Key result
Isoprenaline-induced myocardial infarction significantly increased spleen myeloperoxidase activity at day 2 post-infarct, but had no impact on kidney structure or function at 2 or 7 days.
Why the study?
Unregulated myocardial infarction-associated inflammation may lead to unnecessary systemic inflammation and affect other organs.
In a rat model, isoprenaline-induced myocardial infarction causes early inflammatory and structural changes in the spleen but does not significantly impact the kidneys.
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MI-induced spleen inflammation in rats does not extend to kidneys; leaves open translational relevance to human post-MI responses.
Myocardial infarction (MI)-associated inflammation is crucial for post-infarct healing. However, unregulated inflammation may lead to unnecessary systemic inflammation, and affect other organs. This study investigated the effects of MI on spleen and kidneys over early time-points (2 and 7 days) in isoprenaline-induced MI rat model. MI was evident by elevated levels of cardiac injury marker, troponin T, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). MI rats showed significant upregulation of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity at day-2 post infarct while kidney MPO activity remained unaffected. Kidney function test revealed only slightly increased plasma urea at day-2 post MI with no changes in plasma creatine at both time-points. Histological observation on the spleen showed disorganization of spleen structure at day-2 post MI while the kidney structures were preserved at both time-points. In conclusion, although MI-associated damages in the spleen were seen at day-2 post infarct, it had no impact on the kidney structures at both time-points.
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Ali et al. (2019) studied Myocardial infarction (n=24). Isoprenaline vs. Normal saline was evaluated on Spleen myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity at day 2 post-infarct (p=<0.05). Isoprenaline-induced myocardial infarction significantly increased spleen myeloperoxidase activity at day 2 post-infarct, but had no impact on kidney structure or function at 2 or 7 days.
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