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Title: Influence of Ca/sup 2 +/ concentration on phosphate metabolism of isolated rat hearts investigated with /sup 31/P NMR spectroscopy

Conference · · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6782801

Calcium ions are intimately involved in the production of myocardial damage during experimental cardioplegia and reperfusion. In the present study, isolated rat (Langendorff) hearts were perfused with Krebs-Henseleit (KH) medium containing 0.25, 1 or 3 mM Ca/sup 2 +/ at 34/sup 0/. Midway during a 45 min period of K/sup +/ cardioplegia, no phosphocreatine (PC) was evident but immediately after reperfusion with KH medium, PC increased and ultimately reached 85% of the original values in 20-40 min. The ..beta..-P of ATP decreased during ischemia but showed no further change during reperfusion, the final values being 15% of the original values with 3 mM of 60% with lower Ca/sup 2 +/ levels (0.25 and 1 mM). P/sub i/ values appeared to plateau during ischemia except for the final point with 3 mM Ca/sup 2 +/ when P/sub i/ was abruptly higher. This appeared to correspond with a sharp decrease in total adenine nucleotide. During reperfusion, P/sub i/ levels declined to near preischemic values with the two lower Ca/sup 2 +/ groups but remained elevated in the 3 mM Ca/sup 2 +/ group. The total P at the end of the experiments averaged 95% of the original values for all groups indicating that there was no significant loss of P during the course of these studies. Studies with the normothermic Langendorff preparation may clearly reveal the influence of Ca/sup 2 +/ in the metabolic disturbances seen during experimental cardioplegia and reperfusion.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago
OSTI ID:
6782801
Report Number(s):
CONF-8604222-; TRN: 87-008697
Journal Information:
Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Vol. 45:4; Conference: 70. annual meeting of the Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology, St. Louis, MO, USA, 13 Apr 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English