scholarly journals Substrate and inhibitor specificity of monocarboxylate transport into heart cells and erythrocytes. Further evidence for the existence of two distinct carriers

1990 ◽  
Vol 269 (3) ◽  
pp. 827-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
R C Poole ◽  
S L Cranmer ◽  
A P Halestrap ◽  
A J Levi
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Cardiac Myocytes ◽  
Ketone Bodies ◽  
Heart Cell ◽  
Heart Cells ◽  
Rat Erythrocytes ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Cell Carrier ◽  
Monocarboxylate Transport ◽  
Lactate And Pyruvate

A range of short-chain aliphatic monocarboxylates, both unsubstituted and substituted with hydroxy, chloro and keto groups, were shown to inhibit transport of L-lactate and pyruvate into both guinea-pig cardiac myocytes and rat erythrocytes. The carrier of heart cells exhibited a higher affinity (approx. 10-fold) for most of the monocarboxylates than did the erythrocyte carrier. A notable exception was L-lactate, whose Km for both carriers was similar. The K1 values of the two carriers for inhibitors such as phenylpyruvate and alpha-cyanocinnamate derivatives were also different. The high affinity of the heart cell carrier for ketone bodies and acetate may be physiologically important, since these substrates are used as fuels by the heart.

scholarly journals Characterization of the inhibition by stilbene disulphonates and phloretin of lactate and pyruvate transport into rat and guinea-pig cardiac myocytes suggests the presence of two kinetically distinct carriers in heart cells

1993 ◽  
Vol 290 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
X Wang ◽  
R C Poole ◽  
A P Halestrap ◽  
A J Levi
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Cardiac Myocytes ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
Heart Cells ◽  
Perfused Heart ◽  
Maximal Inhibition ◽  
Guinea Pig Heart ◽  
Concentration Maximum ◽  
Lactate And Pyruvate ◽  
Rat Heart Cells

1. The kinetics of transport of pyruvate (Km 0.20 mM), L-lactate (Km 2.2 mM) and D-lactate (Ki 10.2 mM) into rat cardiac myocytes were studied and compared with those for guinea-pig heart cells [Poole, Halestrap, Price and Levi (1989) Biochem. J. 264, 409-418] whose equivalent values were 0.07, 2.3 and 6.6 mM respectively. Maximal rates of transport were about 5-fold higher in the rat heart cells. 2. 4,4′-Dibenzamidostilbene-2,2′-disulphonate (DBDS), a powerful inhibitor of monocarboxylate transport into erythrocytes [Poole & Halestrap (1991) Biochem. J. 275, 307-312], was found to be a potent but apparently partial inhibitor of lactate and pyruvate transport, with an apparent Ki value at 0.5 mM L-lactate of about 16 microM in both species. Maximal inhibition was 50% and 80% in rat and guinea-pig cells respectively. 3. The maximal extent of inhibition and apparent Ki values were dependent on both the substrate transported and its concentration. Maximum inhibition was less and the Ki was greater at higher substrate concentrations. 4. A variety of other stilbene disulphonates were studied which showed different Ki values and maximal extents of inhibition. 5. Phloretin was a significantly less potent inhibitor of transport into both rat (Ki 25 microM) and guinea-pig (Ki 16 microM) heart cells than into rat erythrocytes (Ki 1.4 microM). In the rat but not the guinea-pig heart cells, inhibition appeared partial (maximal inhibition 84%). 6. We demonstrate that our results can be explained by the presence of two monocarboxylate carriers in heart cells, both with Km values for L-lactate of about 2 mM and inhibited by alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate, but with different affinities for other substrates and inhibitors. One carrier is sensitive to inhibition by stilbene disulphonates and has lower Km values for pyruvate (0.05-0.10 mM) and D-lactate (5 mM), whereas the other has higher Km values for pyruvate (0.30 mM) and D-lactate (25 mM), and is relatively insensitive to stilbene disulphonates. Rat heart cells possess more of the latter carrier and guinea-pig heart cells more of the former. 7. The significance of these results for the study of lactate transport in the perfused heart is discussed.

scholarly journals The kinetics of transport of lactate and pyruvate into isolated cardiac myocytes from guinea pig. Kinetic evidence for the presence of a carrier distinct from that in erythrocytes and hepatocytes

