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Preconditioning in Immature Rabbit Hearts

Role of KATP Channels

John E. Baker, PhD; Patricia Holman, BS; Garrett J. Gross, PhD

From the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery (J.E.B., P.H.) and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology (J.E.B., G.J.G.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.


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Background—The protective effects of ischemic preconditioning have been shown to occur in adult hearts of all species studied. We determined whether immature hearts normoxic or chronically hypoxic from birth could be preconditioned, the time window or memory of the cardioprotective effect, and the involvement of the KATP channel.

Methods and Results—Isolated immature rabbit hearts (7 to 10 days old) were subjected to 0, 1, or 3 cycles of preconditioning consisting of 5 minutes of global ischemia plus 10 minutes of reperfusion. This was followed by 30 minutes of global ischemia and 35 minutes of reperfusion. Normoxic hearts (FIO2=0.21) subjected to 1 cycle of preconditioning recovered 70±7% of left ventricular developed pressure compared with 43±8% recovery in nonpreconditioned controls. Three cycles of preconditioning did not result in additional recovery (63±8%). Hearts from rabbits raised from birth in hypoxic conditions (FIO2=0.12) and subjected to 1 and 3 preconditioning cycles did not show increased recovery (68±8% and 65±5%) compared with nonpreconditioned hypoxic controls (63±9%), although the recovery was greater in chronically hypoxic hearts than in age-matched normoxic controls. Increasing the recovery period after the preconditioning stimulus from 10 to 30 minutes resulted in a loss of cardioprotection. Pretreatment of normoxic hearts for 30 minutes with the KATP channel blocker 5-hydroxydecanoate (300 µmol/L) completely abolished preconditioning (70±7% to 35±9%) but had no effect on nonpreconditioned hearts (40±8%).

Conclusions—Immature hearts normoxic from birth can be preconditioned, whereas immature hearts hypoxic from birth cannot. Preconditioning in normoxic immature hearts is associated with activation of the KATP channel.


Key Words: cardiovascular diseases • heart defects, congenital • hypoxia • ions • ischemia


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Ischemic preconditioning results in a reduction in infarct size, the severity of postischemic arrhythmias, and postischemic contractile dysfunction.1 The protective effects of ischemic preconditioning have been shown to occur in adult hearts of all species, including humans.2 Preconditioning may be able to serve a protective role in cardiac surgery in which delivery of cardioplegia in patients with severe coronary stenosis and ventricular hypertrophy may be limited.

In children with congenital heart disease, in whom ventricular hypertrophy, pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, and coronary sinusoids are present, adequate access to all regions of the heart may be denied to cardioplegic solutions, which represents an increased risk factor for cardiac surgery.3 4 5 Protection of ischemic immature myocardium with cardioplegia is less than optimal despite its well-known benefits in adults, as shown by depletion of ATP,6 7 the generation of free radicals,8 and histological injury.9 Thus, in pediatric cardiac surgery, additional cardioprotection by endogenous mechanisms such as preconditioning may be useful when conventional myocardial protection with cardioplegia is inadequate. Preconditioning of isolated chick ventricular myocytes results in reduced enzyme leakage.10 However, it is unknown whether intact neonatal hearts can be preconditioned, thereby resulting in improved postischemic contractile function.

In contrast to adults with acquired heart disease, the myocardium of children with congenital heart disease may be chronically perfused with blood that is hypoxic before corrective cardiac surgery.11 We recently demonstrated that increased tolerance to ischemia in the intact and chronically hypoxic neonatal rabbit heart is associated with increased activation of the KATP channel and suggested that adaptation to chronic hypoxia may represent a unique form of preconditioning.12

The aims of the present study were to determine (1) whether immature hearts normoxic or hypoxic from birth could be preconditioned, (2) how long the memory of preconditioning persisted, and (3) the involvement of the ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel in mediating preconditioning in immature hearts.


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Animals
Animals used in this study received humane care in compliance with the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" formulated by the National Research Council, 1996.

