title: Mitochondrial energy metabolism in the left ventricular tissue of spontaneously hypertensive rats: abnormalities in both adeninenucleotide and phosphate translocators and enzyme adenylate-kinase and creatine-phosphokinase activities.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the oxidative phosphorylation and additional adenosinetriphosphate (ATP) production mechanisms in mitochondria isolated from hypertrophied left ventricles of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Measurements of adenosinediphosphate (ADP)/ ATP and inorganic phosphate (Pi) carrier activities showed a significant reduction of Vmax values thus suggesting a general decrease of ATP supply in the hypertrophied ventricles. Investigation of mitochondrial enzyme activities showed 45% and 90% increases of adenylate-kinase and 80% and 110% increases of creatine-phosphokinase in 5- and 24-week-old SHR, before and after the development of the hypertensive state, respectively. The abnormalities found in SHR at the mitochondrial level suggest a profound rearrangement of energy production mechanisms in this model of left ventricular hypertrophy; whether the defects are determined genetically, and then worsen with the hypertensive state, remains to be determined.
authors.affiliation: DIMO, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Seccia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atlante
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vulpis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Passarella
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pirrelli
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D000263:Adenylate Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D028044:Phosphate-Binding Proteins; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D013599:Systole
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D028044:Phosphate-Binding Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D000263:Adenylate Kinase