ISSN:
1573-4919
Keywords:
nicaraven
;
reperfusion injury
;
hydroxyl radical
;
endothelium-derived relaxing factor
;
pig coronary artery
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Recently, we have reported that a new synthetic compound, 1,2bis(nicotinamido)-propane (nicaraven), improved cardiac function following preservation and reperfusion. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of nicaraven as a radical scavenger by using an in vitro model of oxidative stress, to clarify mechanisms of the protective effect of this new compound on reperfusion injury in rat heart. Ring segments of epicardial right coronary arteries (RCA) of pig were suspended in organ chambers and exposed to hydroxyl radicals (·OH), generated (by two different systems ) by 0.28 mM FeSO4/0.28 mM H2O2 and DHF/Fe3+-ADP (2.4 mM, 43 nM, and 1.56 uM, respectively) to the bathing solution for 60 min. Prior exposure of the coronary arteries to ·OH significantly produced right-ward shift of the dose-response curves of the bradykinin-induced endothelium-dependent relaxations (an increase in the ED50 value for bradykinin by 4.37 and 1.98 times than control in two different ·OH generating systems, respectively), but did not affect the maximum relaxation responses. The presence of nicaraven (10-4 and 10-5 M) in the ·OH generating system, shifted the dose-response curves to bradykinin to the control level, suggesting a significant hydroxyl radical scavenging effect of the drug. These results indicate that nicaraven, a new hydroxyl radical scavenger, exhibits a protective effect on hydroxyl radicalinduced endothelial dysfunctions of pig coronary artery.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1006855917392
