title: Parathyroid hormone-related peptide improves contractile function of stunned myocardium in rats and pigs.
abstract: The effect of synthetic parathyroid hormone (PTH)-related peptide [PTHrP(1-34)] on regional myocardial function was studied in 11 anesthetized pigs. Intracoronary infusion of PTHrP (cumulative dose: 14 +/- 1 microg) decreased coronary resistance to 33 +/- 2% of baseline (P < 0.05) and regional myocardial function to 90 +/- 3% of baseline (not significant). Ischemia-reperfusion alters the activity of several kinases and therefore possibly the myocardial effects of PTHrP. In stunned myocardium, induced by 20-min ischemia and 30-min reperfusion, the dose of PTHrP reducing coronary resistance to a minimum of 29 +/- 2% was decreased to 8 +/- 2 microg (P < 0.05). Regional myocardial function was no longer decreased but increased to 132 +/- 9% (P < 0.05). The increase in regional myocardial function during PTHrP was inversely related to baseline function at 30-min reperfusion in vivo (r = 0.9) as well as in myocytes isolated from stunned pig hearts (r = 0.7). In isolated rat hearts subjected to 30-min global ischemia followed by 30-min reperfusion, blockade of endogenous PTHrP by d-Trp(12)-Tyr(34)-PTH(7-34) attenuated the recovery of left ventricular developed pressure by 30 +/- 14% (P < 0.05). Thus endogenous and exogenous PTHrP impact on the function of stunned myocardium.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathophysiology, University of Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gres
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Umschlag
authors.forename: Frank R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Heinzel
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Degenhardt
authors.forename: Klaus-Dieter
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Schluter
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heusch
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D017682:Myocardial Stunning; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D036361:Peptide Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D016276:Ventricular Function / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D036361:Peptide Hormones