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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 52, 965-970, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Fatty acids suppress recovery of heart function after hypothermic perfusion

OD Mjos, K Ichihara, E Fellenius, T Myrmel and JR Neely
Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Norway.

Working rat hearts were perfused for 15 minutes at 37 degrees C before switching to a Langendorff perfusion (60 mm Hg aortic pressure) at 10 degrees C for 40 minutes of hypothermic arrest. Ventricular function was allowed to recover for 15 minutes at 37 degrees C by reestablishing the prehypothermic conditions. The perfusate was Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer containing 3% bovine serum albumin and either glucose (11 mmol/L) or glucose (11 mmol/L) plus palmitate (1.2 mmol/L) and gassed with 95% O2 and 5% CO2. In hearts receiving glucose alone as substrate, coronary flow was maintained constant during the 40 minutes of hypothermic arrest and returned to prehypothermic rates with rewarming. Ventricular function, as estimated by peak systolic pressure and heart rate, recovered to the prehypothermic level. When palmitate was added, coronary flow decreased continuously throughout the hypothermic perfusion (22% decrease by 40 minutes), and ventricular pressure development was lower throughout the rewarming perfusion. Tissue levels of adenosine triphosphate and creatine phosphate were well maintained and long-chain acyl coenzyme A and acyl carnitine decreased during hypothermia regardless of the substrate provided. With rewarming, tissue levels of adenosine triphosphate and creatine phosphate decreased in those hearts receiving palmitate. Omission of fatty acid either during hypothermia or during the first 5 minutes of rewarming improved recovery of function. Addition of oxfenicine to inhibit fatty acid oxidation, or inhibition of Ca2+ overload by verapamil and low perfusate Ca2+, prevented the effects of palmitate on ventricular function.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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