Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to ischemia-reperfusion injury of the heart. This study investigates the effects of tempol, a membrane-permeable radical scavenger on (i) the infarct size caused by regional myocardial ischemia and reperfusion of the heart in vivo (rat, rabbit) and in vitro (rat), and (ii) the cell injury caused by hydrogen peroxide (H 2O 2) in rat cardiac myoblasts (H9c2 cells). In the anesthetized rat, tempol reduced the infarct size caused by regional myocardial ischemia (25 min) and reperfusion (2 h) from 60 ± 3% (control, n = 8) to 24 ± 5% ( n = 6, p < .05). In the anesthetized rabbit, tempol also attenuated the infarct size caused by myocardial ischemia (45 min) and reperfusion (2 h) from 59 ± 3% (control, n = 6) to 39 ± 5% ( n = 5, p < .05). Regional ischemia (35 min) and reperfusion (2 h) of the isolated, buffer-perfused heart of the rat resulted in an infarct size of 54 ± 4% (control n = 7). Reperfusion of hearts with buffer containing tempol ( n = 6) caused a 37% reduction in infarct size ( n = 6, p < .05). Pretreatment of rat cardiac myoblasts with tempol attenuated the impairment in mitochondrial respiration caused by H 2O 2 (1 mM for 4 h). Thus, the membrane-permeable radical scavenger tempol reduces myocardial infarct size in rodents.
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