title: [Activation of mu-opioid receptors and cardiomyocyte resistance to free radical damage].
abstract: It has been found that after intravenous administration of selective agonist of mu-opioid receptors DAGO (0.1 mg/kg 15 min before heart excision) isolated rat heart becomes resistant to ischemia (45 min) and reperfusion (60 min) ex vivo. The in vivo pretreatment with DAGO prevented reperfusion injury of cardiac cells and decreased myocardial content of conjugated dienes during ischemia and reperfusion of the heart in vitro. In addition, similar mu-opioid receptor stimulation promotes a postischemic recovery of myocardial contractility in the postischemic period. However, this receptor activation does not affect heart tolerance to free radical damage during perfusion of isolated heart by a solution containing Fe(2+)-ascorbic acid.
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Lasukova
authors.forename: T Iu
authors.initials: TIu
authors.lastname: Rebrova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)- / Q000494:pharmacology; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000819:agonists*
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-