Abstract |
To find a protein kinase C (PKC)-independent preconditioning mechanism, hypoxic preconditioning (HP; i. e., 10-min anoxia and 10-min reoxygenation) was applied to isolated rat hearts before 60-min global ischemia. HP led to improved recovery of developed pressure and reduced end-diastolic pressure in the left ventricle during reperfusion. Protection was unaffected by the PKC inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide (BIM; 1 micromol/l). It was abolished by the inhibitor of protein phosphatases 1 and 2A cantharidin (20 or 5 micromol/l) and partially enhanced by the inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A okadaic acid (5 nmol/l). In adult rat cardiomyocytes treated with BIM and exposed to 60-min simulated ischemia ( anoxia, extracellular pH 6.4), HP led to attenuation of anoxic Na(+)/Ca(2+) overload and of hypercontracture, which developed on reoxygenation. This protection was prevented by treatment with cantharidin but not with okadaic acid. In conclusion, HP exerts PKC-independent protection on ischemic-reperfused rat hearts and cardiomyocytes. Protein phosphatase 1 seems a mediator of this protective mechanism.
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Authors | Yury Ladilov, Hagen Maxeiner, Christopher Wolf, Claudia Schäfer, Karsten Meuter, H Michael Piper |
Journal | American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
(Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol)
Vol. 283
Issue 3
Pg. H1092-8
(Sep 2002)
ISSN: 0363-6135 [Print] United States |
PMID | 12181139
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Indoles
- Maleimides
- Okadaic Acid
- Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
- Protein Phosphatase 1
- Protein Phosphatase 2
- Cantharidin
- bisindolylmaleimide
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Topics |
- Animals
- Cantharidin
(pharmacology)
- Enzyme Inhibitors
(pharmacology)
- Hypoxia
(metabolism)
- In Vitro Techniques
- Indoles
(pharmacology)
- Ischemic Preconditioning
- Male
- Maleimides
(pharmacology)
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
(enzymology)
- Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
(metabolism)
- Myocardium
(cytology, enzymology)
- Okadaic Acid
(pharmacology)
- Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
(metabolism)
- Protein Phosphatase 1
- Protein Phosphatase 2
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Ventricular Pressure
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