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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 263: H1154-H1160, 1992;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 263, Issue 4 1154-H1160, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Sodium modulates inotropic response to hyperosmolarity in isolated working rat heart

S. A. Ben-Haim, Y. Edoute, G. Hayam and O. S. Better
Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

The present study was designed to examine the effects of acute changes in perfusate Na+ concentrations and osmolarities on left ventricular (LV) mechanics in the isolated working rat heart model. Specifically, we separated the effect of isosmotic perfusates with different Na+ concentrations on LV mechanics. After a control period during which the hearts were perfused in a working mode with a control solution of Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer (Na+ of 136 meq/l, Ca2+ of 2.6 mM, and osmolarity of 300 mosM), the hearts were subjected to different perfusates (Na+ of 96-156 meq/l and osmolarity of 240-380 mosM, using different mannitol concentrations) in a semirandom order. Peak LV pressure (PLVP), maximal time derivative of LV pressure (dP/dtmax), and cardiac output (CO) were recorded. Increasing Na+ concentrations from 96 to 156 meq/l, using isosmotic perfusates, decreased PLVP, dP/dtmax, and CO in a dose-dependent manner. The dose-dependent behavior was evident for tonicities of 240, 280, 320, and 360 but not for 380 mosM. Increasing Na+ concentration from 96 to 136 meq/l at constant perfusate tonicity (320 mosM) decreased dP/dtmax from 6,753 +/- 133 to 5,602 +/- 418 mmHg/s (P < 0.001). Rearranging the same results to examine the effect of perfusate tonicity with iso-Na+ concentration demonstrated that increasing perfusate osmolarity had a dose-dependent effect on PLVP, dP/dtmax, and CO. At a constant Na+ concentration of 116 meq/l, increasing perfusate osmolarity from 240 to 320 mosM increased dP/dtmax from 6,116 +/- 132 to 7,274 +/- 594 mmHg/s (P < 0.01). Further increase in perfusate tonicity to 380 mosM decreased dP/dtmax to 2,338 +/- 398 mmHg/s (P < 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)




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