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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2004;24:1848.)
© 2004 American Heart Association, Inc.

Vascular Biology

Carbon Monoxide Protects Against Cardiac Ischemia—Reperfusion Injury In Vivo via MAPK and Akt—eNOS Pathways

Hajime Fujimoto; Minoru Ohno; Seiji Ayabe; Hisae Kobayashi; Nobukazu Ishizaka; Hiroko Kimura; Ken-ichi Yoshida; Ryozo Nagai

From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (H.F., M.O., S.A., H.K., N.I., R.N.), University of Tokyo; the Department of Forensic Medicine (H.K.), School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo; and the Department of Forensic Medicine (K.-i.Y.), the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Correspondence to Dr Minoru Ohno, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. E-mail mino-tky{at}umin.ac.jp

Background— Carbon monoxide (CO) is postulated to protect tissues against several types of injuries. We investigated the role of CO in amelioration of cardiac ischemia–reperfusion injury in vivo and the mechanisms involved in it.

Methods and Results— Rats inhaled CO (250 ppm, 500 ppm, or 1000 ppm) for 24 hours in a chamber after myocardial ischemia–reperfusion induced by occluding the left anterior descending coronary artery for 30 minutes. Pre-exposure to 1000 ppm of CO significantly reduced the ratio of infarct areas to risk areas and suppressed the migration of macrophages and monocytes into infarct areas, and the expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- in the heart; however, 250 ppm, 500 ppm of CO, or low barometric pressure hypoxia (0.5 atm) did not affect them. Exposure to 1000 ppm CO resulted in the activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK), protein kinase B(Akt), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in the myocardium. Inhibition of p38MAPK, PI3kinase, NO, and soluble guanylate cyclase with SB203580, wortmannin, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), and methylene blue, respectively, attenuated the cytoprotection by CO.

Conclusion— CO has beneficial effects on cardiac ischemia–reperfusion injury; this effect is mediated by p38MAPK pathway and Akt–eNOS pathway, including production of cGMP.

The role of carbon monoxide (CO) in myocardial ischemia–reperfusion was studied. Pre-inhalation of 1000 ppm CO reduced cardiac ischemia–reperfusion injury in vivo. CO resulted in phosphorylation of p38MAPK, Akt, and eNOS. Inhibition of these pathways attenuated the cytoprotection by CO. Thus, CO protects against ischemia–reperfusion by activating p38MAPK, Akt, and eNOS.

Key Words: ischemia • ischemic heart disease • nitric oxide synthase • pharmacokinetics • reperfusion injury

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