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1. Serial venous blood samples were obtained from 45 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Ten of these patients were receiving beta-adreno-receptor-blocking drugs at the time of onset of chest pain and continued on these drugs during their stay in the coronary care unit. The activities of creatine kinase and its MB-isoenzyme (CK-MB) were assayed in the plasma. A lysosomal enzyme, beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase, was also assayed. 2. In the 35 untreated patients it was found that creatine kinase activity was maximal at a mean time of 21.3 +/- 1.3 h after the onset of chest pain, whereas in the patients receiving beta-adrenoreceptor-blocking drugs peak activity of the enzyme occurred at 24.4 +/- 0.7 h. 3. Peak CK-MB acitivity was also delayed from 18.1 +/- 1.6 h in the control group to 22.4 +/- 1.2 h in the treated patients. 4. The lysosomal enzyme showed a similar pattern of changes to that of CK-MB. Maximum activity in plasma occurred at 18.0 +/- 1.0 h after the onset of chest pain in the control group of patients. In the treated patients peak lysosomal enzyme activity was not found until 24.2 +/- 1.2 h. 5. These alterations in the time-course of plasma enzyme changes after acute myocardial infarction are consistent with the suggestion that beta-receptor antagonists may delay tissue damage during myocardial ischaemia.
Clin Sci Mol Med Suppl 1978 Dec
PMID:The effect of established beta-adrenoreceptor-blocking therapy on the release of cytosolic and lysosomal enzymes after acute myocardial infarction in man. 3 87

The phylogeny of the creatine kinase (CK, EC 2.7.3.2) isozyme loci and their differential tissue expressions were determined for representatives of 65 families of vertebrates, with emphasis on the fishes. The transition from the single creatine kinase locus, characteristic of certain echinoderms, to the two creatine kinase loci which are orthologous to those present in all vertebrates, occurred early in the chordate line. The majority of pre-teleostean fishes possesses only these two CK loci (A and C). These loci are relatively generalized in their tissue expressions which are variable among species of primitive fishes. The third and fourth creatine kinase loci (B and D) arose separately in the ancestors of the bony fishes and appear to be the result of regional genome duplications. Concomitant with the increase in the number of isozyme loci has been an increase in the specificity of their tissue expression. In the advanced teleost fishes the four CK loci are differentially expressed in a characteristic manner. The A2 isozyme predominates in skeletal muscle, the B2 isozyme in eye and brain, the C2 isozyme in stomach muscle, and the D2 isozyme is found exclusively in testis. We propose a phylogeny of the creatine kinase genes in the lower chordates based on the time of appearance of new CK loci, the sequence in which the loci achieve a tissue restricted expression, and the immunochemical relatedness of the orthologous and paralogous gene products.
J Mol Evol 1978 Oct 27
PMID:Evolution of isozyme loci and their differential tissue expression. Creatine kinase as a model system. 73 10

1. The dose of pentobarbitone required for anaesthesia was significantly greater for dystrophic hamsters than for normal animals. 2. Serum creatine kinase activity was significantly higher in dystrophic than in normal hamsters. 3. Brain, heart and tibialis anterior muscle from dystrophic animals contained significantly less creatine kinase than the normal tissues. 4. Creatine kinase in normal and dystrophic sera, as in skeletal muscles, consisted of MM isoenzyme. Heart creatine kinase consisted of both MM and MB types and brain contained only the BB isoenzyme. 5. Pentobarbitone raised serum creatine kinase activity of normal and dystrophic hamsters to the same extent, elevation of enzyme activity being dependent on the amount of pentobarbitone injected. 6. The sera of pentobarbitone-treated normal and dystrophic hamsters contained only the MM isoenzyme.
Clin Sci Mol Med 1977 Feb
PMID:Effect of pentobarbitone sodium on serum creatine kinase of normal and dystrophic hamsters. 84 46

