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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-9
pubmed:abstractText
The tissue kallikrein-kinin system is present in the heart, and kinin has been shown to have cardioprotective effects. In this study, we investigated the potential role of tissue kallikrein in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury through adenovirus-mediated human kallikrein gene delivery. One week after gene delivery, the rats were subjected to a 30-minute coronary occlusion followed by a 2-hour reperfusion. Kallikrein gene delivery caused significant decreases in the ratio of infarct size to ischemic area at risk (from 69.6% to 44.5%, n=10 and 8, P<0.01) and in the incidence of ventricular fibrillation (from 64.3% to 16.7%, n=14 and 24, P<0.01) compared with the group injected with control adenovirus. Kallikrein gene delivery also attenuated programmed cell death in the ischemic area compared with the control area as assessed with the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated nick end labeling assay (n=6, P<0.01). Icatibant, a specific bradykinin B(2) receptor antagonist, abolished these kallikrein-mediated beneficial effects. The expression of human tissue kallikrein mRNA was identified in rat heart, kidney, lung, liver, and adrenal gland. After kallikrein gene delivery, cardiac kinin and cGMP levels were significantly elevated compared with the control (29.6+/-12.7 versus 6.1+/-2.1 pg/mg protein, n=7, P<0.01; 1.30+/-0.06 versus 0.86+/-0.09 pmol/mg protein, n=5, P<0.05). These results indicate that kallikrein gene delivery protects against myocardial infarction, ventricular arrhythmias, and apoptosis in ischemia/reperfusion injury via kinin-cGMP signal pathway. The successful application of this technology may have potential therapeutic value in the treatment of coronary artery diseases.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0194-911X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Kallikrein gene delivery attenuates myocardial infarction and apoptosis after myocardial ischemia and reperfusion.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425-2211, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.