Author:
van der Laarse Willem J.,Bogaards Sylvia J.P.,Schalij Ingrid,Noordegraaf Anton Vonk,Vaz Frédéric M.,van Groen Duncan
Abstract
SummaryRight-sided myocardial mechanical efficiency (work output/metabolic energy input) in pulmonary hypertension can be severely reduced. We determined the contribution of intrinsic myocardial determinants of efficiency using papillary muscle preparations from monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertensive (MCT-PH) rats. The hypothesis was tested that efficiency is reduced by mitochondrial dysfunction in addition to increased activation heat reported previously. Right ventricular (RV) muscle preparations were subjected to 5 Hz sinusoidal length changes at 37°C. Work and suprabasal oxygen consumption (VO2) were measured before and after cross-bridge inhibition by blebbistatin. Cytosolic cytochrome c concentration, myocyte cross-sectional area, proton permeability of the inner mitochondrial membrane (PP IMM), and monoamine oxidase (MAO)-A and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PDH) activities and phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and cardiolipin (CL) contents were determined. Mechanical efficiency ranged from 23 to 11% in control (n = 6) and from 22 to 1% in MCT-PH (n = 15) and correlated with work (r2 = 0.68, P < 0.0001) but not with VO2 (r2 = 0.004, P = 0.7919). VO2 for cross-bridge cycling was proportional to work (r2 = 0.56, P = 0.0005). Blebbistatin-resistant VO2 (r2 = 0.32, P = 0.0167) and IMM PP (r2 = 0.36, P = 0.0110) correlated inversely with efficiency. Together, these variables explained the variance of efficiency (coefficient of multiple determination R2 = 0.79, P = 0.0001). Cytosolic cytochrome c correlated inversely with work (r2 = 0.28, P = 0.0391), but not with efficiency (r2 = 0.20, P = 0.0867). G-6-PDH, MAO-A and PG/CL increased in the RV wall of MCT-PH but did not correlate with efficiency. Reduced myocardial efficiency in MCT-PH is due to activation processes and mitochondrial dysfunction. The variance of work and the ratio of activation heat reported previously and blebbistatin-resistant VO2 are discussed.Key pointsMechanical efficiency of right ventricular myocardium is reduced in pulmonary hypertension. Increased energy use for activation processes has been demonstrated previously, but the contribution of mitochondrial dysfunction is unknown.Work and oxygen consumption is determined during work loops. Oxygen consumption for activation and cross-bridge cycling confirm the previous heat measurements.Cytosolic cytochrome c concentration, proton permeability of the mitochondrial inner membrane and phosphatidylglycerol/cardiolipin are increased in experimental pulmonary hypertension.Mitochondrial dysfunction in right ventricular myocytes is related to reduced work and mechanical efficiency in experimental pulmonary hypertension.Upregulation of the pentose phosphate pathway and a potential gap in the energy balance suggest mitochondrial dysfunction in right ventricular overload is due to excessive production of reactive oxygen species.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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