Caspase inhibition reduces cardiac myocyte dyshomeostasis and improves cardiac contractile function after major burn injury
Caspase inhibition reduces cardiac myocyte dyshomeostasis and improves cardiac contractile function after major burn injury
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DOI:
10.1152/japplphysiol.01255.2006
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发表时间:
2007-07-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Horton, Jureta W.
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作者:
Carlson, Deborah L.;Maass, David L.;Horton, Jureta W.
In the heart, thermal injury activates a group of intracellular cysteine proteases known as as caspases. which have been suggested to contribute to myocyte inflammation and dyshomeostasis. In this study, Sprague-Dawley rats were given either a third-degree burn over 40% total body :;surface area plus conventional fluid resuscitation or sham burn injury. Experimental groups included 1) sham burn given vehicle, 400 mu l DMSO: 2) sham burn given Q-VD-OPh (6 mg/kg), a highly specific and stable caspase inhibitor, 24 and I h prior to sham burn; 3) burn given vehicle, DMSO as above; 4) burn given Q-VD-OPh 16 mg/kg) 24 and I h prior to burn. Twenty-four hours postburn, hearts were harvested and studied with regard to myocardial intracellular sodium concentration, intracellular pH, ATP, and phosphocreatine (Na-23/P-31 nuclear magnetic resonance); myocardial caspase-1. -3, and -8 expression; myocyte Na+ (fluorescent indicator, sodium-binding benzofurzan isophthalate); myocyte secretion of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-6, and IL-10; and myocardial performance (Langendorff). Burn injury treated with vehicle alone produced increased myocardial expression of caspase-1, -3, and -8, myocyte Na+ loading, cytokine secretion, and myocardial contractile depression: cellular pH. ATP, and phosphocreatine were stable. Q-VD-OPh treatment in burned rats attenuated myocardial caspase expression. prevented burn-related myocardial Na+ loading, attennated myocyte cytokine responses, and improved myocardial contraction and relaxation. The present data suggest that signaling through myocardial caspases plays a pivotal role in burn-related myocyte sodium dyshomeostasis and myocyte inflammation, perhaps contributing to burn-related contractile dysfunction.