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An important mechanism of lethal myocardial reperfusion injury is the development of cellular hypercontracture at the onset of reperfusion. Hypercontracture can lead to cytolysis by mutual mechanical disruption of myocardial cells. 2,3-Butanedione monoxime (BDM) inhibits myofibrillar cross-bridge cycling and may therefore reduce infarct size in ischaemic reperfused myocardium. This study investigated whether a temporary presence of BDM protects against myocardial reperfusion injury in an intact-animal preparation. Anaesthetized open-chest dogs (n=10) underwent 1 h of left anterior descendent artery (LAD) occlusion and received intracoronary BDM (25 mM, n=5) or vehicle (n=5) for 65 min starting with an anoxic local infusion 5 min before reperfusion. Infarct size was assessed by triphenyltetrazolium staining after 6 h reperfusion. The infusion of BDM was accompanied by a transient reduction of left ventricular systolic pressure from 84.3±11.2 mm Hg during occlusion to 66.4±9.9 mm Hg at 30 min reperfusion (mean±SD, P<0.01 vs. control). LAD-flow and regional wall motion in the area at risk showed no difference between groups. Infarct size (% of area at risk) was reduced from 24.4±8.7 (control) to 6.6±2.0% (BDM) (P<0.01). The results demonstrate that development of necrosis in reperfused myocardium can be greatly reduced by temporary presence of the contractile inhibitor BDM at the onset of reperfusion.
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Schlack, W., Uebing, A., Schäfer, M. et al. Regional contractile blockade at the onset of reperfusion reduces infarct size in the dog heart. Pflügers Arch 428, 134–141 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00374850
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