title: Glycolysis is predominant source of myocardial ATP production immediately after birth.
abstract: Glycolytic flux, as well as glucose, fatty acid, and lactate oxidation, was determined in isolated working hearts obtained from 1- and 7-day-old rabbits. One-day-old rabbit hearts were perfused via the inferior cava against a constant aortic and pulmonary arterial afterload, whereas hearts from 7-day-old rabbits were perfused via the left atria against a constant aortic afterload. Hearts were perfused with buffer containing 100 microU/ml insulin and either 1) 11 mM [U-14C/2-3H]glucose, 0.4 mM palmitate, 2 mM lactate; 2) 11 mM glucose, 0.4 mM [1-14C]palmitate, 2 mM lactate; or 3) 11 mM glucose, 0.4 mM palmitate, 2 mM [U-14C]lactate. Glycolytic rates (measured as 3H2O production) were high in 1-day-old hearts but decreased by 7 days (from 2,730 +/- 280 to 580 +/- 80 nmol.min-1.g dry wt-1). Rates of glucose oxidation (measured as 14CO2 production) were lower in both 1- and 7-day-old hearts (59 +/- 4.4 and 23 +/- 2 nmol.min-1.g dry wt-1). Palmitate oxidation rates were low in 1-day-old hearts but dramatically increased by 7 days (22.6 +/- 5.6 and 305 +/- 33 nmol oxidized.min-1.g dry wt-1, respectively). In contrast, lactate was readily oxidized by both 1- and 7-day-old hearts (169 +/- 14 and 456 +/- 52 nmol.min-1.g dry wt-1, respectively). In 1-day-old hearts, 44% of steady-state ATP production from exogenous sources were derived from glycolysis, whereas 18, 13, and 25% were derived from glucose, palmitate, and lactate oxidation, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Lopaschuk
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Spafford
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Marsh
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006019:Glycolysis; D006321:Heart / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D019344:Lactic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005947:Glucose