Objective To investigate the cardioprotective effects of 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NPA) pretreatment against ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Methods Sixteen male Wistar rats weighing 200-250 g were randomly divided into 2 groups ( n = 8 each):(1) 3-NPA group received intraperitoneal 3-NPA 4 mg?kg-1 24 h before the animals were sacrificed and (2) control group received normal saline instead of 3-NPA. The animals were sacrificed and the hearts were immediately removed and mounted on Langendorff apparatus and perfused with K-H solution saturated with 95% O2 and 5% CO2 at 37℃ . After being perfused for 30 min the hearts were subjected to 30 min global ischemia by suspension of perfusion followed by 60 min reperfusion. The HR, left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP) and ? dp/dtmaxd were recorded before ischemia and at 30 and 60 min of reperfusion. Coronary effluent was collected at 15 min of reperfusion for determination of CK and LDH activity. At the end of 60 min reperfusion the hearts were removed for determination of myocardial MDA content and SOD activity.Results LVDP and ? dp/dtmax recovered significantly better in 3-NPA group than in control group. The myocardial MDA content, CK and LDH release were significantly lower in 3-NPA group than in control group. The myocardial SOD activity was significantly higher in 3-NPA group than in control group. Conclusion Chemical preconditioning with 3-NPA protects the heart from I/R injury.

Objective: To observe the effect of on modified St.Thomas solution with mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel opener diazoxide on guinea pig papillary muscles protection after myocardial hypoxia. Methods: Twenty-four guinea pigs were randomly divided into three groups. In control group, cardioplegia was routine St.Thomas solution. In treatment group, cardioplegia was used modified St.Thomas solution. In blocker group, the muscle was treated with the specific potassium channel blocker glibenchamide 15 minutes before arrest used diazoxide cardioplegia. Myocardial electrophysical before and after cardioplegic arrest in guinea pig papillary muscles were studied. Results: 1, Time of recovery was shortened significantly in treatment group (P

In order to study the cardioprotective effects of diazoxide on the myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury of rats and mechanisms, the healthy SD rats were randomly divided into 2 groups: the rats in the experimental group were injected with diazoxide for preconditioning with the dosage of 12.5 mg/kg through the right femoral vein and those in the control group was only administered with the equal volume of media. After 10 min, a left thoracotomy was performed and the left anterior descending branch was occluded for 2 h. Two h later, the left anterior descending branch was reperfused for 2 h and then the heart was quickly excised to be used for measurement of MDA, SOD and the infarct size, in situ cell apoptosis detection and observation of the cell ultrastructure by electron microscopy. The results showed that as compared with the control group. MDA, the infarct size and cell apoptosis in the experimental group were greatly reduced (P<0.05). And the cell ultrastructure was obviously improved. But the activity of SOD had no change (P>0.05). It was concluded that diazoxide could protect the rats from myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, which might be contributed to the reduction of lipid peroxidation and cell apoptosis.

Objective To study early treatment strategy for brain hernia combined with hemorrhagic shock and the effect on prognosis of patients with severe head injury.Methods 252 cases of patients with severe head inju-ry and brain hernia combined with hemorrhagic shock in the mergency intensive care unit were divided into the obser-vation group and control group according to the stochastic indicator method,each group in 126 cases.The two group were treated with early treatment strategy and traditional treatment mode,respectively.The advantages and effect of two modes were analyzed.Results The majority of patients had united injury,such as soft tissue injuries,pelvis and spine fractures.There were 136 cases of patients with mild brain hernia and the rate of patients with hemorrhagic shock was 62.30%(157/252).The mortality was 34.13% in the observation group and 48.41% in the control group.There was significant difference(χ2 =5.306,P=0.021).The ratio of patinents with mild disability was 56.35%(71/126) in the observation group and the control group was 35.71%(45/126).The severe disability,vegetative state and death was 43.65%(55/126) in the observation group after the follow-up of 6 months.It was significantly lower than that of the control group(χ2 =5.306,P=0.001).Conclusion The early strategy treatment has a positive effect on reducing the mortality of brain hernia combined with hemorrhagic shock of patients with severe head injury the GOS for the prognosis disability increases significantly.

