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Myocardial Infarction and Functional Outcome Assessment in Pigs
Published on: April 25, 2014
OMEGA-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS NORMALIZE THE FUNCTION OF MITOCHONDRIA, ACTIVITY OF ENZYMES OF
Abstract:
We have studied the influence of dietary ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFA) on the functioning of subsarcolemmal and interfibrillar mitochondrial fractions of rat myocardium, changes in expression of cytochrome P450 (CYP2E1) and the activity of enzymes of prooxidant-antioxidant system after isoproterenol-induced myocardial injury. It has been found that in vivo administration of ω-3 PUFA (Epadol 0.1 ml/100 gr of weight for 4 weeks) significantly reduced the swelling of subsarcolemmal and interfibrillar mitochondrial fractions by 65.52% 54.84% respectively, pointing for a decrease of damage of the mitochondrial function evoked by in vivo administration of isoproterenol. In vivo administration of ω-3 PUFAs prevents a decrease in the activity of antioxidant enzymes catalase and superoxide dismutase (2.65 and 7.1- fold, respectively) after isoproterenol-induced myocardial injury. We suggest that the development of oxidative stress after isoproterenol-induced myocardial injury can be caused by a significant increase in the expression of cytochrome P450 2E1 (73.3%), and administration of ω-3 PUFAs prevents such changes.
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