Antioxidant defense and protection against cardiac arrhythmias: lessons from a mammalian hibernator (the woodchuck)

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Zhenghang ZhaoLai-Hua Xie

Abstract

Hibernating animals show resistance to hypothermia-induced cardiac arrhythmias. However, it is not clear whether and how mammalian hibernators are resistant to ischemia-induced arrhythmias. The goal of this investigation was to determine the susceptibility of woodchucks ( Marmota monax) to arrhythmias and their mechanisms after coronary artery occlusion at the same room temperature in both winter, the time for hibernation, and summer, when they do not hibernate. By monitoring telemetric electrocardiograms, we found significantly higher arrhythmia scores, calculated as the severity of arrhythmias, with incidence of ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and thus sudden cardiac death (SCD) in woodchucks in summer than they had in winter. The level of catalase expression in woodchuck hearts was significantly higher, whereas the level of oxidized Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) was lower in winter than it was in summer. Ventricular myocytes isolated from woodchucks in winter were more resistant to H2O2-induced early afterdepolarizations (EADs) compared with myocytes isolated from woodchucks in summer. The EADs were eliminated by inhibiting CaMKII (with KN-93), l-type Ca current (with nifedipine), or...Continue Reading

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Jan 27, 2019·The Journal of Experimental Biology·Matthew T Andrews
Jan 5, 2021·Pflügers Archiv : European journal of physiology·Lai-Hua XieZhenghang Zhao
Jan 9, 2021·Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology·Natthaphat Siri-AngkulLai-Hua Xie
Jul 25, 2021·International Journal of Molecular Sciences·Natthaphat Siri-AngkulJudith K Gwathmey

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