Effect of dopamine on rat diaphragm apoptosis and muscle performance

Experimental Physiology
Janet D PierceRichard L Clancy

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether dopamine (DA) decreases diaphragm apoptosis and attenuates the decline in diaphragmatic contractile performance associated with repetitive isometric contraction using an in vitro diaphragm preparation. Strenuous diaphragm contractions produce free radicals and muscle apoptosis. Dopamine is a free radical scavenger and, at higher concentrations, increases muscle contractility by simulating beta2-adrenoreceptors. A total of 47 male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 330-450 g were used in a prospective, randomized, controlled in vitro study. Following animal anaesthetization, diaphragms were excised, and muscle strips prepared and placed in a temperature-controlled isolated tissue bath containing Krebs-Ringer solution (KR) or KR plus 100 microm DA. The solutions were equilibrated with oxygen (O2) at 10, 21 or 95% and 5% carbon dioxide, with the balance being nitrogen. Diaphragm isometric twitch and subtetanic contractions were measured intermittently over 65 min. The diaphragms were then removed and, using a nuclear differential dye uptake method, the percentages of normal, apoptotic and necrotic nuclei were determined using fluorescent microscopy. There were significantly fewer apopto...Continue Reading

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