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The effects of 60 min hypoxia and subsequent reoxygenation for 30 min on enzymatic (NADPH-dependent) and nonenzymatic (Fe2+/ascorbate-induced) lipid peroxidation capacities and on antioxidant levels were studied using Langendorff-perfused rat hearts. The assays were done on the myolayer of the right ventricle (RV) and on the subepi- and subendomyolayers of the left ventricle (epi/endo LV) after normoxic, hypoxic, and reoxygenation phases. The region injured by hypoxia/reoxygenation was located mainly in endo LV, seen as a lesser penetration of the fluorescent dye fluorescein in the myocardium. The electron microscopic findings after reoxygenation revealed swelling of the mitochondria, amorphous mitochondrial structures, and formation of paracrystallines. The myofibrillar structure of the cells was disrupted and the cells showed marked fluid accumulation. Membrane structures were marginated and formed blebs and multilamellar bodies. Ultrastructural changes were most prominent in endo LV, especially after reoxygenation. The increase in leakage of lactate in the perfusate revealed the onset of anaerobic metabolism. Abrupt release of the cytoplasmic enzymes lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase at the beginning of the reoxygenation phase suggested cell membrane injury. The capacity for Fe2+/ascorbate-induced lipid peroxidation slightly increased in RV and that for NADPH-dependent, enzymatic lipid peroxidation in endo LV after reoxygenation. Catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase activities remained unchanged, whereas glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity decreased after reoxygenation in RV.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Exp Mol Pathol 1989 Apr
PMID:Enzymatic and nonenzymatic lipid peroxidation capacities and antioxidants in hypoxic and reoxygenated rat myocardium. 270 86

A series of constructs that links the rat muscle creatine kinase promoter to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene was generated. These constructs were introduced into differentiating mouse C2C12 myogenic cells to localize sequences that are important for up-regulation of the creatine kinase gene during myogenic differentiation. A muscle-specific enhancer element responsible for induction of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase expression during myogenesis was localized to a 159-base-pair region from 1,031 to 1,190 base pairs upstream of the transcription start site. Analysis of transient expression experiments using promoters mutated by deletion indicated the presence of multiple functional domains within this muscle-specific regulatory element. A DNA fragment spanning this region was used in DNase I protection experiments. Nuclear extracts derived from C2 myotubes protected three regions (designated E1, E2, and E3) on this fragment from digestion, which indicated there may be three or more trans-acting factors that interact with the creatine kinase muscle enhancer. Gel retardation assays revealed that factors able to bind specifically to E1, E2, and E3 are present in a wide variety of tissues and cell types. Transient expression assays demonstrated that elements in regions E1 and E3, but not necessarily E2, are required for full enhancer activity.
Mol Cell Biol 1989 Jun
PMID:The upstream muscle-specific enhancer of the rat muscle creatine kinase gene is composed of multiple elements. 276 36

Muscle creatine kinase (MCK) is expressed at high levels only in skeletal and cardiac muscle tissues. Previous in vitro transfection studies of skeletal muscle myoblasts and fibroblasts had identified two MCK enhancer elements and one proximal promoter element, each of which exhibited expression only in differentiated skeletal muscle. In this study, we have identified several regions of the mouse MCK gene that are responsible for tissue-specific expression in transgenic mice. A fusion gene containing 3,300 nucleotides of MCK 5' sequence exhibited chloramphenicol acetyltransferase activity levels that were more than 10(4)-fold higher in skeletal muscle than in other, nonmuscle tissues such as kidney, liver, and spleen. Expression in cardiac muscle was also greater than in these nonmuscle tissues by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude. Progressive 5' deletions from nucleotide -3300 resulted in reduced expression of the transgene, and one of these resulted in a preferential decrease in expression in cardiac tissue relative to that in skeletal muscle. Of the two enhancer sequences analyzed, only one directed high-level expression in both skeletal and cardiac muscle. The other enhancer activated expression only in skeletal muscle. These data reveal a complex set of cis-acting sequences that have differential effects on MCK expression in skeletal and cardiac muscle.
Mol Cell Biol 1989 Aug
PMID:Muscle creatine kinase sequence elements regulating skeletal and cardiac muscle expression in transgenic mice. 279 90

We studied the effect of respiratory acidosis (pH = 6.8) on mechanical function, tissue adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and effluent creatine kinase (CK) in isolated arterially perfused hypoxic newborn and adult rabbit hearts. In the oxygenated muscle, acidosis reduced tension (T) and maximal tension first derivative [+ dT/dt (max)] in the adult more than in the newborn. In the adult hypoxic and reoxygenated hearts, acidosis during hypoxia (not reoxygenation) improved the recovery of T, + dT/dt (max) and tissue adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and reduced CK release and the rise in the resting tension. In the newborn heart, respiratory acidosis during hypoxia had no beneficial effects on recovery of mechanical function, tissue ATP and CK release. The buffering capacity and sarcolemmal H-Na exchange rate are both higher in the newborn heart than in the adult heart. This suggests that acidosis reduces the rise in intracellular Na and Ca, that is observed during hypoxia and reoxygenation, in the adult more than in the newborn and this may explain the beneficial effect of acidosis in the adult and not in the newborn.
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1989 Sep
PMID:Effect of respiratory acidosis on hypoxic newborn myocardium. 281 Mar 79

The physiological and pathophysiological roles of protein kinase C activation were investigated in cultured mouse myocardial cells. First, effects of 12-O-tetra-decanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), a potent activator of protein kinase C, on the intracellular pH (pHi) and cytosolic free Ca2+ level [( Ca2+]i) were studied, using 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5,6-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) and quin-2, respectively. In the presence of the Ca ionophore A23187, TPA induced a rise in pHi by activating amiloride-sensitive Na+/H+ exchange and also produced a rise in [Ca2+]i above that seen with A23187 alone. These effects were totally inhibited by amiloride. Second, the effect of TPA on hypoxia-induced myocardial cell injury was evaluated. The addition of TPA to the culture medium enhanced creatine kinase release from hypoxic myocardial cells (95% N2 + 5% CO2). This effect was markedly suppressed by the addition of amiloride. These data suggests that protein kinase C activation aggravates hypoxic myocardial injury, presumably by inducing Ca2+ overload. This event is secondary to activation of Na+/Ca2+ exchange through accelerated influx of Na+ into the cells as a result of Na+/H+ exchange stimulation by protein kinase C.
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1988 Jun
PMID:Protein kinase C activation aggravates hypoxic myocardial injury by stimulating Na+/H+ exchange. 285 Oct 54

The effects of oxygen-derived radical scavengers (ODRS) on the heart was investigated during the calcium paradox. Perfusion with Ca2+-free medium caused cell separation at the intercalated discs and changes in the endothelial cells. Upon Ca2+ reintroduction, a massive cell damage occurred. The cytosolic enzyme, creatine phosphokinase (CPK), was released in large amounts (p less than 0.001). The tissue adenosine triphosphate (ATP) was reduced to 3.7 mumol/g dry weight from the control value of 21.6 mumol/g dry weight and tissue Ca2+ content was increased threefold. The treatment with superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) increased percentage of normal cells (62.2%) compared to nontreated Ca2+ paradox group (0.2%) and caused negligible leakage of CPK. Tissue ATP was preserved (p less than 0.03), and Ca2+ content was also reduced in the hearts treated with SOD and CAT (p less than 0.03). The cell membranes and vascular endothelium were well preserved in the hearts treated with SOD and CAT. Boiled SOD and CAT administered were totally ineffective. It is suggested that oxygen-active species may have a role in the Ca2+ paradox injury.
Virchows Arch B Cell Pathol Incl Mol Pathol 1987
PMID:Oxygen derived radicals related injury in the heart during calcium paradox. 289 1

In 1979 De Bold showed that the numbers of atrial specific granules varied with changes in water and electrolyte balance of the whole animal. Two years later, he showed that atrial extracts had a natriuretic effect. The active principle has now been identified as a polypeptide formed by cleavage of a larger precursor molecule. The rate of release of atrial natriuretic peptide-like immunoreactive material by the isolated, perfused rat heart has been shown to be increased when the right atrial pressure is raised. The mechanism of release remains, however, unknown. We describe, here, experiments which show a transient release of atrial natriuretic peptide-like immunoreactive material from isolated rat atria subjected to a constant load in an organ bath. The release appears to be specific in that it is not accompanied by a parallel release of other peptides contained in nerve fibres or of creatine kinase contained in myocytes.
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1987 Mar
PMID:Release of atrial natriuretic peptide-like immunoreactive material during stretching of the rat atrium in vitro. 295 22

