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  • Title: Cardioprotection by metformin is abolished by a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor in ischemic rabbit hearts.
    Author: Kawabata H, Ishikawa K.
    Journal: Hypertens Res; 2003 Jan; 26(1):107-10. PubMed ID: 12661919.
    Abstract:
    We investigated the effects of metformin on myocardial metabolism during ischemia by 31P-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in isolated rabbit hearts. Metformin was administered 60 min prior to induction of global ischemia, or in combination with a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), at 5 min or 60 min prior to the ischemia. Normothermic global ischemia was then carried out for 45 min. Twenty-eight hearts were divided into 4 experimental groups consisting of 7 hearts each: a control (C) group; an M group receiving metformin treatment alone; an M+L (5) group receiving metformin treatment with L-NAME at 5 min before ischemia; and an M+L (60) group receiving metformin treatment with L-NAME at 60 min before ischemia. During ischemia, the decrease in adenosine triphosphate (ATP) was significantly inhibited in the M group in comparison with the C group (p < 0.01). However, this preservation of ATP in the M group was inhibited in the M+L (5) group during ischemia. In contrast, in the M+L (60) group, this preservation of ATP in the M group was not inhibited during, but not at the end of, ischemia. These results suggest that metformin has a significant beneficial effect for improving the myocardial energy metabolism during myocardial ischemia. This cardioprotection may be more dependent on nitric oxide synthase during ischemia than during pre-ischemia.
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