High-Energy Phosphates in Brain from Dissected Freeze-Dried Regions to Single Cells

2003 ◽  
pp. 343-370
Author(s):  
Suzanne Dworsky ◽  
Marian Namovic ◽  
David W. McCandless
Keyword(s):  
Single Cells ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
Freeze Dried

Smaller muscle ATP reduction in women than in men by repeated bouts of sprint exercise

2002 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 1075-1083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Esbjörnsson-Liljedahl ◽  
Kristina Bodin ◽  
Eva Jansson
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Plasma Catecholamines ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Type I ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Glycogen Accumulation ◽  
Repeated Sprints ◽  
Sprint Exercise ◽  
Freeze Dried

It was hypothesized that the reduction of high-energy phosphates in muscle after repeated sprints is smaller in women than in men. Fifteen healthy and physically active women and men with an average age of 25 yr (range of 19–42 yr) performed three 30-s cycle sprints (Wingate test) with 20 min of rest between sprints. Repeated blood and muscle samples were obtained. Freeze-dried pooled muscle fibers of types I and II were analyzed for high-energy phosphates and their breakdown products and for glycogen. Accumulation of plasma ATP breakdown products, plasma catecholamines, and blood lactate, as well as glycogen reduction in type I fibers, was all lower in women than in men during sprint exercise. Repeated sprints induced smaller reduction of ATP and smaller accumulation of IMP and inosine in women than in men in type II muscle fibers, with no gender differences in changes of ATP and its breakdown products during the bouts of exercise themselves. This indicates that the smaller ATP reduction in women than in men during repeated sprints was created during recovery periods between the sprint exercises and that women possess a faster recovery of ATP via reamination of IMP during these recovery periods.

Effects of graded hypoxia on contraction of cultured chick embryo ventricular cells

1980 ◽  
Vol 239 (5) ◽  
pp. H651-H657 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Barry ◽  
J. Pober ◽  
J. D. Marsh ◽  
S. R. Frankel ◽  
T. W. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Chick Embryo ◽  
Contractile Function ◽  
Single Cells ◽  
Quantitative Relationship ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Heart Cells ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
Diffusion Limitations ◽  
Ventricular Cells ◽  
Beating Rate

The quantitative relationship between a given decrease in O2 tension (Po2) and the degree of depression of contractile function is difficult to define in intact myocardial tissues because of uncertainty in estimation of diffusion limitations. We therefore have studied the effects of hypoxia on contractility in a system with minimal series diffusion barriers, consisting of single cells within spontaneously contracting monolayers cultured from 10-day-old chick embryo ventricles. Reversible decreases in amplitude and velocity of cell wall motion occurred over a 3- to 4-min period when perfusate Po2 was less than 12 mmHg, and a maximum depression to about 30% of control levels occurred at Po2 values less than 4 mmHg. On reoxygenation, recovery of amplitude and velocity of contraction occurred in less than 15 s. Inhibition of glycolysis with 0.1 mM iodoacetate resulted in a more marked decrease in contraction amplitude and a significant slowing of beating rate during hypoxia. In addition, the critical Po2 at which contractile function became impaired was increased to about 16 mmHg. Thus, high-energy phosphates derived from anaerobic glycolysis appear to be able to support a reduced level of contractility during brief periods of hypoxia in these cultured heart cells.

scholarly journals Substrate and enzyme profile of fast and slow skeletal muscle fibers in rhesus monkeys

1999 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 335-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varvara P. Grichko ◽  
Gwen J. Gettelman ◽  
Jeffrey J. Widrick ◽  
Robert H. Fitts
Keyword(s):  
Rhesus Monkey ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Medial Gastrocnemius ◽  
Type I ◽  
Fiber Types ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Slow Type ◽  
Hydroxyacyl Coa Dehydrogenase

Results from the Russian Cosmos program suggest that the rhesus monkey is an excellent model for studying weightlessness-induced changes in muscle function. Consequently, the purpose of this investigation was to establish the resting levels of selected substrate and enzymes in individual slow- and fast-twitch muscle fibers of the rhesus monkey. A second objective was to determine the effect of an 18-day sit in the Spacelab experiment-support primate facility [Experimental System for the Orbiting Primate (ESOP)]. Muscle biopsies of the soleus and medial gastrocnemius muscles were obtained 1 mo before and immediately after an 18-day ESOP sit. The biopsies were freeze-dried, and individual fibers were isolated and assayed for the substrates glycogen and lactate and for the high-energy phosphates ATP and phosphocreatine. Fiber enzyme activity was also determined for the glycolytic enzymes phosphofructokinase and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and for the oxidative markers 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (β-OAC) and citrate synthase. Consistent with other species, the fast type II fibers contained higher glycogen content than did the slow type I fibers. The ESOP sit had no significant effects on the metabolic profile of the slow fibers of either muscle or the fast fibers of the soleus. However, the fast gastrocnemius fibers showed a significant decline in phosphocreatine and an increase in lactate. Also, similar to other species, the fast fibers contained significantly higher LDH activities and lower 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase activities. For the muscle enzymes, the quantitatively most important effect of the ESOP sit occurred with LDH where activities increased in all fiber types postsit except the slow type I fiber of the medial gastrocnemius.

