title: Trimetazidine normalizes postischemic function of hypertrophied rat hearts.
abstract: The fraction of glucose passing through glycolysis that is oxidized is low in hypertrophied hearts, a pattern of glucose use associated with poor postischemic contractile function. We tested the hypothesis that trimetazidine, a partial 3-ketoacyl coenzyme A thiolase inhibitor, would stimulate glucose oxidation and, thereby, improve fractional glucose oxidation and postischemic function of hypertrophied hearts. Function, glycolysis, and oxidation of glucose, lactate, and palmitate were measured before and after global no-flow ischemia in isolated working hearts from sham-operated (control) and aortic-constricted (hypertrophied) male Sprague-Dawley rats in the presence or absence of 1 microM trimetazidine. Heart function was significantly improved by trimetazidine after ischemia, but only in hypertrophied hearts, with function improving to values in untreated control hearts. This effect occurred in association with relatively minor changes in oxidative metabolism. However, trimetazidine reduced glycolysis by approximately 30% but did so only in hypertrophied hearts, an unexpected novel action of this agent that resulted in a larger fractional oxidation of glucose, effectively normalizing it in hypertrophied hearts. Thus, trimetazidine normalizes postischemic function and fractional glucose oxidation in hypertrophied hearts, mainly by reducing glycolysis. These data extend the potential usefulness of trimetazidine and provide support for its use as a means to improve postischemic function of pressure overload hypertrophied hearts.
authors.affiliation: James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia-St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saeedi
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grist
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wambolt
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bescond-Jacquet
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lucien
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Allard
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D007700:Kinetics; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010168:Palmitates / Q000378:metabolism; D010477:Perfusion; D011522:Protons; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014292:Trimetazidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010168:Palmitates; D011522:Protons; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D019344:Lactic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005947:Glucose; D014292:Trimetazidine