In a mouse model, longer reperfusion times progressively increased infarct size and apoptosis, while longer ischemia times increased fibrosis and reduced cardiac function at 21 days.
The duration of both ischemia and reperfusion significantly impacts the specific phenotypes of myocardial injury and subsequent cardiac remodeling in mouse models.
BACKGROUND: A mouse model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) is widely used to study myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/RI). However, few studies focus on the direct comparison of the extent of pathological events resulting from variant durations of ischemia and reperfusion process. METHODS: A mouse model of I/RI was established by ligation and perfusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), and the dynamic changes were recorded by electrocardiogram at different stages of I/R. Subsequently, reperfusion duration was used as a variable to directly compare the phenotypes of different myocardial injury degrees induced by 3 h, 6 h and 24 h reperfusion from myocardial infarct size, myocardial apoptosis, myocardial enzyme, and inflammatory cytokine levels. RESULTS: All mice subjected to myocardial I/R surgery showed obvious myocardial infarction, extensive myocardial apoptosis, dynamic changes in serum myocardial enzyme and inflammatory cytokines, at least for the first 24 h of reperfusion. The infarct size and apoptosis rates gradually increased with the extension of reperfusion time. The peaks of serum myocardial enzyme and inflammatory cytokines occurred at 6 h and 3 h of reperfusion, respectively. We also established I/R mice models with 30 and 60 mins of ischemia. After 21 days of remodeling, longer periods of ischemia increased the degree of fibrosis and reduced cardiac function. CONCLUSIONS: In summary, we conclude that reperfusion durations of 3 h, 6 h, and 24 h induces different injury phenotypes in ischemia-reperfusion mouse model. At the same time, the ischemia duration before reperfusion also affects the degree of cardiac remodeling.
Meng et al. (Tue,) conducted a other in Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Variant durations of ischemia and reperfusion vs. Different durations (3h, 6h, 24h reperfusion; 30, 60 mins ischemia) was evaluated on Myocardial infarct size, myocardial apoptosis, myocardial enzyme, and inflammatory cytokine levels. In a mouse model, longer reperfusion times progressively increased infarct size and apoptosis, while longer ischemia times increased fibrosis and reduced cardiac function at 21 days.
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