In vivo alterations in cardiac metabolism and function in the spontaneously hypertensive rat heart.
In vivo alterations in cardiac metabolism and function in the spontaneously hypertensive rat heart.
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DOI:
10.1093/cvr/cvs164
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发表时间:
2012-07-01
影响因子:
10.8
通讯作者:
Tyler DJ
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作者:
Dodd MS;Ball DR;Schroeder MA;Le Page LM;Atherton HJ;Heather LC;Seymour AM;Ashrafian H;Watkins H;Clarke K;Tyler DJ
AimsThe aim of this work was to use hyperpolarized carbon-13 (13C) magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy and cine MR imaging (MRI) to assessin vivocardiac metabolism and function in the 15-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) heart. At this time point, the SHR displays hypertension and concentric hypertrophy. One of the cellular adaptations to hypertrophy is a reduction in β-oxidation, and it has previously been shown that in response to hypertrophy the SHR heart switches to a glycolytic/glucose-oxidative phenotype.Methods and resultsCine-MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) was used to assess cardiac function and degree of cardiac hypertrophy. Wistar rats were used as controls. SHRs displayed functional changes in stroke volume, heart rate, and late peak-diastolic filling alongside significant hypertrophy (a 56% increase in left ventricular mass). Using hyperpolarized [1-13C] and [2-13C]pyruvate, an 85% increase in13C label flux through pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) was seen in the SHR heart and13C label incorporation into citrate, acetylcarnitine, and glutamate pools was elevated in proportion to the increase in PDH flux. These findings were confirmed using biochemical analysis of PDH activity and protein expression of PDH regulatory enzymes.ConclusionsFunctional and structural alterations in the SHR heart are consistent with the hypertrophied phenotype. Ourin vivowork indicates a preference for glucose metabolism in the SHR heart, a move away from predominantly fatty acid oxidative metabolism. Interestingly,13C label flux into lactate was unchanged, indicating no switch to an anaerobic glycolytic phenotype, but rather an increased reliance on glucose oxidation in the SHR heart.