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Abozguia K, Phan TT, Shivu GN, Maher AR, Ahmed I, Wagenmakers A, Frenneaux MP. Reducedin vivoskeletal muscle oxygen consumption in patients with chronic heart failure-A study using Near Infrared Spectrophotometry (NIRS). Eur J Heart Fail 2014; 10:652-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2007] [Revised: 04/25/2008] [Accepted: 05/19/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Khalid Abozguia
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Medical School, University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Medical School, University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Medical School, University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Medical School, University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Medical School, University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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- School of Sport and Exercise Sciences; University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Medical School, University of Birmingham; Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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Di Martino C, Pallotta ML. Mitochondria-localized NAD biosynthesis by nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase in Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) heterotrophic tissues. PLANTA 2011; 234:657-670. [PMID: 21598001 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1428-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 04/30/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Current studies in plants suggest that the content of the coenzyme NAD is variable and potentially important in determining cell fate. In cases that implicate NAD consumption, re-synthesis must occur to maintain dinucleotide pools. Despite information on the pathways involved in NAD synthesis in plants, the existence of a mitochondrial nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (NMNAT) activity which catalyses NAD synthesis from nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) and ATP has not been reported. To verify the latter assumed pathway, experiments with purified and bioenergetically active mitochondria prepared from tubers of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) were performed. To determine whether NAD biosynthesis might occur, NMN was added to Jerusalem artichoke mitochondria (JAM) and NAD biosynthesis was tested by means of HPLC and spectroscopically. Our results indicate that JAM contain a specific NMNAT inhibited by Na-pyrophosphate, AMP and ADP-ribose. The dependence of NAD synthesis rate on NMN concentration shows saturation kinetics with K (m) and V (max) values of 82 ± 1.05 μM and 4.20 ± 0.20 nmol min(-1) mg(-1) protein, respectively. The enzyme's pH and temperature dependence were also investigated. Fractionation studies revealed that mitochondrial NMNAT activity was present in the soluble matrix fraction. The NAD pool needed constant replenishment that might be modulated by environmental inputs. Thus, the mitochondrion in heterotrophic plant tissues ensures NAD biosynthesis by NMNAT activity and helps to orchestrate NAD metabolic network in implementing the survival strategy of cells.
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- Catello Di Martino
- Department of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Molise, Via F. De Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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Minami S, Onodera T, Okazaki F, Miyazaki H, Ohsawa S, Mochizuki S. Myocyte Morphological Characteristics Differ Between the Phases of Pulmonary Hypertension-Induced Ventricular Hypertrophy and Failure. Int Heart J 2006; 47:629-37. [PMID: 16960417 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.47.629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pulmonary hypertensive model rats were prepared by treating them with monochrotaline (MCT). Using these model rats, we examined myocyte remodeling in the right ventricle in response to increased right ventricular pressure. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 2 groups. Group M received MCT and group C received physiological saline. The 2 groups were examined at weeks 2, 5, and 7 after MCT or saline injection, respectively. At week 2, a significant difference in cell form was not observed in either group. At week 5, cell volume and myocyte cross-sectional area (CSA) of the right ventricle in group M were significantly greater than those in group C. At week 7, cell volume, CSA, and cell length of the right ventricle in group M were all significantly greater than those in group C. These results suggest that pulmonary hypertension causes hypertrophy, accompanying the enlargement of CSA in the right ventricle, and that cells lengthen in the phase of right ventricular failure. These results are similar to the changes observed in left ventricular myocytes due to overload pressure. Both right and left ventricular myocytes may share a common mechanism for myocyte remodeling as an adaptive and maladaptive response to increased ventricular pressure.
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- Shunrou Minami
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Buermans HPJ, Redout EM, Schiel AE, Musters RJP, Zuidwijk M, Eijk PP, van Hardeveld C, Kasanmoentalib S, Visser FC, Ylstra B, Simonides WS. Microarray analysis reveals pivotal divergent mRNA expression profiles early in the development of either compensated ventricular hypertrophy or heart failure. Physiol Genomics 2005; 21:314-23. [PMID: 15728335 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00185.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Myocardial right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy due to pulmonary hypertension is aimed at normalizing ventricular wall stress. Depending on the degree of pressure overload, RV hypertrophy may progress to a state of impaired contractile function and heart failure, but this cannot be discerned during the early stages of ventricular remodeling. We tested whether critical differences in gene expression profiles exist between ventricles before the ultimate development of either a compensated or decompensated hypertrophic phenotype. Both phenotypes were selectively induced in Wistar rats by a single subcutaneous injection of either a low or a high dose of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid monocrotaline (MCT). Spotted oligonucleotide microarrays were used to investigate pressure-dependent cardiac gene expression profiles at 2 wk after the MCT injections, between control rats and rats that would ultimately develop either compensated or decompensated hypertrophy. Clustering of significantly regulated genes revealed specific expression profiles for each group, although the degree of hypertrophy was still similar in both. The ventricles destined to progress to failure showed activation of pro-apoptotic pathways, particularly related to mitochondria, whereas the group developing compensated hypertrophy showed blocked pro-death effector signaling via p38-MAPK, through upregulation of MAPK phosphatase-1. In summary, we show that, already at an early time point, pivotal differences in gene expression exist between ventricles that will ultimately develop either a compensated or a decompensated phenotype, depending on the degree of pressure overload. These data reveal genes that may provide markers for the early prediction of clinical outcome as well as potential targets for early intervention.
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- Henk P J Buermans
- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Hellsten Y, Skadhauge L, Bangsbo J. Effect of ribose supplementation on resynthesis of adenine nucleotides after intense intermittent training in humans. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2004; 286:R182-8. [PMID: 14660478 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00286.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effect of oral ribose supplementation on the resynthesis of adenine nucleotides and performance after 1 wk of intense intermittent exercise was examined. Eight subjects performed a random double-blind crossover design. The subjects performed cycle training consisting of 15 x 10 s of all-out sprinting twice per day for 7 days. After training the subjects received either ribose (200 mg/kg body wt; Rib) or placebo (Pla) three times per day for 3 days. An exercise test was performed at 72 h after the last training session. Immediately after the last training session, muscle ATP was lowered (P < 0.05) by 25 +/- 2 and 22 +/- 3% in Pla and Rib, respectively. In both Pla and Rib, muscle ATP levels at 5 and 24 h after the exercise were still lower (P < 0.05) than pretraining. After 72 h, muscle ATP was similar (P > 0.05) to pretraining in Rib (24.6 +/- 0.6 vs. 26.2 +/- 0.2 mmol/kg dry wt) but still lower (P < 0.05) in Pla (21.1 +/- 0.5 vs. 26.0 +/- 0.2 mmol/kg dry wt) and higher (P < 0.05) in Rib than in Pla. Plasma hypoxanthine levels after the test performed at 72 h were higher (P < 0.05) in Rib compared with Pla. Mean and peak power outputs during the test performed at 72 h were similar (P > 0.05) in Pla and Rib. The results support the hypothesis that the availability of ribose in the muscle is a limiting factor for the rate of resynthesis of ATP. Furthermore, the reduction in muscle ATP observed after intense training does not appear to be limiting for high-intensity exercise performance.
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- Y Hellsten
- Human Physiology, Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Institute for Excersize and Sport Science, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Shiotani I, Sato H, Sato H, Yokoyama H, Ohnishi Y, Hishida E, Kinjo K, Nakatani D, Kuzuya T, Hori M. Muscle pump-dependent self-perfusion mechanism in legs in normal subjects and patients with heart failure. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2002; 92:1647-54. [PMID: 11896033 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01096.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Leg venous pressure markedly falls during upright exercise via a muscle pump effect, creating de novo perfusion pressure. We examined physiological roles of this mechanism in increasing femoral artery blood flow (FABF) and its alterations in chronic heart failure (CHF). In 10 normal subjects and 10 patients with CHF, standard hemodynamic variables, mean ankle vein pressure (MAVP), and FABF with Doppler techniques were obtained during graded upright bicycle exercise. To evaluate a nonspecific blood flow response, normal subjects also performed supine exercise. In normal subjects, MAVP rapidly declined by 45 mmHg and FABF correspondingly increased 5.3-fold without a systemic pressor response during 10 s of light upright exercise at 5 W. Approximately 67% of the blood flow response was attributed to the venous pressure drop-dependent mechanism. In CHF patients, MAVP declined by only 36 mmHg and FABF increased only 1.7-fold during the same upright exercise. The muscle venous pump has an ability to increase FABF at least threefold via the venous pressure drop-dependent mechanism. This mechanism is impaired in CHF patients.
