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Schulman-Geltzer EB, Collins HE, Hill BG, Fulghum KL. Coordinated Metabolic Responses Facilitate Cardiac Growth in Pregnancy and Exercise. Curr Heart Fail Rep 2023; 20:441-450. [PMID: 37581772 PMCID: PMC10589193 DOI: 10.1007/s11897-023-00622-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Pregnancy and exercise are systemic stressors that promote physiological growth of the heart in response to repetitive volume overload and maintenance of cardiac output. This type of remodeling is distinct from pathological hypertrophy and involves different metabolic mechanisms that facilitate growth; however, it remains unclear how metabolic changes in the heart facilitate growth and if these processes are similar in both pregnancy- and exercise-induced cardiac growth. RECENT FINDINGS The ability of the heart to metabolize a myriad of substrates balances cardiac demands for energy provision and anabolism. During pregnancy, coordination of hormonal status with cardiac reductions in glucose oxidation appears important for physiological growth. During exercise, a reduction in cardiac glucose oxidation also appears important for physiological growth, which could facilitate shuttling of glucose-derived carbons into biosynthetic pathways for growth. Understanding the metabolic underpinnings of physiological cardiac growth could provide insight to optimize cardiovascular health and prevent deleterious remodeling, such as that which occurs from postpartum cardiomyopathy and heart failure. This short review highlights the metabolic mechanisms known to facilitate pregnancy-induced and exercise-induced cardiac growth, both of which require changes in cardiac glucose metabolism for the promotion of growth. In addition, we mention important similarities and differences of physiological cardiac growth in these models as well as discuss current limitations in our understanding of metabolic changes that facilitate growth.
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- Emily B Schulman-Geltzer
- Center for Cardiometabolic Science, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Center for Cardiometabolic Science, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Center for Cardiometabolic Science, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Center for Cardiometabolic Science, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Alhajri N, Rustom M, Adegbile A, Ahmed W, Kilidar S, Afify N. Deciphering the Basis of Molecular Biology of Selected Cardiovascular Diseases: A View on Network Medicine. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911421. [PMID: 36232723 PMCID: PMC9569471 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death across the world. For decades, researchers have been studying the causes of cardiovascular disease, yet many of them remain undiscovered or poorly understood. Network medicine is a recently expanding, integrative field that attempts to elucidate this issue by conceiving of disease as the result of disruptive links between multiple interconnected biological components. Still in its nascent stages, this revolutionary application of network science facilitated a number of important discoveries in complex disease mechanisms. As methodologies become more advanced, network medicine harbors the potential to expound on the molecular and genetic complexities of disease to differentiate how these intricacies govern disease manifestations, prognosis, and therapy. This is of paramount importance for confronting the incredible challenges of current and future cardiovascular disease research. In this review, we summarize the principal molecular and genetic mechanisms of common cardiac pathophysiologies as well as discuss the existing knowledge on therapeutic strategies to prevent, halt, or reverse these pathologies.
