title: Effect of cytidine diphosphate choline on anoxia tolerance of cultured myocardial cells.
abstract: Three series of cultured Wistar rat heart cells (10 treated and 10 controls x 3) were examined with a laser contraction-meter in a special chamber for anoxia to determine whether cytidine diphosphate choline (CDPC), a membrane phospholipid precursor, can protect against total oxygen deprivation. Heart rate and force of contraction (inotropism) were monitored during a 40-minute period of hypoxia. CDPC in a concentration of 142 micrograms/ml-1 was added to the culture medium only during the anoxia period in series I, during the 3 days of culture in series II, and during the 3 days of culture and the 40-minute hypoxia period in series III. In series I, inotropism decreased by 21% versus 55% in control group (P less than 0.05). In series II, inotropism decreased by 25% versus 43% in control group (P less than 0.05). In series III, inotropism decreased by 22% versus 44% in control group (P less than 0.05). Compared with control cells, cells treated with CDPC during anoxia maintained a significantly greater inotropic state. The effect is greatest if the cells are weak, as in series I. CDPC may be a useful component of the cardioplegic mixture during cardiopulmonary bypass and in the treatment of myocardial ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, Besançon, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neidhardt
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Costes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bachour
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Platonoff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003470:Culture Media; D003566:Cytidine Diphosphate Choline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D003566:Cytidine Diphosphate Choline