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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the effects of L-lysine in cardiac preparations of mice and men. Of note, L-lysine increased force of contraction in a concentration- and time-dependent manner in isolated electrically paced left atrium of mouse and in human right atrium. It further increased heart rate and left ventricular pressure in the isolated perfused mouse heart. In isolated adult mouse cardiomyocytes, the contractility as assessed by edge detection was increased as well as the Ca(2+) transients after electrically pacing by field stimulation. However, using the patch clamp technique, no effect of L-lysine on action potential duration from a constant holding potential or on current through L-type calcium channels could be observed. However, L-lysine led to a depolarization of unclamped cells. Furthermore, effects of L-lysine were stereospecific, as they were not elicited by D-lysine. The inotropic effects of L-lysine were not abrogated by additionally applied L-ornithine or L-arginine (known inhibitors of lysine transport). However, L-lysine (5 mM) shifted the concentration-response curve for a positive inotropic effect of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) in atrium of transgenic mice (with cardiac specific overexpression of 5-HT(4) receptors) to higher concentrations. In summary, we describe a novel positive inotropic effect of an essential amino acid, L-lysine, in the mammalian heart. One might speculate that L-lysine treatment under certain conditions could sustain cardiac performance. Moreover, L-lysine is able to block, at least in part, cardiac 5-HT(4) receptors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1432-1912
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
380
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
293-301
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Atrial Function, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Cardiac Pacing, Artificial, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Cardiotonic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Heart Atria, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Heart Ventricles, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Lysine, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Muscle Strength, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Myocardial Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Myocytes, Cardiac, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Stereoisomerism, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Ventricular Function, Left, pubmed-meshheading:19662383-Ventricular Pressure
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Inotropic effects of L-lysine in the mammalian heart.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06112 Halle, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't