title: Calpain inhibitor (BSF 409425) diminishes ischemia/reperfusion-induced damage of rabbit heart mitochondria.
abstract: Calpains are involved in ischemia/reperfusion-induced changes of myocard. To obtain information on the action of calpain on mitochondria, the effect of a new developed calpain inhibitor (CI) BSF 409425 on the ischemia/reperfusion-induced damage of rabbit heart mitochondria was investigated. Rabbit hearts were subjected to 45 min of global ischemia followed by 60 min of reperfusion in the presence or absence of 10nM CI. Mitochondrial properties were characterized by skinned fiber technique with pyruvate+malate as substrates. In the presence of CI, the decrease of state 3 respiration and the increase of state 4 respiration after ischemia and reperfusion were clearly smaller than without CI resulting in significantly smaller changes of respiratory control index, too. Ischemia/reperfusion-caused leaks in mitochondrial inner and outer membranes were diminished by CI. It is concluded that mitochondria are a target of calpain which reinforces the damage of oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial membranes during ischemia/reperfusion.
authors.affiliation: Muskellabor der Neurologischen Klinik und Poliklinik der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Julius-Kühn-Str. 7, D-06097 Halle/Saale, Germany.
authors.forename: Sonata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trumbeckaite
authors.forename: Christane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neuhof
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zierz
authors.forename: Frank N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Gellerich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002154:Calpain / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000502:physiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011817:Rabbits; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: C472114:BSF 409425; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010649:Phenylalanine; D002154:Calpain