title: Cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum. Effects of an atherogenic diet during the neonatal and juvenile period.
abstract: The effect on the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum of an atherogenic (1% cholesterol) diet fed during the neonatal vs the juvenile period of life was studied in Yorkshire swine. Male piglets were randomly assigned at birth to 1 of 4 groups: group I (control), group II (lactation feeding), group III (juvenile period feeding) and group IV (lactation and juvenile feeding). All animals were killed at 55 weeks of age and cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) isolated for assay of calcium uptake, Ca2+-Mg2+ ATPase activity, and lipid analysis by thin-layer chromatography and gas chromatography. The amount of cholesterol/mg SR protein and the cholesterol/phospholipid ratio were higher in the animals fed during lactation (groups II and IV) and lower in those fed only during the juvenile period (group III). Phospholipid fatty acid patterns as measured by gas chromatography were unaltered in any group. Calcium uptake was markedly diminished in all experimental conditions: group II 47%, group III 65% and group IV 96%. Compared to the observed changes in calcium transport, the ATP hydrolytic activity was relatively less affected. Only in group IV a significant decrease (41%) was seen. Groups II and III show no change in ATP hydrolytic activity. The decrease in calcium uptake and altered cholesterol/phospholipid ratio without effect on ATP hydrolytic activity is consistent with an uncoupling of calcium transport related to the atherogenic diet in early life.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Ambudkar
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Naseem
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Heald
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Shamoo
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D004036:Diet, Atherogenic; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D010539:Permeability; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000473:pathology*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium