Acute treatment with metformin improves cardiac function following isoproterenol induced myocardial infarction in rats
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that metformin exerts protective effects on ischemic hearts. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of metformin on cardiac function, hemodynamic parameters, and histopathological changes in isoproterenol-induced myocardial infarction (MI).
METHODS: Male Wistar rats were divided into six groups (n = 6) of control, isoproterenol (100 mg/kg; MI), metformin alone (100 mg/kg; sham), and metformin (25, 50, 100 mg/kg) with isoproterenol. Subsequently, isoproterenol was injected subcutaneously for two consecutive days and metformin was administered orally twice daily for the same period.
RESULTS: Isoproterenol elevated ST-segment and suppressed R-amplitude on ECG. All doses of metformin were found to significantly amend the ECG pattern. Isoproterenol also caused an intensive myocardial necrosis along with a profound decrease in arterial pressure indices, left ventricular contractility (LVdP/dt(max)) and relaxation (LVdP/dt(min)), and an increase in left ventricular enddiastolic pressure (LVEDP). Histopathological analysis showed a marked attenuation of myocyte necrosis in all metformin treated groups (p < 0.001). Metformin at 50 mg/kg strongly (p < 0.01) increased LVdP/dt(max) from 2988 ± 439 (mmHg/s) in the MI group to 4699 ± 332 (mmHg/s). Similarly, treatment with 50 mg/kg of metfromin lowered the elevated LVEDP from 27 ± 8 mmHg in the myocardial infarcted rats to a normal value of 5 ± 1.4 (mmHg; p < 0.01) and the heart to body weight…
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