title: Relationship between oxidative stress and mitochondrial function in the post-conditioned heart.
abstract: The pathways activated by post-conditioning may converge on the mitochondria, in particular on the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. We sought to characterize the inhibition status of the mitochondrial permeability transition early after the post-conditioning maneuver and before long reperfusion was established. We observed that post-conditioning maneuvers applied to isolated rat hearts, after a prolonged ischemia and before reperfusion, promoted cardiac mechanical function recovery and maintained mitochondrial integrity. These effects were evaluated by mitochondrial swelling, calcium transport, and NAD(+) content measurements; the improvements were established before restoring a long lasting reperfusion period. Mitochondrial integrity was associated with a diminution in oxidative stress, since carbonylation of proteins was prevented and aconitase activity was preserved in the post-conditioned hearts, implying that ROS might mediate mitochondrial dysfunction and mPTP opening. In addition, we found that cytochrome release was significantly abolished in the post-conditioned heart, in contrast with conventionally reperfused hearts.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Ignacio Chávez, Juan Badiano No. 1., Col. Sección XVI, Mexico, D.F., 14080, Mexico.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.forename: Noemí
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Cinthya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robles
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez-Abundis
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zazueta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019157:Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000378:metabolism*; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar