Lidocaine improves cardiac function in rats with myocardial ischemia-reperfusion by regulating mitochondrial autophagy
Objective To investigate the mechanism of lidocaine improving cardiac function by regulating mitochondrial autophagy in rats with myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.Methods Rats were randomly divided into sham operation group,model group,lidocaine group,autophagy inhibitor trimethyladenine(3-MA)group,and lidocaine+3-MA group,and the rat model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury was established.The left ventricular function was detected by ultrasound,and the changes of left ventricular end-systolic diameter(LVESD),left ventricular end-diastolic diameter(LVEDD),left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF),and left ventricular fractional shortening(FS)were observed.The myocardial infarct size was detected by TTC staining;the levels of CK-MB and cTnI in serum of rats in each group were detected by ELISA method.The pathological changes of myocardial tissues were observed by HE staining.The protein expressions of PINK1/Parkin,LC3 Ⅱ/Ⅰ,p62,and USP30 in myocardial tissues of rats in each group were detected by Western blot.Results Compared with the model group,the LVEF%and FS%of rats in the lidocaine group were significantly increased,LVEDD and LVESD were significantly decreased,the pathological changes of myocardial tissues were alleviated,the myocardial infarct size was significantly reduced,the levels of CK-MB and cTnI were significantly decreased,the protein expressions of PINK1,Parkin,LC3 Ⅱ/Ⅰ and USP30 were significantly increased,and the protein expression of p62 was significantly decreased.The above indexes were aggravated in the 3-MA group,and the effect of lidocaine on improving myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury was weakened or inhibited by 3-MA.Conclusion Lidocaine improves cardiac function in rats with myocardial ischemia-reperfusion by regulating mitochondrial autophagy,and its mechanism may be related to the regulation of Pink1/Parkin signaling pathway.