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Localization of Ca2+ + Mg2+-ATPase of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in adult rat papillary muscle.

Localization of the Ca2+ + Mg2+-ATPase of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in rat papillary muscle was determined by indirect immunofluorescence and immunoferritin labeling of cryostat and ultracryotomy sections, respectively. The Ca2+ + Mg2+-ATPase was found to be rather uniformly distributed in the free sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane but to be absent from both peripheral and interior junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane, transverse tubules, sarcolemma, and mitochondria. This suggests that the Ca2+ + Mg2+-ATPase of the sarcoplasmic reticulum is antigenically unrelated to the Ca2+ + Mg2+-ATPase of the sarcolemma. These results are in agreement with the idea that the sites of interior and peripheral coupling between sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane and transverse tubules and between sarcoplasmic reticulum and sarcolemmal membranes play the same functional role in the excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac muscle.

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The relationship between intracellular calcium and contraction in calcium-overloaded ferret papillary muscles.

The photoprotein aequorin was microinjected into cells on the surface of ferret papillary muscles. Tension and aequorin light, a function of intracellular Ca concentration ([Ca2+]i), were monitored. The preparations were exposed to increased concentrations of extracellular Ca ([Ca2+]o). Small increases in [Ca2+]o led to the usual increase in both the systolic light signal and the developed tension. However, high [Ca2+]o led to a fall in developed tension known as Ca overload. This fall of tension was seen at lower [Ca2+]o if the experiment was performed in the presence of strophanthidin. In conditions of Ca overload, the systolic light signal was either similar in amplitude or larger than the systolic light observed under conditions which did not lead to Ca overload. Oscillations of diastolic light were invariably present under conditions of Ca overload. These oscillations were accompanied by after-contractions which were small in relation to the magnitude of the aequorin light oscillations. During Ca overload, the variance of the amplitude of the systolic light signal was greater than could be accounted for by the random nature of the arrival of photons. Small systolic light signals occurred when there had been an oscillation of light in the diastolic period immediately preceding the systolic light signal. Large systolic light signals occurred when the preceding period (approximately 1 s) was free of oscillations of light. These observations suggest that if the sarcoplasmic reticulum (s.r.) has spontaneously released its contents of Ca as shown by a diastolic [Ca2+]i oscillation, then a stimulated systolic Ca signal occurring within about the next second is smaller, possibly because it takes longer than this period for the s.r. to reload with Ca. If this process occurs randomly in the various cells of the preparation, developed tension will be reduced because those cells which have a small Ca release will act as a compliance in series with cells which have a large Ca release.

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The energetics of rat papillary muscles undergoing realistic strain patterns.

Studies of cardiac muscle energetics have traditionally used contraction protocols with strain patterns that bear little resemblance to those observed in vivo. This study aimed to develop a realistic strain protocol, based on published in situ measurements of contracting papillary muscles, for use with isolated preparations. The protocol included the three phases observed in intact papillary muscles: an initial isometric phase followed by isovelocity shortening and re-lengthening phases. Realistic papillary muscle dynamics were simulated in vitro (27 degrees C) using preparations isolated from the left ventricle of adult male rats. The standard contraction protocol consisted of 40 twitches at a contraction rate of 2 Hz. Force, changes in muscle length and changes in muscle temperature were measured simultaneously. To quantify the energetic costs of contraction, work output and enthalpy output were determined, from which the maximum net mechanical efficiency could be calculated. The most notable result from these experiments was the constancy of enthalpy output per twitch, or energy cost, despite the various alterations made to the protocol. Changes in mechanical efficiency, therefore, generally reflected changes in work output per twitch. The variable that affected work output per twitch to the greatest extent was the amplitude of shortening, while changes in the duration of the initial isometric phase had little effect. Decreasing the duration of the shortening phase increased work output per twitch without altering enthalpy output per twitch. Increasing the contraction frequency from 2 to 3 Hz resulted in slight decreases in the work output per twitch and in efficiency. Using this realistic strain protocol, the maximum net mechanical efficiency of rat papillary muscles was approximately 15 %. The protocol was modified to incorporate an isometric relaxation period, thus allowing the model to simulate the main mechanical features of ventricular function.

