Effect of sodium nitrite on ischaemia and reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in anaesthetized dogs: Is protein S-nitrosylation involved?

Mária Kovács, Attila Kiss, Márton Gönczi, Gottfried Miskolczi, György Seprényi, József Kaszaki, Mark J. Kohr, Elizabeth Murphy, Ágnes Végh

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Abstract

Background and Purpose: To provide evidence for the protective role of inorganic nitrite against acute ischaemia and reperfusion-induced ventricular arrhythmias in a large animal model. Experimental Approach: Dogs, anaesthetized with chloralose and urethane, were administered intravenously with sodium nitrite (0.2 μmolkg-1 min-1) in two protocols. In protocol 1 nitrite was infused 10 min prior to and during a 25 min occlusion of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery (NaNO2-PO; n = 14), whereas in protocol 2 the infusion was started 10 min prior to reperfusion of the occluded vessel (NaNO2-PR; n = 12). Control dogs (n = 15) were infused with saline and subjected to the same period of ischaemia and reperfusion. Severities of ischaemia and ventricular arrhythmias, as well as changes in plasma nitrate/nitrite (NOx) levels in the coronary sinus blood, were assessed throughout the experiment. Myocardial superoxide and nitrotyrosine (NT) levels were determined during reperfusion. Changes in protein S-nitrosylation (SNO) and S-glutathionylation were also examined. Key Results: Compared with controls, sodium nitrite administered either pre-occlusion or pre-reperfusion markedly suppressed the number and severity of ventricular arrhythmias during occlusion and increased survival (0% vs. 50 and 92%) upon reperfusion. There were also significant decreases in superoxide and NT levels in the nitrite treated dogs. Compared with controls, increased SNO was found only in NaNO2-PR dogs, whereas S-glutathionylation occurred primarily in NaNO2-PO dogs. Conclusions: Intravenous infusion of nitrite profoundly reduced the severity of ventricular arrhythmias resulting from acute ischaemia and reperfusion in anaesthetized dogs. This effect, among several others, may result from an NO-mediated reduction in oxidative stress, perhaps through protein SNO and/or S-glutathionylation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere0122243
JournalPloS one
Volume10
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 24 2015
Externally publishedYes

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