AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 6 2708-H2715, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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LPS-induced delayed myocardial adaptation enhances acute preconditioning to optimize postischemic cardiac function

R. T. Rowland, X. Meng, J. C. Cleveland Jr, D. R. Meldrum, A. H. Harken and J. M. Brown
Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA.

Myocardial tolerance to ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) injury can be achieved by either acute or delayed cardioprotective mechanisms. Ischemic preconditioning has been demonstrated to be a powerful acute cardioprotective stimulus. We have reported that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) pretreatment induces delayed myocardial adaptation to I/R injury. To optimize myocardial protection, we examined the ability of delayed myocardial adaptation to enhance acute ischemic preconditioning in the isolated working rat heart. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into control, acute [transient ischemia (TI); 5-min global ischemia, 37 degrees C], delayed (LPS; 500 micrograms/kg i.p.), or combined (LPS + TI) cardioprotective groups. Delayed cardioprotection involved LPS injection 72 h before heart isolation. All hearts were subjected to 20-min global ischemia (37 degrees C) and 30-min reperfusion. Coronary effluent collected during reperfusion was assayed for creatine kinase (CK) activity. Both TI and LPS treatment improved postischemic aortic flow recovery (29 +/- 4.5 and 44 +/- 4.0%, respectively; P < 0.05, LPS vs. TI) compared with control hearts (11 +/- 2.2%; P < 0.05, TI or LPS vs. control). When TI was applied to LPS-treated hearts (LPS + TI), aortic flow recovery was further enhanced (57 +/- 3.8%; P < 0.05 vs. TI or LPS alone). CK release during 20 and 30 min of reperfusion was decreased in all treated hearts compared with control hearts (P < 0.05). These results indicate that delayed myocardial adaptation and acute ischemic preconditioning independently activate protective mechanisms against ischemia. Enhanced protection occurs when induced delayed mechanisms are combined with acute cardioprotective stimuli, which optimize postischemic myocardial function and reduce myocellular necrosis.

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