Effects of intravenous cariporide on release of norepinephrine and myoglobin during myocardial ischemia/reperfusion in rabbits

To examine the effects of cariporide, a Na+/H+ exchanger-1 inhibitor, on cardiac norepinephrine (NE) and myoglobin release during myocardial ischemia/reperfusion by applying a microdialysis technique to the rabbit heart. In anesthetized rabbits, two dialysis probes were implanted into the left ventricular myocardium and were perfused with Ringer's solution. Cariporide (0.3mg/kg) was injected intravenously, followed by occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery. During 30-min coronary occlusion followed by 30-min reperfusion, four consecutive 15-min dialysate samples (two during ischemia and two during reperfusion) were collected in vehicle and cariporide-treated groups. Dialysate myoglobin and NE concentrations were measured by immunochemistry and high-performance liquid chromatography, respectively. Dialysate myoglobin and NE concentrations increased significantly during myocardial ischemia/reperfusion in both vehicle and cariporide-treated groups (P