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  • Title: Functional and energetic consequences of chronic myocardial creatine depletion by beta-guanidinopropionate in perfused hearts and in intact rats.
    Author: Neubauer S, Hu K, Horn M, Remkes H, Hoffmann KD, Schmidt C, Schmidt TJ, Schnackerz K, Ertl G.
    Journal: J Mol Cell Cardiol; 1999 Oct; 31(10):1845-55. PubMed ID: 10525422.
    Abstract:
    Oral feeding with the creatine analogue beta-guanidinopropionate (beta-GP) reduces myocardial phosphocreatine and creatine concentrations by about 80%in vitro, this is accompanied by reduced contractile performance. We hypothesized, thus, that beta-GP feeding leads to hemodynamic changes in vivo characteristic of heart failure. beta-GP was fed to Wistar rats for up to 8 weeks. In isolated hearts, function was measured isovolumically, myocardial energetics were followed with (31)P-NMR spectroscopy. In vivo hemodynamics were measured with Millar-Tip-catheters and an electromagnetic flow probe. Beta-GP feeding did not alter heart weight. In vitro, diastolic pressure-volume curves indicated structural left ventricular dilatation, and a 36% reduction of left ventricular developed pressure was found; phosphocreatine was reduced by approximately 80%, ATP unchanged and creatine kinase reaction velocity ((31)P-MR saturation transfer) decreased by approximately 90%. The total creatine pool (high-pressure liquid chromatography) was reduced by up to approximately 70%. In contrast to in vitro findings, in vivo cardiac hemodynamics (including left ventricular developed pressure, d P/d t(max), cardiac output and peripheral vascular resistance) at rest and during acute volume loading showed no alterations after beta-GP feeding. The only functional impairment observed in vivo was a 14% reduction of maximum left ventricular developed pressure during brief aortic occlusion. In the intact rat, cardiac and/or humoral compensatory mechanisms are sufficient to maintain normal hemodynamics in spite of a 90% reduction of creatine kinase reaction velocity. However, chronic beta-GP feeding leads to structural left ventricular dilatation.
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