Oxidative modification of tropomyosin and myocardial dysfunction following coronary microembolization
Oxidative modification of tropomyosin and myocardial dysfunction following coronary microembolization
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DOI:
10.1093/eurheartj/ehi751
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发表时间:
2006-04-01
影响因子:
39.3
通讯作者:
Heusch, G
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作者:
Canton, M;Skyschally, A;Heusch, G
Aims We addressed a potential mechanism of myocardial dysfunction following coronary microembolization at the level of myofibrillar proteins.Methods and results Anaesthetized pigs underwent intracoronary infusion of microspheres. After 6 h, the microembolized areas (MEA) had decreased systolic wall thickening to 38 +/- 7% of baseline and a 2.62 +/- 0.40-fold increase in the formation of disulphide cross-bridges (DCB) in tropomyosin relative to that in remote areas. The impairment in contractile function correlated inversely with DCB formation (r=-0.68; P=0.015) and was associated with increased TNF-alpha content. DCB formation was reflected by increased tropomyosin immunoreactivity and abolished in vitro by dithiothreitol. Ascorbic acid prevented contractile dysfunction as well as increased DCB and TNF-alpha. In anaesthetized dogs, 8 h after intracoronary microspheres infusion, contractile function was reduced to 8 +/- 10% of baseline and DCB in MEA was 1.48 +/- 0.12 higher than that in remote areas. In conscious dogs, 6 days after intracoronary microspheres infusion, myocardial function had returned to baseline and DCB was no longer different between remote and MEA. Again contractile function correlated inversely with DCB formation (r=-0.83; P=0.005).Conclusion Myofibrillar protein oxidation may represent a mechanistic link between inflammation and contractile dysfunction following coronary microembolization.