title: Effect of nicorandil on cardiac dysfunction during reperfusion in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: The cardioprotective effect of nicorandil, an opener of ATP-sensitive potassium channels, was studied in the isolated perfused hearts of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rat. The hearts were subjected to 30 min of global ischemia followed by 30 min of reperfusion. Controls received no drug. In the nicorandil group, the hearts were treated with 0.03 to 0.3 mmol/L nicorandil for 15 min before ischemia. Left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP) and end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) at 30 min of reperfusion were significantly lower and larger, respectively, in SHR than in WKY rats. Nicorandil improved LVDP and decreased LVEDP at 30 min of reperfusion in both SHR and WKY rats dose-dependently. The hypertensive heart in the early stage is already susceptible to reperfusion-cardiac dysfunction. Nicorandil has a beneficial effect on the post-ischemic dysfunction in both SHR and WKY rats.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Asayama
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamahara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobara
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matoba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D020108:Nicorandil; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D012016:Reference Values; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D009536:Niacinamide; D020108:Nicorandil; D003402:Creatine Kinase