Intravenous glutamine enhances COX-2 activity giving cardioprotection

The Journal of Surgical Research
Jonathan McGuinnessJ Mark Redmond

Abstract

Preconditioning, a highly evolutionary conserved endogenous protective response, provides the most powerful form of anti-infarct protection known. We investigated whether acute intravenous glutamine, through an effect on cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and heat shock protein (HSP) 72, might induce preconditioning. Male New Zealand white rabbits (n = 28) received either 0.5 g/kg glutamine in 0.9% saline or saline only in divided doses for 3 d. The large marginal branch of the left coronary was occluded for 30 min; cardiac function was assessed during 3 h of reperfusion, and infarct size was measured. 6-Keto-PGF-1alpha, nitrate, and malonaldehyde serum levels were determined. Hearts were taken from a further group of pretreated rabbits (n = 10) to assess myocardial COX-2 and HSP72 levels. Glutamine pretreatment resulted in a 39% reduction in infarct size (30.7 +/- 2.0% versus 50.4 +/- 2.1% controls; P < 0.01). Myocardial COX-2 levels were significantly elevated with pretreatment (P < 0.05) and were mirrored by higher serum 6-keto-PGF-1alpha levels prior to ischemia (69 +/- 13 versus 18 +/- 21 pg/mL in controls, P = 0.027). There was no significant difference in myocardial HSP72 or serum nitrate levels following pretreatment, or malonaldeh...Continue Reading

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