Creation of Hypoxia From Birth
Pregnant New Zealand White rabbits were obtained from a commercial breeder. For the hypoxic studies, the kits were born in a normoxic environment and then transferred to a hypoxic environmental chamber (FIO2=0.12) immediately after their first feeding. The oxygen level in the chamber was maintained at FIO2=0.12 throughout the remainder of the study. For the normoxic studies, the kits were raised under identical conditions except that FIO2 in the environmental chamber remained at 0.21 for the duration of the study.12

Perfusion System
Isolated rabbit hearts were instrumented as previously described.12 A 3-way tap, located immediately above the site of cannulation, allowed the entire perfusate to be diverted away from the heart to produce global, no-flow ischemia. Reperfusion was achieved by repositioning of the tap to allow perfusate to be delivered to the heart.

Perfusion Media
The standard perfusate was modified Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer13 (mmol/L): NaCl 118.5; NaHCO3 25.0; KCl 4.8; MgSO4 0.6; H2O 1.2; KH2PO4 1.2 (pH 7.4 when gassed with 95% O2-5% CO2), in which the calcium content was reduced to 1.8. Glucose (11.1 mmol/L) was added to the perfusate. Before use, all perfusion fluids were filtered through cellulose acetate membranes with a pore size of 5.0 µm to remove particulate matter. KATP blockers were added to this perfusate as needed.

Assessment of Ventricular Function
Left and right ventricular function was monitored continuously throughout each experiment as previously described.12 End-diastolic pressure was initially set to 3 mm Hg for 2 minutes. The balloons were then progressively inflated with a microsyringe to set end-diastolic pressures to 8 mm Hg for the left ventricle and 4 mm Hg for the right ventricle, and developed pressure was recorded during steady-state conditions. Coronary-flow rate was measured throughout the experiment by timed collections of the coronary effluent from the right side of the heart into a graduated cylinder. Coronary flow rate was expressed as milliliters per minute.

Perfusion Sequence
Preconditioning Studies
We performed the following experiments in a random order using 10 hearts from 6 groups to test the null hypothesis that immature hearts normoxic or chronically hypoxic from birth cannot be preconditioned. The 6 experimental groups were as follows: group 1, normoxic, nonpreconditioned; group 2, normoxic, 1x5 minutes of preconditioning; group 3, normoxic, 3x5 minutes of preconditioning; group 4, hypoxic, nonpreconditioned; group 5, hypoxic, 1x5 minutes of preconditioning; and group 6, hypoxic, 3x5 minutes of preconditioning. Figure 1Down illustrates the experimental protocol. Immediately after aortic cannulation, hearts were perfused in the Langendorff mode14 at constant perfusion pressure of 42 mm Hg15 with balloons placed in the left and right ventricles. Biventricular function and coronary flow rate were recorded under steady-state conditions. Hearts were subjected to 0, 1, or 3 cycles of preconditioning, each consisting of 5 minutes of global, no-flow ischemia plus 10 minutes of reperfusion. In each instance, this was followed by 30 minutes of global, no-flow ischemia and 35 minutes of reperfusion. The rationale for investigating >1 preconditioning cycle was to determine if the threshold (the minimum stimulus necessary to produce preconditioning) was higher in chronically hypoxic hearts than in normoxic controls. During the reperfusion period, indexes of cardiac function were measured under steady-state conditions. In this way, each heart served as its own control.



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Figure 1. Experimental protocol used to study preconditioning in isolated immature hearts. Open boxes represent aerobic perfusion. Hatched boxes represent perfusion with the KATP channel blocker 5-hydroxydecanoate (5-HD). Solid boxes represent global ischemia.

