title: Uptake of glucose analogs reflects the rate of contraction of cultured myocytes.
abstract: The present study demonstrates that: a) adenosine and R-N6-(2-phenylisopropyl)-adenosine (R-PIA, A1 and A3 adenosine receptor agonist) inhibited [3H]deoxyglucose uptake or [3H]3-O-methyl-D-glucose uptake; b) sugar uptake reflects the rate of contraction in cardiac cultures; c) [3H]deoxyglucose uptake or [3H]3-O-methyl-D-glucose uptake are useful quantitative probes for beating rate evaluation. A 25-40% decrease in [3H]deoxyglucose uptake (p < 0.01) was obtained following 13-21 min treatment with 100 microM adenosine together with 1 microM dipyridamole or with 10 microM R-PIA, which inhibited spontaneous contractions. Adenosine (10 microM) attenuated spontaneous beating rate and inhibited approximately 55% of the [3H]deoxyglucose uptake following 22 h treatment (p < 0.01). 1 microM R-PIA also attenuated beating rate following either a short (1 min) or long (24 h) application and decreased [3H]deoxyglucose uptake by 20-30% (p < 0.01) during 0.5-24 h of treatment. A 157 +/- 9% and 205 +/- 11% increase (p < 0.01) in [3H]deoxyglucose uptake was obtained at 27 and 37 degrees C, respectively, compared with the uptake at 17 degrees C, which completely inhibited spontaneous contractions. Similar results [33 +/- 6% (p < 0.01) and 21 +/- 8% (p < 0.05) inhibition in [3H]deoxyglucose uptake] were obtained following 2 and 22 h of carbamylcholine treatment, respectively. This treatment also reduced spontaneous contractions. [3H] 3-O-Methyl-D-glucose uptake also decreased by 31 +/- 12% (p < 0.05) as a result of the arrest of contractions by adenosine. Elevations of 90 +/- 13% and 34 +/- 11% (p < 0.01) in [3H]deoxyglucose uptake were obtained following treatment with isoprenaline after 2 and 22 h application, respectively. It is concluded that adenosine and R-PIA inhibited [3H]deoxyglucose uptake or [3H] 3-O-methyl-D-glucose uptake in rat heart culture and that there is a linkage between the rate of cardiac contractions in culture and sugar uptake.
authors.affiliation: Gonda (Goldschmied) Medical Diagnostic Research Center, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: el-Ani
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zimlichman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shainberg
mesh_terms: D019325:3-O-Methylglucose / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005947:Glucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D019325:3-O-Methylglucose; C047235:N-(1-methyl-2-phenylethyl)adenosine; D004176:Dipyridamole; D002217:Carbachol; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005947:Glucose; D000241:Adenosine; D007545:Isoproterenol