AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 264, Issue 6 1831-H1835, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of amiloride and selected analogues on postischemic recovery of cardiac contractile function

H. P. Meng, T. G. Maddaford and G. N. Pierce
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

The purpose of the present study was to compare the protective effects of amiloride and three of its derivatives (which are selective inhibitors of Na(+)-H+ exchange) during postischemic reperfusion. Previously, amiloride has been shown to have a protective effect on ischemia-reperfusion injury. However, because of its nonselective actions, the mechanism of its effect is unclear. 5-(N,N-dimethyl)-amiloride (DMA) is also protective and appears to act via inhibition of the Na(+)-H+ exchanger. However, corroborative effects using other selective Na(+)-H+ exchange blockers are needed. Amiloride, DMA, ethylisopropyl amiloride (EIPA), and 5-(N,N-hexamethylene)-amiloride (HMA) were included for 10 min in the reperfusion period after 60 min of global ischemia in the rat right ventricular wall. Peak developed tension and the rates of tension generation and relaxation were significantly improved during reperfusion in the presence of 100 microM amiloride, 10 microM DMA, 2.5 microM HMA, or 1 microM EIPA compared with those of drug-untreated muscles. Contracture formation was significantly depressed in the presence of these drug concentrations as was release of creatine kinase from the ventricular wall into the coronary effluent. The efficacy of these drugs for protecting the right ventricular wall from postischemic contractile dysfunction correlates well with their potency as blockers of Na(+)-H+ exchange. The results provide further evidence in support of a role for Na(+)-H+ exchange. The results provide further evidence in support of a role for Na(+)-H+ exchange in determining ischemia-reperfusion injury in the heart.

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