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- Noora Alhajri
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD), Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 112412, United Arab Emirates
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- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates
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- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates
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- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City SSMC, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 11001, United Arab Emirates
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- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates
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Lucchinetti E, Lou PH, Hersberger M, Clanachan AS, Zaugg M. Diabetic Rat Hearts Show More Favorable Metabolic Adaptation to Omegaven Containing High Amounts of n3 Fatty Acids Than Intralipid Containing n6 Fatty Acids. Anesth Analg 2020; 131:943-954. [PMID: 32398434 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000004838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND While Omegaven, an omega-3 (n3) fatty acid-based lipid emulsion, fosters insulin signaling in healthy hearts, it is unknown whether beneficial metabolic effects occur in insulin-resistant diabetic hearts. METHODS Diabetic hearts from fructose-fed Sprague-Dawley rats were perfused in the working mode for 90 minutes in the presence of 11 mM glucose and 1.2 mM palmitate bound to albumin, the first 30 minutes without insulin followed by 60 minutes with insulin (50 mU/L). Hearts were randomly allocated to Intralipid (25 and 100 µM), Omegaven (25 and 100 µM), or no emulsion (insulin alone) for 60 minutes. Glycolysis, glycogen synthesis, and glucose oxidation were measured with the radioactive tracers [5-H]glucose and [U-C]glucose. Central carbon metabolites, acyl-coenzyme A species (acyl-CoAs), ketoacids, purines, phosphocreatine, acylcarnitines, and acyl composition of phospholipids were measured with mass spectrometry. RESULTS Diabetic hearts showed no response to insulin with regard to glycolytic flux, consistent with insulin resistance. Addition of either lipid emulsion did not alter this response but unexpectedly increased glucose oxidation (ratio of treatment/baseline, ie, fold change): no insulin 1.3 (0.3) [mean (standard deviation)], insulin alone 1.4 (0.4), insulin + 25 µM Intralipid 1.8 (0.5), insulin + 100 µM Intralipid 2.2 (0.4), P < .001; no insulin 1.3 (0.3), insulin alone 1.4 (0.4), insulin + 25 µM Omegaven 2.3 (0.5) insulin + 100 µM Omegaven 1.9 (0.4), P < .001. Intralipid treatment led to accumulation of acylcarnitines as a result of the released linoleic acid (C18:2-n6) and enhanced its integration into phospholipids, consistent with incomplete or impaired β-oxidation necessitating a compensatory increase in glucose oxidation. Accumulation of acylcarnitines was also associated with a higher nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide reduced/oxidized (NADH/NAD) ratio, which inhibited pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), and resulted in excess lactate production. In contrast, Omegaven-treated hearts showed no acylcarnitine accumulation, low malonyl-CoA concentrations consistent with activated β-oxidation, and elevated PDH activity and glucose oxidation, together indicative of a higher metabolic rate possibly by substrate cycling. CONCLUSIONS Omegaven is the preferred lipid emulsion for insulin-resistant diabetic hearts.
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- Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Bölter C, Gabriel P, Appelt P, Salameh A, Schierle K, Rassler B. Effects of Adrenergic Agonists and Antagonists on Cardiopulmonary Function During Normobaric Hypoxia in Rat. Front Physiol 2019; 10:860. [PMID: 31333500 PMCID: PMC6624647 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pulmonary edema (PE) is an issue widely noted in acute exposure to hypoxia as seen in high altitude climbers, yet the etiology of this is not defined. Previous studies in rats showed that both hypoxia and strong sympathetic activation may induce PE. As acute exposure to hypoxia is accompanied by sympathetic activation, we assume that this may impair pulmonary circulation and contribute to the development of hypoxic PE. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of adrenergic agonists and antagonists as models for overstimulation and suppression, respectively, of sympathetic activity on cardiovascular function and formation of PE in hypoxic rats. Norepinephrine or adrenergic blockers were infused to rats exposed to normobaric hypoxia with 10% O2 over time intervals up to 24 h. Normoxic and hypoxic controls received 0.9% NaCl infusion. We evaluated hemodynamic function and lung histology. A significant decrease of left ventricular systolic function was observed after 6 h of hypoxia. This effect was less pronounced with α-adrenergic blockade but was more severe with combined α-plus β-adrenergic blockade. Norepinephrine delayed the onset of hypoxic left ventricular depression but did not reduce its degree. Significant PE developed after 16 h of hypoxia. It regressed under α- but not with β-adrenergic blockade, and was aggravated by combining hypoxia with norepinephrine. Almost half of the animals exposed to hypoxia over 16–24 h suffered cardiorespiratory arrest during the experiment and presented with signs of acute right ventricular failure. They had significantly elevated serum catecholamine concentrations and significantly stronger PE than the others. Notably, most of them had received norepinephrine or combined adrenergic blockade. Mild changes in serum catecholamine concentrations indicated that hypoxic sympathoadrenergic activation was only weak. Hence, it was not sufficient to prevent left ventricular depression. However, the results show that α-adrenergic mechanisms contribute to the formation of hypoxic PE. Adrenergic blockade but also sympathetic overactivity may induce pulmonary congestion, PE and acute right ventricular failure indicating that a fine balance of sympathetic activation under hypoxic conditions is crucial. This has important implications for climbers to high altitude as well as for patients suffering from hypoxia.
