Abstract
In vivo, fractional rates of protein synthesis in atrial muscle of hearts taken from fed rats were 70% greater than in ventricular muscle. After 3 days starvation, atrial protein synthesis is inhibited, but the inhibition is less than in ventricles. A crude subcellular fractionation of the aqueous homogenates by centrifugation at 32000g showed that the supernatant and precipitate proteins were synthesized at the same rate in the ventricles. The fractional rates of protein synthesis and RNA/protein ratios in the right ventricle were 10% greater than in the left ventricle. Protein synthesis in both of these regions was inhibited equally by starvation. In vitro, rates of protein synthesis in atria and ventricles of anterogradely perfused rat hearts were stimulated by saturating insulin concentrations and were inhibited by starvation, but the effects in atria were smaller than in ventricles. Rates of protein synthesis in atria in vitro were 80-95% of rates in vivo. The heart therefore shows considerable regional variation in rates of protein synthesis in vivo and in vitro, and the sensitivity of protein synthesis in the various regions to interventions such as insulin and starvation differs.
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