning is not clear yet. Similar to preconditioning, PostC triggers signalling pathways and activates effectors implicated in other cardioprotective manoeuvres. Adenosine and bradykinin are involved in PostC triggering. PostC triggers survival kinases (RISK), including A t and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). Nitric oxide, via nitric oxide synthase and non-enzymatic production, cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and protein kinases G (PKG) participate in PostC. PostC-induced protection also involves an early redox-sensitive mechanism, and mitochondrial adenosine-5′ -triphosphate (ATP)-sensitive K+ and PKC activation. Protective pathways activated by PostC appear to converge on mitochondrial permeability transition pores, which are inhibited by acidosis and glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β). In conclusion, the first minutes of reperfusion represent a window of opportunity for triggering the aforementioned mediators which will in concert lead to protection against reperfusion injury. Pharmacological PostC and possibly remote PostC may have a promising future in clinical scenario.
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- C Penna
- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche dell'Università di Torino, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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Vinten-Johansen J. Postconditioning: a mechanical maneuver that triggers biological and molecular cardioprotective responses to reperfusion. Heart Fail Rev 2007; 12:235-44. [PMID: 17520362 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-007-9024-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Infarct size is determined not only by the duration and severity of ischemia, but also by pathological processes initiated at reperfusion (reperfusion injury). Numerous pharmacological strategies have been reported which administer drugs at or just before the onset of reperfusion, with subsequent salubrious effects, notably a reduction in infarct size. However, few if any of these strategies have become standard of care in the catheterization laboratory setting. Postconditioning, defined as repeated brief cycles of reperfusion interrupted by ischemia (or hypoxia) applied at the onset of reperfusion, was recently introduced as a mechanical strategy to attenuate reperfusion injury. Postconditioning intervenes only during the first few minutes of reperfusion. However, it reduces endothelial activation and dysfunction, the inflammatory response to reperfusion, necrosis, and apoptosis both acutely and long-term. Cardioprotection has been demonstrated by multiple independent laboratories and in multiple species. Postconditioning stimulates G-protein coupled receptors by their cognate endogenously released ligands and surprisingly activates survival kinases that may converge on mitochondrial K(ATP) channels and the permeability transition pore. Postconditioning has been shown in two clinical studies to reduce infarct size in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the catheterization laboratory, and at least five other studies are in some phase of implementation. This significant reduction in infarct size has implications for reduction in heart failure as a consequence of myocardial infarction, but this link has yet to be demonstrated. The salubrious effects of postconditioning are an indirect validation of the experimental and clinical importance of reperfusion injury in the setting of coronary artery occlusion.
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- Jakob Vinten-Johansen
- Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center of Emory Crawford Long Hospital, 550 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30308-2225, USA.
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Schulz R, Boengler K, Totzeck A, Luo Y, Garcia-Dorado D, Heusch G. Connexin 43 in ischemic pre- and postconditioning. Heart Fail Rev 2007; 12:261-6. [PMID: 17516165 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-007-9032-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Connexin 43 (Cx43) is the predominant protein forming gap junctions and non-junctional hemichannels in ventricular myocardium, but Cx43 is also localized at the inner membrane of cardiomyocyte mitochondria. In cardiomyocytes, Cx43 is involved in the formation of reactive oxygen species, which are central to the signal transduction cascade of ischemic preconditioning's protection. Accordingly, genetically-induced or age-related loss of Cx43 abolishes infarct size reduction by ischemic preconditioning. Similarly, mitochondrial import inhibition of Cx43 completely blocks infarct size reduction by pharmacological preconditioning with diazoxide. In contrast to its importance for preconditioning-induced cardioprotection, Cx43 is not important for infarct size reduction by ischemic postconditioning. In summary, Cx43--especially Cx43 localized in mitochondria--appears to be one key element of the signal transduction cascade of the protection by preconditioning.
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- Rainer Schulz
- Institut für Pathophysiologie, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
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The Effect of Xenon Anesthesia on the Size of Experimental Myocardial Infarction. Anesth Analg 2007; 105:1200-6, table of contents. [DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000284697.73471.9c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Vinten-Johansen J, Zhao ZQ, Jiang R, Zatta AJ, Dobson GP. Preconditioning and postconditioning: innate cardioprotection from ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 103:1441-8. [PMID: 17615276 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00642.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Reperfusion is the definitive treatment to salvage ischemic myocardium from infarction. A primary determinant of infarct size is the duration of ischemia. In myocardium that has not been irreversibly injured by ischemia, reperfusion induces additional injury in the area at risk. The heart has potent innate cardioprotective mechanisms against ischemia-reperfusion that reduce infarct size and other presentations of postischemic injury. Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) applied before the prolonged ischemia exerts the most potent protection observed among known strategies. It has been assumed that IPC exerts protection during ischemia. However, recent data suggest that cardioprotection is also exerted during reperfusion. Postconditioning (PoC), defined as brief intermittent cycles of ischemia alternating with reperfusion applied after the ischemic event, has been shown to reduce infarct size, in some cases equivalent to that observed with IPC. Although there are similarities in mechanisms of cardioprotection by these two interventions, there are key differences that go beyond simply exerting these mechanisms before or after ischemia. A significant limitation of IPC has been the inability to apply this maneuver clinically except in situations where the ischemic event can be predicted. On the other hand, PoC is applied at the point of service in the hospital (cath-lab for percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, and other cardiac surgery) where and when reperfusion is initiated. Initial clinical studies are in agreement with the success and extent to which PoC reduces infarct size and myocardial injury, even in the presence of multiple comorbidities.
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- Jakob Vinten-Johansen
- Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory of Emory Crawford Long Hospital and Emory University, 550 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308-2225, USA.
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