Physiological and biochemical adrenergic regulation of the stunned myocardium

  • Dorothy E. Vatner
  • Stephen F. Vatner
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Part of the Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry book series (DMCB, volume 28)

Abstract

A dual approach was employed to study ß-adrenergic receptor signal transduction in post ischemic (stunned) myocardium, examining physiological interventions in awake, chronically instrumented pigs and biochemical, cellular mechanisms in sarcolemmal preparations from the stunned hearts using the contralateral non-ischemic zone as a control. Ten min of coronary artery occlusion (CAO) and 30 min coronary artery reperfusion (CAR) resulted in depressed posterior wall-thickening (myocardial stunning). Isoproterenol increased transmural wall thickening more in stunned myocardium than in non-ischemic myocardium. In contrast, the responses of wall thickening to forskolin, actually decreased during stunning compared with control. NKH 477, a water soluble forskolin derivative, that does not activate cardiac nerves, increased wall thickening in non-ischemic tissue similarly to the effects on stunned myocardium. Increasing cardiac neural tone reflexly with inferior venal caval occlusion (IVCO) elicited similar results to forskolin, i.e., stunned myocardium responded with less of an increase in wall thickening as compared with non-ischemic myocardium, ß-adrenergic receptor density, as determined with 125I-cyanopindolol binding, was significantly increased in stunned subendocardium and subepicardium compared with respective values in non-ischemic myocardium. There were no differences in the response of adenylyl cyclase to isoproterenol in stunned and non-ischemic myocardium. The enhanced responsiveness of the ß-adrenergic receptor to isoproterenol stimulation in stunned myocardium corresponded to the increase in ß-adrenergic receptor density. The combination of enhanced responses to isoproterenol, and decreased responses to forskolin and to IVCO and preserved responsiveness to NKH 477, suggest that stunned myocardium is characterized by transient sympathetic neural stunning. The enhanced sensitivity to ß-adrenergic receptor stimulation has important clinical implications, both in terms of therapy of stunned myocardium and detection of stunned and /or hibernating myocardium, i.e., low dose dobutamine echocardiography. (Mol Cell Biochem 186: 131–137, 1998)

Key words

myocardial stunning ß-adrenergic receptor adenylyl cyclase coronary artery occlusion coronary artery reperfusion 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Dorothy E. Vatner
    • 1
  • Stephen F. Vatner
    • 1
  1. 1.Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research InstituteAllegheny University of the Health SciencesPittsburghUSA

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