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- Issei Shiotani
- Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Aschenbach WG, Brower GL, Talmadge RJ, Dobson JL, Gladden LB. Effect of a myocardial volume overload on lactate transport in skeletal muscle sarcolemmal vesicles. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001; 281:R176-86. [PMID: 11404292 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.281.1.r176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study sought to determine the effect of a myocardial volume overload (MVO) on sarcolemmal (SL) lactate (La(-)) transport and the aerobic profile of skeletal muscle. SL vesicles were obtained from female rats 10 wk after either a MVO was induced by creation of an infrarenal fistula (n = 10), or sham surgeries were performed (n = 11). Influx of (14)C-labeled L(+)-La(-) was measured at various unlabeled La(-) concentrations under zero-trans conditions. La(-) transport kinetics were determined using a Michaelis-Menten equation with an added linear component to discriminate between carrier-mediated and diffusional transport. Although heart and lung weights were significantly increased (P < 0.0001) in the MVO group, left ventricular function was only modestly altered (P < 0.05). A significant reduction in type I myosin heavy chain (MHC) in the soleus and a strong trend (P = 0.06) for a reduced type IIx MHC in the plantaris were observed in MVO rats, but no differences in citrate synthase activity or monocarboxylate transporter proteins (MCT)-1 expression were noted in any muscle. Carrier-mediated La(-) influx into SL vesicles was similar between sham and MVO (K(m) = 12 +/- 1 and 18 +/- 3 mM; apparent V(max) = 772 +/- 99 and 827 +/- 80 nmol. mg(-1). min(-1), respectively). Total influx at 100 mM was lower in MVO, and this was due to a 30% reduction in membrane diffusion. In conclusion, a 10-wk MVO did not alter MCT-mediated La(-) transport or protein expression but was associated with modest changes in myofibrillar proteins and impaired SL diffusive properties.
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- W G Aschenbach
- Department of Health and Human Performance, Auburn University, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA
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Lunde PK, Sjaastad I, Schiøtz Thorud HM, Sejersted OM. Skeletal muscle disorders in heart failure. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 2001; 171:277-94. [PMID: 11412140 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.2001.00830.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Heart failure is associated with reduction of exercise capacity that cannot be solely ascribed to reduced maximal oxygen uptake (VdotO2max). Therefore, research has focused on changes in skeletal muscle morphology, metabolism and function. Factors that can cause such changes in skeletal muscle comprise inactivity, malnutrition, constant or repeated episodes of inadequate oxygen delivery and prolonged exposure to altered neurohumoural stimuli. Most of these factors are not specific for the heart failure condition. On the other hand, heart failure is more than one clinical condition. Congestive heart failure (CHF) develops gradually as a result of deteriorating contractility of the viable myocardium, myocardial failure. Is it possible that development of this contractile deficit in the myocardium is paralleled by a corresponding contractile deficit of the skeletal muscles? This question cannot be answered today. Both patient studies and experimental studies support that there is a switch to a faster muscle phenotype and energy metabolism balance is more anaerobic. The muscle atrophy seen in many patients is not so evident in experimental studies. Few investigators have studied contractile function. Both fast twitch and slow twitch muscles seem to become slower, not faster as might be expected, and this is possibly linked to slower intracellular Ca2+ cycling. The neurohumoural stimuli that can cause this change are not known, but recently it has been reported that several cytokines are increased in CHF patients. Thus, the changes seen in skeletal muscles during CHF are partly secondary to inactivity, but the possibility remains that the contractility is altered because of intracellular changes of Ca2+ metabolism that are also seen in the myocardium.
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- P K Lunde
- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Oslo, Ullevaal Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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De Sousa E, Veksler V, Bigard X, Mateo P, Ventura-Clapier R. Heart failure affects mitochondrial but not myofibrillar intrinsic properties of skeletal muscle. Circulation 2000; 102:1847-53. [PMID: 11023942 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.102.15.1847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Congestive heart failure (CHF) induces abnormalities in skeletal muscle that are thought to in part explain exercise intolerance. The aim of the present study was to determine whether these changes actually result in contractile or metabolic functional alterations and whether they are muscle type specific. METHODS AND RESULTS With a rat model of CHF (induced by aortic banding), we studied mitochondrial function, mechanical properties, and creatine kinase (CK) compartmentation in situ in permeabilized fibers from soleus (SOL), an oxidative slow-twitch muscle, and white gastrocnemius (GAS), a glycolytic fast-twitch muscle. Animals were studied 7 months after surgery, and CHF was documented on the basis of anatomic data. Alterations in skeletal muscle phenotype were documented with an increased proportion of fast-type fiber and fast myosin heavy chain, decreased capillary-to-fiber ratio, and decreased citrate synthase activity. Despite a slow-to-fast phenotype transition in SOL, no change was observed in contractile capacity or calcium sensitivity. However, muscles from CHF rats exhibited a dramatic decrease in oxidative capacities (oxygen consumption per gram of fiber dry weight) of 35% for SOL and 45% for GAS (P:<0.001). Moreover, the regulation of respiration with ADP and mitochondrial CK and adenylate kinase was impaired in CHF SOL. Mitochondrial CK activity and content (Western blots) were dramatically decreased in both muscles. CONCLUSIONS CHF results in alterations in both mitochondrial function and phosphotransfer systems but unchanged myofibrillar function in skeletal muscles, which suggests a myopathy of metabolic origin in CHF.
