title: Effect of non-selective endothelin blockade, TAK-044, on the ischemic cellular injury of rat heart.
abstract: The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of non-selective endothelin blockade (TAK-044) in ischemic myocardial injury. Forty anesthetized rats were separated into four groups: 1) TAK-I group, after preinjection of TAK-044 (3 mg/kg), LAD was ligated for 60 min and reperfused for 60 min; 2) Saline (SAL)-I group, LAD ligation and reperfusion without TAK-044; 3) TAK-C group, sham operated TAK group; 4) SAL-C group, sham-operated SAL group. Myocardium from each group was separated and analyzed by biochemical and ultrastructural procedures. Reperfusion arrhythmia (VT) was observed in 88% of the SAL-I group, in contrast to only 36% of the TAK-I group. At the end of reperfusion, hemodynamics indicated no significant differences between these two groups. The Ca(++)-ATPase activity of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) was 3.9 mumoles Pi/mg protein/h (39% of SAL-C group) in the SAL-I group, while that in the TAK-I group was significantly higher at 6.1 (54%). The ratio of infarct/risk area was 58% in the SAL-I group and 36% in the TAK-I group. In the ultrastructural observations, irreversibly injured cells of the ischemic portion were reduced significantly from 35% (SAL-I group) to 14% (TAK-I group). Thus, our results indicated that endothelin blockade reduced ischemic cellular injury. The mechanism of this reduction was speculated to be a resistance to ischemic injury in the subcellular levels of the myocardium conferred by a reduction of vascular constriction and improvement of imbalance in the energy supply and demand.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000097:blood; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000517:prevention & control