Hypothermia-Induced Neuroprotection is Associated with Reduced Mitochondrial Membrane Permeability in a Swine Model of Cardiac Arrest
Open Access
- 13 March 2013
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
- Vol. 33 (6), 928-934
- https://doi.org/10.1038/jcbfm.2013.33
Abstract
Increasing evidence has shown that mild hypothermia is neuroprotective for comatose patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest, but the mechanism of this protection is not fully understood. The aim of this study was to determine whether prolonged whole-body mild hypothermia inhibits mitochondrial membrane permeability (MMP) in the cerebral cortex after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). Thirty-seven inbred Chinese Wuzhishan minipigs were successfully resuscitated after 8 minutes of untreated ventricular fibrillation (VF) and underwent recovery under normothermic (NT) or prolonged whole-body mild hypothermic (HT; 33°C) conditions for 24 or 72 hours. Cerebral samples from the frontal cortex were collected at 24 and 72 hours after ROSC. Mitochondria were isolated by differential centrifugation. At 24 hours, relative to NT, HT was associated with reductions in opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, release of pro-apoptotic substances from mitochondria, caspase 3 cleavage, apoptosis, and neurologic deficit scores, as well as increases in mitochondrial membrane potential and mitochondrial respiration. Together, these findings suggest that mild hypothermia inhibits ischemia-induced increases in MMP, which may provide neuroprotection against cerebral injury after cardiac arrest.Keywords
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