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- E De Sousa
- Cardiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire U-446 INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud, Ch atenay-Malabry, France.
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Yamaguchi F, Kawana KI, Tanonaka K, Kamano I, Igarashi T, Gen E, Fujimoto Y, Maki T, Sanbe A, Nasa Y, Takeo S. Improvement of exercise capacity of rats with chronic heart failure by long-term treatment with trandolapril. Br J Pharmacol 1999; 126:1585-92. [PMID: 10323590 PMCID: PMC1565941 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/1998] [Revised: 01/11/1999] [Accepted: 01/15/1999] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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1. The effects of long-term treatment with trandolapril, an angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitor, on exercise capacity of rats with chronic heart failure (CHF) following coronary artery ligation were examined. CHF was developed by 8 weeks after the coronary artery ligation. 2. The running time of rats with CHF in the treadmill test was shortened to approximately 65% of that of sham-operated rats (16.3+/-1.2 vs. 25.1+/-1.6 min, n = 7; P<0.05). ATP, creatine phosphate (CP), and lactate contents of the gracilis muscle of rats with CHF were similar to those of sham-operated rats before running. After running, ATP and CP were decreased and lactate was increased in both rats with CHF and sham-operated rats. There were no significant differences in the levels of energy metabolites between rats with CHF and sham-operated rats. The rates of decrease in ATP and CP and rate of increase in lactate in the gracilis muscle of rats with CHF during exercise were greater than those of sham operated rats (2.5, 2.0 and 1.5 fold high, respectively), suggesting wastage of energy during exercise in the animals with CHF. 3. Myofibrillar Ca2+ -stimulated ATPase (Ca-ATPase) activity of skeletal muscle of rats with CHF was increased over that of the sham-operated control (62.03+/-1.88 vs. 52.34+/-1.19 micromol Pi mg(-1) protein h(-1) n = 7; P<0.05). The compositions of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms of gracilis muscle were altered by CHF; decreases in MHC types I and IIb and an increase in MHC type IIa were found (P<0.05). 4. Rats with CHF were treated with 1 mg kg(-1) day(-1) trandolapril from the 2nd to 8th week after surgery. Treatment with trandolapril prolonged the running time, reversed the rates of decrease in ATP and CP and the rate of increase in lactate, and restored the Ca-ATPase activity (51.11+/-0.56 micromol Pi mg(-1) protein h(-1), n = 7; P<0.05) and composition ratio of MHC isoforms in the gracilis muscle. 5. The results suggest that long-term trandolapril treatment of rats with CHF may restore their ability to utilize energy without wastage and thus improve exercise capacity.
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- Fuminari Yamaguchi
- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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Lunde PK, Verburg E, Vøllestad NK, Sejersted OM. Skeletal muscle fatigue in normal subjects and heart failure patients. Is there a common mechanism? ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 1998; 162:215-28. [PMID: 9578367 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.1998.0343f.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Skeletal muscle fatigue develops gradually during all forms of exercise, and develops more rapidly in heart failure patients. The fatigue mechanism is still not known, but is most likely localized to the muscle cells themselves. During high intensity exercise the perturbations of the Na+ and K+ balance in the exercising muscle favour depolarization, smaller action potentials and inexcitability. The Na+, K+ pump becomes strongly activated and limits, but does not prevent the rise in extracellular Na+, K+ pump concentration and intracellular Na+ concentration. However, by virtue of its electrogenic property the pump may contribute in maintaining excitability and contractility by keeping the cells more polarized than the ion gradients predict. With prolonged exercise perturbations of Na+ and K+ are smaller and fatigue may be associated with altered cellular handling of Ca2+ and Mg2+. Release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is reduced in the absence of changes of the cellular content of Ca2+ and Mg2+. In heart failure several clinical reports indicate severe electrolyte perturbations in skeletal muscle. However, in well controlled studies small or insignificant changes are found. We conclude that with high intensity exercise perturbations of Na+ and K+ in muscle cells may contribute to fatigue, whereas with endurance type of exercise and in heart failure patients the skeletal muscle fatigue is more likely to reside in the intracellular control of Ca2+ release and reuptake.
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- P K Lunde
- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Oslo, Ullevaal Hospital, Norway
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