[Role of sodium-calcium exchanger in the myocardial protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury].

Abstract

Present study was aimed at investigation into the role of sodium-calcium exchanger (NCX) in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and ischemic preconditioning (IPC). Experiments were performed in vivo rat model of regional myocardial ischemia-reperfusion. It was shown that inhibition of reverse mode of NCX with selective blocker KB-R7943 at a dose of 10 mg/kg resulted in significant decrease in occurrence and severity of ischemic ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Furthermore, administration of KB-R7943 caused potentiation of the antiarrhythmic effect exerted by single episode of IPC. However, KB-R7943 exerted no effect on myocardial infarction size nor affected infarction size limitation by IPC. In conclusion, inhibition of reverse mode of NCX conferred significant antiarrhythmic effect against ischemic rhythm disorders but it was ineffective in terms of infarction size limitation.

• Authors: I O Blokhin, T D Vlasov, M M Galagudza, E M Nifontov, N N Petrishchev
• Journal: Rossiiskii fiziologicheskii zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova (Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova) Vol. 94 Issue 3 Pg. 284-92 (Mar 2008) ISSN: 0869-8139 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• PMID: 18507157 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• 2-(2-(4-(4-nitrobenzyloxy)phenyl)ethyl)isothiourea methanesulfonate
• Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
• Sodium-Calcium Exchanger
• Thiourea

Topics

• Animals
• Anti-Arrhythmia Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Ion Channel Gating
• Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial
• Male
• Myocardial Infarction (pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control)
• Myocardial Reperfusion Injury (metabolism, pathology)
• Myocardium (metabolism, pathology)
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Sodium-Calcium Exchanger (antagonists & inhibitors, physiology)
• Tachycardia, Ventricular (physiopathology, prevention & control)
• Thiourea (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology, therapeutic use)