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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/fz

Fiziologichnyi Zhurnal

is a scientific journal issued by the

Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Editor-in-chief: V.F. Sagach

The journal was founded in 1955 as
1955 – 1977 "Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal" (ISSN 0015 – 3311)
1978 – 1993 "Fiziologicheskii zhurnal" (ISSN 0201 – 8489)
1994 – 2016 "Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal" (ISSN 0201 – 8489)
2017 – "Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal" (ISSN 2522-9028)

Fiziol. Zh. 2020; 66(6): 66-73

EFFECTS OF GLUTATHIONE ON THE EXPRESSION OF ATP-SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNELS, MITOCHONDRIAL PORES, AND ON OXIDATIVE STRESS IN THE HEART OF OLD RATS

N.A. Strutynska, Yu.V. Goshovska, Yu.P. Korkach, L.A. Mys, R.B. Strutynskyi, V.F. Sagach

    O.O. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/fz66.06.066


Abstract

The effects of a single injection of the reduced form of glutathione on the expression of the KCNJ8 and KCNJ11 genes encoding Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 subunits of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels and on Ca2+-induced nonspecific mitochondrial permeability transition pores (mPTP) opening in the heart of old rats were studied. Changes in biochemical parameters characterizing the intensity of oxidative processes in organelles at the action of glutathione were also studied. The expression levels of Kir6.1 і Kir6.2 subunits KATP channels were determined using reverse transcription and quantitative PCR. It was shown that after the administration of glutathione to old rats, the expression of KATP channel subunits significantly increased, namely for Kir6.1 9.3 times, for Kir6.2 2.6 times. The use of glutathione in older animals inhibited mPTP opening: reduced the amplitude of spontaneous and Ca2+-induced swelling of mitochondria. An important consequence of the action of glutathione during aging was a decrease in the rate of generation of superoxide (.О2-) and hydroxyl (.ОН) radicals, as well as the content of hydrogen peroxide respectively in 1.8, 2.5 and 3.2 times compared with these figures in older animals without treatment. Glutathione also reduced lipid peroxidation, particularly pools of diene conjugates (2.5-fold) and malonic dialdehyde (1.8-fold). Thus, glutathione significantly increases the expression of KCNJ8 and KCNJ11 genes encoding Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 subunits of KATP channels in the heart of rats, regulates MP, preventing its opening, and reduces oxidative stress, indicating its important role in myocardial protection.

Keywords: glutathione; expression of Kir6.1 and Kir6.2; KATP channels; oxidative stress; aging; mitochondria; heart; rats

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