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Electrophysiological effects of platelet-activating factor (PAF-acether) in guinea-pig papillary muscles.

The effects of PAF-acether (10(-11) to 10(-7) M) were studied on the electrical and mechanical activity of guinea-pig papillary muscles. At 10(-11) M PAF-acether did not modify the amplitude and Vmax of the upstroke or the resting membrane potential. At higher concentrations PAF-acether produced a dose-dependent increase in the amplitude and Vmax of the upstroke, shortened the action potential duration and hyperpolarized the resting membrane potential. These effects were accompanied by a biphasic effect on ventricular contractile force. The shortening of the APD was inhibited in muscles pretreated with tetraethylammonium or verapamil. In papillary muscles depolarized by 27 mM K Tyrode solution PAF-acether induced slow action potentials which were blocked by verapamil. PAF-acether produced a dose-dependent increase in amplitude and Vmax of the upstroke on the slow action potentials elicited by isoproterenol, prolonged the action potential duration and hyperpolarized the resting membrane potential. These results suggest that in guinea-pig papillary muscles PAF-acether increased Ca influx via the slow inward current.

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[Emergency CABG and mitral valve replacement for anterolateral papillary muscle rupture after acute myocardial infarction].

A 74-year-old man developed sudden cardiogenic shock 5 days after the onset of acute myocardial infarction. Echocardiographic diagnosis was severe mitral regurgitation due to papillary muscle rupture. Despite the effort to support the hemodynamics with catecholamines and IABP, the patient's condition deteriorated rapidly, which necessitated emergency operation. Anterolateral papillary muscle was found to be totally ruptured. Coronary artery revascularization and mitral valve replacement were performed. Postoperative course was uneventful, with two days of IABP and three days of ventilatory support. The patient could start rehabilitation program on the 7th postoperative day. He was discharged in 2 months in NYHA class I. Reports of successful emergency operation for total papillary muscle rupture following acute myocardial infarction are rare. Involvement of anterolateral papillary muscle is rarer. Early diagnosis and surgical treatment are mandatory to save this group of patients.

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Diastolic stress-strain relation of nonexcised blood-perfused canine papillary muscle.

We studied diastolic stiffness of 10 coronary-perfused twitching papillary muscles of the canine right ventricle. The muscle beat at a regular sinus rhythm of 122 +/- 20 (SD) beats/min at 37 degrees C. They were stretched slowly at a constant rate. Diastolic force increased exponentially with the stretch. Calculating Lagrangian stress (sigma) and strain (epsilon) from diastolic force and length, we found a linear relationship between ln sigma and epsilon within the physiological range of strain (0.025 less than epsilon less than 0.4). This indicates that the diastolic stress-strain relationship of the canine papillary muscle can be approximated by a single exponential curve: sigma = a.exp(b.epsilon). The mean +/- SD of the stiffness constant b was 18.0 +/- 3.2 (dimensionless). Our b values are comparable to those of dogs and human subjects, either indirectly assessed from the ventricular pressure-volume relationship or directly obtained in excised quiescent muscle specimens. Different coronary perfusion pressures (75-125 mmHg) in 10 muscles showed a statistically significant positive correlation to b values.

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Comparative effects of ouabain on isolated papillary muscle from tree shrews, guinea-pigs and rats.

Inotropic effects of ouabain were investigated in the isolated papillary muscle preparations of the tree shrew (Tupaia glis), guinea-pigs and rats. In the guinea-pig and shrew papillary muscles, ouabain at concentrations of 10(-8) to 3 x 10(-7) M caused a concentration-dependent positive inotropic response in a similar magnitude, while in the rat, ouabain at concentrations of 10(-7) to 3 x 10(-6) M elicited negative inotropic one. Either phentolamine or pindolol in a concentration sufficient to block the alpha- and beta-adrenoceptors did not antagonize the positive inotropic effect of ouabain in the papillary muscle preparation of the shrews.

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Maximal Ca2+-activated force elicited by tetanization of ferret papillary muscle and whole heart: mechanism and characteristics of steady contractile activation in intact myocardium.

Rapid (8-12 Hz) stimulation of intact heart muscle treated with ryanodine results in steady contractile activation known as tetanus, the amplitude of which can be graded by changing extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o). The mechanism of the sustained force generation was explored in ferret papillary muscles by measuring membrane potential and by determining the responsiveness of force and intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i, estimated with aequorin) to dihydropyridine Ca channel ligands. Membrane potential during tetani ranged from -25 to -60 mV, suggesting that fast or slow Ca channels, or Na-Ca exchange, might be mediating Ca2+ entry. Dihydropyridine effects indicated that slow Ca channels play a predominant role: The agonist Bay K 8644 (0.3-1 microM) increased force and aequorin luminescence, whereas the antagonist nitrendipine (1-30 microM) abolished the tetanus. Under conditions analogous to those in the papillary muscle experiments, tetani were produced in whole Langendorff-perfused ferret hearts following exposure to ryanodine. Contraction saturated as a function of [Ca2+]o in both papillary muscles and whole hearts; i.e., as [Ca2+]o was increased above 10 mM, no further increase in force or pressure generation occurred. In contrast, aequorin luminescence measured in the papillary muscles showed no such saturation. Thus, maximal Ca2+-activated force (or pressure) was achieved during tetani at [Ca2+]o greater than or equal to 10 mM. Calculations of wall stress during tetani in whole heart (15 mM [Ca2+]o) agree well with direct measurements of maximal tension in papillary muscles (5.84 g/mm2 vs. 6.41 g/mm2, respectively).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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The electrophysiological and mechanical effects of atrial natriuretic peptide and acetylcholine on guinea pig ventricular papillary muscle.

The direct effects of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and acetylcholine (ACh) on isolated guinea pig ventricular papillary muscle were studied. ANF (3 x 10(-9) - 3 x 10(-7) M), a cardiogenic hormone, had no significant electrical or mechanical effects on guinea pig papillary muscle driven at a frequency of 60 beats/min in normal (4 mM) and high [K]0 (27 mM) Tyrode solutions. On the other hand, ACh (3 x 10(-8) - 3 x 10(-7) M) caused a significant shortening of action potential duration and the contractile force showed no change or a slight decrease. At high concentration (5 microM), ACh reduced action potential durations at 50% and 90% repolarization (APD50 and APD90) by 10.5 +/- 2.1% and 12.4 +/- 1.8%, respectively, but the contractile force was slightly increased by 9.8 +/- 1.2%. In eleven of twenty-six preparations, spontaneous activity occurred and intermingled with driven activity. The ectopic rhythms were suppressed by ACh (1-5 microM). The changes in electrical but not mechanic activity induced by ACh were suppressed in the presence of five micromolar atropine. These results reveal that, in guinea pig papillary muscle, ANF had no direct chronotropic or inotropic effect. ACh may reduce APD and spontaneous discharges through an activation of muscarinic receptors but enhance twitch tension through other mechanisms.

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Rupture of the papillary muscle of the tricuspid valve. A complication of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and a rare cause of tricuspid insufficiency.

Rupture of a papillary muscle is a rare occurrence. Two patients are described in whom rupture of a papillary muscle of the tricuspid valve developed after external cardiac massage during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. One of these patients survived briefly with clinical evidence of triscupid regurgitation immediately after resuscitation. Although tricuspid valve papillary muscle rupture has been described as a complication of bacterial endocarditis, chest trauma and myocardial infarction, it is a generally unrecognized complication of external cardia massage. Findings in the two patients reported here suggest that patients with a dilated right ventricle may be more susceptible to this rare complication of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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Demonstration in Tupaia papillary muscle preparations of alpha-adrenoceptors mediating positive inotropic effects: comparison with guinea-pigs.

