A phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance study of myocardial ATP content during postischemic low calcium reperfusion

Postischemic reperfusion injury can be modified by transient low calcium (Ca2+) reperfusion, although the data on the optimal [Ca2+] are controversial. High-energy phosphates and contractile function of isolated perfused rat hearts (37 degrees C, 300 beats/min) were studied simultaneously during glo...

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Published inBratislavské lékarské listy Vol. 92; no. 3-4; p. 119
Main Authors Ruigrok, T J, Kirkels, J H, Schreur, J H, van Echteld, C J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Slovakia 01.03.1991
Subjects
Adenosine Triphosphate - metabolism
Animals
Calcium - administration & dosage
Calcium - metabolism
Coronary Circulation
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Male
Myocardial Reperfusion
Myocardium - metabolism
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
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Summary:Postischemic reperfusion injury can be modified by transient low calcium (Ca2+) reperfusion, although the data on the optimal [Ca2+] are controversial. High-energy phosphates and contractile function of isolated perfused rat hearts (37 degrees C, 300 beats/min) were studied simultaneously during global ischemia (30 min) and reperfusion (10 min at [Ca2+] = 1.3, 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 mmol/l, followed by 20 min at [Ca2+] = 1.3 mmol/l), using phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR) spectroscopy. Reperfusion with 1.3 mmol/l Ca2+ after 0.05 or 0.1 mmol/l Ca2+ largely abolished the recovery of ATP obtained during initial low Ca2+ reperfusion (calcium paradox effect). A [Ca2+] of 0.3 mmol/l was sufficiently high to prevent this detrimental effect; at the same time this concentration was sufficiently low to cause a substantial recovery of ATP, which was maintained upon switching to 1.3 mmol/l Ca2+. Recovery of ATP did not correlate with recovery of contractile function.
ISSN:0006-9248