title: Myothermal economy of rat myocardium, chronic adaptation versus acute inotropism.
abstract: By means of rapid planar Hill type antimony-bismuth thermophiles the initial heat liberated by papillary muscles was measured synchronously with developed tension for control (C), pressure-overload (GOP), and hypothyrotic (PTU) rat myocardium (chronic experiments) and after application of 10(-6) M isoproterenol or 200 10(-6) M UDCG-115. Economy of force production was analyzed by the ratio of initial heat versus developed tension-time integral. This ratio was found to be reduced by 34% in GOP and by 43% in PTU myocardium (P less than 0.01, respectively) indicating increased economy of force production. In contrast, isoproterenol increased initial heat versus tension-time integral by 70% (P less than 0.01) indicating reduced economy of force production. No change in this ratio was found for UDCG-115. The presented data indicates that long and short term modulation of myocardial energetic costs of force generation is possible. The basic mechanisms for these myocardial alterations are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D007545:Isoproterenol