1. Positive inotropic responses to alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor agonists of isolated papillary muscles from the tree shrew (Tupaia), were compared with those from guinea-pigs. 2. In Tupaia, the concentration-response curve for phenylephrine, unlike that for isoprenaline, was not affected by pindolol in a concentration (10(-8) M) sufficient to block beta-adrenoceptor-mediated responses, but it was significantly shifted to the right by phentolamine (10(-6) M). In guinea-pig papillary muscles, however, the concentration-response curve for phenylephrine, like that for isoprenaline, was shifted to the right by pindolol (10(-8) M) but was unaltered by phentolamine (10(-6) M). Furthermore, when the mean concentrations of agonists inducing maximal positive inotropic responses were compared (relative to that of isoprenaline = 1.0), phenylephrine was found to be only slightly less potent (0.84 +/- 0.04; n = 5) in Tupaia and much less potent (0.33 +/- 0.06; n = 5) in the guinea-pig. 3. Although in Tupaia papillary muscles the increase in developed tension induced by a combination of phenylephrine and isoprenaline did not significantly differ from that by phenylephrine alone, it was approximately 3 times larger than that produced by phenylephrine alone in guinea-pigs. 4. These results indicate that in papillary muscles from Tupaia, unlike the guinea-pig, the positive inotropic effects of phenylephrine can be mediated by alpha-adrenoceptors.

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Relationship between myoglobin contents and increases in cyclic GMP produced by glyceryl trinitrate and nitric oxide in rabbit aorta, right atrium and papillary muscle.

Effects of glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) and nitric oxide (NO) on the cardiac functions and myocardial cyclic GMP (cGMP) contents were examined in comparison with those in the aorta and correlated with myoglobin (an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase) contents using the preparations isolated from the reserpinized rabbit. GTN (10(-10)-10(-4) mol/l) produced a dose-dependent relaxation in the aorta. However, this compound exerted no effect on the rate of the spontaneous beat of the right atrium and the contraction of the papillary muscle. A transient and significant increase in cGMP was observed in the aorta with GTN (3 x 10(-6) mol/l). Although the increase was also observed in the right atrium, it was much smaller. No definite change was observed in papillary muscle. Increases in cGMP produced by NO (3 x 10(-6) mol/l) were larger and significant in all tissues; (AUCcGMP(GTN)/AUCcGMP(NO)) ratio was 30.1 for the aorta, 65.0 for the right atrium and 16.3% for the papillary muscle. Although higher concentrations of NO were necessary in the right atrium and papillary muscle to induce increases in cGMP, no differences were noted in the three tissues as regards the maximum accumulation of this substance. Furthermore, kinetic analysis of NO-induced increases in tissue cGMP indicated no marked difference in the production rate among the three tissues, while the rate of elimination of cGMP was lower in the aorta than in the atrium or the papillary muscle. The increases in cGMP observed in these three tissues were inversely related to the contents of myoglobin in respective tissues.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Intracellular pH regulation in papillary muscle cells from streptozotocin diabetic rats: an ion-sensitive microelectrode study.

Intracellular pH regulation was studied in papillary muscle from STZ-induced diabetic rat hearts. In control bicarbonate solution there was no difference between the steady-state pHi values recorded from diabetic or normal papillary muscle. The addition of insulin had no effect on the pHi of either group. The amplitude of NH4+-induced alkalinization and the time course of recovery from alkalinization were similar in both normal and diabetic muscles. In both preparations, the recovery from alkalinization was similarly delayed by the disulfonic stilbene DIDS. This suggests the participation of a Cl-/HCO3- exchange in the recovery from alkalosis in rat myocardial cells that is not changed by diabetes. On the other hand, the amplitude of the acidification induced by the withdrawal of NH4+ was markedly increased in diabetic papillary muscles as compared to normal muscles. Moreover, there was a marked slowing down of the recovery from acidosis in the diabetics. The amplitude of NH+4 withdrawal-induced acidification was increased equally by amiloride in both normal and diabetic muscles. These findings suggest that diabetes is associated with a change in the activity of the amiloride-sensitive Na+/H+ exchange.

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Nonexcised papillary muscle preparation: force and length measurement and control.