Memory Studies
We assessed the effect of the period of time between the preconditioning stimulus and the prolonged ischemic insult on postischemic recovery in immature normoxic hearts. The duration of this period determines whether the myocardium retains the memory of the preconditioning stimulus that confers protection during subsequent sustained ischemia.16 17 We performed the following experiments in random order using 10 hearts from 4 groups. The 4 experimental groups were as follows: group 7, nonpreconditioned; group 8, 1x5 minutes of preconditioning with 10 minutes of reperfusion; group 9, 1x5 minutes of preconditioning with 20 minutes of reperfusion; and group 10, 1x5 minutes of preconditioning with 30 minutes of reperfusion. In each instance, the preconditioning event was followed by 30 minutes of global, no-flow ischemia and 35 minutes of reperfusion.

Mechanism Studies
Preconditioning in mature hearts is mediated by activation of KATP channels.18 19 We determined whether blockade of the KATP channel before the preconditioning stimulus influences postischemic recovery in immature hearts. We performed the following experiments in random order using 10 hearts in 5 groups of normoxic rabbits. The 5 experimental groups were as follows: group 11, nonpreconditioned before ischemia; group 12, nonpreconditioned, 30 minutes of perfusion with 5-hydroxydecanoate (300 µmol/L) before ischemia; group 13, preconditioned; group 14, 30 minutes of perfusion with 5-hydroxydecanoate (100 µmol/L) before preconditioning; and group 15, 30 minutes of perfusion with 5-hydroxydecanoate (300 µmol/L) before preconditioning. In each instance, the preconditioning stimulus consisted of 5 minutes of global, no-flow ischemia followed by 10 minutes of recovery. This was followed by 30 minutes of global, no-flow ischemia and 35 minutes of reperfusion.

All hearts that were entered into the study were included in the analysis. Recovery of developed pressure was expressed as a percentage of its predrug, preischemic value. Ten hearts were used for each of the 15 conditions studied. Results are expressed as mean±SD. Statistical analysis was performed by use of repeated-measures ANOVA with the Greenhouse-Geisser adjustment used to correct for the inflated risk of a type I error,20 and where this proved significant, the Mann-Whitney test was used as a second step to identify which groups were significantly different. After ANOVA was performed, the data were reanalyzed for differences related to multiple comparisons.12 Significance was accepted at a level of P<0.05.


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Preconditioning in Immature Hearts
The TableDown gives hemodynamic data for immature hearts before preconditioning, after the first preconditioning cycle, and after 35 minutes of reperfusion. Coronary flow rate in chronically hypoxic hearts was higher than in normoxic hearts as an adaptive response to increase oxygen delivery to the myocardium. Right ventricular developed pressure was higher in hypoxic ventricles than in normoxic ventricles as a consequence of right ventricular hypertrophy. The preconditioning stimulus depressed left and right ventricular developed pressures during the recovery period in all groups. The TableDown also shows that hearts from chronically hypoxic rabbits were more tolerant of ischemia than normoxic controls, as shown by improved recovery of postischemic left ventricular developed pressure. Figure 2Down shows that normoxic hearts subjected to 1 cycle of preconditioning (group 2) exhibited an increased recovery of left ventricular developed pressure, from 43±8% in nonpreconditioned hearts (group 1) to 70±7%. Increasing the number of preconditioning cycles from 1 to 3 (group 3) did not result in additional increased recovery of developed pressure (63±8%). In contrast, Figure 3Down shows that chronically hypoxic hearts subjected to 1 cycle of preconditioning (group 5) did not show increased recovery of developed pressure compared with nonpreconditioned hearts (group 4) (63±9% versus 68±8%). Increasing the number of preconditioning cycles from 1 to 3 in chronically hypoxic hearts (group 6) did not result in additional protection (65±5%). Thus, neither 1 or 3 cycles of preconditioning resulted in greater protection than that afforded by chronic hypoxia. Our data indicate that left ventricle from immature hearts normoxic from birth could be preconditioned, whereas left ventricle from immature hearts chronically hypoxic from birth could not be preconditioned. Recovery of developed pressure in the right ventricle was not increased by preconditioning in either normoxic or chronically hypoxic hearts.


