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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 279: H361-H367, 2000;
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Vol. 279, Issue 1, H361-H367, July 2000

Substrate-dependent proton load and recovery of stunned hearts during pyruvate dehydrogenase stimulation

Julian L. Griffin1, Lawrence T. White1, and E. Douglas Lewandowski1,2

Departments of 1 Radiology and 2 Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Stimulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) improves functional recovery of postischemic hearts. This study examined the potential for a mechanism mediated by substrate-dependent proton production and intracellular pH. After 20 min of ischemia, isolated rabbit hearts were reperfused with or without 5 mM dichloroacetate (DCA) in the presence of either 5 mM glucose, 5 mM glucose + 2.5 mM lactate, or 5 mM glucose + 2.5 mM pyruvate. DCA inhibits PDH kinase, increasing the proportion of dephosphorylated, active PDH. Unlike pyruvate or glucose alone, lactate + glucose did not support the effects of DCA on the recovery of rate-pressure product (RPP) (without DCA, RPP = 14,000 ± 1,200, n = 6; with DCA, RPP = 13,700 ± 1,800, n = 9). Intracellular pH, from 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectra, returned to normal within 2.1 min of reperfusion with all substrates except for lactate + glucose + DCA or lactate + DCA, which delayed pH recovery for up to 12 min (at 2.1 min pH = 6.00 ± 0.08, lactate + glucose + DCA; pH = 6.27 ± 0.34, for lactate + DCA). Hearts were also reperfused after 10 min of ischemia with 0.5 mM palmitate + 5 mM DCA and either 2.5 mM pyruvate or 2.5 mM lactate. Again, intracellular pH recovery was delayed in the presence of lactate. PDH activation in the presence of lactate also decreased coupling of oxidative metabolism to mechanical work. These findings have implications for therapeutic use of stimulated carbohydrate oxidation in stunned hearts.

myocardium; reperfusion; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; dichloroacetate


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