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. 1993 Jan;108(1):50–56. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13438.x

Na+/H+ exchange inhibitors reverse lactate-induced depression in postischaemic ventricular recovery.

M Karmazyn 1
PMCID: PMC1907700  PMID: 8381322

Abstract

1. By use of pharmacological approaches, the present study examined the hypothesis that the deleterious effect of lactate on postischaemic ventricular recovery may be mediated, at least in part, by enhanced activation of the Na+/H+ exchanger at the time of reperfusion. 2. Spontaneously beating isolated hearts of the rat were subjected to 15 min zero-flow global ischaemia followed by 30 min reperfusion. The effects of lactate (10, 20 or 40 mM) were studied by adding it 20 min before ischaemia whereas reperfusion was carried out with lactate-free buffer. 3. Pretreatment with 20 or 40 mM lactate significantly reduced postischaemic recovery of developed force to 17 +/- 3% and 16 +/- 4% of preischaemic values (P < 0.05) compared to a 78 +/- 4% recovery in control hearts. Similarly, recovery in ventricular rate was significantly reduced to 34 +/- 7.6% and 38 +/- 12% with 20 and 40 mM lactate, respectively compared to 97.5 +/- 6.4% recovery in control hearts. At a concentration of 10 mM, lactate was without effect on either force or ventricular rate recovery. 4. Coadministration of either of two Na+/H+ exchange inhibitors, amiloride (174 microM) or 5-N,N-hexamethylene amiloride (HMA, 1 microM) with lactate and inclusion of the two drugs during the first 5 min of reperfusion resulted in reversal of lactate-induced inhibition of force recovery with observed recoveries of 69 +/- 6.7% and 64 +/- 5% with amiloride and HMA, respectively. Similarly, recovery in ventricular rate was significantly enhanced to 92 +/- 10% and 89 +/- 6% with amiloride and HMA, respectively compared to 38 +/- 12% recovery in control hearts.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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