Y. Matsumoto et al., Role of high-energy phosphate metabolism in hydrogen peroxide-induced cardiac dysfunction, MOL C BIOCH, 204(1-2), 2000, pp. 97-106
This study was undertaken to clarify the role of high-energy phosphate meta
bolism in hydrogen peroxide-induced cardiac dysfunction using phosphorus an
d fluorine nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The exposure of a Lange
ndorff-perfused heart to hydrogen peroxide (200-400 mu mol/L, 8 min) provok
ed biphasic contractile dysfunction characterized by a transient depression
of left ventricular developed pressure during the administration of hydrog
en peroxide and a delayed elevation of left ventricular end-diastolic press
ure after the washout of hydrogen peroxide. The initial phase of cardiac dy
sfunction correlated well with the accumulation of sugar phosphates (r = 0.
89, p < 0.01). Furthermore, we demonstrated that glibenclamide, a potent in
hibitor of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel, attenuated the initial depression
of developed pressure. On the other hand, the delayed elevation of end-dias
tolic pressure correlated well with the total ATP depletion (r = 0.96, p <
0.01). However, ATP loss was supposed to be a mere result from the increase
d ATP consumption corresponding to a rise in intracellular free Ca2+ (from
the control value of 315 +/- 23 nmol/L to 708 +/- 104 after the administrat
ion of hydrogen peroxide, p < 0.01), which also paralleled the elevation of
end-diastolic pressure. Thus glycolytic inhibition and intracellular Ca2overload are independently responsible for the biphasic contractile dysfunc
tion induced by hydrogen peroxide.