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Table 1. Hemodynamic Values for Each Group



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Figure 2. Results of ischemic preconditioning in immature normoxic hearts after 30 minutes of global ischemia and 35 minutes of reperfusion (groups 1, 2, and 3). Open bars represent data from nonpreconditioned hearts. Closed bars represent data from preconditioned hearts. Data are mean±SD. +P<0.05, nonpreconditioned vs preconditioned. n=10 hearts/group. LV indicates left ventricular.



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Figure 3. Results of ischemic preconditioning in immature chronically hypoxic hearts after 30 minutes of global ischemia and 35 minutes of reperfusion (groups 4, 5, and 6). Open bars represent data from nonpreconditioned hearts. Closed bars represent data from preconditioned hearts. Data are mean±SD. n=10 hearts/group. LV indicates left ventricular.

Persistence of Memory
We then examined the relationship between the duration of the reperfusion period after a single 5-minute preconditioning stimulus before sustained ischemia and recovery of postischemic function. Figure 4Down shows the results of an increase in the reperfusion period between the preconditioning stimulus and the prolonged ischemic insult from 10 to 30 minutes. Ten minutes of reperfusion after the preconditioning stimulus (group 8) resulted in a recovery of left ventricular developed pressure of 72±6%. The memory of preconditioning was retained after 20 minutes of reperfusion (group 9), with a recovery of 67±6%. However, after 30 minutes of reperfusion (group 10), the memory of preconditioning was lost, resulting in a recovery of developed pressure to 42±4%, which was no different than in nonpreconditioned hearts (42±6%; group 7). There were no differences in hemodynamics between groups before sustained ischemia.



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Figure 4. Results of the memory of preconditioning study after 30 minutes of global ischemia and 35 minutes of reperfusion (groups 7, 8, 9, and 10). The period after the preconditioning stimulus was progressively increased from 10 to 30 minutes. Open bars represent data from nonpreconditioned hearts. Closed bars represent data from preconditioned hearts. Data are mean±SD. n=10 hearts/group. +P<0.05, duration of recovery vs nonpreconditioned. LV indicates left ventricular.

Role of KATP Channels
Figure 5Down shows that in hearts nonpreconditioned before ischemia, recovery of developed pressure was 43±6% (group 11). Blockade of the KATP channel for 30 minutes before ischemia in nonpreconditioned hearts with 300 µmol/L 5-hydroxydecanoate (group 12) had no effect on tolerance to ischemia, with recovery of 40±8%. Preconditioned hearts (group 13) recovered 70±7% of preischemic developed pressure compared with 43±6% in nonpreconditioned controls (group 11). Pretreatment of hearts for 30 minutes with 100 µmol/L 5-hydroxydecanoate (group 14) and 300 µmol/L 5-hydroxydecanoate (group 15) before preconditioning completely abolished preconditioning, with recoveries of 45±8% and 35±9%, respectively, which were no different than recoveries in nonpreconditioned hearts. 5-Hydroxydecanoate (100 and 300 µmol/L) depressed preischemic coronary flow rate and developed pressure in both the preconditioned and nonpreconditioned groups. Thus, 5-hydroxydecanoate was able to completely abolish preconditioning in immature normoxic hearts.



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Figure 5. Results of involvement of KATP channels in the mechanism of preconditioning of immature normoxic hearts after 30 minutes of global ischemia and 35 minutes of reperfusion (groups 11 through 15). Hearts were pretreated with the KATP channel blocker 5-hydroxydecanoate (5-HD) for 30 minutes before preconditioning or sustained ischemia. Open bars represent data from nonpreconditioned hearts. Closed bars represent data from preconditioned hearts. Data are mean±SD. n=10 hearts/group. +P<0.05, preconditioned vs nonpreconditioned. LV indicates left ventricular.