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- Christian Bölter
- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Centre, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Fulghum K, Hill BG. Metabolic Mechanisms of Exercise-Induced Cardiac Remodeling. Front Cardiovasc Med 2018; 5:127. [PMID: 30255026 PMCID: PMC6141631 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2018.00127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Exercise has a myriad of physiological benefits that derive in part from its ability to improve cardiometabolic health. The periodic metabolic stress imposed by regular exercise appears fundamental in driving cardiovascular tissue adaptation. However, different types, intensities, or durations of exercise elicit different levels of metabolic stress and may promote distinct types of tissue remodeling. In this review, we discuss how exercise affects cardiac structure and function and how exercise-induced changes in metabolism regulate cardiac adaptation. Current evidence suggests that exercise typically elicits an adaptive, beneficial form of cardiac remodeling that involves cardiomyocyte growth and proliferation; however, chronic levels of extreme exercise may increase the risk for pathological cardiac remodeling or sudden cardiac death. An emerging theme underpinning acute as well as chronic cardiac adaptations to exercise is metabolic periodicity, which appears important for regulating mitochondrial quality and function, for stimulating metabolism-mediated exercise gene programs and hypertrophic kinase activity, and for coordinating biosynthetic pathway activity. In addition, circulating metabolites liberated during exercise trigger physiological cardiac growth. Further understanding of how exercise-mediated changes in metabolism orchestrate cell signaling and gene expression could facilitate therapeutic strategies to maximize the benefits of exercise and improve cardiac health.
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- Kyle Fulghum
- Department of Medicine, Envirome Institute, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center, Louisville, KY, United States
- Department of Physiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Envirome Institute, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center, Louisville, KY, United States
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Kolwicz SC. Lipid partitioning during cardiac stress. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2016; 1861:1472-80. [PMID: 27040509 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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It is well documented that fatty acids serve as the primary fuel substrate for the contracting myocardium. However, extensive research has identified significant changes in the myocardial oxidation of fatty acids during acute or chronic cardiac stress. As a result, the redistribution or partitioning of fatty acids due to metabolic derangements could have biological implications. Fatty acids can be stored as triacylglycerols, serve as critical components for biosynthesis of phospholipid membranes, and form the potent signaling molecules, diacylglycerol and ceramides. Therefore, the contribution of lipid metabolism to health and disease is more intricate than a balance of uptake and oxidation. In this review, the available data regarding alterations that occur in endogenous cardiac lipid pathways during the pathological stressors of ischemia-reperfusion and pathological hypertrophy/heart failure are highlighted. In addition, changes in endogenous lipids observed in exercise training models are presented for comparison. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Heart Lipid Metabolism edited by G.D. Lopaschuk.
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- Stephen C Kolwicz
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, University of Washington, School of Medicine, 850 Republican St., Seattle, WA 98109, United States.
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Kolwicz SC, Liu L, Goldberg IJ, Tian R. Enhancing Cardiac Triacylglycerol Metabolism Improves Recovery From Ischemic Stress. Diabetes 2015; 64:2817-27. [PMID: 25858561 PMCID: PMC4512225 DOI: 10.2337/db14-1943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Elevated cardiac triacylglycerol (TAG) content is traditionally equated with cardiolipotoxicity and suggested to be a culprit in cardiac dysfunction. However, previous work demonstrated that myosin heavy-chain-mediated cardiac-specific overexpression of diacylglycerol transferase 1 (MHC-DGAT1), the primary enzyme for TAG synthesis, preserved cardiac function in two lipotoxic mouse models despite maintaining high TAG content. Therefore, we examined whether increased cardiomyocyte TAG levels due to DGAT1 overexpression led to changes in cardiac TAG turnover rates under normoxia and ischemia-reperfusion conditions. MHC-DGAT1 mice had elevated TAG content and synthesis rates, which did not alter cardiac function, substrate oxidation, or myocardial energetics. MHC-DGAT1 hearts had ischemia-induced lipolysis; however, when a physiologic mixture of long-chain fatty acids was provided, enhanced TAG turnover rates were associated with improved functional recovery from low-flow ischemia. Conversely, exogenous supply of palmitate during reperfusion suppressed elevated TAG turnover rates and impaired recovery from ischemia in MHC-DGAT1 hearts. Collectively, this study shows that elevated TAG content, accompanied by enhanced turnover, does not adversely affect cardiac function and, in fact, provides cardioprotection from ischemic stress. In addition, the results highlight the importance of exogenous supply of fatty acids when assessing cardiac lipid metabolism and its relationship with cardiac function.
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- Stephen C Kolwicz
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Zheng YY, Zhang HH, Yan XX, Chen M, Qi TY, Zhang LE, Luo DL. Protective effect of low dose gadolinium chloride against isoproterenol-induced myocardial injury in rat. Apoptosis 2015; 20:1164-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-015-1147-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Frieler RA, Mitteness DJ, Golovko MY, Gienger HM, Rosenberger TA. Quantitative determination of free glycerol and myo-inositol from plasma and tissue by high-performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2009; 877:3667-72. [PMID: 19783233 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2009] [Revised: 09/10/2009] [Accepted: 09/12/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A high-performance liquid chromatographic method that accurately measures glycerol and myo-inositol from plasma and tissue is described. The method incorporates a pre-column derivatization reaction using aqueous extracts with benzoyl chloride as a modifying agent. The benzoylated derivatives are isolated by HPLC using reversed-phase gradient chromatography and quantified via absorbance detection at 231 nm. The benzoylated derivatives of glycerol and myo-inositol are well resolved from other known carbohydrates, internal standard and other contaminants encountered within samples and during incubation. The benzoylation of these analytes reach a maximum between 3.5 and 6 h of incubation and are stable for at least 24 days at 4 degrees C. The limit of quantization (LOQ) of glycerol was equal to 2.5 nmol/ml plasma and 6.4 nmol/g tissue and the LOQ of myo-inositol was 1.8 nmol/ml plasma and 3.6 nmol/g tissue. Incubation of known standards and samples with benzoyl chloride at 40 degrees C for 4 h showed fully benzoylated products as determined by mass spectral analysis. Calibration curves were linear between 2.7 and 174 nmol for glycerol and 1.4-89 nmol for myo-inositol. Comparison of tissue and plasma concentrations of glycerol and myo-inositol found using this method are in good agreement with other reported values using other techniques.
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- Ryan A Frieler
- University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA
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Metzsch C, Liao Q, Steen S, Algotsson L. Levosimendan cardioprotection reduces the metabolic response during temporary regional coronary occlusion in an open chest pig model. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2007; 51:86-93. [PMID: 17073861 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01162.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inotropic and myocardial anti-ischemic effects have been demonstrated with levosimendan. The comparison of levosimendan started before an ischemia-reperfusion event as compared with levosimendan started during ischemia has not been studied. METHODS In anesthetized pigs, a major branch of the circumflex artery was completely occluded for 30 min and then reperfused. The metabolism in the ischemic myocardium and in non-ischemic control myocardium was studied with microdialysis concomitantly with monitoring of global hemodynamics and coronary artery flow in the chosen artery. In the protection group (PRO, n= 6), a levosimendan infusion was started 30 min before coronary artery occlusion, and in the treatment group (TRE, n= 6), a levosimendan infusion was started 10 min after the coronary artery occlusion with a loading dose of 13.3 microg/kg followed by an infusion of 0.67 microg/kg/min. A two-way repeated measures ANOVA completed with Bonferroni's multiple comparison procedure was applied to the data. A P < 0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS During the ischemic period, the cardiac output and contractility (dp/dt(max)) were higher in the PRO as compared with the TRE and the systemic vascular resistance was lower. The myocardial microdialysate glucose concentration in the ischemic area during ischemia was higher in the PRO as compared with the TRE, and the lactate/pyruvate ratio and the lactate concentration were lower. The differences in the metabolites persisted into the first 10 min of reperfusion. No differences were found for the non-ischemic areas. CONCLUSION Levosimendan used throughout myocardial ischemia-reperfusion might have a cardioprotective affect on the response to myocardial ischemia as compared with levosimendan started during the ischemia.
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- C Metzsch
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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Maoz D, Lee HJ, Deutsch J, Rapoport SI, Bazinet RP. Immediate no-flow ischemia decreases rat heart nonesterified fatty acid and increases acyl-CoA species concentrations. Lipids 2006; 40:1149-54. [PMID: 16459927 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-005-1479-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Tissues changes in FA metabolism can occur quite rapidly in response to ischemia and may require immediate microwave fixation to determine basal concentrations. The present study aimed to quantify the effects of immediate no-flow ischemia on concentrations of individual nonesterified FA (NEFA) and acyl-CoA species in the rat heart. Male CDF 344 rats were anesthetized and decapitated either 5 min prior to being microwaved (5.5 kW, 3.4 s, twice) to produce ischemia or microwaved prior to decapitation (nonischemic). Hearts were then removed and used to measure the concentrations of acyl-CoA species and FA in several lipid classes. The ischemic heart total NEFA concentration was significantly lower than that in the nonischemic heart (11.9 vs. 19.0 nmol/g). Several individual NEFA concentrations were decreased by 31-85%. Ischemic heart total long-chain acyl-CoA concentrations (21.0 nmol/g) were significantly higher than those in nonischemic hearts (11.4 nmol/g). Increased concentrations of individual acyl-CoA species occurred in palmitoyl-CoA, stearoyl-CoA, oleoyl-CoA, and linoleoyl-CoA. Concentrations of short-chain acetyl-CoA and beta-hydroxy-beta-methylglutaryl-CoA were also two- to three-fold higher in ischemic hearts than in nonischemic hearts. The FA concentration in TG and phospholipids generally did not differ between the groups. Decreases in concentrations of individual FA and increases in acyl-CoA species during no-flow ischemia occur very rapidly within the heart. Although it is not clear how these alterations contribute to the pathogenesis of ischemia, it is evident that future studies attempting to quantify basal levels of these metabolites could use microwave fixation.
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- Daniel Maoz
- Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Metzsch C, Liao Q, Steen S, Algotsson L. Myocardial glycerol release, arrhythmias and hemodynamic instability during regional ischemia-reperfusion in an open chest pig model. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2006; 50:99-107. [PMID: 16451157 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00877.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND To develop cardioprotection against peri-operative myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, we need animal models where the local metabolism and blood flow are studied concomitantly with the global circulatory consequences during regional coronary occlusion. METHODS In six anesthetized domestic pigs, the largest branch of the circumflex artery was occluded for 30 min. Microdialysate was sampled from the ischemic and non-ischemic myocardium along with continuous measurements of local coronary artery flow, global hemodynamics and registration of arrhythmias, from baseline through to 30 min of ischemia and 180 min of reperfusion. RESULTS During ischemia, the microdialysate glucose concentration decreased, the glycerol concentration increased and the lactate/pyruvate ratio increased significantly. For glycerol, there was a further increase at reperfusion. During ischemia, cardiac output was unchanged; however, during reperfusion there was a significant drop lasting for several minutes, longer than the period in which an increased number of arrhythmias were registered. CONCLUSION The present study demonstrates deranged circulation and arrhythmias corresponding to ischemic metabolism after regional myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. Reperfusion induced more pronounced circulatory changes than the actual ischemia. A substantial increase in myocardial glycerol release seems to be a marker of ischemic metabolism and may prove to be an indicator of reperfusion injury.
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- C Metzsch
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden.
