TY - JOUR
T1 - Inhibition of SGLT1 abrogates preconditioning-induced cardioprotection against ischemia-reperfusion injury
AU - Kanwal, Abhinav
AU - Nizami, Hina L.
AU - Mallapudi, Surekha
AU - Putcha, Uday Kumar
AU - Mohan, G. Krishna
AU - Banerjee, Sanjay K.
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Background Recently, we reported Na+/glucose co-transporter (SGLT1) expression in mouse and human heart. We speculated that SGLT1 might play an important role in ischemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection. Therefore, the present study was designed to find the role of SGLT1 in ischemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection. Methods Hearts isolated from SD male rats were subjected to either ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R) (15 min global ischemia followed by 20 min reperfusion) or ischemic preconditioning (IPC) (3 cycles of 2 min global ischemia separated by 3 min reperfusion) followed by I/R in presence and absence of phlorizin, an SGLT1 inhibitor. Results IPC increased membrane SGLT1 expression in rat heart as observed by immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. Hearts from I/R group showed significant increase in oxidative stress levels and marked myocardial injury as compared to control. We also observed significant increase in apoptotic parameters in I/R heart, as measured by caspase-3 activity, TUNEL positive nuclei and gene expression analysis. Significant improvement in oxidative stress, apoptosis parameters and cardiac injury was observed in I/R hearts when subjected to IPC. However, all beneficial effects of preconditioning were lost when hearts were pre-treated with phlorizin. Conclusion Present study indicated that inhibition of SGLT1 by phlorizin abrogated the beneficial effect of ischemic-preconditioning and for the first time, provides evidence that SGLT1 plays a crucial role in ischemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection.
AB - Background Recently, we reported Na+/glucose co-transporter (SGLT1) expression in mouse and human heart. We speculated that SGLT1 might play an important role in ischemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection. Therefore, the present study was designed to find the role of SGLT1 in ischemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection. Methods Hearts isolated from SD male rats were subjected to either ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R) (15 min global ischemia followed by 20 min reperfusion) or ischemic preconditioning (IPC) (3 cycles of 2 min global ischemia separated by 3 min reperfusion) followed by I/R in presence and absence of phlorizin, an SGLT1 inhibitor. Results IPC increased membrane SGLT1 expression in rat heart as observed by immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. Hearts from I/R group showed significant increase in oxidative stress levels and marked myocardial injury as compared to control. We also observed significant increase in apoptotic parameters in I/R heart, as measured by caspase-3 activity, TUNEL positive nuclei and gene expression analysis. Significant improvement in oxidative stress, apoptosis parameters and cardiac injury was observed in I/R hearts when subjected to IPC. However, all beneficial effects of preconditioning were lost when hearts were pre-treated with phlorizin. Conclusion Present study indicated that inhibition of SGLT1 by phlorizin abrogated the beneficial effect of ischemic-preconditioning and for the first time, provides evidence that SGLT1 plays a crucial role in ischemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.02.016
DO - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.02.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 26920054
AN - SCOPUS:84959885090
SN - 0006-291X
VL - 472
SP - 392
EP - 398
JO - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
JF - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
IS - 2
ER -