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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 273: H1187-H1192, 1997;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 273, Issue 3 1187-H1192, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Postischemic cardiac performance in the insulin-resistant JCR:LA-cp rat

T. G. Maddaford, J. C. Russell and G. N. Pierce
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Hearts from hyperinsulinemic, insulin-resistant JCR:LA-cp rats do not properly regulate intracellular Ca2+ concentration. We hypothesized, therefore, that these hearts may be unusually sensitive to ischemic insults in which Ca2+ overload would be expected. We investigated the response to global ischemia of hearts from JCR: LA-cp animals at three different ages. At 3 mo of age, isolated hearts from insulin-resistant cp rats were mildly resistant to both mild and severe ischemic insults in comparison to the lean control rat hearts. However, at 6 and 9 mo of age, the cp rats demonstrated a poorer recovery of developed tension after ischemia and/or a higher level of resting tension during reperfusion than the lean controls. Postischemic glycogen and ATP contents were significantly lower and lactate content was higher in hearts from 6-mo-old cp rats compared with controls. The results demonstrate that an insulin-resistant animal model exhibits an increased sensitivity to ischemic myocardial injury that develops with advancing age. The mechanism responsible for the enhanced sensitivity may involve augmented glycolytic metabolism. The data also emphasize the importance of the type of diabetes when cardiac dysfunction is examined.


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