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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:1748-1751
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Department of Cardiosurgery, Xiang Ya Hospital, and Department of Pharmacology, Hunan Medical University, Hunan, People's Republic of China
Accepted for publication June 19, 1996.
Background. Our recent work has shown that calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) may play an important role in mediation of ischemic preconditioning. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that CGRP-induced preconditioning protects against myocardial damage after prolonged cardioplegic arrest in isolated rat hearts.
Methods. Six groups were studied: the control, ischemic preconditioning, and CGRP-pretreated groups for both 4- and 8-hour hypothermic ischemia. All hearts were arrested using St. Thomas Hospital cardioplegia, and then reperfused with normothermic Krebs-Henseleit solution for 60 minutes after the 4- or 8-hour hypothermic ischemic period. Hearts were subjected to two cycles of 5-minute ischemia and 10-minute reperfusion in the ischemic preconditioning group. In the CGRP-pretreated group, Krebs-Henseleit solution containing CGRP (5 x 10-9 mol/L) was substituted for the ischemic period.
Results. At 30 minutes of reperfusion after 4-hour storage, left ventricular pressure (mm Hg) and its first derivative (dp/dtmax, mm Hg/s) in the control, ischemic preconditioning, and CGRP groups were 65.2 ± 5.93 and 1,170 ± 119, 94.13 ± 4.93 and 1,825 ± 145.83, and 85.47 ± 4.17 and 1,900 ± 123.13, respectively (p < 0.01). After 8-hour storage, left ventricular pressure (mm Hg) and dp/dtmax (mm Hg/s) in the same groups were 51.07 ± 5.83 and 815 ± 107.17, 83.47 ± 6.54 and 1,480 ± 120.91, and 84.8 ± 8.49 and 1,396 ± 126.16 (p < 0.01). Ischemic preconditioning and CGRP-induced preconditioning also significantly reduced the release of myocardial enzymes.
Conclusions. The present studies suggest that ischemic preconditioning protects against ischemia-reperfusion injury even after 8 hours of hypothermic preservation in isolated rat hearts, and that CGRP exerts preconditioning-like cardioprotection.
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