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Testai L, Rapposelli S, Martelli A, Breschi M, Calderone V. Mitochondrial Potassium Channels as Pharmacological Target for Cardioprotective Drugs. Med Res Rev 2014; 35:520-53. [DOI: 10.1002/med.21332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- L. Testai
- Department of Pharmacy; University of Pisa; Pisa Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy; University of Pisa; Pisa Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy; University of Pisa; Pisa Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy; University of Pisa; Pisa Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy; University of Pisa; Pisa Italy
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Coetzee WA. Multiplicity of effectors of the cardioprotective agent, diazoxide. Pharmacol Ther 2013; 140:167-75. [PMID: 23792087 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2013.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Diazoxide has been identified over the past 50years to have a number of physiological effects, including lowering the blood pressure and rectifying hypoglycemia. Today it is used clinically to treat these conditions. More recently, another important mode of action emerged: diazoxide has powerful protective properties against cardiac ischemia. The heart has intrinsic protective mechanisms against ischemia injury; one of which is ischemic preconditioning. Diazoxide mimics ischemic preconditioning. The purpose of this treatise is to review the literature in an attempt to identify the many effectors of diazoxide and discuss how they may contribute to diazoxide's cardioprotective properties. Particular emphasis is placed on the concentration ranges in which diazoxide affects its different targets and how this compares with the concentrations commonly used to study cardioprotection. It is concluded that diazoxide may have several potential effectors that may potentially contribute to cardioprotection, including KATP channels in the pancreas, smooth muscle, endothelium, neurons and the mitochondrial inner membrane. Diazoxide may also affect other ion channels and ATPases and may directly regulate mitochondrial energetics. It is possible that the success of diazoxide lies in this promiscuity and that the compound acts to rebalance multiple physiological processes during cardiac ischemia.
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- William A Coetzee
- Department of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, United States; Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, United States; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, United States.
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Human K(ATP) channelopathies: diseases of metabolic homeostasis. Pflugers Arch 2009; 460:295-306. [PMID: 20033705 PMCID: PMC2883927 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-009-0771-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Accepted: 11/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Assembly of an inward rectifier K+ channel pore (Kir6.1/Kir6.2) and an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding regulatory subunit (SUR1/SUR2A/SUR2B) forms ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channel heteromultimers, widely distributed in metabolically active tissues throughout the body. KATP channels are metabolism-gated biosensors functioning as molecular rheostats that adjust membrane potential-dependent functions to match cellular energetic demands. Vital in the adaptive response to (patho)physiological stress, KATP channels serve a homeostatic role ranging from glucose regulation to cardioprotection. Accordingly, genetic variation in KATP channel subunits has been linked to the etiology of life-threatening human diseases. In particular, pathogenic mutations in KATP channels have been identified in insulin secretion disorders, namely, congenital hyperinsulinism and neonatal diabetes. Moreover, KATP channel defects underlie the triad of developmental delay, epilepsy, and neonatal diabetes (DEND syndrome). KATP channelopathies implicated in patients with mechanical and/or electrical heart disease include dilated cardiomyopathy (with ventricular arrhythmia; CMD1O) and adrenergic atrial fibrillation. A common Kir6.2 E23K polymorphism has been associated with late-onset diabetes and as a risk factor for maladaptive cardiac remodeling in the community-at-large and abnormal cardiopulmonary exercise stress performance in patients with heart failure. The overall mutation frequency within KATP channel genes and the spectrum of genotype-phenotype relationships remain to be established, while predicting consequences of a deficit in channel function is becoming increasingly feasible through systems biology approaches. Thus, advances in molecular medicine in the emerging field of human KATP channelopathies offer new opportunities for targeted individualized screening, early diagnosis, and tailored therapy.
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Levosimendan, a drug used in the treatment of acute and decompensated heart failure, has positive inotropic and antistunning effects mediated by calcium sensitization of contractile proteins, and vasodilatory and antiischemic effects mediated via the opening of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in vascular smooth-muscle cells. Recently, it also has been shown to act on mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium (mitoKATP) channels, an action thought to protect the heart against ischemia-reperfusion damage. This finding has suggested a possible application for levosimendan in clinical situations in which preconditioning would be beneficial (eg, in pre- and perioperative settings in cardiac surgery). The demonstration that levosimendan can prevent or limit myocyte apoptosis via the activation of mitoKATP channels provides a potential mechanism whereby this agent might protect cardiac myocytes during episodes of acute heart failure. This finding may explain why short-term treatment with levosimendan may improve longer-term survival. The present article reviews the literature on the cardioprotective actions of levosimendan, with particular emphasis on its recently recognized effects on mitoKATP channels and the putative preconditioning effects of that action. A therapeutic approach to acute heart failure that includes a cardioprotective strategy could have a clinically meaningful benefit on disease progression beyond alleviation of symptoms.
