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  • Title: Lack of platelet-activating factor release on acute myocardial ischemia in the isolated interventricular septum of rabbit heart.
    Author: Salinas P, Perez MD, Fernandez-Sanpablo R, Fernandez-Gallardo S, Sanchez-Crespo M, Barrigón S.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1995 May 26; 293(1):65-70. PubMed ID: 7672009.
    Abstract:
    The effects of platelet-activating factor (PAF) on myocardial injury after 1 h global ischemia-30 min reperfusion were investigated in isolated arterially perfused interventricular septum of rabbit heart. PAF did not significantly affect developed tension, +/- dT/dtmax, resting tension and the times of active state in non-ischemic septa. The recovery of developed tension was significantly reduced by PAF (100 nM), after an ischemia-reperfusion challenge, from the control value of 20.9 +/- 3.5% to 10.5 +/- 1.8%, without a change in the resting tension (15.7 +/- 2.8 vs. 15.6 +/- 1.3 g). BN 52021 (20 microM), alone did not modify either parameter of ischemic damage, but antagonized the aggravating effect of PAF. Evidence of PAF activity was not found in any of the samples of the effluent perfusate obtained from ischemic control experiments. On the basis of the present results, we suggest a direct role for PAF in aggravating the myocardial damage induced by ischemia, and discard heart cells as the source of PAF in this state.
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