title: Effect of sulpiride on ischemia- and reperfusion-induced heart damage, in rats.
abstract: In an experimental model of heart ischemia, obtained in anesthetized rats with the permanent ligature of the left anterior descending coronary artery, the intravenous (iv) injection of I-sulpiride (6-25 micrograms/kg) dose-dependently reduced the lethality rate, the incidence and severity of ventricular dysrhythmias and infarct size during the early phase of ischemia (first 30 min after coronary ligation). Lethality and there incidence and duration of ventricular dysrhythmias were also significantly reduced by the same IV doses of I-sulpiride in a model of coronary reperfusion. These results show that a specific dopamine antagonist is able to limit ischemia- and reperfusion-induced myocardial damage and suggest that endogenous dopamine may exert a deleterious effect in such conditions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology of the University of Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tagliavini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forgione
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bazzani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botticelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balugani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertolini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013469:Sulpiride / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013469:Sulpiride