An electromechanical servocontrol system was developed to analyze mechanical properties of a nonexcised, blood-perfused papillary muscle. A miniature load cell mounted on the moving arm of a pen motor measured muscle force, and a shaft angle sensor built in the motor measured the length. The pen motor was actuated by a servocontrol command signal. A papillary muscle was exposed in the right ventricle of an excised, cross-circulated canine heart. The tendinous end of the papillary muscle was connected to the load cell. The intact root of the muscle was fixed by a metal ring. The preparation was stable over 5 h heating at a regular spontaneous heart rate (95-150/min) at 37 degrees C. The system allowed the muscle to contract in various modes such as isometric, isotonic, auxotonic, afterloaded isotonic, quick released, lengthening, etc. Changes in the contraction mode, preload, and afterload could be achieved at the investigator's disposal simply by turning switches and potentiometers, or by feeding external command signals of desired wave forms.

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Papillary muscle fractional shortening is a determinant of heart shape in patients with prior myocardial infarction.

To examine the relation between papillary muscle fractional shortening and heart shape, we performed quantitative echocardiography in 20 patients with prior myocardial infarction and 20 normal control subjects. Papillary muscle fractional shortening was markedly depressed in infarction patients and there was a high degree of correlation between papillary muscle fractional shortening and left ventricular shape, which was evident over a wide range of ejection fraction and shape.

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Actions of lofepramine, a new tricyclic antidepressant, and desipramine on electrophysiological and mechanical parameters of guinea pig atrial and papillary muscles.

The effects of lofepramine on the isolated guinea pig atrial trabeculae were compared with those of desipramine. The preparations were taken from the same animal and mounted in the same tissue bath. All parameters were recorded in parallel. Lofepramine 10 microM was shown to exhibit minor changes in the transmembrane action potential duration only. The action potentials of the atrial trabeculae were prolonged, whereas they were shortened in the papillary muscles. Desipramine was about ten times more potent than lofepramine, but produced similar qualitative changes. Desipramine 10 microM and lofepramine 100 microM showed local anaesthetic properties: a decreased overshoot without a decreased resting potential, a decreased and rate-dependent Vmax, and a decrease in propagation velocity. After the addition of either drug in a lower concentration, a transient increase in force development and a concomitant increase in repolarization phase height (atrial trabeculum) or plateau length (papillary muscle) were recorded. The steady state effect on the force development was a decrease accompanied by a shortening of the action potential duration (papillary muscle). It is suggested that the action of lofepramine 100 microM and desipramine 10 microM on phase 0 of the action potential are produced by blockage of the fast sodium channel. The transient increase in developed force and the increase in repolarization phase height (atrial trabeculum) or plateau length (papillary muscle) could be caused by inhibition of the membrane re-uptake system for released noradrenaline. The steady state shortening and flattening of the plateau (papillary muscle) and the decrease in force development could be the cause of a block in the slow channel system.

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Dose-response relationship for a positive inotropic effect of insulin on isolated papillary muscle.

Beneficial effect of glucose and insulin on the myocardium are still a matter of discussion. The influence of insulin on isometric force of contraction of right ventricular papillary muscles of guinea pigs was studied. The papillary muscles were mounted vertically in a 95% O2, 5% CO2 modified Krebs-Hensuleit solution (31.5 degrees C, 5.5 mM glucose) and stimulated l/s. A positive inotropic effect of insulin was dedectable at a concentration of 5 x 10(-4) IU/ml insulin, was half maximal (52% above controle force of contraction) at 8 x 10(-3) IU/ml and maximal at 10(-1) IU/ml. The maximal positive inotropic effect was observed 4.7 +/- 0.6 min after addition of insulin. After the maximum there was a decrease to a steady state level of 109.8 +/- 8.5% of control (p less than 0.05) in 14.6 +/- 1.3 min. Higher glucose (16.5 mM) only shifted the half maximal positive inotropic effect to 5.5 x 10(-3) IU/ml insulin (n.s.). Inhibition of glycolysis with hypoxia or jodoacetate (5 x 10(-5) M) did not prevent the positive inotropic effect as known as 75% of control force was retained. When glucose transport was blocked with phlorizin (5 x 10(-3) M) or phloritin (5 x 10(-4) M) no positive inotropic action of insulin was observed. Therefore we conclude that the positive inotropic effect of insulin in isolated papillary muscles is mediated by inhanced glucose transport.

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