Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 283, Issue 5, Pages H1943-H1957Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00150.2002
Keywords
ischemic-reperfused; BW-373U86; 7-benzylidenenaltrexone
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL 43151, HL 68088, HL 55757, HL 65660] Funding Source: Medline
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Although activation of delta-opioid receptors is known to induce both early and late preconditioning (PC) against myocardial infarction, the mechanisms for this salubrious effect are unclear. Furthermore, it is unknown whether delta-opioid receptors can also induce late PC against myocardial stunning. By using conscious rabbits (n = 120) in this study, we found that the delta-opioid receptor agonist (+/-)-4-{(alpha-R*)-alpha-[(2S*,5R*)-4- allyl-2,5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl]-3-hydroxybenzyl}-N,N-diethyl-benzamide (BW-373U86) induced late PC against myocardial stunning 24 h after treatment and that this effect was abolished by the selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors N-[2-(cyclohexyloxy)4-nitrophenyl]methanesulfonamide (NS-398) and celecoxib. This protective effect was also abrogated by the selective delta(1)-opioid receptor antagonist 7-benzylidenenaltrexone, indicating that the delta(1)-opioid receptor is necessary for BW-373U86-induced late PC. BW-373U86 did not induce early PC against stunning. In addition, BW-373U86 induced late PC against infarction, which was blocked by NS-398. At 24 h after BW-373U86 administration, myocardial COX-2 protein expression and PGE(2) and 6-keto-PGF(1alpha) levels were significantly increased. These results demonstrate that activation of delta-opioid receptors induces late PC against both stunning and infarction via a COX-2-dependent mechanism.
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