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  • Title: Cholestatic liver disease modulates susceptibility to ischemia/reperfusion-induced arrhythmia, but not necrosis and hemodynamic instability: the role of endogenous opioid peptides.
    Author: Hajrasouliha AR, Tavakoli S, Jabehdar-Maralani P, Ebrahimi F, Shafaroodi H, Mirkhani SH, Amanpour S, Dehpour AR.
    Journal: J Hepatol; 2005 Sep; 43(3):491-8. PubMed ID: 16023251.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND/AIMS: Acute cholestasis is associated with cardiovascular complications, which mainly manifest during stressful conditions. The goal of this study is to evaluate susceptibility of 7-day bile duct-ligated rats to ischemia/reperfusion-induced injury. METHODS: Sham-operated and cholestatic rats, treated with daily normal saline, L-NAME (a non-selective NO synthase inhibitor) naltrexone, or both L-NAME and naltrexone were subjected to 30 min of ischemia followed by 2 h of reperfusion. RESULTS: Cholestatic rats demonstrated significant bradycardia, hypotension (P < 0.01), and QT prolongation (P < 0.001). The incidence of premature ventricular contractions (P < 0.01), incidence and duration of ventricular tachycardia (P < 0.05), but not ventricular fibrillation, were significantly lower in cholestatic rats. There was no significant difference in hemodynamic instability and infarct size between the groups. L-NAME corrected QT prolongation in cholestatic rats (P < 0.05), with no effect on heart rate, blood pressure and arrhythmia. Naltrexone restored normal heart rate (P < 0.05), blood pressure (P < 0.05) and susceptibility to arrhythmia (P < 0.05) in cholestatic animals, with no significant effect on QT interval. L-NAME and naltrexone co-administration corrected bradycardia (P < 0.05), hypotension (P < 0.05), QT prolongation (P < 0.05) and abolished resistance of cholestatic rats against arrhythmia (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that short-term cholestasis is associated with resistance against ischemia/reperfusion-induced arrhythmia, which depends on availability of endogenous opioids.
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