Abstract
Objective: The oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (oxPPP) produces NADPH, which can be used to maintain glutathione in its reduced state (anti-oxidant; beneficial effects) or to produce radicals or nitric oxide (NO) through NADPH oxidase/NO synthase (detrimental effects). Changes in cytosolic redox status have been implicated in ischemic preconditioning (PC). This study investigates whether (1) PC affects mitochondrial redox state, (2) the oxPPP plays a protective or detrimental role in ischemia (I)-reperfusion (R) injury in the intact heart and (3) PPP is altered with PC. Methods: Isolated rat hearts were subjected to 40-min global I and 30-min R (CO, control). Ischemia was either preceded by three 5-min I/R periods (PC) and/or oxPPP inhibition by 6-aminonicotinamide (6AN) or NADPH oxidase/NO synthase inhibition by diphenyleneiodonium (DPI). NADH videofluorometry was used to determine mitochondrial redox state. PPP intermediates were determined in CO and PC hearts using tandem mass spectrometry. Results: PC reduced ischemic damage (creatine kinase, CK, release from 337 +/- 64 to 147 +/- 41 U/R/g(dw)) and contracture (from 59 +/- 5 to 31 +/- 3 mm Hg) and increased recovery of contractility (from 48 +/- 10% to 88 +/- 8%), as compared to CO. PC was without effect on NADH fluorometry. Inhibition of the oxPPP reduced injury (CK release: 91 +/- 24 U/R/g(dw)) to similar levels as PC,. without improving contractility. Inhibition of NADPH oxidase/NO synthase mimicked the effects of oxPPP inhibition on injury (CK release: 140 +/- 22 U/R/g(dw)). Although levels of ribose-5P and (ribulose-5P + xylulose-5P) rose several fold during ischemia with minor changes in sedoheptulose-7P, demonstrating an active PPP in the heart, PC did not affect these levels. Conclusions: (1) PC can attenuate cardiac reperfusion injury without alterations in mitochondrial redox state; (2) inhibition of the oxPPP protects the heart against I/R-induced CK release; and (3) PC does not result in altered activity of the PPP. (C) 2004 European Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 145-153 |
Journal | Cardiovascular research |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |