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. 1992 Dec;458:139–150. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1992.sp019410

Tension responses of sheep aorta to simultaneous decreases in phosphocreatine, inorganic phosphate and ATP.

C D Hardin 1, R W Wiseman 1, M J Kushmerick 1
PMCID: PMC1175148  PMID: 1302261

Abstract

1. Tension responses of sheep aortae were investigated when different substrates were included in the superfusing medium. The magnitude of tension development was similar whether or not 5 mM glucose was present in the medium. However, the rate of tension development was greater in the absence of glucose. 2. When 5 mM 2-deoxyglucose (2DG) was present in the medium, the magnitude of tension generation was 1.6 times that in the absence of exogenous substrate. A second sequential contraction with 2DG generated tension 1.25 times that in the absence of exogenous substrate. The rate of tension development during the first contraction in the presence of 2DG was similar to that in the absence of substrate. However, the second contraction in the presence of 2DG had a substantially increased rate of tension development. 3. 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy revealed that, at resting tone, in the presence of 2DG, inorganic phosphate (P(i)) and phosphocreatine (PCr) simultaneously decrease while 2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate accumulates. During contraction-relaxation cycles, in the presence of 2DG, P(i) and PCr become undetectable while ATP declines to approximately 50% of control values as determined by NMR. During the second contraction in the presence of 2DG, the area of the ADP resonance was similar to that of the alpha-ATP resonance. 4. The increase in the magnitude of tension generation, during 2DG administration, correlated with a decrease in P(i) levels. The rate of relaxation from a contraction, in the presence of 2DG, was slower than in the presence of glucose or in the absence of exogenous substrate. These results are consistent with the role of P(i) in the release of the proposed 'latch-bridge' state of maintained contraction at low energy demand. 5. The increase in isometric tension generation during contraction in the presence of 2DG appears to be related to the decreased levels of P(i). In the presence of 2DG, the reduction of PCr and of ATP occur to a similar extent to that during hypoxia, yet no inhibition of force takes place. The low levels of ATP and PCr reported with 2DG administration in these studies do not energetically limit the contractile apparatus.

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