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Contribution of activation-inactivation dynamics to the impairment of relaxation in hypoxic cat papillary muscle.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3970186     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Previous investigation of conventional isometric twitches of normothermic cat papillary muscle has shown that hypoxia prolongs relaxation, and this prolongation is actually accentuated during early reoxygenation. Our aim was to identify how hypoxia and reoxygenation affect the coupled processes of activation and inactivation that govern the time course of internally generated contractile tension (Ti). Activation and inactivation are modeled as first-order processes with rate constants ka and ki, respectively, and the overall isometric muscle as an underdamped second-order lag system driven by Ti. The analytical expression (To) for the externally recorded tension is dominated by two exponential terms incorporating ka and ki. Accurate least-squares fits of digitized twitches to To yielded estimates of ka and ki at 1- to 3-min intervals during control oxygenation, hypoxia, and early and late reoxygenation. Results follow. Compared with control, normothermic hypoxia prolonged activation [at 15 min ka decreased 61% from control, 35.5 +/- 6 (SE) s-1, P less than 0.05] and accelerated inactivation (at 15 min, ki increased 69% from control, 6.0 +/- 0.5 s-1, P less than 0.05). In early reoxygenation (1-3 min) activation remained impaired and inactivation returned to control levels (ki decreased 16% from control, NS). In late reoxygenation (15 min) both processes reverted to control. Thus inactivation kinetics can be dissociated from activation kinetics. Impaired relaxation in normothermic hypoxia is due to prolonged activation, whereas inactivation is actually accelerated. The further impairment of relaxation in early reoxygenation is due to rapid return of inactivation to control at a time when activation is still prolonged.
Authors:
A Pasipoularides; I Palacios; W Frist; S Rosenthal; J B Newell; W J Powell
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Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of physiology     Volume:  248     ISSN:  0002-9513     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1985 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1985-02-25     Completed Date:  1985-02-25     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370511     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  R54-62     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anoxia / physiopathology*
Biomechanics
Cats
Hypothermia / physiopathology
Models, Cardiovascular
Myocardial Contraction* / drug effects
Oxygen / pharmacology
Papillary Muscles / physiopathology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
5P50 HL-17665/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HL-07028/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7782-44-7/Oxygen

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