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Vecsernyes M, Juhasz B, Der P, Kocsan R, Feher P, Bacskay I, Kovacs P, Tosaki A. The administration of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone protects the ischemic/reperfused myocardium. Eur J Pharmacol 2003; 470:177-83. [PMID: 12798956 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(03)01780-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The contribution of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) treatment, an active fragment of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), to the recovery of postischemic cardiac function, infarct size, the incidence of reperfusion-induced ventricular fibrillation and apoptotic cell death was studied in ischemic/reperfused isolated rat hearts. Rats were subcutaneously injected with 40, 200 and 400 microg/kg of alpha-MSH, and 12 h later, hearts were isolated, perfused and subjected to 30 min of ischemia followed by 120 min of reperfusion. Thus, after 120 min of reperfusion, with the concentration of 200 microg/kg alpha-MSH, coronary flow, aortic flow and left ventricular developed pressure were significantly improved from their control values of 14.6+/-0.6 ml/min, 7.5+/-0.5 ml/min and 9.1+/-0.4 kPa to 20.2+/-0.4 ml/min (p<0.05), 31.5+/-0.9 ml/min (p<0.05) and 15.9+/-0.6 (p<0.05) kPa, respectively. With the doses of 40, 200 and 400 microg/kg of alpha-MSH, infarct size was reduced from its control value of 38+/-5% to 33+/-6% (NS), 17+/-3% (p<0.05) and 19+/-4% (p<0.05), respectively. The reduction in the incidence of reperfusion-induced ventricular fibrillation followed the same pattern. It is reasonable to assume that a reduction in infarct size, in the alpha-MSH-treated myocardium, resulted in a reduction as well in apoptotic cell death. Although we did not specifically study the exact mechanism(s) of alpha-MSH-afforded postischemic protection, we assume that this protection may be related to alpha-MSH-induced corticosterone release and corticosterone-induced de novo protein synthesis, which reflected in the recovery of postischemic cardiac function in isolated hearts. Thus, interventions that are able to increase plasma corticosterone or glucocorticoid release may prevent the development of ischemia/reperfusion-induced damage.
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- Miklos Vecsernyes
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Health and Science Center, School of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary
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Ray J, Noll F, Daut J, Hanley PJ. Long-chain fatty acids increase basal metabolism and depolarize mitochondria in cardiac muscle cells. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002; 282:H1495-501. [PMID: 11893587 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00696.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effects of long-chain (LC) fatty acids on rate of heat production (heat rate) and mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsi) of intact guinea pig cardiac muscle were investigated at 37 degrees C. Heat rate of ventricular trabeculae was measured with microcalorimetry, and DeltaPsi was monitored in isolated ventricular myocytes with either JC-1 or tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester (TMRE). Methyl-beta-cyclodextrin was used as fatty acid carrier. Application of 400 microM oleate or linoleate increased resting heat rate by approximately 30% and approximately 25%, respectively. When LC fatty acid was supplied as sole metabolic substrate, resting heat rate was decreased by 3-mercaptopropionic acid. In TMRE-loaded myocytes, neither 40-80 microM oleate nor 40 microM linoleate affected DeltaPsi. At a higher concentration (400 microM) both oleate and linoleate increased TMRE fluorescence by approximately 20% of maximum, obtained using 2,4-dinitrophenol (100 microM), indicating a depolarization of the inner mitochondrial membrane. We conclude that LC fatty acids, at sufficiently high concentration, increase heat rate and decrease DeltaPsi in intact cardiac muscle, consistent with a protonophoric uncoupling action. These effects may contribute to the high metabolic rate after reperfusion of postischemic myocardium.
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- John Ray
- Institut für Normale und Pathologische Physiologie, Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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Bäckström T, Lockowandt U, Liska J, Sylven C, Franco-Cereceda A. Monitoring of porcine myocardial ischemia and reperfusion by intravasal microdialysis. SCAND CARDIOVASC J 2002; 36:27-34. [PMID: 12018763 DOI: 10.1080/140174302317282357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A novel application of microdialysis is studied where myocardial metabolism is semi-continuously monitored in the myocardial venous outflow during ischemia and reperfusion. DESIGN Microdialysis catheters were introduced into the great cardiac vein, the pulmonary artery, and the right external jugular vein in 20 anesthetized pigs. The left anterior descending artery was occluded in four separate groups of pigs for 0, 10, 15, and 60 min, respectively. Ischemia was followed by 120 min of reperfusion. Microdialysis samples were collected every 10-20 min and analyzed for lactate, pyruvate, glycerol, glutamate, and glucose. RESULTS Myocardial infarction was observed after 15 min of ischemia. Metabolic changes were observed only in the great cardiac vein. Lactate increased early during ischemia. After 60 min of ischemia an increase of the lactate/pyruvate ratio and glutamate was observed. Glycerol was progressively released during prolonged ischemia. Myocardial infarction resulted in an additional release of glycerol early in reperfusion. CONCLUSION Intravasal microdialysis is a semi-continuous method to monitor myocardial metabolism and tissue damage during ischemia and reperfusion.
