Increased resistance to acute respiratory acidosis in isolated cardiac muscle following chronic hypoxia-induced hypertrophy.
OBJECTIVES: Hypertrophied myocardium is more sensitive to ischaemic dysfunction and damage. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of respiratory acidosis on cardiac muscle function following hypoxia-induced right ventricular hypertrophy, and to ascertain the role of Na(+)-H+ antiporter, which is known to be associated with cell growth. METHODS: Wistar rats were maintained at 10% O2 for 1 or 4 weeks. Experiments were performed on right ventricular papillary muscles stimulated at 1 Hz, and developed tension was recorded. The effect of respiratory acidosis was examined by equilibrating the perfusing solution with increasing levels of CO2, and the role of the Na(+)-H+ antiporter was determined by preincubation with the inhibitor 5-(N,N-hexamethylene) amiloride (HMA). Data were analysed by comparison of the slope of the semi-log plot of normalised tension against pH. RESULTS: Right ventricular hypertrophy was apparent after both 1 and 4 weeks of hypoxia. Respiratory acidosis reduced developed force in preparations from all groups, but the relationship between log tension and pH in the 4-week hypoxia group was less steep than in controls (4-week hypoxia 0.736 (0.057); control 0.947 (0.067); P < 0.01). In the 1-week hypoxia group however the relationship was steeper (1.243 (0.090); P < 0.01). HMA increased the slope in all groups, and under these conditions the control and 4-week hypoxia groups were not significantly different (control 1.134 (0.080); 4-week hypoxic 1.083 (0.087); P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The increased resistance to respiratory acidosis of hypertrophied cardiac muscle following 4 weeks of hypoxia was abolished by HMA. This implies that it is related to increased activity of the Na(+)-H+ antiporter. The mechanism underlying the decreased resistance to acidosis following 1 week of hypoxia is unclear, but is unlikely to involve the Na(+)-H+ antiporter.[1]References
- Increased resistance to acute respiratory acidosis in isolated cardiac muscle following chronic hypoxia-induced hypertrophy. Neville, E., Bateman, N.T., Ward, J.P. Cardiovasc. Res. (1996) [Pubmed]
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