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El Feky W, El-Afify D, Abdelhai D, Elkashlan M, Fakhreldin A, El Amrousy D. L-carnitine decreases myocardial injury in children undergoing open-heart surgery: A randomized controlled trial. Eur J Pediatr 2024; 183:2783-2789. [PMID: 38568244 PMCID: PMC11098932 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-024-05534-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
Abstract
Myocardial injury in open-heart surgery is related to several factors including ischemia-reperfusion injury, generation of reactive oxygen species, increased production of inflammatory mediators, and enhancement of apoptosis of cardiomyocytes. The aim of this study was to study the effect of L-carnitine on myocardial injury in children undergoing open-heart surgery. This clinical trial was performed on 60 children with congenital heart disease (CHD) who underwent open-heart surgery. They were randomized into two groups: L-carnitine group who received L-carnitine 50 mg\kg\day once daily for 1 month before cardiac surgery and control group who received placebo for 1 month before cardiac surgery. Left ventricular cardiac function was assessed by conventional echocardiography to measure left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) to determine left ventricular global longitudinal strain (2D-LV GLS). Blood samples were obtained pre-operatively at baseline before the administration of L-carnitine or placebo and 12 h post-operatively to measure the level of malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), fas, caspase-3, creatinine kinase-MB (CK-MB), and troponin I. L-carnitine group had significantly lower post-operative level of oxidative stress marker (MDA), apoptosis markers (fas and caspase-3), and myocardial injury markers (CK-MB and troponin I), but they had significantly higher SOD post-operative level compared to the control group. In addition, post-operative LVEF and 2D-LVGLS were significantly lower in the control group compared to L-carnitine group. Conclusion: L-carnitine can reduce myocardial injury, improve post-operative left ventricular cardiac function, and may provide myocardium protection in children with CHD who underwent open-heart surgery. Trial registration: The clinical trial was registered at www.pactr.org with registration number PACTR202010570607420 at 29/10/2020 before recruiting the patients. What is Known: • Myocardial injury in open-heart surgery is related to several factors including ischemia-reperfusion injury, generation of reactive oxygen species, increased production of inflammatory mediators, and enhancement of apoptosis of cardiomyocytes. • L-carnitine was reported to have myocardial protective effects in rheumatic valvular surgery and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in adults; however, there is no evidence on its effectiveness in children undergoing open-heart surgery. What is New: • L-carnitine significantly lowered the post-operative level of oxidative stress marker (MDA), apoptosis markers (fas and caspase-3), and myocardial injury markers (CK-MB and troponin I) in the treatment group. • L-carnitine can reduce myocardial injury, improve post-operative left ventricular cardiac function, and may provide myocardium protection in children with CHD who underwent open-heart surgery.
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- Wael El Feky
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kafr Elsheikh University, Kafr Elsheikh, Egypt
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- Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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- Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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- Anesthesia Department, Elmenshawy Hospital, Ministry of Health, Tanta, Egypt
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- Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt
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- Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
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Papadakis E, Kanakis M, Kataki A, Spandidos DA. The spectrum of myocardial homeostasis mechanisms in the settings of cardiac surgery procedures (Review). Mol Med Rep 2017; 17:2089-2099. [PMID: 29207125 PMCID: PMC5783448 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.8174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Classic cardiac surgery, determined through the function of cardiopulmonary bypass machine and myocardial cardioplegic arrest, represents the most controlled scenario for cardiomyocyte homeostatic disturbances due to systemic inflammatory response and myocardial reperfusion injury. An increasing number of studies have demonstrated that myocardial cell homeostasis in cardiac surgery procedures is a sequence of molecularly interrelated and overlapping mechanisms in the form of apoptosis, autophagy and necrosis, which are activated by a plethora of induced inflammatory mediators and gene-related signaling pathways. In this study, we outline the molecular mechanisms of the cardiomyocyte adaptive homeostatic process and the associated clinical implications, in the settings of classic cardiac surgery procedures.