Objective: To investigate thestatus and control of blood lipid level among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus（T2DM）in rural communities of Zhejiang Province，and to provide evidence for blood lipid control for T2DM. Methods: A sample of 10 343 patients with T2DM managed by communities from Jiashan，Suichang and Yongkang in 2016 were recruited. Through the diabetes registry system，physical examination and laboratory tests，data of demographic features，blood pressure，body mass index（BMI），waist circumstance（WC），glycated hemoglobin（HbA1c），total cholesterol（TC），triglyceride（TG），low-density lipoprotein cholesterol（LDL-C）and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol（HDL-C）were collected to learn the status of blood lipid control. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to explore the influencing factors for blood lipid control. Results: The control rate of TC，TG，LDL-C and HDL-C in patients with T2DM was 29.84%，58.72%，48.25% and 61.27%，respectively. About 11.76% of patients had all the four indicators in control，while 9.22% of patients failed in all. The higher control rates of all of the four indicators were seen in males than females，in older age，in lower BMI and in normal people than in central obese people（all P<0.05）. The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that sex（OR=3.556，95%CI：3.070-4.119），age（OR=1.130，95%CI：1.060-1.204），WC（OR=0.989，95%CI：0.980-0.998）， BMI（OR=0.768，95%CI：0.688-0.857），systolic blood pressure（OR=0.991，95%CI：0.984-0.999），HbA1c level（OR=0.914，95%CI：0.876- 0.953），smoking（OR=0.768，95%CI：0.639-0.924）and drinking（OR=0.688，95%CI：0.536-0.884）were associated with the control of TC，TG，LDL-C and HDL-C in patients with T2DM. Conclusion The control rate of blood lipid is low in patients with T2DM in rural communities of Zhejiang Province，surveillance and interventions should be focused on sex，overweight/obesity，smoking，alcohol intake，blood glucose and blood pressure.

Whether the ATP-sensitive potassium channel opener pinacidil can provide myocardial protective effects in prolonged isolated global ischemic rat heart was investigated. On modified isolated rat working heart model, 40 hearts were divided into four groups randomly: Hyperpolarized arrest H-K solution containing pinacidil (50 mumol/L) (P1 and P2) and depolarized arrest St. Thomas' solution (S1 and S2) subjected to 15 degrees C hypothermia, 60 min (P1 and S1) or 120 min (P1 and S2) of ischemia and 30 min reperfusion. The experimental indices included cardioplegic efficiency, cardiac function, coronary blood flow, myocardial enzyme release, myocardial water and ATP content. Hyperpolarized arrest provided significantly better recovery of cardiac function than depolarized arrest. Postischemic coronary flow and myocardial ATP content were higher. The arrest time of electro-mechanical activities were longer than depolarized arrest. There were no differences among the groups in myocardial water contents. The hyperpolarized arrest solution containing pinacidil can provide a marked myocardial protective effect during prolonged hypothermic myocardial ischemia.
Animals ; Cardioplegic Solutions ; pharmacology ; Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels ; Heart Arrest, Induced ; Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels ; In Vitro Techniques ; Ion Channels ; metabolism ; Male ; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury ; physiopathology ; prevention & control ; Myocardium ; metabolism ; Pinacidil ; pharmacology ; Potassium Channels ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

Summary: The effects of diazoxide treatments on electrophysiologyic properties in guinea pig papillary muscles undergoing ischemia/reperfusion was studied using intracellular microelectrode technique. Twenty-four guinea pigs were randomly divided into three groups (n=8 in each group). In control group, St.Thomas solution was given. In experimental group, St.Thomas solution with diazoxide (100 mol/L) was given. In pretreatment group, the muscle was treated with diazoxide 20 min before arrested with St.Thomas cardioplegia. The results showed that the APD50 and APD90 in experimental and pretreatment groups were significantly shorter after 5 and 10 min reperfusion (P<0.01, P<0.05), but longer after 30 min reperfusion (P<0.01, P<0.05) than in control group. In experimental and pretreatment groups, APA, OS, Vmax recovered more quickly than those in control group. The time to re-systole after reperfusion in control group was longer than that in experimental and pretreatment groups. There was no significant difference in RP among three groups. The time of arrest in pretreatment group was longer than that in experimental and pretreatment group (P<0.05). This study indicates that protective effects of St.Thomas solution with diazoxide is better than that of pretreatment with diazoxide or St.Thomas solution alone.

