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16373583

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-10
pubmed:abstractText
We previously showed that C-phycocyanin (PC), an antioxidant biliprotein pigment of Spirulina platensis (a blue-green alga), effectively inhibited doxorubicin-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in cardiomyocytes. Here we investigated the cardioprotective effect of PC against ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)-induced myocardial injury in an isolated perfused Langendorff heart model. Rat hearts were subjected to 30 min of global ischemia at 37 degrees C followed by 45 min of reperfusion. Hearts were perfused with PC (10 microM) or Spirulina preparation (SP, 50 mg/l) for 15 min before the onset of ischemia and throughout reperfusion. After 45 min of reperfusion, untreated (control) hearts showed a significant decrease in recovery of coronary flow (44%), left ventricular developed pressure (21%), and rate-pressure product (24%), an increase in release of lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase in coronary effluent, significant myocardial infarction (44% of risk area), and TdT-mediated dUTP nick end label-positive apoptotic cells compared with the preischemic state. PC or SP significantly enhanced recovery of heart function and decreased infarct size, attenuated lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase release, and suppressed I/R-induced free radical generation. PC reversed I/R-induced activation of p38 MAPK, Bax, and caspase-3, suppression of Bcl-2, and increase in TdT-mediated dUTP nick end label-positive apoptotic cells. However, I/R also induced activation of ERK1/2, which was enhanced by PC treatment. Overall, these results for the first time showed that PC attenuated I/R-induced cardiac dysfunction through its antioxidant and antiapoptotic actions and modulation of p38 MAPK and ERK1/2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
290
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H2136-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
C-phycocyanin protects against ischemia-reperfusion injury of heart through involvement of p38 MAPK and ERK signaling.
pubmed:affiliation
Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article