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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 280: H2094-H2102, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 5, H2094-H2102, May 2001

Calorie restriction attenuates inflammatory responses to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

B. Chandrasekar1, J. F. Nelson2, J. T. Colston1, and G. L. Freeman1,2,3

Divisions of 1 Cardiology and 2 Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, 78229-3900; and 3 Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, Texas 78284

The life-prolonging effects of calorie restriction (CR) may be due to reduced damage from cumulative oxidative stress. Our goal was to determine the long-term effects of moderate dietary CR on the myocardial response to reperfusion after a single episode of sublethal ischemia. Male Fisher 344 rats were fed either an ad libitum (AL) or CR (40% less calories) diet. At age 12 mo the animals were anaesthetized and subjected to thoracotomy and a 15-min left-anterior descending coronary artery occlusion. The hearts were reperfused for various periods. GSH and GSSG levels, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) DNA binding activity, cytokine, and antioxidant enzyme expression were assessed in the ischemic zones. Sham-operated animals served as controls. Compared with the AL diet, chronic CR limited oxidative stress as seen by rapid recovery in GSH levels in previously ischemic myocardium. CR reduced DNA binding activity of NF-kappa B. The kappa B-responsive cytokines interleukin-1beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha were transiently expressed in the CR group but persisted longer in the AL group. Furthermore, expression of manganese superoxide dismutase, a key antioxidant enzyme, was significantly delayed in the AL group. Collectively these data indicate that CR significantly attenuates myocardial oxidative stress and the postischemic inflammatory response.

cytokines; free radicals; glutathione; energy intake


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