title: Phospholipid composition in the rat heart exposed to pressure overload from birth.
abstract: A pressure overload was induced in 2-day-old male rats by abdominal aortic constriction, and the phospholipid composition of the left ventricle (LV) and the right ventricle (RV) were determined. Sixty days after the surgery, body weights was lower and LV weight were higher in aorta-constricted (AC) rats in comparison with shamoperated animals. Increased ventricular/body weight ratios indicated a significant degree of hypertrophy of LV and smaller hypertrophy of RV. The concentrations of total phospholipids (PL), choline phosphoglycerides (PC), ethanolamine phosphoglycerides (PE), diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG) and phosphatidylinositol (PI) were decreased in both ventricles of AC rats. The concentrations of sphingomyelin (SM) and plasmalogen PE (PLPE) increased in LV only. The changes in phospholipid composition in the developing pressure-overloaded myocardium may contribute to altered membrane functions connected with heart hypertrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Physiology and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mrnka
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nováková
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pelouch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Novák
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000502:physiology; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000378:metabolism; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000473:pathology; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018994:Myosin Light Chains / Q000378:metabolism; D009929:Organ Size / Q000502:physiology; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D018994:Myosin Light Chains; D010743:Phospholipids; D003094:Collagen