title: Calcitonin gene-related peptide-mediated ischemic preconditioning in the rat heart: influence of age.
abstract: In the present study, we examined whether age-related reduction of ischemic preconditioning is related to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) release in the rat heart. Thirty minutes of global ischemia and 40 min of reperfusion caused a significant decrease of cardiac function and a marked increase of creatine kinase (CK) release at 2, 6 and 20 months of age. Ischemic preconditioning and pretreatment with CGRP for 5 min significantly improved cardiac function and reduced CK release during reperfusion at 2 and 6 months of age but not at 20 months of age. The content of CGRP in the coronary effluent during ischemic preconditioning was significantly increased in the first cycle at 2, 6 months of age but not at 20 months of age. These results suggest that the protection afforded by ischemic preconditioning is decreased in aging hearts, and the age-related change may be related to reduction of the release and effect of CGRP in the rat heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Hunan Medical University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D019157:Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide