epiglucan and Myocardial-Infarction

What is the central question of this study? The study was designed to assess whether pretreatment with β-glucan could exert any protective action against isoprenaline-induced myocardial injury in rats. What is the main finding and its importance? β-Glucan pretreatment could reduce myocardial injury by restoring cardiac biomarkers, antioxidant status, apoptosis and histopathological changes. Therefore, β-glucan might have the potential to be used in the prevention and/or treatment of myocardial infarction.. This study was designed to investigate the cardioprotective effect of pretreatment with β-glucan, the glucose polymer derived from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, against isoprenaline (ISO)-induced myocardial injury in rats by studying biochemical cardiac markers, antioxidant parameters, apoptosis, ECG and histopathological changes. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four treatment groups, namely control, β-glucan, isoprenaline and β-glucan + isoprenaline. The β-glucan treatment group received β-glucan (50 mg kg

Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Apoptosis; beta-Glucans; Biomarkers; Cardiotonic Agents; Catalase; Heart; Isoproterenol; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; Lipid Peroxidation; Male; Malondialdehyde; Myocardial Infarction; Myocardium; Oxidative Stress; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Superoxide Dismutase

There is limited information about the association between oat fiber intake and future cardiovascular events in CAD patients after coronary intervention for secondary prevention. This study enrolled 716 patients after coronary intervention in clinical stable status from the CAD cohort biosignature study. Patients were analyzed according to whether the presence of regular oat fiber intake during the follow-up period, and the association with endpoints including cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke and revascularization procedures were analyzed. The average follow-up period is 26.75 ± 8.11 months. Patients taking oat fiber were found to have lower serum levels of LDL, triglycerides, ratio of TC/HDL, as well as lower inflammatory markers values. After adjusting for confounders in the proportional hazard Cox model, oat fiber intake was associated with a lower risk of future revascularization (HR = 0.54, 95% CI 0.35-0.85; p = 0.007), and lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (HR = 0.62, 95% CI 0.43-0.88; p = 0.008), suggesting the association of oat fiber use and lower risk of future adverse event in CAD patients after coronary intervention.

Topics: Aged; beta-Glucans; Biomarkers; China; Cholesterol, HDL; Cholesterol, LDL; Cohort Studies; Coronary Artery Disease; Dietary Fiber; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction; Myocardial Revascularization; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Secondary Prevention; Stroke; Triglycerides

We previously reported a cardioprotective effect of oral β-glucan in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting. The present study was conducted to determine whether oral β-glucan could reduce myocardial infarction size and whether these changes would be reflected by better preservation of contractile indices measured by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE).. Fourteen pigs were randomized to receive oral β-glucan 50 mg/kg (n = 7) or placebo (control, n = 7) 10 days before they were anaesthetized and subjected to 1 h clamping of the left anterior descending coronary artery followed by reperfusion for 3 h. Longitudinal strain, circumferential strain and radial strain were assessed by STE after 3 h of reperfusion. Infarction size and area at risk were determined by Evans blue and 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining.. Pretreatment with β-glucan reduced the infarct area/area at risk ratio by 36% (P < 0.05) and the total necrotic area of the left ventricle by 37% (P < 0.05) compared with controls. Viable myocardium at risk was 30% higher in the β-glucan vs. control group (P < 0.05). Anterior apical strain values for β-glucan vs. control were -4.7 ± 9.4 vs. 5.9 ± 6.1% (P < 0.05) for longitudinal strain, -14.7 ± 6.6 vs. -7.7 ± 4.3 (P < 0.05) for circumferential strain, 15.1 ± 7.7 vs. 7.1 ± 11.8 (ns) for radial strain.. Oral β-glucan pretreatment reduces infarction size and improves regional contractile function in a porcine ischaemia/reperfusion model.

Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; beta-Glucans; Body Temperature; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Feasibility Studies; Hemodynamics; Myocardial Contraction; Myocardial Infarction; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury; Sus scrofa; Ultrasonography

To test the protective effects of betaglucin, a novel beta-glucan, on models of myocardial infarction (MI) in rats and dogs.. The left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery occlusion model was used to induce an MI in rats and dogs. Three doses of betaglucin (10, 30 and 100 mg/kg), propranolol (positive control, 1 mg/kg) and vehicle alone (5% glucose solution) were administered before LAD occlusion, and characteristics of the resulting MI were subsequently assessed. In anesthetized dogs, blood pressure, heart rate, ventricular function, coronary artery blood flow and myocardial oxygen consumption were determined before and after the drug administration.. The MI mass in both rats and dogs was significantly reduced by betaglucin (30 and 100 mg/kg, P<0.01) and propranolol (P<0.01). In anesthetized dogs, coronary artery blood flow was increased significantly by betaglucin (30 and 100 mg/kg, P<0.01), but blood pressure, heart rate and ventricular function were not changed (P>0.05). High-dose betaglucin (100 mg/kg) increased myocardial oxygen consumption, but not to a statistically significant level (P>0.05). The hemodynamic indexes were significantly changed by propranolol.. Betaglucin has protective effects on myocardial tissue during MI in rats and dogs and has no influence on hemodynamic parameters at a therapeutic dose. The increase in coronary artery blood flow induced by betaglucin might be beneficial in the treatment of patients with MI.

Topics: Animals; beta-Glucans; Blood Flow Velocity; Blood Pressure; Cardiotonic Agents; Coronary Vessels; Dogs; Female; Heart; Heart Rate; Male; Myocardial Infarction; Oxygen Consumption; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Ventricular Function