title: Inhibition of nitric oxide does not affect reperfusion-induced myocardial injury, but it prevents lipid peroxidation in the isolated rat heart.
abstract: To examine if inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis influences myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, male Sprague Dawley rats were administered the NO synthesis inhibitor N -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 10 mg/kg, i.p.) or saline 6 hours prior to excising the heart and aorta. Aortic ring contractile response to norepinephrine (NE) was more pronounced and relaxation in response to acetylcholine was abolished in L-NAME-treated group (P<0.05 vs. saline-treated group), indicating inhibition of NO synthesis in the vascular tissues. In the isolated perfused Langendorff hearts, force of cardiac contraction (FCC) and coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) were higher and coronary flow was lower in the L-NAME-treated group, again suggesting inhibition of NO synthesis. Global ischemia (40 min) followed by reperfusion (30 min) resulted in a decrease in FCC and coronary flow and an increase in CPP in all hearts. Myocardial CK also decreased similarly in all hearts. However, ischemia-reperfusion-induced decline in myocardial superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and increase in malondialdehyde were prevented in the L-NAME-treated group (P<0.01 vs. saline-treated hearts). Thus treatment with L-NAME with resultant inhibition of NO synthesis does not affect ischemia-reperfusion-induced cardiac dysfunction and injury in the isolated rat hearts, although the reduction in SOD activity and the rise in lipid peroxidation following reperfusion are attenuated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville 32610, USA.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000502:physiology; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D000109:Acetylcholine; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009638:Norepinephrine