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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
During endotoxin shock the heart becomes less responsive to the stimulatory effect of insulin on glucose uptake. In the present study we sought to determine if the heart was also less responsive to the positive inotropic effect of insulin during non-cardiogenic endotoxin shock. Responses of the heart to insulin were assessed under conditions of hyperinsulinaemic (4U.min-1), euglycaemic clamp (INS). Adult mongrel dogs, weighing 20-25 kg, were anaesthetised and instrumented to measure differences in substrate concentrations between arterial and coronary sinus blood, circumflex artery blood flow (using electromagnetic flow probe), haemodynamic variables, and left ventricular posterior wall thickness (using sonomicrometry). The first derivative of left ventricular pressure with respect to time was measured and its maximal value (LV dP/dtmax) used as an index of cardiac performance. Myocardial contractility was measured using the end systolic pressure-dimension relationship. Endotoxin shock was induced by Salmonella typhimurium (1 mg.kg-1 intravenously), and resulted in depression of myocardial performance but increased contractility. INS caused a twofold elevation in myocardial glucose uptake in control animals while in endotoxin shocked dogs it was unable to elevate glucose uptake above the pre-endotoxin level. In control animals INS caused both increased cardiac contractility and performance. In the endotoxin shock group INS was unable to increase LVdP/dtmax above the basal, pre-endotoxin level and did not cause any significant change in myocardial contractility. We suggest that the heart becomes less responsive to the positive inotropic as well as metabolic effects of insulin during endotoxin shock. Changes in LV dP/dtmax can be attributed to the changing loading conditions that occur during endotoxin shock.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0008-6363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
777-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of insulin on myocardial contractility during canine endotoxin shock.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article