Hydrogen sulfide and its possible roles in myocardial ischemia in experimental rats.
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The role of hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) in myocardial infarction (MI) has not been previously studied. We therefore investigated the effect of H(2)S in a rat model of MI in vivo. Animals were randomly divided into three groups (n = 80) and received either vehicle, 14 micromol/kg of sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS), or 50 mg/kg propargylglycine (PAG) everyday for 1 wk before surgery, and the treatment was continued for a further 2 days after MI when the animals were killed. The mortality was 35% in vehicle-treated, 40% in PAG-treated, and 27.5% in NaHS-treated (P < 0.05 vs. vehicle) groups. Infarct size was 52.9 +/- 3.5% in vehicle-treated, 62.9 +/- 7.6% in PAG-treated, and 43.4 +/- 2.8% in NaHS-treated (P < 0.05 vs. vehicle) groups. Plasma H(2)S concentration was significantly increased after MI (59.2 +/- 7.16 microM) compared with the baseline concentration (i.e., 38.2 +/- 2.07 microM before MI; P < 0.05). Elevated plasma H(2)S after MI was abolished by treatment of animals with PAG (39.2 +/- 5.02 microM). We further showed for the first time cystathionine-gamma-lyase protein localization in the myocardium of the infarct area by using immunohistochemical staining. In the hypoxic vascular smooth muscle cells, we found that cell death was increased under the stimuli of hypoxia but that the increased cell death was attenuated by the pretreatment of NaHS (71 +/- 1.2% cell viability in hypoxic vehicle vs. 95 +/- 2.3% in nonhypoxic control; P < 0.05). In conclusion, endogenous H(2)S was cardioprotective in the rat model of MI. PAG reduced endogenous H(2)S production after MI by inhibiting cystathionine-gamma-lyase. The results suggest that H(2)S might provide a novel approach to the treatment of MI.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of applied physiology
دوره 102 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007