Muscle fatigue in the frog semitendinosus: role of the high-energy phosphates and Pi

1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (4) ◽  
pp. C803-C809 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. V. Thompson ◽  
R. H. Fitts
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Muscle Fatigue ◽  
Force Production ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Force Recovery ◽  
Small Decline

The purpose of this study was to determine the concentration of ATP, phosphocreatine (PC), Pi, lactate, and glycogen in single frog skeletal muscle fibers and assess their role in the etiology of muscle fatigue. The frog semitendinosus (ST) muscle was fatigued, quick frozen at selected time points of recovery, and freeze-dried, and single fibers were dissected, weighed, and assayed for ATP, PC, lactate, Pi, and glycogen. The fatigue protocol reduced peak tetanic force (Po) to 8.5% of initial, while ATP and PC decreased from 45.18 to 33.16 and 128.90 to 28.76 mmol/kg dry wt, respectively. Lactate and Pi increased from 29.36 to 100.84 and 33.04 to 142.50 mmol/kg dry wt, respectively. It is doubtful that the small decline in ATP limited cross-bridge force production. Although a significant correlation between the recovery of PC and Po was demonstrated (r = 0.994), the time period showing the fastest rate of force recovery coincided with little change in PC. A significant correlation was demonstrated between the recovery of both total and the H2PO4- form of Pi and Po. In conclusion, the results of this study are incompatible with the hypothesis that the high-energy phosphates (ATP and PC) mediate muscle fatigue. The large increase in Pi with stimulation and the high correlation between the recovery of both total and the H2PO4- form of Pi and Po support a role for Pi in the production of skeletal muscle fatigue.

scholarly journals Adenosine triphosphate and phosphocreatine levels in cochlear structures. Use rate and effect of salicylates.

1975 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 766-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
J J Krzanowski ◽  
F M Matschinsky
Keyword(s):  
Adenosine Triphosphate ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Stria Vascularis ◽  
Spiral Ganglion ◽  
Organ Of Corti ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Temporal Bones

Guinea pigs were injected with various dosages of salicylate for varying time periods. The temporal bones were removed, frozen quickly, freeze-dried, and the cochlea was dissected into essential auditory component parts and subjected to microchemical analysis for phospho-creatine (P-creatine) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels. It was found that high energy phosphates were not decreased by therapeutic or acutely toxic levels of salicylate. Only when chronic intoxication with salicylate was accomplished was there a reduction in ATP and P-creatine. The data presented do not provide support for the widely held view that uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation or inhibition of enzymes involved in energy generation in the inner ear structures studied (organ of Corti, stria vascularis, Reissner's membrane, modiolar blood vessels, cochlear nerve and spiral ganglion) are the mechanisms by which salicylates cause reversible hearing loss. The study confirms the existence of a P-creatine gradient opposite to the well known glycogen gradient in the organ of Corti (Krzanowski JJ Jr, Matschinsky M: J Histochem 19:321, 1971) and suggests a relatively uniform energy use rate of this tissue for all four turns (20 mmoles of approximately phosphorus used/kg dry weight/min).

Blood flow and high-energy phosphates in microregions of left ventricular subendocardium

1981 ◽  
Vol 240 (5) ◽  
pp. H804-H810 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. D. Kleinert ◽  
H. R. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Linear Relationship ◽  
Tissue Perfusion ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Tissue Blood Flow ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Heterogeneous Distribution

Blood flow and high-energy phosphate (HEP) content were determined simultaneously in multiple microregions of left ventricular subendocardium in 29 normal anesthetized open-chest rabbits by use of a new micromethod to determine whether a direct linear relationship existed between these parameters. Tissue samples weighed 1-2 mg. ATP and creatine phosphate (CP) content were quantitated in quick-frozen hearts by fluorometry at sites where tissue perfusion was measured by H2 clearance by use of bare-tipped platinum electrodes. A series of validation studies were conducted to ensure that 1) no significant damage to the tissue surrounding the electrode occurred during the period of experimentation and 2) no significant loss of biochemical constituents had occurred due to labile processes during freezing or storage of the tissue. Blood flow, ATP, and CP values averaged 79.1 +/- 24.1 (SD) ml.min-1.100 g-1, 4.9 +/- 1.3 mumol/g tissue, and 8.0 +/- 3.0 mumol/g tissue, respectively, and are similar to those reported in studies using larger tissue samples. Correlation between the heterogeneous distribution of tissue perfusion and HEP revealed no direct linear relationship between these parameters in the normal unstressed rabbit subendocardium.

