%0 Journal Article %T PGE<sub>2</sub> Generation in Myocardium from Isolated Rat Atrium under Hypoxia and Reoxygenation Conditions. Effect of Anti-<i>¦Â</i><sub>1</sub> IgG from Patients with Chronic Severe Periodontitis %A Sabrina Ganzinelli %A Silvia Reina %A Mirian Matoso %A Germ¨¢n Gonz¨¢lez %A Celina Morales %A Enri Borda %J Pharmacology & Pharmacy %P 204-215 %@ 2157-9431 %D 2014 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/pp.2014.52027 %X
Background: Hypoxia is one of the most frequently encountered stresses in health and disease. Methods: We compared the effects of an anti-¦Â1 periodontal IgG (pIgG) and an authentic ¦Â1 adrenergic agonist, xamoterol, on isolated myocardium from rat atria contractility. We used an ELISA assay to measure the generation of PGE2 in vitro after the addition of either the antibody or the adrenergic agonist. We analyzed the myocardium histopathologically in the presence of both the antibody and/or the adrenergic agonist drug during normoxia, hypoxia and reperfusion conditions. Results: PGE2 generation increased during the hypoxia and was unchanged during reoxygenation period compared with the production of this prostanoid in atria during normoxia condition. A ¦Â1 specific adrenoceptor antagonist atenolol and the ¦Â1 synthetic peptide abrogated the increment of the prostanoid in the presence of pIgG but only atenolol due to it in the presence of xamoterol. The increment of PGE2 was dependent on the activation of cox-1 and