To investigate a possible protective role of Na+/H+ exchange inhibition under ischemic conditions isolated rat hearts were subjected to regional ischemia and reperfusion. In these experiments all 6 untreated hearts suffered ventricular fibrillation on reperfusion. Addition of 1 x 10(-5) mol/l amiloride or 3 x 10(-7) mol/l 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)amiloride (EIPA) markedly decreased the incidence and duration of ventricular fibrillation or even suppressed fibrillation completely as in the case of 1 x 10(-6) mol/l EIPA. Both compounds diminished the activities of lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase in the venous effluent of the hearts during ischemia. At the end of the experiments tissue contents of glycogen, ATP and creatine phosphate were increased in the treated hearts as compared to control hearts. In an additional experiment the beneficial effects of Na+/H+ exchange inhibition during ischemia was confirmed in vivo with anaesthetized rats undergoing coronary artery ligation. In these animals amiloride or EIPA pretreatment caused a marked reduction of ventricular premature beats and ventricular tachycardia as well as a complete suppression of ventricular fibrillation. The concentration dependent inhibition of Na+ influx via Na+/H+ exchange by amiloride and EIPA was investigated in erythrocytes from hypercholesterolemic rabbits with Na+/H+ exchange activated by exposure to hyperosmotic medium. Furthermore the inhibition of Na+ influx by EIPA after intracellular acidification was studied in cardiac myocytes of neonatal rats. Both agents were effective in the same order of potency in the ischemic isolated working rat heart as in the erythrocyte model in which they inhibited Na+/H+ exchange.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1992 Jul
PMID:Effects of Na+/H+ exchange inhibitors in cardiac ischemia. 132 56

Having previously demonstrated that the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) induce expression of the myogenin gene, we have now extended our investigation of the induction of myogenesis by the IGFs to a second member of the MyoD family, myf-5. This is the only myogenesis gene other than myogenin expressed early in the differentiation of L6 myoblasts, so its regulation was of particular interest because of our observations on myogenin. In contrast to myogenin, myf-5 mRNA was detectable in proliferating myoblasts, but the steady state levels of myf-5 mRNA fell strikingly for 48 h after the cells were switched to low serum medium containing IGF-II in both murine cell lines and myoblasts cultured from human muscle. In spite of this decrease, translation of myf-5 mRNA appeared essential during the early stages of stimulation of myogenesis by the IGFs; an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide complementary to the first five codons of myf-5 blocked the increase in myogenin mRNA and inhibited morphological (cell fusion) and biochemical (creatine kinase elevation) aspects of myogenesis. We conclude that expression of myf-5 is essential for the initial induction of myogenin by the IGFs, but that subsequent elevation of myogenin expression is independent of myf-5, possibly resulting from autoinduction of the myogenin gene. The functional significance of the dramatic decrease in myf-5 mRNA levels during differentiation is not obvious.
Mol Endocrinol 1992 Dec
PMID:Paradoxical decrease in myf-5 messenger RNA levels during induction of myogenic differentiation by insulin-like growth factors. 133 40

This study was performed to determine whether depletion of myocardial glutathione would impair recovery of left ventricular function of blood-perfused, isolated hearts after reversible ischaemic injury. Cats were treated with either vehicle or buthionine sulfoximine (BSO), an inhibitor of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of glutathione. The feline isolated hearts were perfused with the blood of normal donor cats before and after 40 min of global myocardial ischaemia. The myocardial concentration of glutathione of the BSO group, 178 +/- 38 ng/mg tissue, was significantly less than that of the control group, 292 +/- 38 ng/mg tissue (P < 0.05). The peak left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP) 1 h after reperfusion, expressed as a fraction of the peak LVDP before ischaemia, was 0.87 +/- 0.10 for the control group and 0.64 +/- 0.08 for the BSO group (P = 0.05 vs. control). The peak left ventricular dP/dt after reperfusion, expressed as a fraction of the peak dP/dt before ischaemia, was 1.08 +/- 0.14 for the control group and 0.78 +/- 0.09 for the BSO group (P = 0.05 vs. control). The myocardial creatine kinase activity of the BSO group, 1046 +/- 46 U/g tissue, was not significantly different from that of the control group, 1038 +/- 17 U/g tissue (P = 0.87). Thus, depletion of myocardial glutathione resulted in impaired post-ischaemic contractile function that cannot be attributed to a greater extent of irreversible cell injury.
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1992 Nov
PMID:Myocardial glutathione depletion impairs recovery of isolated blood-perfused hearts after global ischaemia. 136 26

We have used deletion mutants to define the regions in Ad5 E1A proteins necessary to suppress differentiation of mouse BC3H1 myoblasts. We examined the differentiation of cells infected at a low multiplicity with viruses containing the E1A deletions and constructed so as to produce only the smaller of the two major E1A proteins. Only four of the mutant viruses containing deletions within the N-terminal 69 residues failed to suppress differentiation as judged by changes in morphology and in levels of muscle-specific alpha-actin mRNA and creatine kinase activity. The results were confirmed by analyses of lines of cells stably transfected with representative E1A mutants. The mouse cellular proteins to which mutant E1A proteins bound were identified by immunoprecipitating E1A proteins specifically from infected BC3H1 cells and by analyzing the precipitates on denaturing gels. Bands of proteins of 300, 130, 107, 105 (the retinoblastoma product), and 60 kDa (cyclin A) were distinguished. Failure to suppress differentiation correlated with loss of binding to the 300-kDa protein but not to any of the others. The regions of E1A defined in this way have been shown to be required for several other activities, including enhancer repression and transformation. One function of the 300-kDa protein appears to be to facilitate the action of transcriptional enhancers of differentiation-specific genes.
Mol Biol Cell 1992 Oct
PMID:Ability of adenovirus 5 E1A proteins to suppress differentiation of BC3H1 myoblasts correlates with their binding to a 300 kDa cellular protein. 142 68

Malnutrition has been associated with changes in cardiac metabolism and performance. We have previously reported a diabetic-type cardiomyopathy associated with chronic food restriction and weight loss. Because the creatine-phosphocreatine-creatine kinase system is important in the contractile process, we studied the components of this system in rats fed a food-restricted diet (33% of control animal intake). After 4 weeks of food restriction, total creatine kinase (CK) activities were reduced by 28% in ventricles and by 38% in atria. The CK isoenzymes in the heart were not equally affected. The BB isoenzyme was decreased by 77% and 78%, the MB isoenzyme by 45% and 43%, the MM isoenzyme by 22% and 19% and CKmito by 16% and 15% in ventricles and atria, respectively. In contrast, brain CK activity which is predominantly the BB isoenzyme, was slightly higher in the food-restricted than in control rats. Further studies on ventricular tissue from food-restricted rats revealed a 27% decline in myofibrillar CR activity and a 58% decline in myofibrillar ATPase activity. Phosphocreatine and creatine concentrations were not changed by food restriction, however, ATP was decreased by 23% in ventricles from rats on the restricted diet. Cardiac mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation was also impaired. State 3 respiration with alpha-ketoglutarate was reduced 20% in the food-restricted heart. These changes are compared to those which we previously observed in the diabetic rat heart and the significance of these findings is discussed.
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1992 Aug
PMID:Effect of food restriction on the phosphocreatine energy shuttle components in rat heart. 143 12