This study was designed to investigate the cardioprotective effects of preconditioning with 3-nitropropionic acid, an inhibitor of mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase. 16 isolated rat hearts were randomly divided into two groups, a treatment group and a control group. The rats of the treatment group were treated intraperitoneally with 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NPA, 4 mg/kg)and the rats of the control group were treated with saline. 24 h after the treatment, the isolated hearts were mounted on a Langendorff apparatus. After 30 min, the hearts were subjected to 30-min ischemia and 60-min reperfusion. The HR, LVDP and ±dp/dtmax were measured at pre-ischemia and 30 min, 60 min after the reperfusion. Coronary effluent was collected 15 min after the reperfusion for the determination of CK and LDH. At the end of the 60-min reperfusion the heart was removed for the determination of myocardial SOD and MDA. Our results showed that in the 3-NPA group LVDP and ±dp/dtmax recovered significantly better, myocardial MDA, CK and LDH were significantly lower and the myocardial SOD was significantly higher than in the control group.It is concluded that chemical preconditioning by 3-nitropropionate has cardioprotective effects against ischemia-reperfusion injury.

To observe the protective effect of heparin-coated circuits (HCC) on the platelet function during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), 23 patients with heart valve replacement were studied. The system heparin dose was 3 mg/kg in the control group (n = 15) and heparin-coated circuits in the HCC group (n = 8). Platelet count, alpha-granule membrane protein-140 (GMP-140) concentrations were determined before CPB, at 60 min of CPB, 30 and 60 min after protamine administration, first 12 h after CPB, respectively. At end of CPB the arterial filters in the circuits were observed by electron microscopy. The amount of first 12-h postoperative blood loss was measured. There was significant reduction in platelet loss during and after CPB in the HCC group in contrast to the control group during CPB (P<0.05). During the first 12 h, postoperative blood loss was reduced in the HCC group as compared with that in the control group (218+/-61 ml, vs. 332+/-118 ml, P<0.05). Electron microscopy showed that in the HCC group the filter meshes and their fringes were clear and fragments of floccules were occasionally seen, without adherent cells or only few adherent cells on their surfaces, whereas several cellular and fibrous components were found to adhere to the surfaces of the filter meshes in the control group. This study indicates that heparin-coated circuits might reduce the platelet loss and activation during CPB and improve hemocompatibility of cardiopulmonary bypass equipment.
Adult ; Anticoagulants ; metabolism ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Blood Coagulation ; drug effects ; Blood Platelets ; metabolism ; Cardiopulmonary Bypass ; instrumentation ; Coated Materials, Biocompatible ; therapeutic use ; Extracorporeal Circulation ; Female ; Fibrinolytic Agents ; metabolism ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation ; Heparin ; metabolism ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mitral Valve Insufficiency ; surgery ; P-Selectin ; metabolism ; Platelet Activation ; drug effects

In order to study the cardioprotective effects of diazoxide on the myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury of rats and mechanisms, the healthy SD rats were randomly divided into 2groups: the rats in the experimental group were injected with diazoxide for preconditioning with the dosage of 12.5 mg/kg through the right femoral vein and those in the control group was only administered with the equal volume of media. After 10 min, a left thoracotomy was performed and the left anterior descending branch was occluded for 2 h. Two h later, the left anterior descending branch was reperfused for 2 h and then the heart was quickly excised to be used for measurement of MDA, SOD and the infarct size, in situ cell apoptosis detection and observation of the cell ultrastructure by electron microscopy. The results showed that as compared with the control group, MDA, the infarct size and cell apoptosis in the experimental group were greatly reduced (P＜0.05). And the cell ultrastructure was obviously improved. But the activity of SOD had no change (P＞0.05). It was concluded that diazoxide could protect the rats from myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, which might be contributed to the reduction of lipid peroxidation and cell apoptosis.