title: Pyruvate provides cardioprotection in the experimental model of myocardial ischemic reperfusion injury.
abstract: The present study was designed to evaluate the cardioprotective potential of pyruvate and to characterize the mechanism underlying the protection. Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into three groups. Two groups were administered saline orally (sham, ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) control group) and animals of third group received pyruvate (500 mg/kg) for 4 weeks. On the 29th day, animals of the I-R control and pyruvate treated groups underwent 45 min of occlusion of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery and were thereafter reperfused for 60 min. In the I-R control group, a significant cardiac necrosis, depressed mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR), decline in myocardial antioxidant status and elevation in lipid peroxidation were observed as compared to sham control. Pyruvate treatment restored the myocardial antioxidant status and favorably modulated the altered MAP as compared to I-R control. Furthermore, I/R-induced lipid peroxidation was significantly inhibited by pyruvate treatment. These beneficial cardioprotective effects translated into significant improvement in MAP. Histopathological examination and restored specific myocardial injury marker CK-MB isoenzyme activity further confirmed protective effects of pyruvate. In conclusion, our study has demonstrated that the beneficial effect of pyruvate likely results from improved MAP and suppression of oxidative stress.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India. dsarya16@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Dharamvir Singh
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Arya
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: Shreesh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ojha
authors.forename: Mukesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nandave
authors.forename: Ipseeta
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mohanty
authors.forename: Suresh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D005978:Glutathione