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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 278: H256-H262, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 1, H256-H262, January 2000

Cholesterol feeding exacerbates myocardial injury in Zucker diabetic fatty rats

Shiro Hoshida1,2, Nobushige Yamashita1, Kinya Otsu1, Tsunehiko Kuzuya1, and Masatsugu Hori1

1 First Department of Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Suita 565-0871; and 2 Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai 591-8025, Osaka, Japan.

We measured infarct size after coronary occlusion (30 min) and reperfusion (24 h) in genetic non-insulin-dependent Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats with and without 4-wk cholesterol feeding. Infarct size was similar in ZDF rats and lean control rats but was significantly larger in cholesterol-fed diabetic rats than in cholesterol-fed lean rats (P < 0.05). Plasma levels of glucose, insulin, and triglycerides were significantly higher in diabetic rats and were not influenced by cholesterol feeding. The increase in total plasma cholesterol induced by cholesterol feeding was significantly greater in diabetic rats than in lean rats (P < 0.05). A significant positive correlation was found between total plasma cholesterol and infarct size (P < 0.05). Myeloperoxidase activity, as an index of neutrophil accumulation, was significantly higher and expression of P-selectin was more marked in the ischemic myocardium of cholesterol-fed diabetic rats than of cholesterol-fed lean rats. Acetylcholine-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation (EDR) of aortic rings was markedly impaired in cholesterol-fed diabetic rats. Thus cholesterol feeding significantly exacerbated myocardial injury produced by coronary occlusion-reperfusion in non-insulin-dependent diabetic rats, possibly because of enhanced expression of P-selectin and impairment of EDR in the coronary bed.

adhesion molecules; hypercholesterolemia; infarct size; myeloperoxidase; non-insulin-dependent diabetes


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