S Armstrong1, J M Downey, C E Ganote. 1. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, East Tennessee State University, James H Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City 37614.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to determine if isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes could be preconditioned. METHODS: Cardiomyocytes isolated from rabbit hearts were subjected to 15 min oxygenated preincubation, with and without substrate, prior to concentration into an ischaemic slurry, with or without glucose present. The effects of an adenosine agonist (CCPA), an adenosine receptor blocker (SPT), and the protein kinase C blocker, calphostin C, on rates of ischaemic contracture and survival of the myocytes were determined after various times of ischaemia, following resuspension of the cells in hypotonic media. RESULTS: A glucose-free preincubation period protected myocytes from subsequent ischaemic injury, with a 40% reduction of cell death at 90-120 min and 1-2 h delay in cell death. CCPA added during preincubation and during the ischaemic period also tended to protect from injury, but the differences were not significant and protection was less than with a glucose-free preincubation. Although preincubation with CCPA did not precondition, SPT added to the preincubation medium only, or to both the preincubation medium and the ischaemic pellet, inhibited the preconditioning effect of a glucose-free preincubation period. Calphostin C, added only into the ischaemic pellet, inhibited the preconditioning effect of glucose-free preincubation. CONCLUSIONS: Glucose-free preincubation protects ischaemic isolated myocytes from subsequent ischaemia. The degree of protection is great enough to account for protection seen in intact hearts, following preconditioning protocols. Protection is blocked by SPT and a highly specific protein kinase C inhibitor, calphostin C. Protection from ischaemic injury that seems to mimic ischaemic preconditioning can be induced in isolated cardiomyocytes, and appears dependent on adenosine receptors and activation of protein kinase C.
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to determine if isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes could be preconditioned. METHODS: Cardiomyocytes isolated from rabbit hearts were subjected to 15 min oxygenated preincubation, with and without substrate, prior to concentration into an ischaemic slurry, with or without glucose present. The effects of an adenosine agonist (CCPA), an adenosine receptor blocker (SPT), and the protein kinase C blocker, calphostin C, on rates of ischaemic contracture and survival of the myocytes were determined after various times of ischaemia, following resuspension of the cells in hypotonic media. RESULTS: A glucose-free preincubation period protected myocytes from subsequent ischaemic injury, with a 40% reduction of cell death at 90-120 min and 1-2 h delay in cell death. CCPA added during preincubation and during the ischaemic period also tended to protect from injury, but the differences were not significant and protection was less than with a glucose-free preincubation. Although preincubation with CCPA did not precondition, SPT added to the preincubation medium only, or to both the preincubation medium and the ischaemic pellet, inhibited the preconditioning effect of a glucose-free preincubation period. Calphostin C, added only into the ischaemic pellet, inhibited the preconditioning effect of glucose-free preincubation. CONCLUSIONS:Glucose-free preincubation protects ischaemic isolated myocytes from subsequent ischaemia. The degree of protection is great enough to account for protection seen in intact hearts, following preconditioning protocols. Protection is blocked by SPT and a highly specific protein kinase C inhibitor, calphostin C. Protection from ischaemic injury that seems to mimic ischaemic preconditioning can be induced in isolated cardiomyocytes, and appears dependent on adenosine receptors and activation of protein kinase C.
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