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Hypercholesterolemia attenuates postischemic ventricular dysfunction in the isolated rabbit heart

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The effects of the chronic administration of cholesterol on the stunned myocardium have not been studied. The objective was to determine the effect of a cholesterol enriched diet on postischemic ventricular dysfunction. In group 1 (G1, n = 7 isolated rabbit hearts underwent a follow up of ventricular function during 30 min in aerobic conditions. In group 2 (G2, n = 6) G1 was repeated but the animals were subjected to a 1% cholesterol enriched diet during 4 weeks (hypercholesterolemic animals). In group 3 (G3, n = 8) hearts underwent 15 min of global ischemia followed by 30 min of reperfusion. In Group 4 (G4, n = 11) G3 was repeated, but in hypercholesterolemic animals. Since cholesterol decreased the inotropism in basal situation, and this makes the comparison between groups difficult, we performed a Group 5 (G5, n = 7), in which G4 protocol was repeated but isoproterenol (8 μg/kg/min) was administered 10 min before ischemia, in order to match the preischemic inotropic state with respect to the normocholesterolemic ones. G1 and G2 maintained a stable inotropism during the 30 min of perfusion. The preischemic left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP) in G3 and G4 was 91.4± 4.3 and 70.8± 3.4 mmHg (p< 0.05), respectively, and after 30 min of reperfusion differences were not observed between G3 and G4. Nevertheless, when LVDP is expressed as a percentage, we detected an attenuation of postischemic systolic alterations in hypercholesterolemic animals (67.3± 3.6 in G4 vs. 90.8± 3.1% in G3, p< 0.05). When LVDP in G5 was increased until matching the one of G3, there were no differences after 30 min of reperfusion. Left ventricular end diastolic pressure increased 285± 46%, 61± 25% (p< 0.05 vs. G3 and G5) and 216± 25% in G3, G4 and G5 at 30 min of reperfusion. There were no differences either in the values of tau or infarct size between groups. Thus, in hypercholesterolemic animals, a decrease of the preischemic inotropism exists and there is an attenuation of the stunned myocardium. When contractility of the normo and hypercholesterolemic animals is matched, the beneficial effect disappears.

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  1. Institute of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Verónica D’Annunzio, Martín Donato, Melina Sabán & Ricardo J. Gelpi

  2. Lipids and Lipoproteins Laboratory, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Silvia M. Sanguinetti & Regina L. W. Wikinski

  3. Institute of Cardiovascular Physiopathology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, J. E. Uriburu 950–2nd. Floor, C1114AAD, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Ricardo J. Gelpi

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D’Annunzio, V., Donato, M., Sabán, M. et al. Hypercholesterolemia attenuates postischemic ventricular dysfunction in the isolated rabbit heart. Mol Cell Biochem 273, 137–143 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-005-8264-6

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