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Ischaemic postconditioning is a phenomenon whereby short periods of ischaemia applied during the start of reperfusion protect the myocardium from the damaging consequences of reperfusion. As such, pharmacological-induced postconditioning represents an attractive therapeutic strategy for reducing reperfusion injury during cardiac surgery and following myocardial infarction. The primary aim of this study was to determine the role of large-conductance Ca²(+)-activated potassium channels (BK(Ca) channels) in adenosine A₁ receptor-induced pharmacological postconditioning in the rat embryonic cardiomyoblast-derived cell line H9c2. H9c2 cells were exposed to 6 h hypoxia (0.5% O₂) followed by 18 h reoxygenation (H/R) after which cell viability was assessed by monitoring lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release and caspase-3 activation. The adenosine A₁ receptor agonist N⁶-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA; 100 nmol/L) or the BK(Ca) channel opener NS1619 (10 µmol/L) were added for 30 min at the start of reoxygenation following 6 h hypoxic exposure. Where appropriate, cells were treated (15 min) before pharmacological postconditioning with the BK(Ca) channel blockers paxilline (1 µmol/L) or iberiotoxin (100 nmol/L). Pharmacological postconditioning with CPA or NS1619 significantly reduced H/R-induced LDH release. Treatment with paxilline or iberiotoxin attenuated adenosine A₁ receptor and NS1619-induced pharmacological postconditioning. These results have shown for the first time that BK(Ca) channels are involved in adenosine A₁ receptor-induced pharmacological postconditioning in a cell model system.

canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

Role of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels in adenosine A1 receptor-mediated pharmacological postconditioning in H9c2 cells