title: Studies of myocardial protection in the immature heart. II. Evidence for importance of amino acid metabolism in tolerance to ischemia.
abstract: This study tests the importance of amino acid transamination in determining the tolerance of immature hearts to ischemic damage. Amino acid transamination was inhibited metabolically by pretreatment with aminooxyacetic acid. The aminooxyacetic acid dose and duration were determined by incubating in vitro tissue homogenate and showing that an 8 mmol/L AOA dose for 5 minutes blocked 90% of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activity. Control studies in nonischemic hearts showed that coronary perfusion with aminooxyacetic acid for 5 minutes did not impair myocardial performance. In contrast, pretreatment of immature puppies with aminooxyacetic acid severely impaired recovery after 45 minutes of normothermic global ischemia (30% versus 85% recovery in untreated hearts, p less than 0.05). Biochemical analyses of hearts undergoing ischemia showed aminooxyacetic acid to limit lactate production, impair glutamate utilization, prevent alanine production, and limit succinate accumulation (p less than 0.05). These data suggest that amino acid transamination is an important adaptive process in the immature heart that improves its resistance to ischemic damage.
authors: Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine 90024.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Julia
authors: H H
authors: HH
authors: Young
authors: G D
authors: GD
authors: Buckberg
authors: E R
authors: ER
authors: Kofsky
authors: H I
authors: HI
authors: Bugyi
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000625:Aminooxyacetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism; D003250:Constriction; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004285:Dogs; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010725:Phosphocreatine / Q000378:metabolism; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D007773:Lactates; D010725:Phosphocreatine; D000625:Aminooxyacetic Acid; D019344:Lactic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006003:Glycogen