1989 ◽  
Vol 264 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
R C Poole ◽  
A P Halestrap ◽  
S J Price ◽  
A J Levi
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Cardiac Myocytes ◽  
Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Silicone Oil ◽  
Free Acid ◽  
Competitive Inhibitor ◽  
Isolated Cardiac Myocytes ◽  
Lactate And Pyruvate ◽  
Time Courses ◽  
Kinetics Of

1. Time courses for the uptake of L-lactate, D-lactate and pyruvate into isolated cardiac ventricular myocytes from guinea pig were determined at 11 degrees C or 0 degrees C (for pyruvate) in a citrate-based buffer by using a silicone-oil-filtration technique. These conditions enabled initial rates of transport to be measured without interference from metabolism of the substrates. 2. At a concentration of 0.5 mM, transport of all these substrates was inhibited by approx. 90% by 5 mM-alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate; at 10 mM-L-lactate a considerable portion of transport could not be inhibited. 3. Initial rates of L-lactate and pyruvate uptake in the presence of 5 mM-alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate were linearly related to the concentration of the monocarboxylate and probably represented diffusion of the free acid. The inhibitor-sensitive component of uptake obeyed Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with Km values for L-lactate and pyruvate of 2.3 and 0.066 mM respectively. 4. Pyruvate and D-lactate inhibited the transport of L-lactate, with Ki values (competitive) of 0.077 and 6.6 mM respectively; the Ki for pyruvate was very similar to its Km for transport. The Ki for alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate as a non-competitive inhibitor was 0.042 mM. 5. These results indicate that L-lactate, D-lactate and pyruvate share a common carrier in guinea-pig cardiac myocytes; the low stereoselectivity for L-lactate over D-lactate and the high affinity for pyruvate distinguish it from the carrier in erythrocytes and hepatocytes. The metabolic roles for this novel carrier in heart are discussed.

scholarly journals Characterization of the high-affinity monocarboxylate transporter MCT2 in Xenopus laevis oocytes

1999 ◽  
Vol 341 (3) ◽  
pp. 529-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan BRÖER ◽  
Angelika BRÖER ◽  
Hans-Peter SCHNEIDER ◽  
Carola STEGEN ◽  
Andrew P. HALESTRAP ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ketone Bodies ◽  
Anion Channel ◽  
Monocarboxylate Transporter ◽  
Xenopus Laevis Oocytes ◽  
Lactate Transport ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Monocarboxylate Transport ◽  
Km Value ◽  
Decreasing Ph

Observations on lactate transport in brain cells and cardiac myocytes indicate the presence of a high-affinity monocarboxylate transporter. The rat monocarboxylate transporter isoform MCT2 was analysed by expression in Xenopus laevisoocytes and the results were compared with the known characteristics of lactate transport in heart and brain. Monocarboxylate transport via MCT2 was driven by the H+ gradient over the plasma membrane. Uptake of lactate strongly increased with decreasing pH, showing half-maximal stimulation at pH 7.2. A wide variety of monocarboxylates and ketone bodies, including lactate, pyruvate, β-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate, 2-oxoisovalerate and 2-oxoisohexanoate, were substrates of MCT2. All substrates had a high affinity for MCT2. For lactate a Km value of 0.74±0.07 mM was determined at pH 7.0. For the other substrates, Ki values between 100 μM and 1 mM were measured for inhibition of lactate transport, which is about one-tenth of the corresponding values for the ubiquitously expressed monocarboxylate transporter isoform MCT1. Monocarboxylate transport via MCT2 could be inhibited by α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate, anion-channel inhibitors and flavonoids. It is suggested that cells which express MCT2 preferentially use lactate and ketone bodies as energy sources.

