Metabolic and cyclic nucleotide enzyme activities in muscle and nonmuscle cells of rat heart during perinatal development

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell T. Dowell
Keyword(s):  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Muscle Cell ◽  
Cyclic Nucleotide ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
Citrate Synthase ◽  
Heart Function ◽  
Cell Metabolism ◽  
Adult Rats ◽  
Nonmuscle Cells

Enzyme activities related to aerobic metabolism and cyclic nucleotides were evaluated in muscle and nonmuscle cells of rat heart. The perinatal period from weaning to adult was studied. Malate dehydrogenase, citrate synthase, and 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase activities of nonmuscle cells equal or exceed muscle cell activities in the weanling heart. Aerobic enzymes remain unchanged in nonmuscle cells during growth; however, muscle cell activities are enhanced. Adenylate cyclase and guanylate cyclase activities are higher in heart homogenates of weanling than adult rats. Despite elevated adenylate cyclase activity, cyclic AMP levels are identical in weanling and adult rats. Cyclic GMP levels are twofold higher in weanling than in adult rats. Muscle cell metabolism and cyclic nucleotide levels are associated with growth-related changes in heart function and cellularity, respectively.

scholarly journals Tricarboxylic acid cycle flux and enzyme activities in the isolated working rat heart

1981 ◽  
Vol 200 (3) ◽  
pp. 701-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
G J Cooney ◽  
H Taegtmeyer ◽  
E A Newsholme
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
Citrate Synthase ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid ◽  
Acid Cycle ◽  
Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Working Rat Heart

Flux through the tricarboxylic acid cycle was calculated from oxygen consumption in hearts perfused near the physiological work load. Activities of citrate synthase, 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase and succinate dehydrogenase were measured in the same hearts. Only the activities of 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase correlated with calculated fluxes through the cycle.

Citrate synthase expression and enzyme activity after endurance training in cardiac and skeletal muscles

2003 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 555-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parco M. Siu ◽  
David A. Donley ◽  
Randall W. Bryner ◽  
Stephen E. Alway
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Enzymatic Activity ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Citrate Synthase ◽  
Acute Effect ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Adult Rats ◽  
Cardiac Muscles

The present study was designed to examine the acute and chronic effects of endurance treadmill training on citrate synthase (CS) gene expression and enzymatic activity in rat skeletal and cardiac muscles. Adult rats were endurance trained for 8 wk on a treadmill. They were killed 1 h (T1, n = 8) or 48 h (T48, n= 8) after their last bout of exercise training. Eight rats were sedentary controls (C) during the training period. CS mRNA levels and enzymatic activities of the soleus and ventricle muscles were determined. Training resulted in higher CS mRNA levels in both the soleus muscles (21% increase in T1; 18% increase in T48, P < 0.05) and ventricle muscles (23% increase in T1; 17% increase in T48, P < 0.05) when compared with the C group. The CS enzyme activities were 42 ( P < 0.01) and 25% ( P < 0.01) greater in the soleus muscles of T1 and T48 groups, respectively, when compared with that of the C group. Soleus CS enzyme activity was significantly greater in the T1 vs. T48 groups ( P < 0.05). However, no appreciable alterations in CS enzyme activities were observed in the ventricle muscles in both training groups. These findings suggest differential responses of skeletal and cardiac muscles in CS enzymatic activity but similar responses in CS gene expression at 1 and 48 h after the last session of endurance training. Moreover, our data support the existence of an acute effect of exercise on the training-induced elevation in CS activity in rat soleus but not ventricle muscles.

Ticlopidine and Clopidogrel (SR 25990C) Selectively Neutralize ADP Inhibition of PGE1-Activated Platelet Adenylate Cyclase in Rats and Rabbits

1991 ◽  
Vol 65 (02) ◽  
pp. 186-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Defreyn ◽  
C Gachet ◽  
P Savi ◽  
F Driot ◽  
J P Cazenave ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Platelet Aggregation ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Cyclic Nucleotide ◽  
Camp Accumulation ◽  
Rabbit Platelets ◽  
Camp Levels ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Camp Elevation ◽  
Rat Platelets

SummaryTiclopidine and its potent analogue, clopidogrel, are powerful inhibitors of ADP-induced platelet aggregation. In order to improve the understanding of this ADP-selectivity, we studied the effect of these compounds on PGE1-stimulated adenylate cyclase and on the inhibition of this enzyme by ADP, epinephrine and thrombin. Neither drug changed the basal cAMP levels nor the kinetics of cAMP accumulation upon PGEj-stimulation in rat or rabbit platelets, which excludes any direct effect on adenylate cyclase or on cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase. However, the drop in cAMP levels observed after addition of ADP to PGEr stimulated control platelets was inhibited in platelets from treated animals. In contrast, the drop in cAMP levels produced by epinephrine was not prevented by either drug in rabbit platelets. In rat platelets, thrombin inhibited the PGEX-induced cAMP elevation but this effect seems to be entirely mediated by the released ADP. Under these conditions, it was not surprising to find that clopidogrel also potently inhibited that effect of thrombin on platelet adenylate cyclase. In conclusion, ticlopidine and clopidogrel selectively neutralize the ADP inhibition of PGEr activated platelet adenylate cyclase in rats and rabbits.

