title: Acute effects of gallium chloride on ventricular function and metabolism of the Langendorff perfused rat heart.
abstract: The effects of two concentrations of GaCl3 (1.79 microM and 7.17 microM) were studied on isolated perfused paced rat hearts. All hearts were submitted to an equilibration period of 20 minutes under normal conditions of oxygenation (95% O2, 5% CO2) and with 11 mM glucose in Krebs-Henseleit buffer. At the end of the perfusion (80 min) tissue Ga contents were 98.0 +/- 13.8 and 200.2 +/- 28.5 nM/g of wet weight for the lower and the higher Ga concentrations respectively. Left ventricular developed pressure (LVdp) as well as +LVdp/dt and -LVdp/dt were similar in control and Ga-treated groups during the 60 minutes following the equilibration period. At the same time mean coronary flow and oxygen consumption were lower (p < 0.05) in hearts perfused with 7.17 microM Ga than in the control group. Lactate production did not differ in the control and Ga-treated groups. Mean creatine kinase release was lower (p < 0.05) in the 7.17 microM Ga-treated group than in the 1.79 microM Ga-treated and control groups. Intratissular malondialdehyde as well as glycogen and ATP concentrations did not differ in all groups at the end of the experiment. Gallium chloride partially prevented the unavoidable oedema resulting from using saline Krebs-Henseleit solution. In conclusion, acute GaCl3 administration improves the functionality of the Langendorff-heart model.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Reims, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Millart
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leperre
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kantelip
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Collery
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Descous
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Trenque
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lamiable
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005708:Gallium / Q000633:toxicity*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: C034163:gallium chloride; D005708:Gallium