title: Thiamine deficiency in cardiac cells in culture.
abstract: Rat heart cells in culture were found to be a unique model for studying biochemical and pharmacological aspects of thiamine deficiency. When thiamine was excluded from the growth medium, the following effects were observed: (1) Morphological examination did not show any difference between control and thiamine-deprived cells during the first 10 days. However, after 10-11 days spontaneous contractions ceased, accompanied by initiation of cell degeneration; (2) Intensive degeneration and cell death were observed after 14-16 days. (3) Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) concentration in thiamine-deprived cells was decreased gradually, with an elimination half-life of 4-5 days. (4) [3H]deoxyglucose uptake by the cells was increased, even after 1 day of thiamine deprivation. (5) ATP level decreased after 8 days and reached 50% of control cells after 10 days. (6) In thiamine-deprived cells, thiamine addition caused a 60% rise in contraction amplitude but contraction rate was not altered significantly. (7) All these effects were reversible if thiamine was supplied before the initiation of the degeneration processes.
authors.affiliation: The Otto Meyeroff Drug Receptor Center, Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
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authors.lastname: Zangen
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authors.lastname: Shainberg
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001692:Biological Transport; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013831:Thiamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013832:Thiamine Deficiency; D013835:Thiamine Pyrophosphate / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D013835:Thiamine Pyrophosphate; D013831:Thiamine