Cells subjected to increases in temperature induce the expression of several proteins known as heat shock or stress proteins. This process enhances the cell's ability to overcome the effects of further stress. In this respect, the effects of heat stress have been reported to protect the hearts of rats following ischaemia and reperfusion. We have confirmed and extended this observation, not only using different indices of myocardial injury but also in another species, namely the rabbit. Animals were anaesthetized and the body temperature raised to 42 degrees C for a 15-min period. Controls were treated in the same way but without heating. Twenty-four hours later the rabbits were re-anaesthetized and the hearts removed for either heat stress protein analysis or perfusion with Krebs buffer using an isolated perfused heart apparatus. Hearts were subjected to 60 min of low flow (1 ml/min) ischaemia followed by 30 min of reperfusion. All hearts subjected to heat stress showed an enhanced recovery of function upon reperfusion as measured by improvements in developed pressure (27.3 +/- 3.6 vs 16.3 +/- 3.0 mmHg) and diastolic pressure (37.3 +/- 7.4 vs 54.7 +/- 3.1 mmHg). In addition, creatine kinase release, associated with reperfusion, was significantly reduced in the heat-stressed hearts (532 +/- 102 vs 1138 +/- 73 mU/min/g wet wt). Myocardial accumulation and release of oxidized glutathione, an index of oxidative stress, was significantly reduced in the heat-stressed group (0.003 +/- 0.003 vs 0.376 +/- 0.113 nmol/min/g wet wt). The improved metabolic status of the reperfused heat-stressed hearts was further demonstrated by a significant conservation in the levels of ATP (6.1 +/- 0.9 vs 2.8 +/- 0.8 mumol/g dry wt) and CP (36.9 +/- 6.4 vs 16.4 +/- 5.1 mumol/g dry wt). Finally, isolated mitochondrial function in terms of respiratory control index (RCI) was maintained in the heat-stressed hearts (9.2 +/- 0.9 vs 5.7 +/- 0.2) and overloading with calcium was reduced. These data extend the hypothesis that heat stress protects the heart following ischaemia and reperfusion in this in vitro model, in a way as yet undetermined.
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1992 Aug
PMID:The protective role of heat stress in the ischaemic and reperfused rabbit myocardium. 143 16

The vulnerability of the heart to injury during ischaemia and reperfusion and its responsiveness to various protective and pharmacological interventions are age-dependent. Using three independent indices of tissue injury (cardiac structure, contractile function and creatine kinase leakage), we compared the response of adult (60-90 days old) and neonatal (7 days old) isolated perfused rabbit hearts to global ischaemia and reperfusion. Prior to ischaemia, heart rate was significantly higher in neonatal hearts, as were control values for coronary flow, aortic flow and cardiac output when expressed on a dry wt basis. In experiments in which adult and neonatal hearts (n = 8 per group) were subjected to 2 min of cardioplegia and 45 min of ischaemia, the post-ischaemic recovery of all indices of cardiac function (when expressed as a percentage of pre-ischaemic control) was significantly higher in neonatal than in adult hearts. Thus, cardiac output recovered to 82.9 +/- 3.6% in the neonate but to only 57.9 +/- 6.7% in the adult (P < 0.05). The functional evidence of a greater resistance to ischaemia in the neonate was, however, contradicted by the levels of creatine kinase leakage which tended to be greater in the neonatal than in the adult heart (32.0 +/- 4.7 vs 20.0 +/- 3.1 IU/15 min/g dry wt). Morphological studies indicated that injury was comparable (moderate-to-severe in degree) in both groups. To assess further the relationship between the three indices, additional experiments were undertaken in which the duration of ischaemia in the neonate was extended to 60 min so that the post-ischaemic recovery of function was reduced to a level similar to that seen in the adult after 45 min of ischaemia. Under these conditions cardiac output recovered to 55.6 +/- 4.8% in the neonatal heart (P = NS when compared with the adult) and creatine kinase leakage increased to 88.2 +/- 13.9 IU/15 min/g dry wt--a value over four times greater than that measured in adult hearts with a comparable degree of functional injury. Morphological examination of tissue obtained after 15 min of reperfusion revealed a remarkable recovery of structure in both age groups. In conclusion, in functional terms the neonatal heart was more resistant to ischaemia than the adult; enzymic leakage, however, indicated the opposite and structural assessment revealed no differences. Thus, in comparing injury during ischaemia and reperfusion between different age groups, it is clearly important to employ several independent indices.
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1992 Oct
PMID:Developmental changes in tolerance to ischaemia in the rabbit heart: disparity between interpretations of structural, enzymatic and functional indices of injury. 147 15


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