Soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition and gene deletion are protective against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in vivo

• Published in: American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2008-11, Vol.295 (5), p.H2128-H2134
• Main Authors: Motoki, Atsuko, Merkel, Matthias J, Packwood, William H, Cao, Zhiping, Liu, Lijuan, Iliff, Jeffrey, Alkayed, Nabil J, Van Winkle, Donna M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid - administration & dosage; 8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid - analogs & derivatives; 8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid - metabolism; Adamantane - administration & dosage; Adamantane - analogs & derivatives; Adamantane - pharmacology; Animals; Cells; Disease Models, Animal; Enzyme Inhibitors - administration & dosage; Enzyme Inhibitors - pharmacology; Epoxide Hydrolases - antagonists & inhibitors; Epoxide Hydrolases - deficiency; Epoxide Hydrolases - genetics; Female; Gene Deletion; Gene expression; Heart; Heart Ventricles - drug effects; Heart Ventricles - enzymology; Injections, Intraperitoneal; Injections, Intravenous; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Myocardial Infarction - enzymology; Myocardial Infarction - genetics; Myocardial Infarction - pathology; Myocardial Infarction - prevention & control; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury - enzymology; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury - genetics; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury - pathology; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury - prevention & control; Myocytes, Cardiac - drug effects; Myocytes, Cardiac - enzymology; Proteins; Rodents; Time Factors; Urea - administration & dosage; Urea - analogs & derivatives; Urea - pharmacology
• ISSN: 0363-6135; 1522-1539
• DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00428.2008

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Peri-Operative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, and 2 Anesthesiology and 3 Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon Submitted 23 April 2008 ; accepted in final form 26 September 2008 Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) metabolizes epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) to dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids. EETs are formed from arachidonic acid during myocardial ischemia and play a protective role against ischemic cell death. Deletion of sEH has been shown to be protective against myocardial ischemia in the isolated heart preparation. We tested the hypothesis that sEH inactivation by targeted gene deletion or pharmacological inhibition reduces infarct size (I) after regional myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in vivo. Male C57BL\6J wild-type or sEH knockout mice were subjected to 40 min of left coronary artery (LCA) occlusion and 2 h of reperfusion. Wild-type mice were injected intraperitoneally with 12-(3-adamantan-1-yl-ureido)-dodecanoic acid butyl ester (AUDA-BE), a sEH inhibitor, 30 min before LCA occlusion or during ischemia 10 min before reperfusion. 14,15-EET, the main substrate for sEH, was administered intravenously 15 min before LCA occlusion or during ischemia 5 min before reperfusion. The EET antagonist 14,15-epoxyeicosa-5(Z)-enoic acid (EEZE) was given intravenously 15 min before reperfusion. Area at risk (AAR) and I were assessed using fluorescent microspheres and triphenyltetrazolium chloride, and I was expressed as I/AAR. I was significantly reduced in animals treated with AUDA-BE or 14,15-EET, independent of the time of administration. The cardioprotective effect of AUDA-BE was abolished by the EET antagonist 14,15-EEZE. Immunohistochemistry revealed abundant sEH protein expression in left ventricular tissue. Strategies to increase 14,15-EET, including sEH inactivation, may represent a novel therapeutic approach for cardioprotection against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; 12-(3-adamantan-1-yl-ureido)-dodecanoic acid butyl ester Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: M. J. Merkel, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Peri-Operative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science Univ., Mail Code: UHS-2, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239-3098 (e-mail: merkelm{at}ohsu.edu )