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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is characterized by impaired ventricular function although its toxic mechanism is unclear. This study examined the impact of cardiac overexpression of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), which oxidizes ethanol into acetaldehyde (ACA), on ethanol-induced cardiac contractile defect. Mechanical and intracellular Ca(2+) properties were evaluated in ventricular myocytes from ADH transgenic and wild-type (FVB) mice. ACA production was assessed by gas chromatography. ADH myocytes exhibited similar mechanical properties but a higher efficiency to convert ACA compared with FVB myocytes. Acute exposure to ethanol depressed cell shortening and intracellular Ca(2+) in the FVB group with maximal inhibitions of 23.3% and 23.4%, respectively. Strikingly, the ethanol-induced depression on cell shortening and intracellular Ca(2+) was significantly augmented in the ADH group, with maximal inhibitions of 43.7% and 40.6%, respectively. Pretreatment with the ADH inhibitor 4-methylpyrazole (4-MP) or the aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitor cyanamide prevented or augmented the ethanol-induced inhibition, respectively, in the ADH but not the FVB group. The ADH transgene also substantiated the ethanol-induced inhibition of maximal velocity of shortening/relengthening and unmasked an ethanol-induced prolongation of the duration of shortening/relengthening, which was abolished by 4-MP. These data suggest that elevated cardiac ACA exposure due to enhanced ADH expression may play an important role in the development of alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
282
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H1216-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Acetaldehyde, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Alcohol Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Cell Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Ethanol, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Heart Ventricles, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Myocardial Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Myosin Heavy Chains, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:11893554-Promoter Regions, Genetic
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Overexpression of alcohol dehydrogenase exacerbates ethanol-induced contractile defect in cardiac myocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58203, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article