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[Octanol preconditioning alleviates mouse cardiomyocyte swelling induced by simulated ischemia/reperfusion challenge
1Department of Cardiology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China. luoyukun@hotmail.com
Objective:
To investigate the role of connexin 43-formed hemichannels in cell volume regulation induced by simulated ischemia/reperfusion (SI/R).
Methods:
Mouse cardiomyocytes isolated on a Langendorff apparatus with enzyme solution were aliquoted into control, SI/R and SI/R +octanol groups. Calcein-AM was used to stain the cells and the cell volume was measured with confocal microscope by stack scanning. Trypan blue was used to measure the cell viability after the treatments.
Results:
Calcein-AM staining and cofocal microscopy yielded stable and reproducible results for cell volume measurement. Mouse cardiomyocytes subjected to simulated SI/R showed obvious cell swelling as compared with the control cells [(126∓6)% vs 100%, P<0.05], and octanol preconditioning significantly attenuated the cell swelling [(113∓6)%, P<0.05]. SI/R caused a significant reduction of the cell viability compared to the control cells [(19∓2)% vs (45∓3)%, P<0.01], and octanol preconditioning obviously reduced the viability of the cells with SI/R challenge [(31∓2)%, P<0.01].
Conclusion:
Connexin 43-formed hemichannels are involved in the regulation of cardiomyocyte volumes induced by SI/R challenge, and octanol can alleviate the cell swelling to enhance the viability of the cardiomyocytes following SI/R.
