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  • Title: Synergistic effects against post-ischemic cardiac dysfunction by sub-chronic nandrolone pretreatment and postconditioning: role of beta2-adrenoceptor.
    Author: Penna C, Abbadessa G, Mancardi D, Tullio F, Piccione F, Spaccamiglio A, Racca S, Pagliaro P.
    Journal: J Physiol Pharmacol; 2008 Dec; 59(4):645-59. PubMed ID: 19212001.
    Abstract:
    Beta(2)-adrenoreceptor overexpression is beneficial against ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Whether beta-adrenoreceptors are involved in postconditioning (PostC) is unknown. We investigated whether nandrolone-decanoate (ND)-pretreatment can modulate (1) beta-adrenoreceptor expression and (2) post-ischemic cardiac function in response to I/R and PostC. Finally, we tested whether cardioprotection can be prevented by the inhibition of beta(2)-adrenoreceptors. Isolated rat hearts from ND pretreated (15 mg/kg/day i.m., for 14 days) and untreated-animals underwent 30-min ischemia and 120-min reperfusion. In subgroups, at the end of ischemia a PostC protocol (five cycles of 10-s reperfusion and 10-s ischemia) was applied and/or a beta(2)-adrenoreceptor blocker, ICI-118.551 (10 microM), was infused. Left ventricular pressure (LVP) was measured with an electromanometer, and infarct-size was evaluated using nitro-blue-tetrazolium staining. ND-pretreatment increased beta(2)-adrenoreceptor expression, but did not alter cardiac-weight, LVP and maximum rate of increase of LVP (dP/dt(max)). After I/R, infarct-size was smaller in ND-pretreatment than in untreated-animals. Infarct-size was also reduced by PostC, both in untreated and ND-pretreated animals. Contracture was less marked in ND-pretreated animals. PostC reduced contracture in both ND-pretreated and untreated hearts. Moreover, PostC improved post-ischemic recovery of developed LVP and dP/dt(max) much more in earts of ND-pretreated than untreated-animals. ICI-118.551 abolished ND protection and PostC-protection both in ND-pretreated and untreated hearts. Data show that two-weeks ND-pretreatment induces 1) an overexpression of beta(2)-ARs without cardiac hypertrophy and 2) improves the post-ischemic diastolic and systolic cardiac function. Intriguingly, ND-pretreatment potentiates the improvement of systolic function induced by postconditioning via beta(2)-adrenoreceptor activation.
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