Cumming, DVE and Heads, RJ and Coffin, RS and Yellon, DM and Latchman, DS (1996) Pharmacological preconditioning of primary rat cardiac myocytes by FK506. BASIC RES CARDIOL , 91 (5) 367 - 373.
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Abstract
Pre-treatment with the immunosuppressant FK506 is shown to protect primary cardiocytes against a subsequent severe thermal or ischaemic stress. This effect is not observed with the related compounds cyclosporin A or rapamycin. It does not involve induction of the FK506 binding, heat inducible protein hsp56 or of the other heat shock proteins. In addition over-expression of hsp56 does not protect cardiac cells from severe stress in contrast to our previous results with hsp70 and hsp90. These results suggest the FK506 is acting via a novel mechanism to protect cardiac cells against cellular ischaemia which may not be related to its immunosuppressant action.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Pharmacological preconditioning of primary rat cardiac myocytes by FK506 |
| Keywords: | FK506, cellular ischemia, immunosuppressant action, HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE, STRESS PROTEIN, MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION, ISCHEMIC-INJURY, MYOGENIC CELLS, EXPRESSION, RABBIT, REPERFUSION, RESISTANCE, RECOVERY |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science |
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