Mechanical properties of isolated cardiac myocytes

1991 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Brady
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Cardiac Myocytes ◽  
Single Cells ◽  
Cellular Component ◽  
Heart Cells ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Surface Stability ◽  
Active Length ◽  
Contractile Stress ◽  
Isolated Cardiac Myocytes

A wide variety of techniques have been developed to monitor the mechanical responses of isolated cardiac myocytes. The most successful are those that measure shortening in unattached cells. Because of their relative ease of implementation, edge-detector methods of following cell displacement have become most widespread. Laser diffraction techniques have been applied to the single heart cells, and sophisticated sarcomere imaging systems capable of 2-ms time resolution of shortening responses have also been developed. Active force has been recorded in intact single cells from frog atria; however, the compliance of the force transducers was relatively higher (approximately 5% Lo). (There is an obvious trade-off between transducer sensitivity, which affects noise and drift and compliance.) Some success has been reported with the use of intact rat myocytes supported by suction micropipettes and in guinea pig ventricular myocytes adhering to poly-L-lysine-coated glass beams. With the rat preparation, contractile stress was comparable to that of ventricular muscle, but few cells survived the attachment. In guinea pig myocytes, contractile stress in electrically induced twitches was only approximately 10% of the active stress developed by mammalian trabeculae or papillary muscles at the same temperature (35 degrees C), but, as with the frog atrial transducer, the compliance of the supporting beams was relatively high. Sarcomere uniformity has not been evaluated in these intact preparations. For attachment to the relatively short mammalian cardiac myocytes, the more promising methods that better preserve sarcomere uniformity include double-barreled micropipettes coated with a barnacle adhesive; however, for nonsubmersible transducers, a continuing limitation is the problem of solution surface stability. Unfortunately, the more severe limitation to effective attachment to intact cells is still the extreme sensitivity of the sarcolemma to mechanical stress. The challenge remains to develop an attachment to the intercalated disk such that cell stress can be transferred to the supporting transducers along the normal stress-bearing cellular interface. The ultrastructural and passive mechanical data strongly indicate that although the extracellular collagen limits the extension of cardiac muscle beyond the peak of the active length-tension relation, there is also a substantial cellular component of resistance to extension. Furthermore, this cellular component is related to the cytoskeleton rather than to membranous elements in the cell. The more likely candidates for the longitudinal resting stress-bearing element are titin (connectin) and desmin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

Combined force and voltage measurement in rapidly superfused guinea pig heart cells

1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (4) ◽  
pp. C739-C748 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Shepherd ◽  
V. J. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Potential ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Isometric Force ◽  
Force Transducer ◽  
Heart Cell ◽  
Heart Cells ◽  
Voltage Measurement ◽  
Guinea Pig Heart ◽  
Control Value ◽  
Voltage Follower

We describe the construction and use of a setup that allows the rapid exchange of the solution surrounding an isolated guinea pig heart cell while simultaneously measuring the isometric force and membrane potential (Em). Cells were stably attached, by means of poly-L-lysine, to a force transducer which was adapted from one previously used for a study of frog atrial cells [N. Shepherd and F. Kavaler.Am. J. Physiol. 251 (Cell Physiol. 20): C653-C661, 1986]. The modified transducer is simple to construct and use and can be readily added to existing patch-clamp setups. The strength of attachment of a cell to the transducer exceeded the strength of the gigaseal in all of the experiments. The membrane potential was measured by means of patch electrodes and a high-impedance voltage follower. Rapidly changing extracellular K concentration [( K]o) from 5.4 to 10.8 mM caused a positive change of Em by 16.5 +/- 1.4 mV with a half-time (t1/2) of 27 +/- 4 ms. Replacing calcium in the perfusate by magnesium instantly abolished the contraction and shortened the action potential. Twitch tension returned stepwise to the control value on return of calcium to the perfusate. Our initial observations show that the patch electrode can be used successfully in conjunction with the isometric force transducer and rapid extracellular solution changes for studies of excitation and contraction coupling in isolated mammalian heart cells.

Ca2(+)-induced Ca2+ release as examined by photolysis of caged Ca2+ in single ventricular myocytes

1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (1) ◽  
pp. C189-C193 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Nabauer ◽  
M. Morad
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Cardiac Myocytes ◽  
Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Heart Cells ◽  
Release Channel ◽  
Voltage Gated ◽  
Caged Calcium ◽  
Calcium Compound ◽  
Single Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Effective Use

