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Role of protein kinase C and 72 kDa heat shock protein in ischemic tolerance following heat stress in the rat heart

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Heat stress (HS) and the subsequent expression of 72 kDa heat shock protein (HSP 72) has been shown to enhance post-ischemic functional recovery and reduce infarct size. Because the synthesis of heat shock proteins involves activation of heat shock transcription factors through phosphorylation, we hypothesized that inhibition of protein kinase C (PKC) would block HS mediated protection and expression of HSP 72 in the heart. Five groups of rats were studied (1) Sham anesthetized, (2) HS group - animals were heat shocked by raising the whole body core temperature to 42°C for 15 min, (3) Vehicle group - HS rats treated with 50% DMSO in saline, (4) PKC inhibitor-treated group - specific PKC antagonist, chelerythrine chloride (5 mg/kg, i.p) given 30 min prior to HS and (5) Vehicle treated control - non-HS rats treated with vehicle prior to ischemia/reperfusion. Hearts were subjected to 30 min of regional ischemia and 90 min of reperfusion 24 h after HS. Risk area was delineated by injection of 10% Evan's blue and infarct size determined using computer morphometry of tetrazolium stained sections. Infarct size (% area at risk) reduced significantly from 49.4 ± 2.3% (n = 7) in sham to 10.0 ± 2.5% (p < 0.01) and 9.1 ± 3.0% in HS and vehicle treated HS groups respectively (p < 0.05) Treatment with chelerythrine prior to HS increased infarct size to 49.4 ± 2.3% (p < 0.05). Infarct size in chelerythrine-treated non-HS ischemic/reperfused heart was 40.7 ± 5.4%, which did not differ significantly from vehicle-treated sham group. Western blot analysis demonstrated marked increase in HSP 72 in HS groups (with or without vehicle treatment) and pretreatment with chelerythrine chloride failed to inhibit the expression of HSP 72. The results suggest that HS-induced ischemic tolerance is mediated via PKC pathway and this protection does not appear to be directly related to the expression of HSP 72 in rat heart.

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Kukreja, R.C., Qian, YZ., Okubo, S. et al. Role of protein kinase C and 72 kDa heat shock protein in ischemic tolerance following heat stress in the rat heart. Mol Cell Biochem 195, 123–131 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006977311448

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