title: Angiotensin II reduces infarct size and has no effect on post-ischaemic contractile dysfunction in isolated rat hearts.
abstract: 1. In order to test the hypothesis that angiotensin II exacerbates myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) injury, we examined the effects of graded angiotension II concentrations of angiotensin II on IR injury in both working and non-working (Langendorff) isolated rat hearts. 2. Non-working hearts were subjected to 30 min aerobic perfusion (baseline) then 25 min of global, no-flow ischaemia followed by 30 min of reperfusion either in the absence (control, n=7) or presence of 1 (n=6) or 10 nM (n=5) angiotensin II). Recoveries of LV developed pressure and coronary flow after 30 min reperfusion in control hearts (58+/-9 and 40+/-8% of baseline levels, respectively) were no different from hearts treated with 1 or 10 nM angiotensin II. Infarct size (determined at the end of reperfusion by triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining) was reduced by angiotensin II in a concentration-dependent manner (from a control value of 27+/-3 to 18+/-4% and 9+/-3% of the LV, respectively). 3. Working hearts were subjected to 50 min pre-ischaemic (pre-I) aerobic perfusion then 30 min of global, no-flow ischaemia followed by 30 min of reperfusion either in the absence (control, n=14) or presence of 1 (n=8), 10 (n=7) or 100 nM (n=7) angiotensin II). In controls, post-ischaemic (post-I) left ventricular (LV) work and efficiency of oxygen consumption were depressed (43+/-9 and 42+/-10% of pre-I levels, respectively). The presence of angiotensin II throughout IR had no effect on LV work compared with control. 4. Thus, angiotensin II reduces infarct size in a concentration-dependent manner but has no effect on contractile stunning associated with IR in isolated rat hearts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QJ, UK. wrf20@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Clanachan
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hiley
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Jugdutt
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000804:Angiotensin II