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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 37, Issue 5, Pages 2439-2446Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9755-4
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Sevoflurane; Heart; Ischemia-reperfusion injury; Radical oxygen species; Extracellular signal-related kinases; Mitochondrial permeability transition pore
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The roles of reactive oxygen species (ROS), extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK 1/2) and mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) in sevoflurane postconditioning induced cardioprotection against ischemia-reperfusion injury in Langendorff rat hearts were investigated. When compared with the unprotected hearts subjected to 30 min of ischemia followed by 1 h of reperfusion, exposure of 3% sevoflurane during the first 15 min of reperfusion significantly improved functional recovery, decreased infarct size, reduced lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase-MB release, and reduced myocardial malondialdehyde production. However, these protective effects were abolished in the presence of either ROS scavenger N-acetylcysteine or ERK 1/2 inhibitor PD98059, and accompanied by prevention of ERK 1/2 phosphorylation and elimination of inhibitory effect on mPTP opening. These findings suggested that sevoflurane postconditioning protected isolated rat hearts against ischemia-reperfusion injury via the recruitment of the ROS-ERK 1/2-mPTP signaling cascade.
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