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- Tobias Bäckström
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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van der Vusse GJ, van Bilsen M, Jans SW, Reneman RS. Lipid metabolism in the ischemic and reperfused heart. EXS 1996; 76:175-90. [PMID: 8805795 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8988-9_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- G J van der Vusse
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Limburg, The Netherlands
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Triggiani M, Oriente A, Seeds MC, Bass DA, Marone G, Chilton FH. Migration of human inflammatory cells into the lung results in the remodeling of arachidonic acid into a triglyceride pool. J Exp Med 1995; 182:1181-90. [PMID: 7595189 PMCID: PMC2192204 DOI: 10.1084/jem.182.5.1181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Increasing evidence suggests that the metabolism of arachidonic acid (AA) may be different in inflammatory cells isolated from blood or migrating into tissues. To explore the possibility that changes in AA metabolism between blood and tissue inflammatory cells could be due in part to a different content or distribution of AA in glycerolipid classes, we studied these parameters in six human inflammatory cells isolated from blood (eosinophils, monocytes, neutrophils, and platelets) or from the lung tissue (mast cells and macrophages). Lung cells generally had a higher total cellular content of AA than that found in the blood cells. In addition, both mast cells and macrophages had a large endogenous pool of AA associated with triglycerides (TG), containing 45 and 22% of their total cellular AA, respectively. To address the hypothesis that cells migrating into the lung had a higher cellular level of AA and a larger AA pool in TG, we studied neutrophils isolated from the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome. BAL neutrophils had a fourfold increase in cellular AA as compared with blood neutrophils and contained 25% of their AA in TG versus 3% in blood neutrophils. BAL neutrophils also had a higher number of cytoplasmic lipid bodies (8 +/- 3/cell) relative to blood neutrophils (2 +/- 1/cell). High concentrations of free AA were also found in the cell-free BAL fluid of adult respiratory distress syndrome patients. To explore whether changes in BAL neutrophils may be due to the exposure of the cells to high concentrations of exogenous AA found in BAL, we incubated blood neutrophils in culture with AA (10-100 microM) for 24 h. Neutrophils supplemented with AA had a 10-fold increase in the amount of AA associated with TG and a sixfold increase in the number of lipid bodies. In addition, supplementation with AA induced a dose-dependent formation of hypodense cells. Taken together, these data indicate that human inflammatory cells undergo a fundamental and consistent remodeling of AA pools as they mature or enter the lung from the blood. These biochemical and morphological changes can be mimicked in vitro by exposing the cells to high levels of AA. This mechanism may be responsible for the changes in AA mobilization and eicosanoid metabolism observed in tissue inflammatory cells.
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- M Triggiani
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Naples Federico II, School of Medicine, Italy
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de Groot MJ, van Helden MA, de Jong YF, Coumans WA, van der Vusse GJ. The influence of lactate, pyruvate and glucose as exogenous substrates on free radical defense mechanisms in isolated rat hearts during ischaemia and reperfusion. Mol Cell Biochem 1995; 146:147-55. [PMID: 7565644 DOI: 10.1007/bf00944607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that exogenous lactate impairs mechanical function of reperfused ischaemic hearts, while pyruvate improves post-ischaemic recovery. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the diverging influence of exogenous lactate and pyruvate on functional recovery can be explained by an effect of the exogenous substrates on endogenous protecting mechanisms against oxygen-derived free radicals. Isolated working rat hearts were perfused by a Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer containing glucose (5 mM) as basal substrate and either lactate (5 mM) or pyruvate (5 mM) as cosubstrate. In hearts perfused with glucose as sole substrate the activity of glutathione reductase was decreased by 32% during 30 min of ischaemia (p < 0.10 versus control value), while the activity of superoxide dismutase and catalase was reduced by 27 and 35%, respectively, during 5 min of reperfusion (p < 0.10 versus control value). The GSH level in the glucose group was reduced by 29% following 30 min of ischaemia and 35 min of reperfusion (p < 0.10). In lactate- and pyruvateperfused hearts there were no significant decreases of superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase activity during 30 min of ischaemia, 5 min of reperfusion or 35 min of reperfusion. In pyruvate-perfused hearts the glutathione peroxidase activity was even increased by 43% during 30 min of ischaemia (p < 0.05). Glutathione levels (reduced and oxidized) did not markedly change in the lactate and pyruvate groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M J de Groot
