Effects and interaction, of cariporide and preconditioning on cardiac arrhythmias and infarction in rat in vivo

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Although Na+‐H+ exchange (NHE) inhibitors are reported to protect the myocardium against ischaemic injury, NHE activation has also been proposed as a potential mechanism of ischaemic preconditioning‐induced protection. This study was performed to test any modifiable effect of cariporide, an NHE inhibitor, on cardioprotective effects of preconditioning. Anaesthetized rats were subjected to 30 min of coronary artery occlusion and 150 min of reperfusion. The preconditioning (PC) was induced by 3 min of ischaemia and 10 min of reperfusion (1PC) or three episodes of 3 min ischaemia and 5 min reperfusion (3PC). Cariporide (0.3 mg kg−1) an NHE inhibitor, was administered 30 min (cari(30)) or 45 min (cari(45)) before coronary ligation (n=8–11 for each group). Ventricular arrhythmias during 30 min ischaemia and infarct size (measured by triphenyltetrazolium (TTC) and expressed as a per cent area at risk (%AAR)) were determined. Cari(30) reduced ventricular fibrillation (VF) incidence and infarct size (from 45 to 0% and 34±4 to 9±2%; each PP+3%; each PBritish Journal of Pharmacology (1999) 127, 1048–155; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0702566

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