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Wang Y, Haider HK, Ahmad N, Ashraf M. Mechanisms by which KATP channel openers produce acute and delayed cardioprotection. Vascul Pharmacol 2005; 42:253-64. [PMID: 15922258 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2005.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mitochondria are being increasingly studied for their critical role in cell survival. Multiple diverse signaling pathways have been shown to converge on the K+-sensitive ATP channels as the effectors of cytoprotection against necrosis and apoptosis. The role of potassium channel openers in regulation and transformation of cell membrane excitability, action potential and electrolyte transfer has been extensively studied. Cardiac mitoK(ATP) channels are the key effectors in cardioprotection during ischemic preconditioning, as yet with an undefined mechanism. They have been hypothesized to couple myocardial metabolism with membrane electrical activity and provide an excellent target for drug therapy. A number of K(ATP) channel openers have been characterized for their beneficial effects on the myocardium against ischemic injury. This review updates recent progress in understanding the physiological role of K(ATP) channels in cardiac protection induced by preconditioning and highlights relevant questions and controversies in the light of published data.
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- Yigang Wang
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0529, USA
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Busija DW, Lacza Z, Rajapakse N, Shimizu K, Kis B, Bari F, Domoki F, Horiguchi T. Targeting mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels--a novel approach to neuroprotection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 46:282-94. [PMID: 15571770 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/29/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mitochondrial responses to ischemic stress play an important role in necrosis and apoptosis of brain cells. Recent studies using several different experimental preparations have shown that activation of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in mitochondria (mitoK(ATP) channels) is able to protect neurons and astroglia against injury and death. Thus, targeting of mitoK(ATP) channels appears to be a novel approach to neuroprotection. However, little is known about the mechanisms involved. The purpose of this review is to detail the current state of knowledge about this important, emerging area of investigation, and to provide suggestions for future studies.
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- David W Busija
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, and Center for Investigative Neuroscience, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1010, USA.
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Kopustinskiene DM, Pollesello P, Saris NEL. Potassium-specific effects of levosimendan on heart mitochondria. Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 68:807-12. [PMID: 15294443 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2004.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2003] [Accepted: 05/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this study, we evaluated levosimendan, a new drug developed for the treatment of acute and decompensated heart failure, as a potential activator of ATP-sensitive potassium flux to the matrix of cardiac mitochondria. We estimated the KATP channel openers-induced increase in mitochondrial inner membrane permeability for potassium by registering changes in membrane potential of heart mitochondria, oxidizing endogenous substrates. We compared the effect of levosimendan with the effects of the known KATP channel openers diazoxide and pinacidil. Levosimendan (1 microM) accelerated potassium-specific DeltaPsi decrease by 0.15%/s, whereas 50 microM diazoxide by 0.10%/s, and 50 microM pinacidil by 0.08%/s, respectively. These results were confirmed by swelling experiments of non-respiring mitochondria in potassium nitrate medium. We found that levosimendan with an EC50 of 0.83 +/- 0.24 microM activates potassium flux to the mitochondrial matrix. This effect is discussed as a possible explanation of the anti-ischemic action of levosimendan.
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Nagy K, Kis B, Rajapakse NC, Bari F, Busija DW. Diazoxide preconditioning protects against neuronal cell death by attenuation of oxidative stress upon glutamate stimulation. J Neurosci Res 2004; 76:697-704. [PMID: 15139028 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We examined the effects of diazoxide, the putative mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium (mitoK(ATP)) channel opener, against glutamate excitotoxicity in primary cultures of rat cortical neurons. Cells were treated with diazoxide for 24 hr and then exposed to 200 microM glutamate. Cell viability was measured 24 hr after glutamate exposure. We found that treatment 24 hr before glutamate exposure with 250 and 500 microM diazoxide but not with another mitoK(ATP) channel opener, nicorandil, increased neuronal viability from 54 +/- 2% to 84 +/- 2% and 92 +/- 3%, respectively (n = 25-40). These effects were not inhibited by the putative mitoK(ATP) channel blocker 5-hydroxydecanoic acid. Diazoxide application increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and coapplication of M40401, a superoxide dismutase mimetic, prevented delayed preconditioning. The 24 hr preconditioned neurons showed significantly reduced ROS production upon glutamate stimulation compared to that in untreated cells. These results suggest that diazoxide induces delayed preconditioning in cultured cortical neurons via increased ROS production and attenuation of oxidative stress upon glutamate stimulation.
