PMID- 17874219 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080515 LR - 20181113 IS - 0172-0643 (Print) IS - 0172-0643 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 1 DP - 2008 Jan TI - Inhibition of the Na+/H+ exchanger protects the immature rabbit myocardium from ischemia and reperfusion injury. PG - 113-20 AB - BACKGROUND: This study investigated the cardioprotective effects of pharmacologic pretreatment with HOE642, a selective Na(+)/H(+ )exchanger (NHE) isoform-1 inhibitor, in immature rabbit hearts, as compared with ischemic preconditioning (IPC). METHODS: For this study, 36 isolated immature New Zealand white rabbit hearts were equilibrated on the Langendorff apparatus. They were randomly divided into three groups: control group, IPC group, and HOE642 group. The hearts in each group were subjected to 60 min of ischemia plus 60 min of reperfusion (I/R). In the IPC group, the hearts were preconditioned by 5 min of ischemia followed by 10 min of reperfusion before I/R. In the HOE642 group, the hearts were pretreated with HOE642 (5 mumol/l) for 15 min before I/R. Left ventricular performance (LVDP, +dp/dt(max), -dp/dt(max)), coronory artery flow (CF), myocardial water content, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), cardiac-specific enzymes (creatine kinase [CK], CK fraction MB [CK-MB], and lacate dehydrogenase [LDH]), and intracellular calcium content were measured. Myocardial ultrastructure was observed under transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS: The recovery rates for left ventricular performance and CF in both the HOE642 and the IPC groups increased compared with those for the control subjects (p < 0.05). Moreover, the recovery rates for LVDP, +dp/dt(max), -dp/dt(max), and CF in the HOE642 group were markedly higher than in the IPC group at most time points of reperfusion (p < 0.05). Compared with the control group, CK, CK-MB, and LDH in the HOE642 group were decreased significantly (p < 0.05), whereas only LDH was reduced in the IPC group (p < 0.05). Water content was significantly reduced and ATP reserve was significantly increased in both the IPC and HOE642 groups (p < 0.05). However, compared with the IPC group, water content in the HOE642 group was significantly lower (81.26% +/- 1.26% vs 83.58% +/- 1.27%; p < 0.05) and ATP was significantly higher (21.46 +/- 2.40 vs 17.66 +/- 1.50 mug/g; p < 0.05). The HOE642 pretreatment exerted a better effect of reducing calcium overload than IPC (265.8 +/- 41.1 vs 408.5 +/- 56.8 mg/kg dry weight; p < 0.05). The blinded ultrastructural assessment under transmission electron microscopy showed that HOE642 brought about more myocyte salvage than IPC. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that HOE642 pretreatment is superior to IPC against ischemia and reperfusion injury in isolated immature rabbit myocardium. FAU - Zhou, R-H AU - Zhou RH AD - Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China. FAU - Long, C AU - Long C FAU - Liu, J AU - Liu J FAU - Liu, B AU - Liu B LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20070915 PL - United States TA - Pediatr Cardiol JT - Pediatric cardiology JID - 8003849 RN - 0 (Anti-Arrhythmia Agents) RN - 0 (Cation Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Guanidines) RN - 0 (SLC9A1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 1) RN - 0 (Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers) RN - 0 (Sulfones) RN - 7E3392891K (cariporide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Arrhythmia Agents/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Cation Transport Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Guanidines/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - *Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial MH - Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/*prevention & control MH - Rabbits MH - Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 1 MH - Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Sulfones/pharmacology/*therapeutic use EDAT- 2007/09/18 09:00 MHDA- 2008/05/16 09:00 CRDT- 2007/09/18 09:00 PHST- 2007/02/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/06/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/04/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/09/18 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/05/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/09/18 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00246-007-9072-4 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pediatr Cardiol. 2008 Jan;29(1):113-20. doi: 10.1007/s00246-007-9072-4. Epub 2007 Sep 15.