Cardioprotection by HO-4038, a novel verapamil derivative, targeted against ischemia and reperfusion-mediated acute myocardial infarction.

Abstract

Many cardiac interventional procedures, such as coronary angioplasty, stenting, and thrombolysis, attempt to reintroduce blood flow (reperfusion) to an ischemic region of myocardium. However, the reperfusion is accompanied by a complex cascade of cellular and molecular events resulting in oxidative damage, termed myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. In this study, we evaluated the ability of HO-4038, an N-hydroxypiperidine derivative of verapamil, on the modulation of myocardial tissue oxygenation (Po(2)), I/R injury, and key signaling molecules involved in cardioprotection in an in vivo rat model of acute myocardial infarction (MI). MI was created in rats by ligating the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) for 30 min followed by 24 h of reperfusion. Verapamil or HO-4038 was infused through the jugular vein 10 min before the induction of ischemia. Myocardial Po(2) and the free-radical scavenging ability of HO-4038 were measured using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. HO-4038 showed a significantly better scavenging ability of reactive oxygen radicals compared with verapamil. The cardiac contractile functions in the I/R hearts were significantly higher recovery in HO-4038 compared with the verapamil group. A significant decrease in the plasma levels of creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase was observed in the HO-4038 group compared with the verapamil or untreated I/R groups. The left ventricular infarct size was significantly less in the HO-4038 (23 +/- 2%) compared with the untreated I/R (36 +/- 4%) group. HO-4038 significantly attenuated the hyperoxygenation (36 +/- 1 mmHg) during reperfusion compared with the untreated I/R group (44 +/- 2 mmHg). The HO-4038-treated group also markedly attenuated superoxide production, increased nitric oxide generation, and enhanced Akt and Bcl-2 levels in the reperfused myocardium. Overall, the results demonstrated that HO-4038 significantly protected hearts against I/R-induced cardiac dysfunction and damage through the combined beneficial actions of calcium-channel blocking, antioxidant, and prosurvival signaling activities.

• Authors: Iyyapu K Mohan, Mahmood Khan, Sheik Wisel, Karuppaiyah Selvendiran, Arun Sridhar, Cynthia A Carnes, Balazs Bognar, Tamás Kálai, Kálmán Hideg, Periannan Kuppusamy
• Journal: American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol) Vol. 296 Issue 1 Pg. H140-51 (Jan 2009) ISSN: 0363-6135 [Print] United States
• PMID: 18978191 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
• Antioxidants
• Calcium Channel Blockers
• Calcium Channels
• Cardiotonic Agents
• Free Radical Scavengers
• HO-4038
• Superoxides
• Nitric Oxide
• Hydroxyl Radical
• Verapamil
• Creatine Kinase

Topics

• Animals
• Anti-Arrhythmia Agents (pharmacology)
• Antioxidants (pharmacology)
• Blotting, Western
• Calcium Channel Blockers (pharmacology)
• Calcium Channels (drug effects, metabolism)
• Cardiotonic Agents
• Cells, Cultured
• Creatine Kinase (metabolism)
• Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
• Electrophysiology
• Free Radical Scavengers (pharmacology)
• Hydroxyl Radical (metabolism)
• Male
• Myocardial Infarction (pathology, prevention & control)
• Myocardial Reperfusion Injury (pathology, prevention & control)
• Nitric Oxide (metabolism)
• Oxygen Consumption (drug effects)
• Patch-Clamp Techniques
• Rats
• Rats, Sprague-Dawley
• Superoxides (metabolism)
• Verapamil (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)