Abstract | AIM: To investigate mechanisms behind heptanol (Hp)-induced infarct size reduction and in particular if protection by pre-treatment with Hp is triggered through mitochondrial mechanisms. METHODS: RESULTS: Pre-treatment with Hp reduced infarct size from 29.7 ± 3.4% to 12.6 ± 2.1%. Mitochondrial potassium channel blockers 5-hydroxy decanoic acid (5HD) blocking mitoK(ATP) and paxilline (PAX) blocking mitoK(Ca) abolished cardioprotective effect of Hp (Hp + 5HD 36.7 ± 2.9% and Hp + PAX 40.2 ± 2.8%). Hp significantly reduced respiratory control ratio in both subsarcolemmal and interfibrillar mitochondria in a dose-dependent manner (0.5-5.0 mm). The ADP oxygen ratio was also significantly reduced by Hp (2 mm). Laser scanning confocal microscopy of tetramethylrhodamine-loaded isolated rat myocytes using line scan mode showed that Hp increased time to MPTP opening. Western blot analysis showed that pre-treatment with Hp increased phosphorylation of AKT and GSK-3β before ischaemia and after 30 min of global ischaemia. CONCLUSION: Pre-treatment with Hp protects the heart against ischaemia- reperfusion injury. This protection is most likely mediated via mitochondrial mechanisms which initiate a signalling cascade that converges on inhibition of opening of MPTP.
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Authors | D Johansen, E Sanden, M Hagve, X Chu, R Sundset, K Ytrehus |
Journal | Acta physiologica (Oxford, England)
(Acta Physiol (Oxf))
Vol. 201
Issue 4
Pg. 435-44
(Apr 2011)
ISSN: 1748-1716 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 21070611
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Cardiotonic Agents
- Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins
- Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore
- Potassium Channels
- mitochondrial K(ATP) channel
- Heptanol
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Topics |
- Animals
- Cardiotonic Agents
(pharmacology)
- Cells, Cultured
- Female
- Heptanol
(pharmacology)
- Male
- Mitochondria, Heart
(drug effects, metabolism)
- Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins
(metabolism)
- Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore
- Myocardial Infarction
(pathology)
- Myocardium
(cytology, metabolism, pathology)
- Myocytes, Cardiac
(cytology, drug effects, metabolism)
- Potassium Channels
(metabolism)
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
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