Ischemic preconditioning prevents I/R-induced alterations in SR calcium-calmodulin protein kinase II
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Abstract
Although Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMK II) is known to modulate the function of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) under physiological conditions, the status of SR CaMK II in ischemic preconditioning (IP) of the heart is not known. IP was induced by subjecting the isolated perfused rat hearts to three cycles of brief ischemia-reperfusion (I/R; 5 min ischemia and 5 min reperfusion), whereas the control hearts were perfused for 30 min with oxygenated medium. Sustained I/R in control and IP groups was induced by 30 min of global ischemia followed by 30 min of reperfusion. The left ventricular developed pressure, rate of the left ventricular pressure, as well as SR Ca(2+)-uptake activity and SR Ca(2+)-pump ATPase activity were depressed in the control I/R hearts; these changes were prevented upon subjecting the hearts to IP. The beneficial effects of IP on the I/R-induced changes in contractile activity and SR Ca(2+) pump were lost upon treating the hearts with KN-93, a specific CaMK II inhibitor. IP also prevented the I/R-induced depression in Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent SR Ca(2+)-uptake activity and the I/R-induced decrease in the SR CaMK II activity; these effects of IP were blocked by KN-93. The results indicate that IP may prevent the I/R-induced alterations in SR Ca(2+) handling abilities by preserving the SR CaMK II activity, and it is suggested that CaMK II may play a role in mediating the beneficial effects of IP on heart function.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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