title: Significance of enzyme release from ischemic isolated rat heart.
abstract: Whole-heart ischemia has been induced in isolated working rat heart. The distribution of the reduced coronary flow was even, as judged by 3H-antipyrine autoradiographs. Reducing the coronary flow resulted in myocardial ischemia, as indicated by a lowered tissue content of glycogen, ATP and creatine phosphate and accumulation of lactate. After a reperfusion period of 30 min there was a restoration of glycogen, ATP and creatine phosphate for hearts that were ischemic for 5 and 10 min, with a concomitant normalization of tissue lactate. Hearts that were ischemic for 30 min did not show restoration of high energy phosphates and glycogen. There was a leakage of ASAT, CK and LD in all groups of hearts, suggesting that a release of these enzymes does not necessarily indicate an irreversibly damaged myocardial cell.
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000201:enzymology*; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006003:Glycogen; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D003402:Creatine Kinase