Author:
Mujkošová J,Ferko M,Humeník P,Waczulíková I,Ziegelhoffer A
Abstract
Our previous preliminary results pointed to possible seasonal variations in Mg2+-ATPase activity of rat heart mitochondria (MIT). It is not too surprising since seasonal differences were already reported in myocardial function, metabolism and ultrastructure of the intact as well as hemodynamically overloaded rabbit hearts and also in other tissues. The present study is aimed to elucidate whether seasonal differences observed in rat heart MIT Mg2+-ATPase activity will be accompanied with changes in membrane fluidity and in the content of conjugated dienes (CD) in the lipid bilayers of MIT membranes as well as whether the above seasonal differences will also be present in the diabetic heart. Our results revealed that values of Mg2+-ATPase activity in the winter/spring-period (W/S-P) exceeded significantly (p<0.05-0.001) those in the summer/autumn-period (S/A-P). Similar trend was also observed in hearts of animals with acute (8 days) streptozotocin diabetes. With the exception of values of CD in the S/A-P, all values of Mg2+-ATPase activities, membrane fluidity and CD concentrations in diabetic hearts exceeded those observed in the healthy hearts. Our results indicate that seasonal differences may play a decisive role in the evaluation of properties and function of rat heart MIT.
Publisher
Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Subject
General Medicine,Physiology
Cited by
19 articles.
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