2014 AHA Late-Breaking Basic Science Abstracts

Abstract

### 24178 ### MAVS Mediates Protection against Myocardial Ischemic Injury with Hydrogen Sulfide David Durrant, Adolfo G Mauro, Juan Valle Raleigh, Anindita Das, Jun He, Khoa Nguyen, Stefano Toldo, Antonio Abbate, Fadi N Salloum; Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Richmond, VA Background : Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been shown to protect against myocardial ischemic and inflammatory injury in part by preserving mitochondrial integrity. Since mitochondrial antiviral signaling (MAVS) protein has been implicated in attenuating Bax-mediated cytochrome c release from mitochondria caused by oxidative stress or ischemia, we sought to determine whether MAVS mediates the cardioprotective effects of H2S. Methods and Results : After baseline echocardiography, adult male wild type (WT) or MAVS KO mice underwent myocardial infarction (MI) by coronary artery ligation for 30 min. followed by 24 h reperfusion. Mice were pretreated with Na2S (100 μg/kg; ip ) or saline 1 h before MI. Infarct size, measured with TTC staining, was reduced and LV fractional shortening (FS) was preserved with Na2S at 24h post MI in WT mice as compared to saline-treated mice, but not in MAVS KO mice (Figs. A and B). The risk area was not different between the groups. Western blot analysis revealed a significant decline in myocardial MAVS expression at 24h post MI, which was preserved with Na2S (Fig. C). Another subset of mice was subjected to permanent coronary artery occlusion and treated with Na2S or saline daily for 28 days. LVFS decreased significantly at 28 days post-MI in the saline group, but was significantly preserved with Na2S (Fig. D). Moreover, LV infarct scar size, assessed by trichrome staining, was smaller in Na2S group (22.4 ± 2.7%) as compared to control (33.5 ± 2.1%, P<0.05). Survival rate was 2 fold higher with Na2S compared to saline (P<0.05). Western blot analysis confirmed a significant …