Abstract
We have previously reported the marked increase in plasma levels of endothelin-1 in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). To investigate the effects of severe myocardial ischemia on the production of endothelin-1, plasma concentrations of endothelin-1 were measured by a sandwich-type enzyme immunoassay that we developed recently in both the coronary sinus and the aorta of dogs with artificially induced AMI. Dogs were anesthetized and chests were opened. The proximal left anterior descending coronary artery was completely occluded by ligation for 1 h and then was reperfused for 1 h. Throughout the experiment (at the end of occlusion for 1 h, at the beginning of reperfusion, at the end of reperfusion for 1 h), plasma endothelin-1 levels were not significantly altered either in the coronary sinus or in the aorta. The present findings indicate that severe myocardial ischemia itself does not affect the production of endothelin-1 in the coronary circulation of dogs.
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