Preload does not influence nonmechanical O2 consumption in isolated rabbit heart.
Myocardial energy consumption for nonmechanical activity (excitation-contraction coupling) has been shown to be length dependent in isolated muscle studies but no more than minimally affected by preload in the whole heart. However, unloaded O2 consumption (VO2, which is used to estimate nonmechanical VO2 in whole heart) may not be accurate for quantifying nonmechanical energy consumption, because it contains VO2 for residual cross-bridge cycling. To more accurately determine the influence of left ventricular (LV) diastolic volume on nonmechanical VO2 in whole heart, we employed a new method for quantifying nonmechanical VO2, using the drug 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM). We measured VO2 and force-time integral during infusion of BDM (< or = 5 mM) at high (VH) and low LV volumes (VL) in 16 excised isovolumically contracting red blood cell-perfused rabbit ventricles. LV end-diastolic pressure was 9.7 +/- 4.6 and 3.8 +/- 2.8 (SD) mmHg at VH and VL, respectively. Nonmechanical VO2, estimated as the VO2-axis intercept of the linear VO2-force-time integral relation obtained during BDM infusion, did not differ significantly between VH and VL (0.0137 +/- 0.0083 and 0.0132 +/- 0.0090 ml O2.beat-1 x 100 gLV-1, P = 0.702). A multiple linear regression analysis for the pooled data confirmed this finding (P = 0.361). We conclude that, in the rabbit heart, LV diastolic volume does not importantly affect nonmechanical energy consumption over a physiological range of LV end-diastolic pressure. This indicates that length-dependent activation does not have an energetic cost in whole rabbit heart and suggests that its predominant mechanism is increased Ca2+ affinity for the contractile proteins.
Higashiyama
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Cardiology Unit, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405.
Watkins
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MW
Chen
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LeWinter
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D000818:Animals; D003931:Diacetyl / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D011817:Rabbits; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013997:Time Factors
C004717:diacetylmonoxime; D003931:Diacetyl