• J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. · May 2004

    Cardioprotection of interleukin-2 is mediated via kappa-opioid receptors.

    • Chun-Mei Cao, Qiang Xia, Jie Tu, Mai Chen, Song Wu, and Tak-Ming Wong.
    • Department of Physiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, SAR, China.
    • J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 2004 May 1; 309 (2): 560-7.

    AbstractWe examined whether interleukin-2 (IL-2) protects the myocardium against injury induced by ischemia and reperfusion via the kappa-opioid receptor (OR). The cardioprotective effect of IL-2 was evaluated by measuring infarct size and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release in response to ischemia and reperfusion in the isolated rat heart. IL-2 at an optimal dose of 50 U/ml mimicked the effect of ischemic preconditioning by reducing infarct size and LDH release. The infarct and LDH-reducing effects of IL-2 were blocked by nor-binaltorphimine (5 microM), a kappa-OR antagonist, but not naltrindole (5 microM), a delta-OR antagonist known to block the action of its stimulation. Moreover, blockade of the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium (mito-K(ATP)) channel with a selective antagonist, 5-hydroxydecanoate (100 microM), or a nonselective antagonist of K(ATP) channels, glybenclamide (100 microM), or blockade of protein kinase C (PKC) with its inhibitors chelerythrine (5 microM) or GF 109203X (10 microM) [3-[1-[3-(dimethylaminopropyl]-1H-indol-3-yl]-4-(1H-indol-3-yl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione monohydrochloride] abolished the protective effect of IL-2. Administration of free radical scavengers N-acetylcysteine (4 mM) or N-(2-mercaptopropionyl)-glycine (1 mM) also abolished the protective effects of IL-2 and U50,488H [(trans)-3,4-dichloro-N-methyl-N-[2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl]benzeneacetamide], a selective kappa-OR agonist. This study provides the first evidence that IL-2 confers cardioprotection against injury induced by ischemia/reperfusion. The effect of IL-2 is mediated via kappa-OR as evidenced by kappa-OR antagonism and similar signaling mechanisms, mito-K(ATP), PKC, and reactive oxygen species involved in the cardioprotective effects of both IL-2 and kappa-OR stimulation.

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