title: Landiolol enhances effect of ischemic preconditioning in isolated rabbit hearts.
abstract: The effect of the ultra-short-acting beta blocker, landiolol, on ischemic preconditioning was examined in isolated rabbit hearts. Ischemic preconditioned hearts received 2 episodes of 5 min each of global ischemia and reperfusion. The left anterior descending coronary artery was occluded for 1 hour and reperfused for 1 hour. Left ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic pressures and infarct size were measured. Seven control hearts had no drug infused. Four groups of 6 hearts each were pretreated with 1 or 3 microM of landiolol or a combination of 1 or 3 microM landiolol and ischemic preconditioning. A further group of 6 hearts had ischemic preconditioning without landiolol. Ischemic preconditioning significantly reduced left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and infarct size compared to the controls. Landiolol alone did not change left ventricular end-diastolic pressure or infarct size, but landiolol 3 microM and ischemic preconditioning decreased left ventricular end-diastolic pressure more than preconditioning alone. These data suggest that pre-ischemic landiolol infusion may enhance the cardioprotective effect of ischemic preconditioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan. tho050@poh.osaka-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shigetoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mieno
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horimoto
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kishida
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horimoto
authors.forename: Shinjiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D019157:Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial; D008297:Male; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011817:Rabbits; D014508:Urea / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D009025:Morpholines; C077049:landiolol; D014508:Urea