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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to determine if selected biochemical parameters representing the contractile and calcium regulating systems of cardiac muscle scaled among mammals having inherently different resting heart rates (RHR). Eight mammalian species with RHR ranging from 51 to 475 beats per minute (bpm) were studied. The oxidative capacity of the myocardium is highly correlated with the RHR. The hypothesis of the present study was that the capacities of the energy utilizing processes of contraction and calcium regulation would also be correlated to the functional demand imposed on the muscle as represented by the RHR. Myosin (M) and myofibrillar (MF) ATPase activities, myosin isoenzyme distribution and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) ATPase activity were determined. Animals with RHR above 300 bpm express V1 myosin while animals with lower RHR express primarily V3. M and MF ATPase activities correlated with RHR, but the major difference in activities occurred at the 'threshold' RHR of about 300 bpm at which the switch from V3 to V1 appears to occur. SR ATPase activity per mg of microsomal protein was for the most part constant among different mammals, but the SR ATPase activity per g of heart tissue was significantly correlated with RHR as slower beating hearts tended to yield less SR protein per unit mass. We conclude that both the contractile and calcium regulating systems are scaled to the functional parameter of RHR among different mammals. The contractile system uses a slow myosin ATPase isoform at low resting heart rates whereas above the postulated threshold RHR of about 300 bpm a switch in gene expression to a fast myosin ATPase isoform occurs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0300-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
133-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Adenosine Triphosphatases, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Body Constitution, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Calcium-Transporting ATPases, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Calsequestrin, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Mammals, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Myocardial Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Myofibrils, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Myosins, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:1656210-Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Contractile and calcium regulating capacities of myocardia of different sized mammals scale with resting heart rate.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physical Education, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't