scholarly journals In female rat heart mitochondria, oophorectomy results in loss of oxidative phosphorylation

2017 ◽  
Vol 232 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Pavón ◽  
Alfredo Cabrera-Orefice ◽  
Juan Carlos Gallardo-Pérez ◽  
Cristina Uribe-Alvarez ◽  
Nadia A Rivero-Segura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rat Heart ◽  
Complex I ◽  
Adenine Nucleotide ◽  
Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain ◽  
Mitochondrial Enzymes ◽  
Female Rat ◽  
Adult Rats ◽  
Mitochondrial Alterations ◽  
Rat Heart Mitochondria ◽  
Estrogen Depletion

Oophorectomy in adult rats affected cardiac mitochondrial function. Progression of mitochondrial alterations was assessed at one, two and three months after surgery: at one month, very slight changes were observed, which increased at two and three months. Gradual effects included decrease in the rates of oxygen consumption and in respiratory uncoupling in the presence of complex I substrates, as well as compromised Ca2+ buffering ability. Malondialdehyde concentration increased, whereas the ROS-detoxifying enzyme Mn2+ superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and aconitase lost activity. In the mitochondrial respiratory chain, the concentration and activity of complex I and complex IV decreased. Among other mitochondrial enzymes and transporters, adenine nucleotide carrier and glutaminase decreased. 2-Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase also decreased. Data strongly suggest that in the female rat heart, estrogen depletion leads to progressive, severe mitochondrial dysfunction.

scholarly journals Rat uterine microbiochemistry: metabolic enzyme activities stimulated by 17-beta-estradiol are localized in epithelial cells.

1987 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 657-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
J P Holt ◽  
E Rhe
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Dose Response ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Citrate Synthase ◽  
Ovariectomized Rats ◽  
Similar Response ◽  
Estradiol Treatment

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH; EC 1.1.1.27), citrate synthase (CS; EC 4.1.3.7), and beta-hydroxyacyl-CoA-dehydrogenase (beta-OH-acyl-CoA-DH; EC 1.1.1.35) activities were determined in each of the three major cell types of rat uterus, i.e., epithelial, stromal, and smooth muscle, using quantitative microanalytical techniques. Adult ovariectomized rats were treated with 17-beta-estradiol to determine the time course and dose response (0.025-50 micrograms/300-g rat) effect of estrogen on enzyme activity of each type of uterine cell. The use of "oil well" and enzyme-cycling microtechniques to determine the time course and the dose responses of enzyme activity changes required microassays involving 1595 microdissected single cell specimens. Estradiol treatment increased epithelial LDH, CS and beta-OH-acyl-CoA-DH activity but had no effect on these enzymes in the stroma or in smooth muscle cells. The estradiol-stimulated peak enzyme activities on Day 4 in the intervention group are compared with those in the ovariectomized rat controls as follows: LDH, 44.5 +/- 3.5 vs 22.3 +/- 3.9; CS, 3.5 +/- 0.2 vs 1.5 +/- 0.6; beta-OH-acyl-CoA-H, 3.5 +/- 0.32 vs 2.2 +/- 0.2 (mean +/- standard deviation; mol/kg/hr). Stromal cell activities (LDH, 7.4 +/- 1.0; CS, 1.2 +/- 0.2; beta-OH-acyl-CoA-DH, 0.9 +/- 0.1) were significantly lower than epithelial cell levels and were similar to smooth muscle levels. Therefore, even in the ovariectomized animal epithelial cells have markedly higher metabolic activity compared with adjacent cells. The enzyme activities are expressed as moles of substrate reacting per kilogram of dry weight per hour. All three enzymes exhibited a 17-beta-estradiol-induced dose response between 0.025-0.15 micrograms/300-g rat. The three enzymes studied all had similar response patterns to estrogen. The effect of estradiol was restricted to epithelial cells, with enzyme activities increasing to maximal levels after approximately 96 hr of hormone treatment. This study therefore not only confirms the specific and differential metabolic responses of uterine cells to estradiol treatment, but clearly demonstrates that marked metabolic differences exist between epithelial cells and stromal or smooth muscle uterine cells.

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