In-Chang Hwang, Ju-Young Kim, Ji-Hyun Kim, Joo-Eun Lee, Ji-Yun Seo, Jae-Won Lee, Jonghanne Park, Han-Mo Yang, Soon-Ha Kim, Hyun-Jai Cho, Hyo-Soo Kim
Opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore and Ca2+ overload are main contributors to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, which paradoxically causes a wide variety of myocardial damage. We investigated the protective role of a novel necrosis inhibitor (NecroX-7; NecX) against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury using in vitro and in vivo models. H9C2 rat cardiomyoblasts and neonatal cardiomyocytes were exposed to hypoxia-reoxygenation stress after pre-treatment with NecX, vitamin C, a combination of vitamin C and E, N-acetylcysteine, an apoptosis inhibitor (Z-VAD-fmk), or cyclosporine A...
April 16, 2018: Hypertension