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- Emmanuel Papadakis
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, WC1N 3JH London, UK
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- Propaedeutic Surgery First Department, University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Holmannova D, Kolackova M, Mandak J, Kunes P, Holubcova Z, Krejsek J, Vlaskova D, Andrys C. Inhibitory CD200R and proapoptotic CD95/CD95L molecules on innate immunity cells are modulated by cardiac surgery. Perfusion 2014; 30:543-55. [DOI: 10.1177/0267659114558286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Introduction: Cardiac surgery directly initiates a systemic inflammatory response with the activation of both cellular and humoral parts of the immune system. Exaggerated immune system activation is associated with a risk of life-threatening multi-organ dysfunction (MOD) and increased morbidity and mortality in the postoperative period. The immune system response is regulated and terminated by inhibitory mechanisms, including the regulatory membrane molecules, such as CD200R, CD95, CD95L and soluble sCD200R. Methods: We measured the expression of CD95, CD95L, CD200R and sCD200R molecules in granulocyte and monocyte populations in blood samples of 30 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Samples collected before surgery, after surgery and in the postoperative period were analyzed by flow cytometry and ELISA. Results: We found a significant increase in the percentage of granulocytes featuring the anti-inflammatory molecule CD200R (from 5% to 17.8%) after surgery. We presume that these cells were less susceptible to apoptosis because they rarely expressed CD95 as the CD200R+CD95– granulocyte sub-population prevailed. Only a small percentage of CD200R+ granulocytes expressed simultaneously CD95 (from 0.5 to 2.06 %). This small population of CD200R+CD95+ cells decreased expression of CD200R after surgery and, thus, was likely to be a source of increased sCD200R in serum (from 96 to 294 ng/mL). Also, the expression of CD95L on CD200R+ granulocytes and CD95 on CD200R+ monocytes was affected by surgery. The percentage of CD200R+ monocytes was elevated on the 1st postoperative day (from 30.6 to 49.4 %) and dropped below the preoperative value on the 7th day after surgery (from 30.6 to 19.8 %). This population comprised mainly CD200R+CD95+ monocytes in which the enhanced expression of CD95 was found. Conclusion: Our data show that the expression of CD200R, CD95 and CD95L was influenced by cardiac surgery and imply the role of these membrane molecules in cell regulation–inhibition and apoptosis following cardiac surgery.
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- D Holmannova
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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Castedo E, Castejón R, Monguio E, Ramis S, Montero CG, Serrano-Fiz S, Burgos R, Escudero C, Ugarte J. Influence of hypothermia on right atrial cardiomyocyte apoptosis in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement. J Cardiothorac Surg 2007; 2:7. [PMID: 17241480 PMCID: PMC1783850 DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2006] [Accepted: 01/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence that programmed cell death can be triggered during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and may be involved in postoperative complications. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether apoptosis occurs during aortic valve surgery and whether modifying temperature during CPB has any influence on cardiomyocyte apoptotic death rate. METHODS 20 patients undergoing elective aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis were randomly assigned to either moderate hypothermic (ModHT group, n = 10, 28 degrees C) or mild hypothermic (MiHT group, n = 10, 34 degrees C) CPB. Myocardial samples were obtained from the right atrium before and after weaning from CPB. Specimens were examined for apoptosis by flow cytometry analysis of annexin V-propidium iodide (PI) and Fas death receptor staining. RESULTS In the ModHT group, non apoptotic non necrotic cells (annexin negative, PI negative) decreased after CPB, while early apoptotic (annexin positive, PI negative) and late apoptotic or necrotic (PI positive) cells increased. In contrast, no change in the different cell populations was observed over time in the MiHT group. Fas expression rose after reperfusion in the ModHT group but not in MiHT patients, in which there was even a trend for a lower Fas staining after CPB (p = 0.08). In ModHT patients, a prolonged ischemic time tended to induce a higher increase of Fas (p = 0.061). CONCLUSION Our data suggest that apoptosis signal cascade is activated at early stages during aortic valve replacement under ModHT CPB. This apoptosis induction can effectively be attenuated by a more normothermic procedure.
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- Evaristo Castedo
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Internal Medicine, Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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Choi JW. Associations of Fas (CD95), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), and biochemical manifestations in elderly persons. Clin Chim Acta 2005; 365:113-8. [PMID: 16139828 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2005] [Revised: 08/04/2005] [Accepted: 08/04/2005] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study investigated the relationships of soluble Fas (CD95) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) vs. biochemical manifestations. METHODS Serum concentrations of soluble Fas, TRAIL, and biochemical parameters were measured in 171 healthy adults. RESULTS There were no significant age- and gender-related differences in Fas and TRAIL concentrations. However, aspartate and alanine aminotransferase and gamma-glutamyl transferase (AST, ALT, and GGT) activities were significantly higher in men with Fas > or =429.5 and TRAIL > or =63.2 pg/ml than in those with Fas <429.5 and TRAIL <63.2 pg/ml (26.8+/-10.9, 33.2+/-14.6, and 79.2+/-46.9 IU/l vs. 17.6+/-4.6, 20.4+/-7.8, and 35.3+/-21.3 IU/l, p<0.05, respectively). Serum triglyceride, total protein, and uric acid concentrations averaged 172.8+/-58.4 mg/dl, 7.8+/-0.3 g/dl, and 4.8+/-1.1 mg/dl in women with Fas > or =352.1 and TRAIL > or =64.9 pg/ml, which were significantly above the values of those with Fas <352.1 and TRAIL <64.9 pg/ml (116.9+/-49.2 mg/dl, 7.4+/-0.3 g/dl, and 3.7+/-0.7 mg/dl, p<0.05, respectively). Serum soluble Fas concentrations correlated significantly with AST (r=0.36, p<0.05), ALT (r=0.30, p<0.05), and GGT (r=0.29, p<0.05) in men and triglyceride (r=0.34, p<0.05), protein (r=0.27, p<0.05), and uric acid levels (r=0.41, p<0.05) in women. CONCLUSION Apoptotic activity seems to have an important relationship to biochemical parameters, especially hepatic enzymes, total protein, triglyceride, and uric acid in elderly persons.