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- Krisztina Nagy
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Kopustinskiene DM, Toleikis A, Saris NEL. Adenine nucleotide translocase mediates the K(ATP)-channel-openers-induced proton and potassium flux to the mitochondrial matrix. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2003; 35:141-8. [PMID: 12887012 DOI: 10.1023/a:1023746103401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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KATP channel openers have been shown to protect ischemic-reperfused myocardium by mimicking ischemic preconditioning, although their mechanisms of action have not been fully clarified. In this study we investigated the influence of the adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) inhibitors--carboxyatractyloside (CAT) and bongkrekic acid (BA)--on the diazoxide- and pinacidil-induced uncoupling of isolated rat heart mitochondria respiring on pyruvate and malate (6 + 6 mM). We found that both CAT (1.3 microM) and BA (20 microM) markedly reduced the uncoupling of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation induced by the K(ATP) channel openers. Thus, the uncoupling effect of diazoxide and pinacidil is evident only when ANT is not fixed by inhibitors in neither the C- nor the M-conformation. Moreover, the uncoupling effect of diazoxide and pinacidil was diminished in the presence of ADP or ATP, indicating a competition of K(ATP) channel openers with adenine nucleotides. CAT also abolished K+-dependent mitochondrial respiratory changes. Thus ANT could also be involved in the regulation of K(ATP)-channel-openers-induced K+ flux through the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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- Dalia M Kopustinskiene
- Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu Street 4, LT-3007, Kaunas, Lithuania.
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Dzeja PP, Bast P, Ozcan C, Valverde A, Holmuhamedov EL, Van Wylen DGL, Terzic A. Targeting nucleotide-requiring enzymes: implications for diazoxide-induced cardioprotection. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2003; 284:H1048-56. [PMID: 12666660 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00847.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Modulation of mitochondrial respiratory chain, dehydrogenase, and nucleotide-metabolizing enzyme activities is fundamental to cellular protection. Here, we demonstrate that the potassium channel opener diazoxide, within its cardioprotective concentration range, modulated the activity of flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent succinate dehydrogenase with an IC50 of 32 microM and reduced the rate of succinate-supported generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in heart mitochondria. 5-Hydroxydecanoic fatty acid circumvented diazoxide-inhibited succinate dehydrogenase-driven electron flow, indicating a metabolism-dependent supply of redox equivalents to the respiratory chain. In perfused rat hearts, diazoxide diminished the generation of malondialdehyde, a marker of oxidative stress, which, however, increased on diazoxide washout. This effect of diazoxide mimicked ischemic preconditioning and was associated with reduced oxidative damage on ischemia-reperfusion. Diazoxide reduced cellular and mitochondrial ATPase activities, along with nucleotide degradation, contributing to preservation of myocardial ATP levels during ischemia. Thus, by targeting nucleotide-requiring enzymes, particularly mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase and cellular ATPases, diazoxide reduces ROS generation and nucleotide degradation, resulting in preservation of myocardial energetics under stress.
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- Petras P Dzeja
- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Kopustinskiene DM, Jovaisiene J, Liobikas J, Toleikis A. Diazoxide and pinacidil uncouple pyruvate-malate-induced mitochondrial respiration. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2002; 34:49-53. [PMID: 11860180 DOI: 10.1023/a:1013870704002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We investigated the effects of K(ATP) channel openers diazoxide and pinacidil on the respiration rate and membrane potential (deltapsi) of rat heart mitochondria, oxidizing pyruvate and malate. Diazoxide and pinacidil (58.8-1348.3 microM) increased the V2 (-ADP) respiration rate accordingly by 13-208% and 30-273% and decreased the deltapsi by 2-17% and 6-55%. These effects were also similar in the respiration medium without K+. Moreover, carboxyatractyloside completely abolished diazoxide- and pinacidil-induced uncoupling, indicating a role for the mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocase in this process.
