The cardioprotective effect of brief acidic reperfusion after ischemia in perfused rat hearts is not mimicked by inhibition of the Na+/H+ exchanger NHE1

Ann-Dorit Andersen, Bo Hjorth Bentzen, H. Salling, Henrik Klingberg, Morten Kanneworff, Morten Grunnet, Stine Helene Falsig Pedersen

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Abstract

Background: Ischemic postconditioning (PostC), i.e. brief ischemia-reperfusion cycles before full reperfusion, is protective against cardiac ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Inhibition of the Na + /H + exchanger NHE1 and delayed intracellular pH-normalization have been proposed to underlie protection by PostC. Methods and Results: We used Langendorff perfused rat hearts exposed to 35 min global ischemia to show that 15 min acidic (pH 6.5) treatment at onset of reperfusion decreased infarct size and functional deterioration at least to the same extent as PostC. In contrast, NHE1 inhibition by EIPA was detrimental. To evaluate HL-1 atrial cardiomyocytes as a cellular model for PostC, we exposed the cells to simulated ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) mimicking that in perfused hearts. Necrosis and apoptosis induced by I/R were unaffected by 15 min of pH 6.0 at onset of reperfusion. I/R increased the activity of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase 1/2 (JNK1/2) and Akt, but not of p38 MAPK, with no further effect of acidic reperfusion or EIPA. Conclusion: In rat hearts, 15 min acidic reperfusion improves myocardial performance at least as much as does PostC, whereas NHE1 inhibition is detrimental. In contrast, in HL-1 cardiomyocytes, acidic reperfusion or NHE1 inhibition affect neither survival nor JNK1/2-, Akt-, and p38 MAPK activity after I/R, pointing to different mechanisms of damage and protection in these systems.

Original languageEnglish
JournalCellular Physiology and Biochemistry
Volume28
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)13-24
Number of pages12
ISSN1015-8987
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Acids
  • Amiloride
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Ischemic Postconditioning
  • Male
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9
  • Models, Biological
  • Myocardial Ischemia
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
  • Myocytes, Cardiac
  • Necrosis
  • Neuroprotective Agents
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Sodium-Hydrogen Antiporter
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases

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