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  • Title: Mechanism of cardiac dysfunction in hearts from endotoxin-treated rats.
    Author: Shepherd RE, McDonough KH, Burns AH.
    Journal: Circ Shock; 1986; 19(4):371-84. PubMed ID: 3017602.
    Abstract:
    Myocardial performance was assessed in isolated perfused working hearts 3 hr after in vivo endotoxin administration (LD50-6 hr) to rats. Hearts removed from endotoxin-treated rats developed approximately 70% of the peak systolic pressure and 50% of the cardiac output (45% of the aortic flow and 50% of the coronary flow) at 25 cm H2O left atrial filling pressure (LAFP) compared to hearts from vehicle-injected controls. Hearts from endotoxin-treated rats were also characterized by decreased mechanical responsiveness to isoproterenol challenge at a high LAFP. These data suggest that myocardial dysfunction associated with endotoxin shock persists in vitro under conditions in which flow returning to the heart is not a limiting factor. Cyclic AMP accumulation was reduced in myocytes from endotoxin rats in response to 1 microM isoproterenol (29% of control values) and 1 microM forskolin (35% of control values) in both the absence and presence of phosphodiesterase inhibition with 0.2 mM isobutylmethylxanthine. Adenylate cyclase activity in crude membrane preparations of ventricular tissue from endotoxin-treated rats was unresponsive to challenge by isoproterenol and was reduced to 65% of control values by 100 micron GppNHp and by 10 mM NaF. Maximal specific binding of (-)[3H]dihydroalprenolol was decreased in membranes from endotoxin (56 +/- 2 fmol/mg) compared to control (64 +/- 2 fmol/mg) rats (P less than 0.05) but with similar antagonist affinities. These results suggest a decreased adrenergic responsiveness in myocytes and ventricular membrane preparations from endotoxin rats that may be linked to the reduction in myocardial adrenergic responsiveness during endotoxemia.
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