Vol. 21 No. 1 (2017)
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES

Assessment of the severity of connexin 43 expression in the myocardium in acute ischemia in experiment

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  • S. Savchenko,
  • V. Novoselov,
  • A. Morozova,
  • R. Skrebov,
  • V. Grizinger,
  • T. Ageeva,
  • S. Aidagulova,
  • K. Erschov,
  • E. Voronina
S. Savchenko
Novosibirsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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V. Novoselov
Novosibirsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
A. Morozova
Novosibirsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
R. Skrebov
Novosibirsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
V. Grizinger
Novosibirsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
T. Ageeva
Novosibirsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
S. Aidagulova
Novosibirsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
K. Erschov
Novosibirsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
E. Voronina
Novosibirsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21688/1681-3472-2017-1-81-90

Published 2017-04-25

Keywords

  • myocardial ischemia,
  • connexin 43,
  • pathomorphology

How to Cite

Savchenko, S., Novoselov, V., Morozova, A., Skrebov, R., Grizinger, V., Ageeva, T., Aidagulova, S., Erschov, K., & Voronina, E. (2017). Assessment of the severity of connexin 43 expression in the myocardium in acute ischemia in experiment. Patologiya Krovoobrashcheniya I Kardiokhirurgiya, 21(1), 81–90. https://doi.org/10.21688/1681-3472-2017-1-81-90

Copyright (c) 2017 Savchenko S.V., Novoselov V.P., Morozova A.S., Skrebov R.V., Grizinger V.A., Ageeva T.A., Aidagulova S.V., Erschov K.I., Voronina E.I.

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Abstract

Aim. The article deals with expression of connexin 43 in the myocardium in experimental modeling of acute ischemia of the heart muscle.
Methods. The results of morphodynamics analysis of acute focal myocardial damage, as well as connexin 43 expression in the intercellular contacts of the myocardium during experimental modeling of acute ischemia in laboratory animals (n=95) are presented. Acute ischemia was induced by occlusion under local hyperthermic exposure of the left coronary artery. Myocardial samples were drawn for study following the withdrawal of animals from the experiment in 1,3,6,12,18,24 hours.
Results. The expression of connexin 43 in acute ischemia in 3, 6 and 12 hours after occlusion of the left coronary artery in ischemic areas has a statistically significant difference as compared to that of the control group, p<0.00001. When comparing the expression of connexin 43 in dynamics over the duration of the ischemic myocardium after 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 and 12 hours from the start of the experiment, statistically significant differences were observed between all three groups. When analyzing the concentrations, the significance level of p in 3- and 6-hour groups amounted to 0.0041 (p<0.0041), in other cases it was equal to 0.00001 (p<0.00001). After 18 and 24 hours from the start of the experiment, due to the development of necrotic changes in the area of acute ischemia, the connexin 43 expression increased drastically, however, high levels of connexin 43 expression in these ischemic intervals seem to be associated with background necrotized impregnation of the myocardium.
Conclusion. A decrease in the level of expression of protein gap junctions of cardiac myocytes (Сх43) in acute myocardial ischemia indicates the presence of correlation between the detected connexin 43, the duration of acute occlusion of the coronary arteries and the severity of alterative changes of the heart muscle. A lowered expression of connexin 43 in the myocardium can be used in pathological studies and forensic practice to detect early ischemic damage of the heart muscle, especially in cases of sudden cardiac death.

Received 19 August 2016. Accepted 1 February 2017.

Funding: The study was completed in accordance with the research plan of Novosibirsk State Medical University.

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Author contributions
Design philosophy; participation in experiment, microscopic study, immune histochemical study; assessment of results obtained; article writing and editing: SSV. Discussion of study design and results; article editing: NVP. Participation in experiment and microscopic study: MAS. Participation in experiment, microscopic study, immune histochemical study; assessment of results and article writing: SRV. Participation in microscopic study; assessment of results: GVA. Participation in immune histochemical study; assessment of results: ATA. Participation in microscopic study; assessment of results: ASV. Participation in experiment: EKI. Participation in immune histochemical study; assessment of results: VEI.

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