Improved Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Mice
Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 39, No. 7, 2002 © 2002 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN 0735-1097/02/$22.00 Published by Elsevier Science Inc. PII S0735-1097(02)01738-2 Improved Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Mice Lacking Tumor Necrosis Factor-␣ Naoya Maekawa, BSC,* Hisayasu Wada, MD, PHD,* Tsugiyasu Kanda, MD, PHD,‡ Tamikazu Niwa, BSC,* Yasuhiro Yamada, MD, PHD,* Kuniaki Saito, PHD,* Hisayoshi Fujiwara, MD, PHD,† Kenji Sekikawa, PHD,§ Mitsuru Seishima, MD, PHD* Gifu, Maebashi and Tsukuba, Japan OBJECTIVES This study sought to assess the role of tumor necrosis factor-␣ (TNF-␣) in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury using TNF-␣ knockout (KO) mice. BACKGROUND Tumor necrosis factor-␣ is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of myocardial I/R injury by promoting leukocyte infiltration of the myocardium. However, the precise role of TNF-␣ in I/R injury is still unknown. METHODS The hearts in TNF-␣ KO and wild-type (WT) mice were exposed by left lateral thoracotomy, and the left coronary artery was occluded for 30 min then reperfused for 120 min. RESULTS The infarct size in TNF-␣ KO mice was significantly reduced compared with WT mice. The frequency of arrhythmia was decreased, and cardiac function during reperfusion was significantly improved in TNF-␣ KO mice compared with WT mice. The activation of nuclear factor-B (NF-B), the expression of chemokines and adhesion molecules and the infiltration of leukocytes were also significantly reduced in TNF-␣ KO mice, compared with WT mice. These findings provide evidence that TNF-␣ aggravates I/R injury. CONCLUSIONS Tumor necrosis factor-␣ exacerbates myocardial I/R injury at an early stage of reperfusion by activating NF-B, thereby inducing chemokines and adhesion molecules and facilitating leukocyte infiltration.
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