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Limburg, The Netherlands
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de Groot MJ, de Jong YF, Coumans WA, van der Vusse GJ. The hydrolysis of glycerol-3-phosphate into glycerol in cardiac tissue: possible consequences for the validity of glycerol release as a measure of lipolysis. Pflugers Arch 1994; 427:96-101. [PMID: 8058480 DOI: 10.1007/bf00585947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Glycerol release has been generally accepted as an index of lipolysis in the intact heart. The glycerol moiety of glycerol-3-phosphate (glycerol-3-P) is incorporated into triacylglycerols, which are then hydrolysed with release of glycerol. This study investigates the possibility that glycerol may be derived directly from glycerol-3-P instead of passing through the triacylglycerol pool. The cardiac capacity for hydrolysis of glycerol-3-P into glycerol was determined in homogenates of rat hearts. Glycerol-3-P hydrolysis activity in homogenates increased with decreasing pH. The activity was approximately four times higher at pH 5.0 than at pH 7.2 (0.94 +/- 0.11 and 0.25 +/- 0.03 mumol.g wet weight-1.min-1 respectively). The substrate concentration at which half-maximal glycerol-3-P hydrolysis activity was reached did not significantly differ at pH 5.0 and pH 7.2 (4.2 +/- 1.1 mM and 2.9 +/- 1.0 mM respectively). In the intact heart, the pH and substrate conditions found under ischaemia are favourable for direct conversion of glycerol-3-P into glycerol. The glycerol-3-P hydrolysis activity measured in vitro was sufficiently high to account for glycerol production in the ischaemia heart. However, the lack of a stoichiometric relation between cardiac glycerol-3-P and glycerol levels in ischaemia indicates that production of glycerol cannot be explained solely by hydrolysis.
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- M J de Groot
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Limburg, The Netherlands
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Myocardial reperfusion occurs in a number of clinical conditions which include unstable angina, thrombolytic therapy or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty during evolving myocardial infarction and cardioplegic arrest during cardiac surgery. The transition from the ischemic to the postischemic state of the myocyte is associated with a number of functional, morphological, ionic and metabolic alterations. This article reviews available information on metabolism of glucose and palmitate in postischemic myocardium. Overall oxidative metabolic rate recovers rapidly after the onset of reperfusion. In some studies myocardial oxygen consumption during early reperfusion has been disproportionately high compared to contractile function. Oxygen consumption may recover transiently even in myocardium that undergoes irreversible injury. There exists some evidence indicating that cytoplasmic calcium overload may lead to increased energy expenditure during reperfusion. The relative contribution of fatty acids and glucose to oxidative metabolism during the first hour of reperfusion has been found either to be unchanged or to exhibit a shift toward increased glucose oxidation. Several observations suggest that glucose utilization may be essential during reperfusion for the survival of the myocardium.
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Glatz JF, Vork MM, van der Vusse GJ. Significance of cytoplasmic fatty acid-binding protein for the ischemic heart. Mol Cell Biochem 1993; 123:167-73. [PMID: 8232260 DOI: 10.1007/bf01076489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Ischemia of the heart is accompanied by the tissue accumulation of long-chain fatty acids and their metabolic derivatives such as beta-hydroxy fatty acids and fatty acyl-CoA and acyl-L-carnitine esters. These substances might be detrimental for proper myocardial function. Previously, it has been suggested that intracellular lipid binding proteins like cytoplasmic fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) and acyl-CoA binding protein (ACBP) may bind these accumulating fatty acyl moieties to prevent their elevated levels from potentially harmful actions. In addition, the suggestion has been made that the abundantly present FABP may scavenge free radicals which are generated during reperfusion of the ischemic heart. However, these protective actions are challenged by the continuous physico-chemical partition of fatty acyl moieties between FABP and membrane structures and by the rapid release of FABP from ischemic and reperfused cardiac muscle. Careful evaluation of the available literature data reveals that at present no definite conclusion can be drawn about the potential protective effect of FABP on the ischemic and reperfused heart.
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- J F Glatz
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), University of Limburg, The Netherlands
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