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Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) plays an important role in the inflammatory process of certain major cardiac disorders including myocardial infarction and allograft rejection. However, the role of iNOS in acute myocardial ischemia has not been well defined. We determined the effects of genetically disruption of the intact iNOS system on cardiac tolerance to ischemia/reperfusion injury. Adult male wild-type (WT) and iNOS knockout (KO) B6,129 mice were subjected to 20 min global ischemia and 30 min reperfusion in a Langendorff isolated perfused heart model (37 degrees C, n = 10/each group). Ventricular contractile function, heart rate, coronary flow, and leakage of intracellular enzymes (CK and LDH) were not significantly different between the groups during pre-ischemia as well as reperfusion period (P > 0.05). Myocardial infarct size was also not significantly different between WT (20.2+/-2.0% of risk area) and KO mice (23.5+/-3.8%; Mean+/-SEM, P > 0.05). However, the post-ischemic heart rate was significantly preserved in KO as compared to WT (P < 0.05). We conclude that disruption of iNOS gene does not exacerbate ischemia/ reperfusion injury in the heart.
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