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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors potentiate subthreshold preconditioning through NO and mitoKATP channel

Zhang Hong, Zhang Bei, Tang Boyu, Chen Yingying, Zhu Li, Shen Yueliang

Department of Physiology, Huzhou Teachers College. Huzhou 313000, China；Department of Physiology, School of Medicine,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, China

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to determine whether angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) could contribute to the protective effects of preconditioning, and to explore its underlying mechanism. The Langendorff model of isolated rat heart was used. Cardiac contractility and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the coronary effluent were measured, and infarct area of hearts after 30 min of ischemia followed by 120 min of reperfusion was analyzed. We found that: (1) The subthreshold preconditioning (2 min of ischemia and 10 min of reperfusion), captopril (an ACEI with sulfhydryl groups) or perindoprilate (an ACEI without sulfhydryl groups) alone did not protect the hearts from being injured by 30 min of ischemia and 120 min of reperfusion. (2) However, the combination of captopril or perindoprilate with subthreshold preconditioning could decrease left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), increase left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP) and coronary flow compared with the subthreshold preconditioned group. The combination treatments also inhibited the release of LDH from ischemia/reperfusion hearts, and reduced the infarct area in ischemic heart after 2 h of reperfusion (P <0.05). (3) By using NOS inhibitor L-NAME (100 μmol/L) before combined administration of ACEI with subthreshold preconditioning, the protection effect triggered by the combination treatment was significantly reduced. Pretreatment of the hearts with mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium (mitoKATP) channel inhibitor 5-HD (100 μmol/L) also abolished the protection effect (P<0.05). (4) Subthreshold preconditioning, captopril or perindoprilate alone could enhance the NO content in coronary effluent (P<0.05), but the combination of captopril or perindoprilate with subthreshold preconditioning could further augment the NO content compared with the subthreshold preconditioned group (P<0.05). The results indicate that ACEIs with or without sulfhydryl groups may potentiate the subthreshold preconditioning to trigger cardiac protection effect against the ischemia/reperfusion injury. This protection effect in the heart is possibly mediated by the generation of NO and the activation of mitoKATP channel.

Key words: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors;Nitric oxide;Mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel;Heart;preconditioning

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Zhang Hong, Zhang Bei, Tang Boyu, Chen Yingying, Zhu Li, Shen Yueliang. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors potentiate subthreshold preconditioning through NO and mitoKATP channel . Acta Physiol Sin 2005; 57 (4): (in Chinese with English abstract).