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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2005; 46:450-456, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2005.04.044
(Published online 14 July 2005). © 2005 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation |
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* Vascular Physiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Portex Anesthesia, Intensive Therapy and Respiratory Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Centre for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Manuscript received December 7, 2004; revised manuscript received January 26, 2005, accepted April 13, 2005.
* Reprint requests and correspondence: Mr. Stavros P. Loukogeorgakis, Vascular Physiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 34 Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JE, United Kingdom. (Email: s.loukogeorgakis{at}ich.ucl.ac.uk).
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to characterize the time course and neuronal mechanism of remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) of the vasculature in humans.
BACKGROUND: Non-lethal ischemia of internal organs induces local (ischemic preconditioning) and systemic (RIPC) resistance to lethal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Experimental RIPC has two temporal components, is neuronally mediated, is induced by limb ischemia, and reduces infarct size. In humans, RIPC prevents IR-induced vascular injury. Determining the time course and mechanism is a prelude to clinical outcome studies of RIPC.
METHODS: Endothelial IR injury was induced by arm ischemia (20 min) and reperfusion, and measured by flow-mediated dilation. To establish if there are early and late phases, RIPC (three 5-min cycles of ischemia of the contralateral arm) was applied immediately, 4, 24, and 48 h before IR. To determine neuronal involvement, trimetaphan (autonomic ganglion blocker; 1 to 6 mg/min intravenous) was infused during the application of the RIPC stimulus.
RESULTS: Flow-mediated dilation was reduced by IR (8.7 ± 1.1% before IR, 4.9 ± 1.2% after IR; p < 0.001), but not when preceded by RIPC (8.0 ± 0.8% after IR; p = NS); RIPC did not protect after 4 h (4.9 ± 1.1% after IR; p < 0.001), but protected at 24 (8.7 ± 1.1% after IR; p = NS) and 48 h (8.8 ± 1.4% after IR; p = NS). Trimetaphan attenuated early (8.3 ± 1.1% before IR, 4.2 ± 0.9% after IR; p < 0.05) and delayed (7.3 ± 1.0% before IR, 2.3 ± 0.6% after IR, p < 0.001) RIPC.
CONCLUSIONS: Remote ischemic preconditioning in humans has two phases of protection against endothelial IR injury; an early (short) and late (prolonged) phase, both of which are neuronally mediated. The potential for late phase RIPC to provide prolonged protection during clinical IR syndromes merits investigation.
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