Changes in myocardial distensibility in rat papillary muscle: fibrosis, KCl contracture, hypoxic contracture, oxygen and glucose deficiency contracture, and experimental tetanus.

abstract：:Atrophy of the rat heart induced by hemodynamic unloading after heterotopic transplantation is associated with impaired relaxation while systolic function remains normal when compared to the heart of the recipient animal. To identify possible underlying mechanisms for the above, we studied some aspects of membrane cal...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Kolár F,MacNaughton C,Papousek F,Korecky B,Rakusan K

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The terminal complement complex C5b-9 is known to participate in inflammatory processes including atherosclerosis. Inflammation appears to be a direct consequence of C5b-9-mediated cell stimulation. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors may exert anti-inflammatory effects on vascular cel...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Viedt C,Shen W,Fei J,Kamimura M,Hänsch GM,Katus HA,Kreuzer J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We chronically implanted hygroscopic occluders around the left circumflex coronary artery in 49 anesthetized young male domestic pigs and we studied the development of a collateral circulation at 4, 8, 12, and 26 weeks after implantation. At these time intervals groups of animals were again anesthetized, the hearts we...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Görge G,Schmidt T,Ito BR,Pantely GA,Schaper W

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobilization of triacylglycerol stored in heart cells is accomplished by the combined action of lysosomal (acid) lipase and microsomal monoacylglycerol lipase or carboxylesterase. Non(heparin)-releasable neutral or alkaline lipase is similar to non(readily)-releasable lipoprotein lipase (LPL). The enzyme is mainly loc...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Hülsmann WC,Stam H,Jansen H

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular cell therapy offers the first real potential to treat the underlying injuries associated with cardiac and vascular disease. By delivering appropriate exogenous cells to an injury site, the potential exists to mitigate injury or even to begin to reverse damage. Based on their inordinate pre-clinical prom...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Ott HC,McCue J,Taylor DA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years research has shown that muscle is capable of reacting to mechanical stimuli by altering biochemical processes. Myocardium is probably the source of a biochemical factor, or factors which activate myocardial protein synthesis. In experimentally induced cardiac hypertrophy adaptive alterations have been ...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Kölbel F,Schreiber V

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chemokines control the migration of leukocytes to inflamed tissue, and in particular monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several cardiovascular disorders such as chronic heart failure (CHF) and myocarditis. We hypothesised that MCP-1 may directly contribute to a...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Damås JK,Aukrust P,Ueland T,Odegaard A,Eiken HG,Gullestad L,Sejersted OM,Christensen G

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the control perfused working rat hearts subjected to 25 min global ischemia, reperfusion resulted in a 50% recovery of the hemodynamic functions. A concentration-dependent improvement of this recovery and a reduction of the postischemic lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release was caused by calmidazolium (CMZ), trifluop...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Beresewicz A

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,2-Diacylglycerol (DAG) has been considered to play an important role as an activator of protein kinase C in the signal transduction of inositol phospholipid metabolism. To examine the relation of 1,2-DAG in heart tissues to cardiac hypertrophy associated with hypertension, we measured the amount of 1,2-DAG in sponta...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Kondo J,Yamada Y,Okumura K,Hashimoto H,Ito T,Satake T

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the amount of 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG) and its fatty acid composition in hamster hearts of various ages because 1,2-DAG has been recognized to be one of the intracellular second messengers. The highest level in 1,2-DAG was detected in 30-day-old hamster hearts. The heart weight increased about 2.5 times be...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Okumura K,Yamada Y,Kondo J,Hashimoto H,Ito T,Ogawa K

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the hypothesis that maintenance of the integrity of myocardial membrane systems and prevention of Ca2+ influx into the cell are significant in the survival of ischaemic tissue, the effect of trifluoperazine and lysolecithin, were tested on the recovery of globally ischaemic rat hearts. Trifluoperazine incr...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Lochner A,van Niekerk I,Kotzé JC

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sympathetic neural remodeling, which involves the inflammatory response, plays an important role in ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) after myocardial infarction (MI). Adrenergic receptors on macrophages potentially modulate the inflammatory response. We hypothesized that the increased level of catecholamines activates ma...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Lyu J,Wang M,Kang X,Xu H,Cao Z,Yu T,Huang K,Wu J,Wei X,Lei Q

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary intake of unsaturated fatty acid of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is thought to reduce the size and incidence of myocardial infarction. These beneficial effects are postulated to be due to chronic antithrombotic properties of EPA itself. We studied the possible direct effects of EPA on vascular smooth muscle as ...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Yanagisawa A,Lefer AM

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ hearts and isolated cardiomyocytes from heterozygous connexin 43-deficient (Cx43+/-) mice cannot be protected by ischemic preconditioning or diazoxide. We have now addressed the role of connexin 43 in ischemic postconditioning (PC). Wild type (WT) and Cx43+/- mice were subjected to 30 min coronary occlusion an...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Heusch G,Büchert A,Feldhaus S,Schulz R

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is shown that hypertrophied rat myocardium exhibits marked prolongation of its action potential during non-essential changes both in the resting potential, as well as in the amplitude of the action potential, and during a moderate but nonsignificant reduction in the maximum upstroke velocity. When examining action ...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Gülch RW

