title: Modification of alterations in cardiac function and sarcoplasmic reticulum by vanadate in ischemic-reperfused rat hearts.
abstract: To study the cardioprotective effects of vanadate on ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, isolated rat hearts perfused at constant flow were subjected to global ischemia for 30 min followed by reperfusion for 30 min. In this experimental model, I/R markedly decreased ventricular developed pressure and increased end-diastolic pressure. Pretreatment of hearts with 4 microM vanadate attenuated I/R-induced cardiac dysfunction. The reduction in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ uptake and Ca2+ release, as well as SR protein contents for Ca2+-pump ATPase and Ca2+-release channel, was also prevented by vanadate. Pretreatment of hearts with an antioxidant mixture containing superoxide dismutase + catalase exerted effects similar to those of vanadate in I/R hearts. Postischemic treatment of hearts with vanadate or superoxide dismutase + catalase also had beneficial effects on I/R-induced changes in cardiac performance and SR function. Alterations in cardiac function and SR Ca2+ transport due to an oxyradical-generating system (xanthine + xanthine oxidase) or an oxidant (H2O2) were attenuated by treatment with vanadate. These results suggest that vanadate may exert beneficial effects on cardiac performance and SR function in I/R hearts because of its antioxidant action.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, 351 Tache Ave., Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2H 2A6.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Seibu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: Harjot K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Saini
authors.forename: Vijayan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Elimban
authors.forename: Naranjan S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Dhalla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014638:Vanadates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D014638:Vanadates; D002118:Calcium