Journal
LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 77, Issue 8, Pages 882-889Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.12.035
Keywords
isolated heart; heart ischemia; troponin T; S100B protein release
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S100B is an astrocytic protein assessed in cerebrospinal fluid and serum as a biochemical marker of cerebral injuries. However, increasing evidences suggest the influence of extra cerebral sources on its serum levels. Since it was reported that the injured myocardiurn expresses S 10013, we investigated whether the isolated heart releases this protein. The rat hearts were excised and perfused by the Langendorff technique of isolated heart perfusion. After stabilization, 10 hearts (ischemic group) were submitted to 20 minutes of ischemia and 30 minutes of reperfusion, and 5 hearts (control group) were submitted to 50 minutes of perfusion. The perfusion fluid was collected at preischemia, and 0, 5, 10, 15 and 30 min after ischemia (or equivalent in controls) for S100B and cardiac troponin T (a heart injury marker) assays. In the ischemic group, S 10013 and troponin T levels increased significantly at time 0 min: S100B values [mu g/L, median (IQ25/IQ75)] increased from <= 0.02 (<= 0.02/0.03) to 0.38 (0.22/0.84), while troponin T values [mu g/L, median (IQ25/IQ75)] increased from 0.31 (0.15/0.45) to 2.84 (2.00/3.63). Our results point to the ischemic heart as an extra cerebral source of S100B. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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