title: Effect of caffeine and zinc on DNA and protein synthesis of neonatal rat cardiac muscle cell in culture.
abstract: The effect of caffeine and/or zinc on DNA and protein synthesis of purified neonatal-rat ventricular cardiac myocytes was studied. Caffeine (0.2-2 mM) inhibited both DNA and protein synthesis of the cells. Addition of EDTA in the growth medium inhibited both DNA and protein synthesis. Without caffeine and in the presence of lower concentrations of caffeine (0.2 mM) in the growth medium, 10 microM of zinc concentration reversed DNA synthesis, which was inhibited by the chelating agent (EDTA). Higher concentrations of caffeine (2 mM) in the growth medium completely abolished sensitivity of cardiac myocytes to zinc. Additional zinc supplementation to the growth medium of cardiac myocytes did not alter the rate of protein synthesis. The present results suggest that the effect of caffeine on cardiac myocytes may be associated with the zinc-dependent enzymes involved in DNA synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70119.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanemaru
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rossowska
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007930:Leucine / Q000032:analysis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D013936:Thymidine / Q000032:analysis; D015032:Zinc / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002110:Caffeine; D004247:DNA; D007930:Leucine; D015032:Zinc; D013936:Thymidine