Bax ablation protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in transgenic mice
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Bax ablation protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in transgenic mice
Abstract
The role of the proapototic Bax gene in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury was studied in three groups of mice: homozygotic knockout mice lacking the Bax gene (Bax(-/-)), heterozygotic mice (Bax(+/-)), and wild-type mice (Bax(+/+)). Isolated hearts were subjected to ischemia (30 min, 37 degrees C) and then to 120 min of reperfusion. The left ventricular developed force of Bax-deficient vs. Bax(+/+) hearts at stabilization and at 120 min of reperfusion was 1,411 +/- 177 vs. 1,161 +/- 137 mg and 485 +/- 69 vs. 306 +/- 68 mg, respectively. Superior cardiac function of Bax(-/-) hearts after I/R was accompanied by a decrease in creatine kinase release, caspase 3 activity, irreversible ischemic injury, and the number of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling-positive cardiomyocytes. Electron microscopic evaluation revealed reduced damage to mitochondria and the nuclear chromatin structure in Bax-deficient mice. In the Bax(+/-) hearts, the damage markers were moderate. The superior tolerance of Bax knockout hearts to I/R injury recommends this gene as a potential target for therapeutic intervention in patients with severe and intractable myocardial ischemia.
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