Manipulating the intracellular environment of hippocampal slices: pH and high-energy phosphates

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 83-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim S. Whittingham ◽  
Eduardo Warman ◽  
Hussein Assaf ◽  
Thomas J. Sick ◽  
Joseph C. LaManna
Keyword(s):  
Hippocampal Slices ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
Intracellular Environment

Reduced substrate oxidation in postischemic myocardium: 13C and 31P NMR analyses

1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (5) ◽  
pp. H1357-H1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. D. Lewandowski ◽  
D. L. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
31P Nmr ◽  
Tca Cycle ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Substrate Oxidation ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
Atp Content ◽  
And Control ◽  
13C And 31P Nmr ◽  
Postischemic Myocardium

13C and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra were used to assess substrate oxidation and high-energy phosphates in postischemic (PI) isolated rabbit hearts. Phosphocreatine (PCr) increased in nonischemic controls on switching from glucose perfusion to either 2.5 mM [3-13C]pyruvate (120%, n = 7) or [2-13C]acetate (114%, n = 8, P less than 0.05). ATP content, oxygen consumption (MVO2), and hemodynamics (dP/dt) were not affected by substrate availability in control or PI hearts. dP/dt was 40-60% lower in PI hearts during reperfusion after 10 min ischemia. Hearts reperfused with either pyruvate (n = 11) or acetate (n = 8) regained preischemic PCr levels within 45 s. Steady-state ATP levels were 55-70% of preischemia with pyruvate and 52-60% with acetate. Percent maximum [4-13C]glutamate signal showed reduced conversion of pyruvate to glutamate via the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle at 4-min reperfusion (PI = 24 +/- 4%, means +/- SE; Control = 48 +/- 4%). The increase in 13C signal from the C-4 position of glutamate was similar to control hearts within 10.5 min. The increase in [4-13C]glutamate signal from acetate was not different between PI and control hearts. The ratio of [2-13C]Glu:[4-13C]Glu, reflecting TCA cycle activity, was reduced in PI hearts with acetate for at least 10 min (Control = 0.76 +/- 0.03; PI = 0.51 +/- 0.09) until steady state was reached. Despite rapid recovery of oxidative phosphorylation, contractility remained impaired and substrate oxidation was significantly slowed in postischemic hearts.

Responses of beta-adrenoceptor in rat soleus to phosphorus compound levels and/or unloading

1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (5) ◽  
pp. C1257-C1262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Ohira ◽  
K. Saito ◽  
T. Wakatsuki ◽  
W. Yasui ◽  
T. Suetsugu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contractile Activity ◽  
Creatine Supplementation ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Hindlimb Suspension ◽  
Phosphorus Compounds ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
High Energy Phosphate ◽  
Gravitational Unloading ◽  
Beta Adrenoceptor ◽  
Muscle Contractile

Responses of beta-adrenoceptor (beta-AR) in rat soleus to gravitational unloading and/or changes in the levels of phosphorus compounds by feeding either creatine or its analogue beta-guanidinopropionic acid (beta-GPA) were studied. A decrease in the density of beta-AR (about -35%) was induced by 10 days of hindlimb suspension, but the affinity of the receptor was unaffected. Suspension unloading tended to increase the levels of adenosine triphosphate and phosphocreatine and decrease inorganic phosphate. Even without unloading, the beta-AR density decreased after an oral creatine supplementation (about -20%), which also tended to elevate the high-energy phosphate levels in muscle. However, an elevation of beta-AR density was induced (about +36%) after chronic depletion of high-energy phosphates by feeding beta-GPA (about +125%). Data suggest that the density of beta-AR in muscle is elevated if the high-energy phosphate contents are chronically decreased and vice versa. However, it may not be directly related to the degree of muscle contractile activity.

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of high-energy phosphates and lactate immediately after coronary artery bypass surgery

Perfusion ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 328-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
D NF Harris ◽  
J A Wilson ◽  
S D Taylor-Robinson ◽  
K M Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ◽  
Cerebral Ischaemia ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Jugular Bulb ◽  
Resonance Spectroscopy ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
Intracellular Acidosis ◽  
High Incidence

Hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with a high incidence of neuropsychological defects, marked cerebral swelling immediately after surgery and jugular bulb desaturation during rewarming. This suggests cerebral ischaemia may occur, but evidence is indirect. We studied four patients with 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and four with 1H MRS before and immediately after coronary surgery. There was no visible lactate in 1H MR spectra. In 31P MR spectra, the ratio of phosphocreatine to adenosine triphosphate was maintained (before: 2.13 ± 0.86 vs after: 2.57 ± 1.31; mean ± 1 SD) and there was no intracellular acidosis (intracellular pH: 7.1 ± 0.04 vs 7.16 ± 0.08), while phosphocreatine/inorganic phosphate was increased immediately after the operation (2.92 ± 0.37 vs 6.39 ± 2.67, p = 0.03). This suggests rebound replacement of energy stores following recovery from temporary cerebral ischaemia during CPB: intra-operative studies would be needed to test this hypothesis further.

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