| Increased myocardial methionine-enkephalin with reduced arterial oxygenation in congenital heart disease. | |
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PMID: 20626583 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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BACKGROUND: Cardiac opioid peptides have been identified to exert important adaptive metabolic signalling for cardioprotection against ischaemia or hypoxia-related injury. AIMS: To determine myocardial methionine-enkephalin content in children with hypoxemic congenital heart defects and to correlate myocardial content of methionine-enkephalin with the extent of arterial oxygen desaturation. METHODS: Children (n= 20, median age of 16 months), undergoing cardiac surgical repair (tetralogy of Fallot, 17/20), were included in this study. Arterial oxygen saturation was measured on admission. Myocardial samples obtained during surgery were assayed via radioimmunochemistry for methionine-enkephalin content. RESULTS: Greater methionine-enkephalin content was measured in the right ventricles of the patients suffering from recent cyanotic spells compared with those with no recent spells (cyanotic spells: 2418 ± 844 pg/g wet weight tissue, n= 6; no spells: 1175 ± 189 pg/g wet weight tissue, n= 14, P= 0.04). An inverse correlation was evident between the arterial oxygen saturation and myocardial methionine-enkephalin content. CONCLUSION: Myocardial methionine-enkephalin levels increase with the severity of hypoxic stress in congenital cardiac disease and may play an important adaptive role in countering adrenergic over-activity and related excess demand on myocardial metabolic capacity. |
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Olivier Wv van den Brink; Andrew D Cochrane; Franklin L Rosenfeldt; Daniel J Penny; Salvatore Pepe |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-07-07 |
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Title: Journal of paediatrics and child health Volume: 50 ISSN: 1440-1754 ISO Abbreviation: J Paediatr Child Health Publication Date: 2014 Oct |
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Created Date: 2014-10-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9005421 Medline TA: J Paediatr Child Health Country: Australia |
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Languages: eng Pagination: E63-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 Paediatrics and Child Health Division (Royal Australasian College of Physicians). |
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