[Role of protein kinase C in protecting rats against pulmonary ischemia reperfusion injury through opening of mitochondrial ATP sensitive potassium channel]

Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2010 May;41(3):436-40.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effect of opening of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel on inducing lung protection against ischemia reperfusion injury (I/R) and the role of PKC in the protective effect.

Methods: Fifty-six rats were divided into six groups, including sham-operation group, I/R group, DE (diazoxide) +I/R group, 5-HD (5-hydroxydecanoic acid) +DE+I/R group, CHE (chelerythrine) +DE+I/R group and 5-HD +PMA (phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate)+ I/R group. Pulmonary I/R injury rat models were established by 45 min of left hilar clipping followed by 180 min of reperfusion. Morphological changes in lung tissues were detected by HE staining. The wet-to-dry weight ratio of lung tissues was evaluated. Cytochrome C expression in lung tissues was assessed by immunohistochemical staining. TUNEL was used to determine apoptosis. Protein kinase C (PKC) activity in lung tissues was assessed by PepTag non-radioactive assay.

Results: Compared with I/R group, the lung tissue morphology of the rats in the DE+I/R group was preserved well and the wet-to-dry weight ratio, expression of cytochrome C and apoptosis index decreased significantly (P < 0.05). The PKC activity in the lung tissues of the rats in the DE+ I/R group increased dramatically. Both pretreatment with 5-HD and CHE blocked the protective effect induced by DE preconditioning. There were no differences between 5-HD+PMA+I/R group and I/R group in the above indicators except for PKC activation. These results showed that blocking of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel by 5-HD did not protect lung from ischemia reperfusion injury even though PKC were activated.

Conclusion: Opening of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel plays an essential protective role in pulmonary ischemia reperfusion injury. The pulmonary protection appears to be dependent on PKC activation.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzophenanthridines / pharmacology
  • Female
  • KATP Channels / drug effects
  • KATP Channels / physiology*
  • Lung / blood supply*
  • Male
  • Mitochondria / metabolism*
  • Protein Kinase C / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Protein Kinase C / metabolism*
  • Random Allocation
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Reperfusion Injury / prevention & control*
  • Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / analogs & derivatives
  • Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / pharmacology

Substances

  • Benzophenanthridines
  • KATP Channels
  • 4-O-methyl-12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate
  • chelerythrine
  • Protein Kinase C
  • Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate