title: Activation of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation during (+/-)-isoproterenol-induced cell injury of myocardium.
abstract: Hydrolytic and synthetic activities of mitochondrial ATPase were studied during (+/-)-isoproterenol-induced cell injury of the myocardium (67 mg/kg body weight). This research was a long-term study (72 h) in which rat heart homogenates, and a potentiometric method were used. Hydrolytic activities in homogenates from (+/-)-isoproterenol-treated rats were not statistically different, during the whole long-term study, from the hydrolytic activity in normal homogenates. The synthetic activity (mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation) of mitochondrial ATPase increased at 3, 6, and 18 h (35, 48 and 23% respectively) after (+/-)-isoproterenol administration with regard to the control group. At 12 h and 21-72 h after drug administration, the data revealed no differences between synthetic activity of mitochondrial ATPase in control vs (+/-)-isoproterenol treated homogenates. The facts that synthetic and hydrolytic activities in homogenates from (+/-)-isoproterenol treated rats were never lower than the synthetic and hydrolytic activities in normal homogenates, and that activation of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation occurred at some times after (+/-)-isoproterenol treatment, suggest that no considerable and "negative" modifications occur in the active configuration of mitochondrial ATPase during (+/-)-isoproterenol-induced injury of the myocardium (67 mg/kg body weight).
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Biofísica-Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Medellín, AA 3840 Medellín-Colombia.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rendón
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007545:Isoproterenol; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases; D007545:Isoproterenol