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Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury is enhanced in a model of systemic allergy and asthma

Department of Physiology, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858

Submitted 7 November 2003 ; accepted in final form 5 January 2004

Despite epidemiological evidence of cardiovascular complications in asthmatics, the direct contribution of asthmatic pathophysiology to cardiovascular effects is unknown. Considering parallels in underlying pathophysiology, we tested the hypothesis that presence of systemic allergy and asthma worsens the outcome of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Systemic allergy and asthma were created in rabbits by repeated intraperitoneal injections of allergen with adjuvant, followed by an airway challenge in two groups. Nonsensitized animals served as controls. In situ myocardial ischemia-reperfusion was induced in anesthetized animals by a 30-min ligation of a coronary artery, followed by 3 h of reperfusion. Ischemia-reperfusion was done at 24 h after intraperitoneal boost (1 DB) and 7 days (7 DB) after the last intraperitoneal injection and at 24 h (1DAWCH) and 7 days (7DAWCH) after airway challenge. The infarct size (determined by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining, normalized to area at risk) was significantly higher in all sensitized groups compared with control (1DB, 31 ± 4; 7DB, 28.9 ± 2.6; 1DAWCH, 66.1 ± 4.1; 7DAWCH, 28.9 ± 9.2; control, 16.7 ± 3.2; means ± SE; P < 0.01 by ANOVA; n = 6). The 1DAWCH group showed significantly greater infarct than all other groups (P < 0.05). Myocardial neutrophil infiltration was significantly higher in the sensitized groups compared with control (P < 0.01). Tissue neutrophil counts showed a strong positive correlation to infarct sizes (r² = 0.9). These observations indicate that the presence of systemic allergy and asthma is associated with increased myocardial neutrophil infiltration during acute ischemia-reperfusion and increased size of the resulting infarct.

inflammation; neutrophils

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