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Ozcan C, Bienengraeber M, Dzeja PP, Terzic A. Potassium channel openers protect cardiac mitochondria by attenuating oxidant stress at reoxygenation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002; 282:H531-9. [PMID: 11788400 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00552.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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K(+) channel openers have been recently recognized for their ability to protect mitochondria from anoxic injury. Yet the mechanism responsible for mitochondrial preservation under oxidative stress is not fully understood. Here, mitochondria were isolated from rat hearts and subjected to 20-min anoxia, followed by reoxygenation. At reoxygenation, increased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was associated with reduced ADP-stimulated oxygen consumption, blunted ATP production, and disrupted mitochondrial structural integrity coupled with cytochrome c release. The prototype K(+) channel opener diazoxide markedly reduced mitochondrial ROS production at reoxygenation with a half-maximal effect of 29 microM. Diazoxide also preserved oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial membrane integrity, as indicated by electron microscopy and reduced cytochrome c release. The protective effect of diazoxide was reproduced by the structurally distinct K(+) channel opener nicorandil and antagonized by 5-hydroxydecanoic acid, a short-chain fatty acid derivative and presumed blocker of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K(+) channels. Opener-mediated mitochondrial protection was simulated by the free radical scavenger system composed of superoxide dismutase and catalase. However, the effect of openers on ROS production was maintained in nominally K(+)-free medium in the presence or absence of the K(+) ionophore valinomycin and was mimicked by malonate, a modulator of the mitochondrial redox state. This suggests the existence of a K(+) conductance-independent pathway for mitochondrial protection targeted by K(+) channel openers. Thus the cardioprotecive mechanism of K(+) channel openers includes direct attenuation of mitochondrial oxidant stress at reoxygenation.
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- Cevher Ozcan
- Department of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology, and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Pucar D, Dzeja PP, Bast P, Juranic N, Macura S, Terzic A. Cellular energetics in the preconditioned state: protective role for phosphotransfer reactions captured by 18O-assisted 31P NMR. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:44812-9. [PMID: 11583991 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104425200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cell survival is critically dependent on the preservation of cellular bioenergetics. However, the metabolic mechanisms that confer resistance to injury are poorly understood. Phosphotransfer reactions integrate ATP-consuming with ATP-producing processes and could thereby contribute to the generation of a protective phenotype. Here, we used ischemic preconditioning to induce a stress-tolerant state and (18)O-assisted (31)P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to capture intracellular phosphotransfer dynamics. Preconditioning of isolated perfused hearts triggered a redistribution in phosphotransfer flux with significant increase in creatine kinase and glycolytic rates. High energy phosphoryl fluxes through creatine kinase, adenylate kinase, and glycolysis in preconditioned hearts correlated tightly with post-ischemic functional recovery. This was associated with enhanced metabolite exchange between subcellular compartments, manifested by augmented transfer of inorganic phosphate from cellular ATPases to mitochondrial ATP synthase. Preconditioning-induced energetic remodeling protected cellular ATP synthesis and ATP consumption, improving contractile performance following ischemia-reperfusion insult. Thus, the plasticity of phosphotransfer networks contributes to the effective functioning of the cellular energetic system, providing a mechanism for increased tolerance toward injury.
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- D Pucar
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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- Petras P. Dzeja
- From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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Levosimendan, a new inodilator developed for the treatment of heart failure has been shown to have a vasodilatory effect via opening of K(ATP) channels in the plasma membrane of vascular smooth muscle cells. In this study, we investigated the effects of levosimendan on the mitochondrial K(ATP) channel. This compound did not influence mitochondrial transmembrane potential (DeltaPsi), and at up to 2.2 microM had no effect on the respiration rate of rat liver mitochondria, respiring on 5 mM succinate (+5 microM rotenone). A sensitive method was developed for assessing K(ATP) channel opening activity employing rat liver mitochondria, respiring only on endogenous substrates in the presence of 400 microM ATP and 1 microg oligomycin/mg mitochondrial protein. In this model, levosimendan (0.7-2.6 microM) decreased DeltaPsi by 6.5-40.4% (n=3, incubation time 15 min). This effect was dependent on the K+ concentration in the incubation medium and was abolished by the selective blocker of the mitochondrial K(ATP) channel-5-hydroxydecanoate (200 microM). Our results indicate that levosimendan opens mitochondrial K(ATP) channels.
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- D M Kopustinskiene
- Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Jahangir A, Ozcan C, Holmuhamedov EL, Terzic A. Increased calcium vulnerability of senescent cardiac mitochondria: protective role for a mitochondrial potassium channel opener. Mech Ageing Dev 2001; 122:1073-86. [PMID: 11389925 DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(01)00242-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In senescence, endogenous mechanisms of cardioprotection are apparently attenuated resulting in increased vulnerability to ischemia-reperfusion. In particular, mitochondria, which are essential in maintaining cardiac energetic and ionic homeostasis, are susceptible to Ca2+ overload, a component of metabolic injury. However, effective means of protecting senescent mitochondria are lacking. Here, mitochondrial function and structure were assessed using ion-selective mini-electrodes, high-performance liquid chromatography and electron microscopy. Aging decreased ADP-induced oxygen consumption and prolonged the time associated with ADP to ATP conversion, which manifested as a reduced rate of oxidative phosphorylation. Aging also reduced mitochondrial Ca2+ handling, and increased Ca2+-induced mitochondrial damage. Diazoxide, a potassium channel opener, reduced Ca2+ loading and protected the functional and structural integrity of senescent mitochondria from Ca2+-induced injury. In this way, the present study identifies the potential usefulness for pharmacotherapy in protecting vulnerable senescent mitochondria from conditions of Ca2+ overload, such as ischemia-reperfusion.