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We demonstrated that hearts from immature rabbits normoxic from birth can be preconditioned. In contrast, hearts from immature rabbits hypoxic from birth were resistant to preconditioning. Chronically hypoxic hearts were also more resistant to sustained ischemia than were normoxic hearts, consistent with our previous results.11 12 The memory of preconditioning in immature normoxic hearts was lost 30 minutes after the preconditioning stimulus. The KATP channel blocker 5-hydroxydecanoate completely abolished the cardioprotective effects of preconditioning in immature normoxic hearts, whereas 5-hydroxydecanoate did not affect recovery of postischemic function in nonpreconditioned normoxic hearts.

Preconditioning of Immature Hearts
Adaptation to chronic hypoxia from birth confers tolerance to subsequent ischemia compared with age-matched normoxic controls.11 We previously suggested that there are similarities between adaptation to chronic hypoxia and preconditioning regarding the ability of these 2 processes to protect the heart against a subsequent ischemic insult.12 In the present study, we demonstrate for the first time that left ventricle of immature rabbit hearts normoxic from birth could be preconditioned, whereas immature hearts chronically hypoxic from birth could not be preconditioned. Our data suggest that chronically hypoxic immature hearts are already protected by adaptation to hypoxia and that additional cardioprotection by ischemic preconditioning is not possible. In our previous study,12 in which hearts were subjected to 18 minutes of global no-flow ischemia, recovery of right ventricular function was greater in chronically hypoxic hearts than in normoxic controls. In the present study, in which hearts were subjected to 30 minutes of global no-flow ischemia, recovery of right ventricular function in chronically hypoxic hearts was no different from normoxic controls. We attribute the observed differences between the present and previous studies to the increased duration of ischemia. The right ventricle was resistant to preconditioning in our study. This raises the possibility that the right ventricle may already be preconditioned or that the preconditioning stimulus was insufficient to protect the right ventricle against the subsequent period of prolonged ischemia.

The ability of ischemic preconditioning to provide additional protection in chronically hypoxic hearts during subsequent postnatal development is unknown. Evidence to support this possibility, however, is based on the observation by Tajima et al21 that hearts from chronically hypoxic adult rats could be preconditioned, although no mechanisms were uncovered to explain the additive protective effect of preconditioning on adaptation to chronic hypoxia. Additional studies are needed to define the relationship between age, adaptation to hypoxia, and ischemic preconditioning, as well as the mechanisms involved.

We considered the possibility that the threshold for preconditioning was higher in chronically hypoxic hearts than in normoxic controls. However, increasing the number of preconditioning cycles from 1 to 3 did not result in additional cardioprotection in either normoxic or chronically hypoxic hearts. There was a trend toward a slight reduction in cardioprotection with multiple preconditioning cycles in both normoxic and chronically hypoxic hearts, although the effect was not significant. Our finding is in agreement with Iliodromitis et al,22 who demonstrated that multiple cycles of preconditioning resulted in a loss of protection in an in situ rabbit model of myocardial necrosis. Thus, our data do not support the idea of an increased threshold for preconditioning in chronically hypoxic hearts.

Memory of Preconditioning
In adult rabbit hearts preconditioned by a single 5-minute period of occlusion, a time delay of 15 to 30 minutes between the preconditioning stimulus and the prolonged ischemic insult results in a loss of cardioprotection.16 17 Similarly, we have shown that in immature rabbit hearts preconditioned by a single 5-minute period of occlusion, the memory of preconditioning is also lost after a time delay of 30 minutes between the preconditioning stimulus and the prolonged ischemic insult. Our data suggest there is no age-related difference in the memory of preconditioning between immature and mature rabbit hearts. The protective effects of ischemic preconditioning elicited by a single 5-minute period of occlusion reappear 24 to 72 hours after the preconditioning stimulus in adult rabbits.23 Additional studies are needed to determine whether this "second window of protection" is present in immature rabbit hearts.