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- Jong Weon Choi
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University Hospital, 7-206, 3-ga, Shinheung-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon 400-711, South Korea
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Khoynezhad A, Jalali Z, Tortolani AJ. Apoptosis: pathophysiology and therapeutic implications for the cardiac surgeon. Ann Thorac Surg 2005; 78:1109-18. [PMID: 15337071 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cardiomyocyte apoptosis has been associated with the pathogenesis of heart failure as well as ischemic and inflammatory myocardial conditions. The aim of this study is to give a critical synopsis of cardiomyocyte apoptosis and identify methods to prevent or attenuate apoptosis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Clinical conditions and agents associated with decreased apoptotic index are early repair or replacement of valvular pathology before deterioration of ventricular function, afterload reduction with medication or intraaortic balloon pulsation in patients with acute increase in afterload or in hemodynamically compromised patients, decreasing catecholamine-induced cardiotoxicity by using beta-blockers, phosphodiesterase inhibitors, or early insertion of intraaortic balloon pulsation or ventricular assist device. Prompt coronary revascularization, which reduces myocardial ischemia time, is the most effective antiapoptotic therapy. Reduction of myocardial apoptosis associated with cardiopulmonary bypass and aortic cross-clamping are other therapeutic targets. Some investigational therapies include ischemic preconditioning and use of antiapoptotic medication such as the caspase inhibitors, antioxidants, calcium-channel blockers, the insulin-like growth factor-1, and the poly-adenosine diphosphate-ribose-synthetase inhibitors. Most of the therapeutic implications in reducing cardiomyocyte apoptosis are still in the experimental phase. Some options are already incorporated in the clinical practice of the cardiovascular surgeon. New therapeutic considerations include avoiding sustained and long-term use of catecholamines and reducing or avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass-when clinically feasible. Noncatecholamine inotropes should be preferred for patients undergoing heart failure surgery and for patients with low output syndrome after open-heart surgery. The lessons learned from apoptosis research reinforce more liberal and early insertion of intraaortic balloon pulsation or ventricular assist device in clinical low output states.
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- Ali Khoynezhad
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian-Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
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Yamaguchi A, Endo H, Kawahito K, Adachi H, Ino T. Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting attenuates proinflammatory markers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 53:127-32. [PMID: 15828291 DOI: 10.1007/s11748-005-0017-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has been considered the main causative factors of postoperative inflammatory reactions. The aim of this study was to compare surrogate markers of the proinflammatory response in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with or without CPB. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty patients undergoing first-time CABG were enrolled in the study, 10 with and 10 without CPB. Blood samples were drawn at the following times: at the anesthetic induction, the end of surgery, and thereafter at 12 and 24 hours postoperatively. Neutrophil elastase, interleukin (IL)-6 , and serum soluble Fas were chosen to evaluate the extent of the systemic inflammatory response. The groups were similar in terms of age, gender ratio, number of grafts per patient. There were no operative mortality or serious postoperative complications. Two of each group received blood transfusion postoperatively. Neutrophil elastase showed a significantly higher value in the on-pump group compared with the off-pump group at the end of surgery. Soluble Fas level showed a higher value at the end of surgery compared with baseline, while it had no significant changes in the off-pump patients. IL-6 levels in the on-pump group were consistently higher compared to the off-pump group but showed no statistically significant differences between the groups. CONCLUSION Compared with off-pump CABG, on pump CABG induced higher serum levels of proinflammatory markers including neutrophil elastase and soluble Fas.
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- Atsushi Yamaguchi
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, 1-847 Amanuma, Omiya-ku, Saitama 330-8503, Japan
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Apoptosis or programed cell death is a continuous process of destruction of nonfunctional cells. It is a physiologic process whereby the body disposes of unwanted cells by self-destruction and is our utmost defense against damaged cells. There are several pathways leading to programed cell death. Apoptosis is seen in failing, infarcted, and hibernating human hearts, and during open heart surgery. Apoptosis appears to be induced by myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and this is reduced by ischemic preconditioning. Antiapoptotic interventions may be a future target for myocardial protection.
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- Guro Valen
- Crafoord Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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