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  • Chronic exposure to morphine produces a marked cardioprotective phenotype in aged mouse hearts

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    N. Peart, Jason
    J. Gross, Garrett
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Peart, Jason N.
    Year published
    2004
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    Abstract
    Aging is often associated with decreased myocardial ischemic tolerance. We recently reported that chronic preconditioning produced by continuous exposure to morphine affords a profound cardioprotective phenotype in young mice. In this study, we determined if chronic exposure to morphine retained its ability to precondition the myocardium in the young or aged heart. Young (10-14 weeks) or aged (24-26 months) C57/BL6 mice were untreated, administered morphine acutely (30 卩, or implanted with a morphine pellet (75 mg) for 5 days prior to heart isolation and perfusion. Following equilibration, perfused hearts were subjected to ...
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    Aging is often associated with decreased myocardial ischemic tolerance. We recently reported that chronic preconditioning produced by continuous exposure to morphine affords a profound cardioprotective phenotype in young mice. In this study, we determined if chronic exposure to morphine retained its ability to precondition the myocardium in the young or aged heart. Young (10-14 weeks) or aged (24-26 months) C57/BL6 mice were untreated, administered morphine acutely (30 卩, or implanted with a morphine pellet (75 mg) for 5 days prior to heart isolation and perfusion. Following equilibration, perfused hearts were subjected to 25 min ischemia and 45 min reperfusion. Untreated hearts from both young and aged mice displayed marked contractile dysfunction and LDH release following reperfusion. Acute infusion of morphine improved recovery of end-diastolic pressure and developed pressure in young (P<0.05 vs. untreated) but not senescent hearts. Hearts from mice exposed to morphine for 5 days displayed a further improvement in post-ischemic contractile function (P<0.05 vs. acute treatment), and a marked reduction in post-ischemic LDH efflux (P<0.05 vs. untreated) in both young and senescent hearts. These data demonstrate that aged hearts maintain the ability to be preconditioned by chronic exposure to morphine in the absence of acute protection.
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    Journal Title
    Experimental Gerontology
    Volume
    39
    Issue
    7
    Publisher URI
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/05315565
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2004.03.038
    Subject
    Medical and Health Sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/27832
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