PMID- 19767525 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091112 LR - 20211020 IS - 1522-1539 (Electronic) IS - 0363-6135 (Print) IS - 0363-6135 (Linking) VI - 297 IP - 5 DP - 2009 Nov TI - Pyruvate-fortified cardioplegia evokes myocardial erythropoietin signaling in swine undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. PG - H1914-22 LID - 10.1152/ajpheart.01213.2008 [doi] AB - Pyruvate-fortified cardioplegia protects myocardium and hastens postsurgical recovery of patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Pyruvate reportedly suppresses degradation of the alpha-subunit of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), an activator of the gene encoding the cardioprotective cytokine erythropoietin (EPO). This study tested the hypothesis that pyruvate-enriched cardioplegia evoked EPO expression and mobilized EPO signaling mechanisms in myocardium. Hearts of pigs maintained on CPB were arrested for 60 min with 4:1 blood-crystalloid cardioplegia. The crystalloid component contained 188 mM glucose + or - 24 mM pyruvate. After 30-min cardiac reperfusion with cardioplegia-free blood, the pigs were weaned from CPB. Left ventricular myocardium was sampled 4 h after CPB for immunoblot assessment of HIF-1alpha, EPO and its receptor, the signaling kinases Akt and ERK, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), an effector of EPO signaling. Pyruvate-fortified cardioplegia stabilized arterial pressure post-CPB, induced myocardial EPO mRNA expression, and increased HIF-1alpha, EPO, and EPO-R protein contents by 60, 58, and 123%, respectively, vs. control cardioplegia (P < 0.05). Pyruvate cardioplegia also increased ERK phosphorylation by 61 and 118%, respectively, vs. control cardioplegia-treated and non-CPB sham myocardium (P < 0.01), but did not alter Akt phosphorylation. Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity and eNOS content fell 32% following control CPB vs. sham, but pyruvate cardioplegia prevented these declines, yielding 49 and 80% greater NOS activity and eNOS content vs. respective control values (P < 0.01). Pyruvate-fortified cardioplegia induced myocardial EPO expression and mobilized the EPO-ERK-eNOS mechanism. By stabilizing HIF-1alpha, pyruvate-fortified cardioplegia may evoke sustained activation of EPO's cardioprotective signaling cascade in myocardium. FAU - Ryou, Myoung-Gwi AU - Ryou MG AD - Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA. FAU - Flaherty, Devin C AU - Flaherty DC FAU - Hoxha, Besim AU - Hoxha B FAU - Sun, Jie AU - Sun J FAU - Gurji, Hunaid AU - Gurji H FAU - Rodriguez, Steven AU - Rodriguez S FAU - Bell, Glenn AU - Bell G FAU - Olivencia-Yurvati, Albert H AU - Olivencia-Yurvati AH FAU - Mallet, Robert T AU - Mallet RT LA - eng GR - HL-71684/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090918 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology JID - 100901228 RN - 0 (Cardioplegic Solutions) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, Erythropoietin) RN - 11096-26-7 (Erythropoietin) RN - 8558G7RUTR (Pyruvic Acid) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) RN - GAN16C9B8O (Glutathione) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood Pressure/drug effects MH - Cardioplegic Solutions/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - *Cardiopulmonary Bypass/adverse effects MH - Edema, Cardiac/etiology/metabolism/prevention & control MH - Energy Metabolism MH - Erythropoietin/genetics/*metabolism MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism MH - Female MH - Glutathione/metabolism MH - Heart Arrest, Induced/adverse effects/*methods MH - Heart Diseases/etiology/metabolism/physiopathology/*prevention & control MH - Heart Rate/drug effects MH - Heart Ventricles/drug effects/metabolism MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/genetics/metabolism MH - Male MH - Models, Animal MH - Myocardium/*metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/metabolism MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Phosphorylation MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Pyruvic Acid/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Receptors, Erythropoietin/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects MH - Swine MH - Time Factors MH - Up-Regulation PMC - PMC2781381 EDAT- 2009/09/22 06:00 MHDA- 2009/11/13 06:00 PMCR- 2010/11/01 CRDT- 2009/09/22 06:00 PHST- 2009/09/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/09/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/11/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 01213.2008 [pii] AID - H-01213-2008 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajpheart.01213.2008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2009 Nov;297(5):H1914-22. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01213.2008. Epub 2009 Sep 18.