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The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube 755-8505, Japan
To investigate the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the mechanism of ischemic preconditioning (IP), infarct size and the incidence of apoptosis caused by ischemia-reperfusion were tested in four groups of Sprague-Dawley rats. Dimethyl sulfoxide (vehicle) or calphostin C (0.1 mg/ml) was administered 5 min before the 30-min coronary occlusion followed by a 6-h reperfusion. Three cycles of 3 min of ischemia followed by 3 min of reperfusion was performed as IP before the 30-min ischemia followed by a 6-h reperfusion with or without calphostin C pretreatment. Infarct size defined by triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining was reduced from 60 ± 2 to 26 ± 2% by IP (P < 0.01), but the effect of IP was abolished by calphostin C (51 ± 3%). Apoptosis defined by in situ terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase end-labeling (TUNEL) was reduced by IP from 44 ± 3 to 13 ± 2% in the subendocardial region (P < 0.01). This effect of IP was abolished by calphostin C (42 ± 8%). Thus the effect of IP on reducing the infarct size and the incidence of apoptosis are both mediated by PKC in rat hearts.
infarct size; calphostin C
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