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- A Jahangir
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Guggenheim 7, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Hayashi Y, Sawa Y, Ohtake S, Nishimura M, Ichikawa H, Matsuda H. Controlled nicorandil administration for myocardial protection during coronary artery bypass grafting under cardiopulmonary bypass. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2001; 38:21-8. [PMID: 11444499 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200107000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Nicorandil is a hybrid potassium channel opener, and recent experimental studies have demonstrated its efficacy in myocardial protection against ischemia-reperfusion. This clinical study was designed to examine the myocardial protective effect of nicorandil administered during cardiopulmonary bypass. Seventy adult patients, 53 men and 17 women, undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting were randomly assigned to two groups, one receiving nicorandil during cardiopulmonary bypass (group N, n = 35) and the other receiving no nicorandil for control (group C, n = 35). Nicorandil was administered at each dose of 0.1 mg/kg into the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit according to the following schedule: (1) bolus injection at the initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass, (2) continuous infusion for 5 min before aortic cross-clamping, (3) bolus administration at 5 min before reperfusion, and (4) continuous infusion for 5 min before reperfusion. The time required for achieving cardiac arrest after the initial cardioplegia was significantly reduced in group N in comparison with that in group C. After aortic unclamping, the number of patients showing a significant ST segment change on the electrocardiogram was significantly fewer in group N, whereas the number of patients showing spontaneous recovery of heart beat was significantly greater. As for the myocardial protective effect, group N showed lower plasma levels of malondialdehyde, human-heart fatty acid-binding protein, and peak creatine kinase-MB, and required lower doses of catecholamine. Our results suggest that nicorandil administration during cardiopulmonary bypass provides enhanced myocardial protective effects against ischemia-reperfusion in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
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- Y Hayashi
- Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita City, Japan
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Ozcan C, Holmuhamedov EL, Jahangir A, Terzic A. Diazoxide protects mitochondria from anoxic injury: implications for myopreservation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001; 121:298-306. [PMID: 11174735 DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.111421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Heart muscle primarily relies on adenosine triphosphate produced by oxidative phosphorylation and is highly vulnerable to anoxic insult. Although a number of strategies aimed at improving myopreservation are available, no effective means of preserving mitochondrial energetics under conditions of anoxic injury have been developed. Openers of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channels have emerged as powerful cardioprotective agents presumably capable of maintaining mitochondrial function under metabolic stress. Here, we evaluated the ability of a prototype mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel opener, diazoxide, to preserve oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria subjected to anoxia and reoxygenation. METHODS Mitochondria were isolated from rat hearts and subjected to 20 minutes of anoxia, followed by reoxygenation. Mitochondrial respiration and oxidative phosphorylation, as well as mitochondrial integrity, were assessed by means of ion-selective minielectrodes, high-performance liquid chromatography, fluorometry, and electron microscopy. RESULTS Anoxia-reoxygenation decreased the rate of adenosine diphosphate-stimulated oxygen consumption, inhibited adenosine triphosphate production, and disrupted mitochondrial integrity. On average, anoxic stress reduced adenosine diphosphate-stimulated respiration from 291 +/- 14 to 141 +/- 15 ng-atoms O(2). min(-1). mg(-1) protein and decreased the rate of adenosine triphosphate production from 752 +/- 14 to 414 +/- 34 nmol adenosine triphosphate. min(-1). mg(-1) protein. After anoxia, the majority (88%) of mitochondria was damaged or swollen and released adenylate kinase, a marker of mitochondrial integrity. Diazoxide (100 micromol/L), present throughout anoxia, preserved adenosine diphosphate-stimulated respiration at 255 +/- 7 ng-atoms O(2). min(-1). mg(-1) protein and adenosine triphosphate production at 640 +/- 39 nmol adenosine triphosphate. min(-1). mg(-1) protein. Diazoxide also protected mitochondrial structure from anoxia-mediated damage, so that after anoxic stress, 67% of mitochondria remained intact and adenylate kinase was confined to the mitochondria. CONCLUSIONS The present study demonstrates that diazoxide diminishes anoxia-induced functional and structural deterioration of cardiac mitochondria. By protecting mitochondria and preserving myocardial energetics, diazoxide may be useful under conditions of reduced oxygen availability, including global surgical ischemia or storage of donor heart.
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- C Ozcan
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and the Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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