| Literature DB >> 20216929 |
Laura R La Bonte1, Betsy Dokken, Grace Davis-Gorman, Gregory L Stahl, Paul F McDonagh.
Abstract
The severity of ischaemic heart disease is markedly enhanced in type 2 diabetes. We recently reported that complement activation exacerbates I/R injury in the type 2 diabetic heart. The purpose of this study was to isolate and examine MBL pathway activation following I/R injury in the diabetic heart. ZLC and ZDF rats underwent 30 minutes of left coronary artery occlusion followed by 120 minutes of reperfusion. Two different groups of ZDF rats were treated with either FUT-175, a broad complement inhibitor, or P2D5, a monoclonal antibody raised against rat MBL-A. ZDF rats treated with FUT175 and P2D5 had significantly decreased myocardial infarct size, C3 deposition and neutrophil accumulation compared with untreated ZDF controls. Taken together, these findings indicate that the MBL pathway plays a key role in the severity of complement-mediated I/R injury in the type 2 diabetic heart.Entities:
Keywords: Zucker Diabetic Fatty rat; complement; inflammation; ischaemia-reperfusion injury
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Year: 2009 PMID: 20216929 PMCID: PMC2834312 DOI: 10.1177/1479164109336051
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diab Vasc Dis Res ISSN: 1479-1641 Impact factor: 3.291