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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H481-H489, 2002. First published April 4, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00790.2001
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Vol. 283, Issue 2, H481-H489, August 2002

Ca2+ loading and adrenergic stimulation reveal male/female differences in susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury

Heather R. Cross1, Elizabeth Murphy2, and Charles Steenbergen1

1 Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, 27710; and 2 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709

To compare ischemia-reperfusion injury in males versus females under hypercontractile conditions, perfused hearts from 129J mice pretreated with 3 mmol/l Ca2+ or 10-8 mol/l isoproterenol ± 10-6 mol/l Nomega -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) were subjected to 20 min of ischemia and 40 min of reperfusion while 31P NMR spectra were acquired. Basal contractility increased equivalently in female versus male hearts with isoproterenol- or Ca2+ treatment. Injury was equivalent in untreated male versus female hearts but was greater in isoproterenol or Ca2+-treated male than female hearts, as indicated by lower postischemic contractile function, ATP, and PCr. Endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS) expression was higher in female than male hearts, neuronal NOS (nNOS) did not differ, and inducible NOS (iNOS) was undetectable. Ischemic NO production was higher in female than male hearts, and L-NAME increased injury in female isoproterenol-treated hearts. In summary, isoproterenol or high Ca2+ pretreatment increased ischemia-reperfusion injury in males more than females. eNOS expression and NO production were higher in female than male hearts, and L-NAME blocked female protection. Females were therefore protected from the detrimental effects of adrenergic stimulation and Ca2+ loading via a NOS-mediated mechanism.

energetics; gender; nitric oxide synthase; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy


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