Simon G Fisher1, Michael S Marber. 1. Department of Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular Science, GKT School of Medicine, King's College London, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK. s.fisher@rfc.ucl.ac.uk
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Our aim was to develop a robust protocol for inducing ischaemia-reperfusion injury and preconditioning in the in vivo mouse heart. METHODS: Animals were prepared by standard techniques adapted for the mouse. RESULTS: Thirty minutes of ischaemia appeared to strike the most appropriate balance between large infarct volumes with the risk of heart failure and excessively small infarcts. With this duration of ischaemia, a protocol of three sets of 5 min of ischaemia and 5 min of reperfusion was found to precondition, leading to significantly smaller infarct sizes (infarct volume: risk zone volume reduced to 10.1 +/- 2.7% from 41.39% +/- 3.0; P < .05, n = 6 and 7, respectively). Late preconditioning also occurred (infarct volume: risk zone volume = 57.9 +/- 10.1% vs. 35.4 +/- 4.2%, sham compared to late preconditioning, respectively; P = .001, n = 7). DISCUSSION: Whilst further refinements may indeed be possible, we feel this article details a valuable, robust protocol for in vivo studies of ischaemia-reperfusion injury and preconditioning in the mouse heart.
INTRODUCTION: Our aim was to develop a robust protocol for inducing ischaemia-reperfusion injury and preconditioning in the in vivo mouse heart. METHODS: Animals were prepared by standard techniques adapted for the mouse. RESULTS: Thirty minutes of ischaemia appeared to strike the most appropriate balance between large infarct volumes with the risk of heart failure and excessively small infarcts. With this duration of ischaemia, a protocol of three sets of 5 min of ischaemia and 5 min of reperfusion was found to precondition, leading to significantly smaller infarct sizes (infarct volume: risk zone volume reduced to 10.1 +/- 2.7% from 41.39% +/- 3.0; P < .05, n = 6 and 7, respectively). Late preconditioning also occurred (infarct volume: risk zone volume = 57.9 +/- 10.1% vs. 35.4 +/- 4.2%, sham compared to late preconditioning, respectively; P = .001, n = 7). DISCUSSION: Whilst further refinements may indeed be possible, we feel this article details a valuable, robust protocol for in vivo studies of ischaemia-reperfusion injury and preconditioning in the mouse heart.
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