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We have investigated the metabolic adaptations that occur in the thyroxine-treated rat heart. Rats were made hyperthyroid by daily intra-peritoneal injections of thyroxine (35 micrograms/100 g body weight) over seven days. 31P-NMR investigations of isolated glucose-perfused isometric hearts showed that thyroxine treatment caused an increase in Pi (from 4.9 mumols.(g dry wt.)-1 in control hearts to 11.7 mumols.(g dry wt.)-1 in hyperthyroid hearts), a decrease in phosphocreatine (from 36.5 mumols.(g dry wt.)-1 to 21.8 mumols.(g dry wt.)-1) with no change in ATP or ADP concentrations under the same conditions of cardiac work. The unidirectional exchange flux Pi----ATP was measured by saturation transfer NMR in hyperthyroid rat hearts. This exchange (which has been shown to contain a significant glycolytic component) increased by 2.2-fold in thyroxine-treated hearts in comparison to control hearts (to 3.6 mumols.(g dry wt.)-1.s-1, from 1.6 mumols.(g dry wt.)-1.s-1). In parallel experiments, NMR analysis of extracts from hyperthyroid rat hearts showed significantly elevated levels of glucose 6-phosphate, and fructose 6-phosphate. Measurements of enzyme activities isolated from hyperthyroid and control tissue showed a 40% increase in phosphofructokinase activity. These data together with the increased concentration of Pi show that both glycolytic and glycogenolytic fluxes are increased in the hyperthyroid rat heart. This metabolic adaptation may be necessary to cope with the increased number and activity of Na+/K(+)-ATPase pumps that occur in response to thyroxine treatment.
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PMID:Hyperthyroidism results in increased glycolytic capacity in the rat heart. A 31P-NMR study. 224 80

Highly purified fractions of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) were prepared from chicken pectoralis muscles (Saito, A., Seiler, S., Chu, A., and Fleischer, S. (1984) J. Cell Biol. 99, 875-885) and analyzed for the presence of creatine kinase (CK). Vesicles derived from longitudinal SR contained 0.703 +/- 0.428 IU of CK/mg of (SR) protein. Immunogold localization of muscle-type MM-CK on ultrathin cryosections of muscle, after removal of soluble CK, revealed relatively strong in situ labeling of M-CK remaining bound to the M band as well as to the SR membranes. In addition, purified SR vesicles were also labeled by anti-M-CK antibodies, and the peripheral labeling was similar to that observed with anti-Ca2(+)-ATPase antibodies. Only some particulate CK enzyme was released from isolated SR membranes by EDTA/low salt buffer, and CK was resistant to extraction by 0.6 M KCl. Thus, some of the MM-CK present in muscle displays strong associative behavior to the SR membranes. The SR-bound CK was sufficient to support, in the presence of phosphocreatine plus ADP, a significant portion of the maximal in vitro Ca2+ uptake rate. The ATP regeneration potential of SR-bound CK was similar to the rate of Ca2(+)-stimulated ATP hydrolysis of isolated SR vesicles. Thus, CK bound to SR may be physiologically relevant in vivo for regeneration of ATP used by the Ca2(+)-ATPase, as well as for regulation of local ATP/ADP ratios in the proximity of the Ca2+ pump and of other ATP-requiring reactions in the excitation-contraction coupling pathway.
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PMID:Muscle-type MM creatine kinase is specifically bound to sarcoplasmic reticulum and can support Ca2+ uptake and regulate local ATP/ADP ratios. 231 92

Isolated adult rat hearts perfused in an isovolumic mode were used to study the effects of sodium-potassium pump inhibition and sodium-calcium exchange alterations on the tissue content of adenosine triphosphate, phosphocreatine, inorganic phosphate, and intracellular pH, all measured by phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Rates of oxygen consumption, contractile function, and the cell contents of calcium, sodium, and potassium also were determined. The inhibition of sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase, either by the reduction in perfusate potassium from 5.9 to 1 millimolar or less, or by the addition of 10(-4) molar ouabain, transiently increased systolic pressure. This was followed by a decrease in systolic pressure, an increase in diastolic pressure, and eventual inexcitability. This contractile profile was accompanied by a persistent increase in oxygen consumption, a monotonic decline in cellular adenosine triphosphate and phosphocreatine content, the development of marked intracellular acidosis, a gain in cell sodium and calcium content, and a reduction in cell potassium. Quite similar metabolic changes were also observed when cell calcium was increased after a reduction in perfusate sodium. These metabolic and contractile effects could be prevented or reversed by decreasing perfusate calcium. The results emphasize the profound role of calcium in modulating cell oxygen consumption, energy balance, pH, excitability, and force production. These data are discussed in light of changes in the myocardial energy supply/demand balance, as well as from the viewpoint of the known competition between mechanisms for mitochondrial calcium transport vs. high-energy phosphate production.
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PMID:A phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance study of the metabolic, contractile, and ionic consequences of induced calcium alterations in the isovolumic rat heart. 242 40

