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Cardiac membrane fatty acid composition modulates myocardial oxygen consumption and postischemic recovery of contractile function.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12010914     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Regular fish consumption is associated with low cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. Fish oils modify cardiac membrane phospholipid fatty acid composition with potent antiarrhythmic effects. We tested the effects of dietary fish oil on ventricular hemodynamics and myocardial oxygen consumption (MVO2). METHODS AND RESULTS: Male Wistar rats were fed for 16 weeks on a reference diet rich in n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), a diet rich in saturated animal fat (SAT), or a diet rich in n-3 PUFA from fish oil. Isolated working hearts were perfused with porcine erythrocytes (40% hematocrit) at 75 mm Hg afterload with variable preload (5 to 20 mm Hg) or with low coronary flow ischemia with maintained afterload, preload, and heart rate, then reperfused. MVO2 was low and coronary perfusion reserve high in n-3 PUFA hearts, and cardiac output increased with workload. The n-3 PUFA reduced ischemic markers-acidosis, K+, lactate, and creatine kinase-and increased contractile recovery during reperfusion. SAT hearts had high MVO2, low coronary perfusion reserve, and poor contractile function and recovery. Dietary differences in MVO2 were abolished by KCl arrest (basal metabolism) or ruthenium red (3.4 micromol/L) but not by ryanodine (1 nmol/L). Fish oil or ryanodine, but not ruthenium red, prevented ventricular fibrillation in reperfusion. CONCLUSIONS: Dietary fish oil directly influenced heart function and improved cardiac responses to ischemia and reperfusion. The n-3 PUFA reduced oxygen consumption at any given work output and increased postischemic recovery. Thus, direct effects on myocardial function may contribute to the altered cardiovascular disease profile associated with fish consumption.
Authors:
Salvatore Pepe; Peter L McLennan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation     Volume:  105     ISSN:  1524-4539     ISO Abbreviation:  Circulation     Publication Date:  2002 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-05-15     Completed Date:  2002-05-24     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0147763     Medline TA:  Circulation     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2303-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Cardiac Surgical Research Unit, Alfred Hospital and Baker Medical Research Institute, Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Melbourne, Australia.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blood Flow Velocity / drug effects,  physiology
Calcium / metabolism
Cardiac Output / drug effects,  physiology
Cell Membrane / metabolism*
Coronary Circulation / drug effects,  physiology
Diet
Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / pharmacology*
Fatty Acids / metabolism*,  pharmacology
Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / pharmacology
Fatty Acids, Omega-6
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / pharmacology
Fish Oils / pharmacology
Hemodynamics / drug effects,  physiology
Intracellular Fluid / metabolism
Male
Myocardial Ischemia / metabolism
Myocardial Reperfusion
Myocardium / chemistry,  metabolism*
Oxygen Consumption / drug effects*
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Ruthenium Red / pharmacology
Ryanodine / pharmacology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; 0/Fatty Acids; 0/Fatty Acids, Omega-3; 0/Fatty Acids, Omega-6; 0/Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; 0/Fish Oils; 11103-72-3/Ruthenium Red; 15662-33-6/Ryanodine; 7440-70-2/Calcium

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