The nucleotide sequence of cloned DNA corresponding to full-length mouse muscle creatine kinase mRNA has been determined. This 1415 base pair DNA sequence and the deduced 381 amino acid sequence of the protein have been compared to creatine kinase sequences from other vertebrate species and to invertebrate guanidino kinase sequences. These comparisons show that the vertebrate muscle creatine kinases constitute a remarkably conserved protein family with a unit evolutionary period of 30. The creatine kinases also retain marked sequence similarity with the more distantly related invertebrate guanidino kinases. A portion of the sequence, presumably part of the ATP binding site, shows similarity to other nucleotide binding proteins with diverse functions. Comparisons of the untranslated regions of the creatine kinase cDNA sequences show that the 5' untranslated regions are more highly conserved than are the 3' untranslated regions; this may point to some regulatory function in the 5' region.
J Mol Evol 1985
PMID:The mouse muscle creatine kinase cDNA and deduced amino acid sequences: comparison to evolutionarily related enzymes. 300 72

A system to study mismatch repair in vitro in HeLa cell extracts was developed. Preformed heteroduplex plasmid DNA containing two single base pair mismatches within the SupF gene of Escherichia coli was used as a substrate in a mismatch repair assay. Repair of one or both of the mismatches to the wild-type sequence was measured by transformation of a lac(Am) E. coli strain in which the presence of an active supF gene could be scored. The E. coli strain used was constructed to carry mutations in genes associated with mismatch repair and recombination (mutH, mutU, and recA) so that the processing of the heteroduplex DNA by the bacterium was minimal. Extract reactions were carried out by the incubation of the heteroduplex plasmid DNA in the HeLa cell extracts to which ATP, creatine phosphate, creatine kinase, deoxynucleotides, and a magnesium-containing buffer were added. Under these conditions about 1% of the mismatches were repaired. In the absence of added energy sources or deoxynucleotides, the activity in the extracts was significantly reduced. The addition of either aphidicolin or dideoxynucleotides reduced the mismatch repair activity, but only aphidicolin was effective in blocking DNA polymerization in the extracts. It is concluded that mismatch repair in these extracts is an energy-requiring process that is dependent on an adequate deoxynucleotide concentration. The results also indicate that the process is associated with some type of DNA polymerization, but the different effects of aphidicolin and dideoxynucleotides suggest that the mismatch repair activity in the extracts cannot simply be accounted for by random nick-translation activity alone.
Mol Cell Biol 1987 Jan
PMID:DNA mismatch repair detected in human cell extracts. 303 61

In hypoxic-reoxygenation injury, Ca2+ overload is preceded by disturbed Na+ balance, with low activity of the Na+ pump during hypoxia and during reoxygenation. Failure to correct Na+ content rapidly upon reoxygenation might lead to Ca2+ overload by Na+-Ca2+ exchange. This possibility was tested in energy-replete myocardium by perfusing with low K+ (0.6 mM) medium to inhibit the Na+ pump throughout a two-stage procedure with low Ca2+ (0.15 mM) in the perfusate, so that Na+ loading occurred prior to excess Ca2+ uptake, as is the case in hypoxia, then with normal Ca2+ (1.3 mM) to allow Ca2+ uptake, as occurs in reoxygenation after hypoxia. Twenty minutes of Na+-loading (stage a) produced cell Na+ and tissue K+ levels similar to those after 40 min hypoxia. In stage b, hearts rapidly developed Ca2+ overload (12.6 +/- 0.90 microns/g dry wt), low ATP (4.8 +/- 0.8 microns/g dry wt), and creatine kinase release (peak 3.5 +/- 1.2 U/min/g dry wt). These values were comparable to those occurring with reoxygenation after 40 min hypoxia (Ca2+ 10.1 +/- 1.09 microns/g dry wt, ATP 6.3 +/- 0.8 microns/g dry wt, creatine kinase peak 2.1 +/- 0.5 U/min/g dry wt). Contractile failure at high resting tension occurred in both groups. In contrast, hearts recovered well from a period of Na+ pump inhibition which was only temporary. This suggests that Na+-Ca2+ exchange could account for Ca2+ overload in reoxygenation injury on the basis of Na+ pump depression developing during hypoxia and sustained in reoxygenation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1987 May
PMID:Sodium imbalance as a cause of calcium overload in post-hypoxic reoxygenation injury. 304 Oct 8


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