In cardiac muscle, entry of Ca2+ through the voltage-gated Ca2+ channel and its interaction with an intracellular site are thought to trigger the release of the intracellular Ca2+ pools and to activate contraction. The availability of a novel "caged calcium" compound, and its effective use in neuronal and heart cells to modulate Ca2+ channel and contraction, made it possible to examine directly the Ca2(+)-induced Ca2+ release hypothesis in intact mammalian cardiac myocytes. We used the caged Ca2+ compound DM-nitrophen, which on photolysis, rapidly (less than 200 microseconds) changes its Ca2(+)-binding affinity from 3 X 10(-9) to 2 X 10(-3) M at pH 7.0. In isolated whole cell clamped guinea pig ventricular myocytes dialyzed with unphotolyzed DM-nitrophen (Ca2+ buffered to values less than 10(-7) M), we found that a 160-microseconds light pulse photoreleased sufficient Ca2+ to activate contraction. Photorelease of Ca2+ failed to activate significant contraction in myocytes pretreated with caffeine, supporting the idea that the release of Ca2+ from intracellular pools was necessary to generate tension. However, photorelease of Ca2+ after the depolarization-induced Ca2+ release failed to suppress contraction, as predicted from the Ca2(+)-induced inactivation hypothesis. The failure to suppress contraction was not sufficient to definitively reject the Ca2(+)-induced inactivation hypothesis, since the intracellular Ca2+ concentration may not have risen sufficiently to inactivate the release channel.

scholarly journals STUDIES ON THE MODE OF ACTION OF DIPHTHERIA TOXIN

1967 ◽  
Vol 126 (6) ◽  
pp. 1079-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter F. Bonventre ◽  
John G. Imhoff
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Diphtheria Toxin ◽  
Neonatal Rat ◽  
Heart Cell ◽  
Heart Cells ◽  
Guinea Pig Heart ◽  
Cardiac Tissues ◽  
Toxin Protein

Primary heart cell cultures of embryonic guinea pigs and the neonatal rat were established and incubated with purified diphtheria toxin. The rat heart cell cultures were refractory to the effects of the toxin; protein synthesis proceeded normally as measured by the incorporation of tritiated leucine into cell proteins; beating heart cells continued to contract; and the cell monolayers remained intact after exposure to the toxin for periods as long as 72 hr. These findings are compatible with the species resistance of the rat to diphtheria toxin. The guinea pig heart cell cultures were found to be extremely sensitive to the toxin. Protein synthesis was inhibited by approximately 50% after incubation with small quantities of toxin for 3 hr. Increasing the concentration of the length of exposure to the toxin did not increase this inhibition significantly. In addition, diphtheria toxin exerted a true cytopathic effect on the guinea pig heart cells. Monolayers were destroyed when incubated with the toxin for 2 to 3 days. The results show that the heart cells reflect species resistance or sensitivity to diphtheria toxin in the absence of neural or endocrine influences and suggest further that the toxin exerts a direct toxicity to muscle cells of the heart. It is not yet possible to explain in biochemical terms why the toxin seems to act specifically on cardiac tissues.

Confocal imaging of calcium in intact ventricular muscle provides a new view of excitation-contraction coupling

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 738-739
Author(s):  
W.G. Wier
Keyword(s):  
Local Control ◽  
Cardiac Tissue ◽  
Cell Function ◽  
Isolated Heart ◽  
Cardiac Cells ◽  
Confocal Imaging ◽  
Ion Concentration ◽  
Heart Cell ◽  
Free Calcium ◽  
Heart Cells

A fundamentally new understanding of cardiac excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling is being developed from recent experimental work using confocal microscopy of single isolated heart cells. In particular, the transient change in intracellular free calcium ion concentration ([Ca2+]i transient) that activates muscle contraction is now viewed as resulting from the spatial and temporal summation of small (∼ 8 μm3), subcellular, stereotyped ‘local [Ca2+]i-transients' or, as they have been called, ‘calcium sparks'. This new understanding may be called ‘local control of E-C coupling'. The relevance to normal heart cell function of ‘local control, theory and the recent confocal data on spontaneous Ca2+ ‘sparks', and on electrically evoked local [Ca2+]i-transients has been unknown however, because the previous studies were all conducted on slack, internally perfused, single, enzymatically dissociated cardiac cells, at room temperature, usually with Cs+ replacing K+, and often in the presence of Ca2-channel blockers. The present work was undertaken to establish whether or not the concepts derived from these studies are in fact relevant to normal cardiac tissue under physiological conditions, by attempting to record local [Ca2+]i-transients, sparks (and Ca2+ waves) in intact, multi-cellular cardiac tissue.

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