ISSN:
1435-1803
Keywords:
Mechanical restitution
;
recirculation fraction
;
rat cardiac myocytes
;
ventricular muscle strips
;
contraction amplitude
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Unloaded cell shortening was measured in electrically stimulated myocytes from adult rat hearts to compare the contractile response to stimulation with that in isometrically contracting left ventricular papillary muscles under similar experimental conditions, but preloaded to produce maximum twich tension. Mechanical restitution in cells followed a biexponential function with time constants of 0.19±0.03 s and 36.4±10.2 s (7 cells from 5 hearts, n=7/5). The time constants for papillary muscles were 0.58±0.05s and 14.6±1.0 s (n=6/6). In myocytes, maximum post-rest potentiation occurred after 30 to 60 s of rest. The potentiation after 60 s of rest was. 2.48±0.31 times the steadystate in cells and 2.63±0.16 in papillary muscles. Recirculation fraction of C2+ as calculated from the decay of post-rest potentiation was 0.84±0.04 in single cells and 0.59±0.02 in papillary muscles (p〈0.005). Caffeine (3mM) abolished post-rest potentiation in both types of preparations. The numerical values for the time constants of mechanical restitution, potentiation factor and recirculation fraction in papillary muscles did not depend on preload. It is concluded that interval-dependent changes of contractility are preserved in single cardiac cells but the kinetics of decay of potentiation appear to have changed quantitatively.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00799684
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