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PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS
Volume 86, Issue 3, Pages 263-275Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-7258(00)00058-9
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adenosine; K-ATP channels; MAPKAPK2; p38 MAPK; protein kinase C; tyrosine kinase
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When the heart is subjected to a transient nonlethal period of ischemia, it quickly adapts itself to become resistant to infarction from a subsequent ischemic insult. This adaptation is called preconditioning. This cardioprotection has been shown to be mediated by stimulation of receptors linked to protein kinase C (PKC) (adenosine, bradykinin, opioids, etc.), and these receptors protect by activating PKC, PKC appears to he the first element of a complex kinase cascade that is activated during the prolonged ischemia in the preconditioned heart. Recent studies imply that p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase carries the signal from PKC to the mitochondrial K-ATP channels, causing them to open and thus protect the heart. The cardioprotection of preconditioning occurs in all species tested to date. and possibly also humans. It is expected that as the mechanism of preconditioning is more thoroughly understood, pharmacological preconditioning will became practical for clinical use. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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