N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) is an agonist used to identify neuronal receptive sites for dicarboxylic amino acid neurotransmitters; NMDA receptors are implicated in neuronal damage of ischemic or hypoglycemic origin in newborns although involved mechanisms remain to be identified. In the present study, 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy with fast (6/min) data acquisition was used in newborn rat brain slices to measure changes of intracellular phosphocreatine and nucleotide triphosphate levels following extracellular NMDA applications. The rapid exhaustion of phosphocreatine stores in 50% of the total population of brain cells was induced in all cases by application of NMDA (30-45 s, 25-100 mM). It was not reproduced by other excitatory agents: potassium ions (24.6 mM, 4 min), isobutylxanthine (1mM), muscarine (10 mM), serotonin (0.1 mM) or substance P (10 microM). Such an effect of NMDA was not modified after tetrodotoxin (1 microM) and was reduced by extracellular 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (50 microM) or magnesium ions (2.2 mM). However it did develop during NMDA-induce neuronal excitations and was reversible within 10-30 min. This action of NMDA was followed by an irreversible decrease of phosphorus metabolites if mitochondrial creatine kinase and adenosine triphosphatase were decoupled by atractyloside (50 microM). Experiments revealed a link between selective NMDA action at neuronal plasma membranes, neurotoxicity and energy production by mitochondria.
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PMID:Metabolic action of N-methyl-D-aspartate in newborn rat brain ex vivo: 31p magnetic resonance spectroscopy. 268 43

The effects of a high dose of acetylcholine (ACh) on oxygen consumption (VO2) and changes in phosphorus energy metabolites during secretion were studied in isolated perfused mandibular gland of rats at 24 degrees C. Sugar phosphates (SP), Pi, phosphocreatine (PCr), and ATP were identified by phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. One micromole ACh induced a tachyphylactic secretory response, a persistently elevated VO2, and decreased PCr and ATP; 1 mM ACh caused an initial burst of secretion that was followed by suppression of secretion and a rapid increase in the VO2 to the same level as that with 1 microM ACh. These findings indicate a dissociation between secretion and VO2. During stimulation with 1 mM ACh, the level of PCr first decreased and then partially recovered, but the level of ATP continued to decrease and the levels of Pi and SP increased markedly. These findings suggest compartmentalization of creatine phosphokinase (CPK) systems and the possibility that a high concentration of ACh interferes with the transport of PCr between one CPK system near adenosinetriphosphatase and another system near mitochondria in acinar cells.
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PMID:Dissociation of fluid secretion and energy supply in rat mandibular gland by high dose of ACh. 283 65

We investigated the hypothesis that ouabain would reduce energy expenditure in the hypothermic, ischemic heart by inhibiting membrane-bound sodium/potassium-activated adenosine triphosphatase and lead to improved function on reperfusion. Additionally, we compared ouabain with another potential adjunct, the calcium channel blocker verapamil. The isolated rabbit heart was used as a model, and three experimental groups were studied after 1, 6, 12, and 24 hours of 4 degrees C ischemia. Hearts in group I were stored in a standard high potassium solution; hearts in groups II and III were stored in the same solution supplemented with verapamil (2 mg/L) and ouabain (3 mg/L), respectively. After ischemia, all hearts were reperfused for 45 minutes on a modified Langendorff apparatus, and left ventricular function was measured before freeze-clamping the heart for metabolite determination. At 1 and 6 hours, hearts in all groups functioned well, but the group III hearts had higher levels of adenosine triphosphate, phosphocreatine, total adenine nucleotides, and glycogen. After 12 hours of ischemia, function was significantly better in group III hearts (p less than 0.01) compared with that of hearts in groups I and II. Group III hearts also exhibited higher levels of high energy phosphates and glycogen. After 24 hours of storage, all hearts functioned poorly, and there was a marked decline in measured metabolites. Although we could show no improvement with the addition of verapamil, ventricular function was improved after storage in a high potassium hypothermic solution containing ouabain. Because ouabain inhibits the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate by sodium/potassium-activated adenosine triphosphatase, this result suggests that the glycoside maintains energy-rich phosphates necessary for optimal resumption of cardiac function.
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PMID:Improved recovery of cardiac function after hypothermic ischemic storage with ouabain. 284 69