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A canine model for a standardized induction of collaterals is presented with a fixed external constrictor that is not designed to induce an occlusion of the coronary artery and at least over the timespan of 6 weeks does not impair perfusion under resting conditions in the myocardium-at-risk. The coronary constriction ...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Gottwik M,Wüsten B,Hofmann M,Puschmann S,Nienaber C,Schaper W

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The clinical usefulness of class III antiarrhythmic drugs for the treatment of tachyarrhythmias is limited by their potential proarrhythmic effects, mainly torsades-depointes (TdP). The goal of this experimental study was to develop an isolated whole-heart model exhibiting typical characteristics of class III...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Johna R,Mertens H,Haverkamp W,Eckardt L,Niederbröker T,Borggrefe M,Breithardt G

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelin (ET) family of peptides have potent vascular, cardiac and renal actions which may be of pathophysiological importance in congestive heart failure (CHF). In vivo studies with selective and non-selective ET receptor antagonists are required to clarify the role of ET in the pathophysiology of CHF and deter...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Love MP,McMurray JJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we review the replacement (i.e., scarring) and reactive (i.e., perivascular and interstitial fibrosis) fibrous tissue responses found in the myocardium in response to effector hormones of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Experimental data are presented to indicate: a) endogenous or exogenous el...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Weber KT,Brilla CG,Campbell SE,Guarda E,Zhou G,Sriram K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the close anatomical association between the ventricles, the volume of one ventricle can directly affect the volume and pressure within the other ventricle. To study the mechanical coupling between the ventricles, we modeled the right and left ventricles as a two-compartment model with right wall (Crw), sep...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Santamore WP,Shaffer T,Hughes D

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischaemic preconditioning is one of the most potent experimental modalities known to decrease infarct size after ischaemia and reperfusion. Much interest has been stimulated by the phenomenon of remote ischaemic conditioning (RIC), in which the preconditioning stimulus is applied to a limb remote from the heart to sti...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Davidson SM,Selvaraj P,He D,Boi-Doku C,Yellon RL,Vicencio JM,Yellon DM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reproducible tourniquet-shock has been produced in hind limbs of dogs by unilateral and bilateral extremity ischemia. The following parameters have been measured for analysing the function of the cardiovascular system: mean aortic pressure, heart rate, cardiac output, intraventricular pressure and left ventricular p...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Stock W,Geppert E,Haase W,Isselhard W

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial mechanics and oxygen consumption were studied in right ventricular papillary muscles taken from cats pretreated with cristalline L-thyroxine (1 mg/kg/day, i.p.) 8-18 days prior to the examination. Isotonic afterloaded and isometric contractions were employed. Oxygen consumption was determined polarographica...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Strauer BE,Scherpe A

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related changes in the myocardial energy metabolism were studied in spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats of 5-15 weeks of age. Systolic blood pressure increased rapidly during 5 to 10 weeks of age (developing phase) and attained a plateau level at 10 to 15 weeks (sustained phase). Even during the developing phase...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Shimamoto N,Goto N,Tanabe M,Imamoto T,Fujiwara S,Hirata M

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium transport functions of mitochondria and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) were studied without prior extraction using isolated rat heart myocytes permeabilized with saponin. Calcium uptake by SR was rapid and its affinity was high in comparison to calcium uptake by mitochondria, which had a higher capacity. The sens...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Kaminishi T,Kako KJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PDE3 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitors raise cAMP and cGMP content in cardiac and vascular myocytes. Their administration to patients with dilated cardiomyopathy leads to improvements in hemodynamic parameters in the short term but reduces survival with chronic administration. The reasons for this 'biphas...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Movsesian MA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focal adhesion and microfilament-associated protein VASP is a major substrate of both cAMP- and cGMP-dependent protein kinase in intact human platelets. The recent elucidation of the primary VASP structure and identity of VASP binding proteins suggest that VASP is an important component of focal contacts which lin...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Markert T,Krenn V,Leebmann J,Walter U

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports indicate that elevating DNA glycosylase/AP lyase repair enzyme activity offers marked cytoprotection in cultured cells and a variety of injury models. In this study, we measured the effect of EndoIII, a fusion protein construct that traffics Endonuclease III, a DNA glycosylase/AP lyase, to the mitochond...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Yang XM,Cui L,White J,Kuck J,Ruchko MV,Wilson GL,Alexeyev M,Gillespie MN,Downey JM,Cohen MV

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methodological approach based on Frank's pressure-volume (P-V) diagram and model calculations for analyzing the determinants of stroke volume (SV) under conditions of altered ventricular geometrical configuration is discussed with respect to the underlying geometrical models. The approach is generalized in the sense...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Dierberger B,Brändle M,Gülch RW,Jacob R

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic and metabolic effects of acetate were studied in rats in vivo and in the isolated perfused heart. Hemodynamic parameters, myocardial phosphagens, inorganic phosphate, and adenosine were measured in vivo. Acetate uptake, coronary flow, O2 consumption, parameters of the cellular energy state, and hypoxan...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Kiviluoma KT,Karhunen M,Lapinlampi T,Peuhkurinen KJ,Hassinen IE

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00