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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
The objective of this study was to augment myocardial tissue levels of amphiphiles using a treatment protocol of pantothenic acid, cysteine and dithiothreitol (DTT) in 24 hr fasted pigs and to test their influence on mechanical recovery in reperfusion. Eighteen pig hearts were extracorporeally perfused aerobically, subjected to regionally reversible ischemia in the left anterior descending perfusion system and reperfused. Nine hearts served as a placebo group; nine hearts were treated. All hearts received trace-labeled palmitate to measure fatty acid oxidation and were perfused with an infusion of 20% Intralipid to augment perfusate levels of fatty acids. Fasting alone in the presence of carbon substrates in the coronary perfusate was not sufficient to de-inhibit pantothenic acid kinase such that CoA synthesis was not enhanced. Tissue contents of triacylglycerols and phospholipids in reperfused myocardium were no different than in aerobic heart muscle but free CoA and free and total carnitine were reduced, suggesting a leakage of cytosolic contents across injured sarcolemma. Treatment significantly impaired mechanical recovery during reflow, presumable due to the noxious properties of DTT whose reported effects in heart muscle are wide ranging, difficult to predict in intact hearts and may be harmful.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0300-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
27-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The effects of pantothenic acid, cysteine and dithiothreitol in intact, reperfused pig hearts.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Cardiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53792.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't