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Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
Submitted 4 October 2004 ; accepted in final form 13 April 2005
Adenosine A1 receptor delayed preconditioning (PC) against myocardial infarction has been well described; however, there have been limited investigations of the signaling mechanisms that mediate this phenomenon. In addition, there are multiple conflicting reports on the role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in mediating A1 late-phase PC. The purpose of this study was to determine the roles of the p38 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in in vivo delayed A1 receptor PC and whether this protection at the myocyte level is due to upregulation of iNOS. Myocardial infarct size was measured in open-chest anesthetized rats 24 h after treatment with vehicle or the adenosine A1 agonist 2-chloro-N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CCPA; 100 µg/kg ip). Additional rats receiving CCPA were pretreated with the p38 inhibitor SB-203580 (1 mg/kg ip) or the MAPK/ERK kinase (MEK) inhibitor PD-098059 (0.5 mg/kg ip). At 24 h after CCPA administration, a group of animals was given the iNOS inhibitor 1400W 10 min before ischemia. Treatment with CCPA reduced infarct size from 48 ± 2 to 28 ± 2% of the area at risk, an effect that was blocked by both SB-203580 and PD-098059 but not 1400W. Ventricular myocytes isolated 24 h after CCPA injection exhibited significantly reduced oxidative stress during H2O2 exposure compared with myocytes from vehicle-injected animals, and this effect was not blocked by the iNOS inhibitor 1400W. Western blot analysis of whole heart and cardiac myocyte protein samples revealed no expression of iNOS 6 or 24 h after CCPA treatment. These results indicate that adenosine A1 receptor delayed PC in rats is mediated by MAPK-dependent mechanisms, but this phenomenon is not associated with the early or late expression of iNOS.
agonist; reperfusion; infarct size; p38; extracellular signal-related kinase; cardiac myocytes; mitogen-activated protein kinase; inducible nitric oxide synthase
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