Involvement of KATP Channel
In adult rabbit hearts, blockade of the KATP channel with glibenclamide abolished the protective effect of preconditioning.18 19 Our present study shows that pretreatment of immature hearts with 100 and 300 µmol/L of the ischemia-selective KATP channel blocker 5-hydroxydecanoate completely abolishes the protective effect of preconditioning. Our study is the first to demonstrate preconditioning in immature rabbit hearts and the involvement of the KATP channel. 5-Hydroxydecanoate alone had no effect on recovery from ischemia in nonpreconditioned hearts. This finding is in agreement with previous studies24 that showed 5-hydroxydecanoate had no effect on injury during the cycle of ischemia and reperfusion.

Adaptation of immature rabbits to chronic hypoxia from birth increases tolerance of the heart to subsequent ischemia.11 The KATP channel blocker glibenclamide abolished this cardioprotective effect.12 Ischemic preconditioning in immature rabbit hearts also increased tolerance to ischemia. 5-Hydroxydecanoate abolished this cardioprotective effect. Thus, ischemic preconditioning and adaptation to chronic hypoxia in immature hearts appear to share a final common effector, the KATP channel, although the signal transduction pathway in the immature heart that results in increased activation of the KATP channel is unknown.

The cardioprotective effect of KATP channel openers, used at concentrations that do not shorten action potential duration, is abolished by the KATP channel blocker 5-hydroxydecanoate.24 This suggests that 5-hydroxydecanoate may not act on the sarcolemmal KATP channel. Potassium channels are also found in the inner mitochondrial membrane,25 26 where they control mitochondrial volume and energetics. Diazoxide, a KATP channel opener, is 1000 times more selective for opening mitochondrial KATP channels than sarcolemmal KATP channels.27 The cardioprotective effect of diazoxide during ischemia is completely abolished by 5-hydroxydecanoate,28 which indicates a role for the mitochondrial KATP channel in protection of ischemic myocardium. 5-Hydroxydecanoate completely abolished the cardioprotective effects of preconditioning in immature hearts, which suggests a cardioprotective role for mitochondrial KATP channels in immature hearts.

Clinical Relevance
Clinically, adult human myocardium can be preconditioned by brief periods of planned or unplanned ischemia, with protection mediated by KATP channel activation. During coronary angioplasty, the severity of ST-segment depression is diminished during a second balloon inflation compared with the first. Administration of glibenclamide, a KATP channel blocker, 90 minutes before angioplasty eliminated this cardioprotective effect.29 Angina that precedes a myocardial infarction within 48 hours confers endogenous cardioprotection.30 Preconditioning also preserves high-energy phosphates in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.2

Cardiopulmonary bypass operations in children to correct congenital heart defects represent a planned ischemic insult for which ischemic preconditioning may be beneficial. In children with some forms of congenital heart disease, adequate access to all regions of the heart may be denied to cardioplegic solutions. Incomplete cardioprotection with cardioplegia in infants and children after surgical repair of congenital hearts defects has been demonstrated by a deterioration in systolic function.31 We have shown that protection of ischemic immature rabbit myocardium with traditional cardioplegia may be inadequate.15 Thus, the potential exists for clinical application of ischemic myocardial preconditioning before cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease. Another potential area of application for ischemic preconditioning in children would be in the setting of cardiac transplantation.

In conclusion, we have shown that isolated, crystalloid-perfused, immature hearts normoxic from birth can be preconditioned, whereas immature hearts chronically hypoxic from birth cannot be preconditioned. The response of blood-perfused immature hearts to a preconditioning stimulus remains unknown. The mechanism of preconditioning in immature hearts is associated with activation of the KATP channel. Additional studies are needed to define the relative contributions of the sarcolemmal and mitochondrial KATP channels as well as the signal transduction mechanism responsible for KATP channel activation.


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This work was supported in part by grants HL-54075 and HL-08311 from the National Institutes of Health, Ronald McDonald's Children's Charities, and the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Foundation. We are grateful to Ara K. Pridjian, MD, for stimulating discussion and to Mary Lynne Koenig for secretarial assistance.


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Reprint requests to John E. Baker, PhD, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226.

Received May 26, 1998; revision received October 9, 1998; accepted October 22, 1998.


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