%0 Journal Article
%T Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and food restriction restore delayed preconditioning in diabetic mice
%A Gerry Van der Mieren
%A Ines Nevelsteen
%A Annelies Vanderper
%A Wouter Oosterlinck
%A Willem Flameng
%A Paul Herijgers
%J Cardiovascular Diabetology
%D 2013
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1475-2840-12-36
%X Hypoxic preconditioning was induced in C57Bl6-mice (WT), leptin deficient ob/ob (model for type II diabetes) and double knock-out (DKO) mice with combined leptin and LDL-receptor deficiency (model for metabolic syndrome). Twenty-four hours later, 30 min of regional ischemia was followed by 60 min reperfusion. Left ventricular contractility and infarct size were studied. The effect of 12 weeks food restriction or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition (ACE-I) on this was investigated. Differences between groups were analyzed for statistical significance by student's t-test or one-way ANOVA followed by a Fisher's LSD post hoc test. Factorial ANOVA was used to determine the interaction term between preconditioning and treatments, followed by a Fisher's LSD post hoc test. Two-way ANOVA was used to determine the relationship between infarct size and contractility (PRSW). A value of p<0.05 was considered significant.Left ventricular contractility is reduced in ob/ob compared with WT and even further reduced in DKO. ACE-I improved contractility in ob/ob and DKO mice. After ischemia/reperfusion without preconditioning, infarct size was larger in DKO and ob/ob versus WT. Hypoxic preconditioning induced a strong protection in WT and a partial protection in ob/ob mice. The preconditioning potential was lost in DKO. Twelve weeks of food restriction or ACE-I restored the preconditioning potential in DKO and improved it in ob/ob.Delayed preconditioning is restored by food restriction and ACE-I in case of type II diabetes and the metabolic syndrome.
%U http://www.cardiab.com/content/12/1/36/abstract