The cardiac myofibrillar component of the phosphorylcreatine shuttle mechanism enzymatically couples the functionally significant processes of energy utilization (ATPase) with substrate regeneration by creatine kinase (CK). Both components have isoenzyme forms that are transcriptionally regulated. Propylthiouracil-induced (PTU) hypothyroidism reduced rat cardiac contractile protein ATPase activity by shifting isomyosin predominance from the V1 to the V3 form. However, neither CK specific activity or CK isoenzyme composition was altered by PTU treatment. Thus, myofibrillar components of the phosphorylcreatine shuttle, ATPase and CK, are not coordinately regulated under hypothyroid conditions.
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PMID:Cardiac myofibrillar creatine kinase is not influenced by hypothyroidism. 293 Nov 68

Single fast myotomal fibres and small bundles of slow fibres (from the adductor pectoralis profundus muscle) were isolated from the Antarctic teleost Notothenia neglecta. Fibres were skinned by a brief detergent treatment. The effects of phosphate on the mechanical properties and ATPase activity of fast and slow fibres were studied. 20 mM-phosphate inhibited maximum isometric tension in slow fibres by 34%, but by only 11% in fast fibres. A half-maximal response was obtained at approximately 5 mM-phosphate. These concentrations are within the range measured in muscle, and the effect is probably of physiological significance. This species is of particular interest, since there is evidence that the energy supply to the fast muscle is largely based on phosphocreatine breakdown, which would result in large changes in intracellular phosphate concentration during exercise. The maximum contraction velocity of both fast and slow fibres was not affected by 10 mM-phosphate, nor was the ATPase activity of the slow fibres during isometric contraction. The phosphate-induced depression in tension in slow fibres was associated with a proportional decrease in stiffness. The rate of force recovery after rapid, small amplitude stretches and releases was increased by phosphate, as was the rate of rise of force during stretch activation. The results are discussed with reference to the different patterns of energy supply for contraction in muscle, and an attempt is made at explaining the data in terms of changes in cross-bridge kinetics.
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PMID:Effects of phosphate on the contractile properties of fast and slow muscle fibres from an Antarctic fish. 293 48

These studies addressed the question of the in vivo distribution of rat brain hexokinase (HK), and whether physiologically relevant changes in the glycolytic rate are accompanied by changes in the distribution of HK. Homogenates of fresh tissue showed only 11-15% of the overt (assayable without added detergent) HK to be soluble (found in high-speed centrifugation supernatant fractions) when homogenization was begun within 15-20 s of sacrifice. Freeze-blown rat brain tissue also was used, coupled with a new technique wherein it was homogenized as it thawed in a buffered sucrose solution containing 1 mM EDTA. In tissue sampled 15 min (anesthetized) or 60 min (waking) after ip Nembutal injection (40 mg/kg), 23% of the overt HK and 79% of the total lactate dehydrogenase were soluble. The average phosphocreatine content of these and similar homogenates had decreased only 23% from in vivo levels, while ATP had decreased by 65%, due to the combined effects of a high level of endogenous ATPase, chelation of Mg2+ by EDTA, and the greater stability of Mg-ATP2- relative to Mg-ADP1-. These data indicated that the tissue experienced, at most, the equivalent of 6 s of complete ischemia prior to the completion of homogenization. Synaptosomes derived from rat and chicken cerebra were incubated at 37 degrees C in a physiological salt solution containing 10 mM glucose. Addition of veratridine has been shown to stimulate glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation two- to threefold (H. T. Kyriazi and R. E. Basford (1986) J. Neurochem., in press), but did not alter the HK distribution, as 21% was found in the supernatant fractions of both control and veratridine-stimulated synaptosomes treated with digitonin. These results indicate that in brain tissue, large net movements of HK on and off the outer mitochondrial membrane do not occur, and thus play no role in the regulation of glycolysis.
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PMID:An examination of the in vivo distribution of brain hexokinase between the cytosol and the outer mitochondrial membrane. 294 9

Mammalian heart development, from the time of weaning until adulthood, is characterized by progressive and significant enhancement in functional performance. Aerobic metabolism and contractile protein ATPase activity increase in parallel with augmented cardiac function. The present studies examined the potential contribution of phosphorylcreatine shuttle enzymes to the developmentally linked alterations in heart performance. Mitochondrial ATPase specific activity was not altered between weanling and adult heart; however, creatine kinase activity was enhanced approximately threefold. Myofibrillar ATPase activity doubled over the developmental time course, while creatine kinase activity increased to an even greater extent. Enhanced myofibrillar ATPase activity was not due to alterations in either calcium sensitivity or ATPase activity measured in purified myosin. Both the mitochondrial and myofibrillar creatine kinase enzyme activities are enhanced during normal heart growth; however, relatively greater enhancement of the myofibrillar component occurs. Thus, enzymatic reactions comprising the phosphorylcreatine shuttle system are dramatically increased during normal heart development. This mechanism deserves consideration as a potentially powerful contributor to enhanced cardiac function during the perinatal period.
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PMID:Phosphorylcreatine shuttle enzymes during perinatal heart development. 295 1


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