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Impact of Mitochondrial Ca2+-Sensitive Potassium (mBKCa) Channels in Sildenafil-Induced Cardioprotection in Rats.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Mitochondrial large-conductance Ca2+-sensitive potassium (mBKCa) channels are involved in myocardial ischemic preconditioning. Their role in sildenafil-induced cardioprotection is unknown. We investigated whether sildenafil-induced acute cardioprotection is mediated by activation of mBKCa channels in the rat heart in vitro.
METHODS:
Male Wistar rats (n = 8 per group) were randomized and anesthetized with pentobarbital (90 mg/kg). Hearts were isolated, mounted on a Langendorff system and perfused with Krebs-Henseleit buffer at a constant pressure of 80 mmHg. Hearts underwent 30 min of global ischemia followed by 60 min of reperfusion. At the end of the experiments infarct size was determined by TTC staining. In the control group rats were not further treated. Sildenafil (3 μM) was administered over 10 min before the beginning of ischemia. The mBKCa channel inhibitor paxilline (1 μM) was administered with and without sildenafil before the onset of ischemia. The pathway underlying sildenafil-induced cardioprotection was further investigated with the protein kinase G blocker KT5823 (1 μM). Myocardial cGMP concentration was measured by ELISA. Data (mean±SD) were analysed with a one and two-way analysis of variance as appropriate.
RESULTS:
In control animals infarct size was 52±8%. Sildenafil increased cGMP concentration and reduced infarct size to 35±6% (P<0.05 vs. control). Paxilline and KT5823 completely blocked sildenafil-induced cardioprotection (paxilline+sildenafil: 50±8%, KT5823+sildenafil: 45±8%; both P<0.05 vs. sildenafil). Functional heart parameters and coronary flow were not different between the study groups.
CONCLUSION:
This study shows that in male rats protein kinase G-dependent opening of mBKCa channels plays a pivotal role in sildenafil-induced cardioprotection.
AuthorsFriederike Behmenburg, Marianne Dorsch, Ragnar Huhn, David Mally, André Heinen, Markus W Hollmann, Marc M Berger
JournalPloS one (PLoS One) Vol. 10 Issue 12 Pg. e0144737 ( 2015) ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States
PMID26671662 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Carbazoles
  • Cardiotonic Agents
  • Potassium Channel Blockers
  • Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated
  • KT 5823
  • Sildenafil Citrate
  • Cyclic GMP
  • Calcium
Topics
  • Animals
  • Body Weight (drug effects)
  • Calcium (metabolism)
  • Carbazoles (pharmacology)
  • Cardiotonic Agents (pharmacology)
  • Cyclic GMP (metabolism)
  • Hemodynamics (drug effects)
  • Male
  • Mitochondria, Heart (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Myocardial Infarction (complications, pathology, physiopathology)
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury (complications, pathology, physiopathology)
  • Myocardium (metabolism, pathology)
  • Potassium Channel Blockers (pharmacology)
  • Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated (metabolism)
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Sildenafil Citrate (pharmacology)

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