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. 1988 Apr;398:259–275. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1988.sp017041

Heat production of quiescent ventricular trabeculae isolated from guinea-pig heart.

J Daut 1, G Elzinga 1
PMCID: PMC1191771  PMID: 3392673

Abstract

1. A new calorimetric technique has been developed which allows continuous measurement of the rate of energy expenditure in superfused preparations of cardiac muscle. Thin trabeculae of guinea-pig ventricular muscle were mounted in a Perspex tube of 0.8 mm inner diameter and the temperature difference of the perfusate upstream and downstream of the preparation was measured. 2. The resting heat rate of trabeculae of 240-575 microns diameter from guinea-pig heart was determined repeatedly for up to 6 h after cardiectomy. It did not vary with time during the course of the experiment. 3. The average resting heat rate measured in HEPES-buffered Tyrode solution containing 20 mM-glucose and 2 mM-pyruvate as substrates was 130 +/- 29 mW/g dry weight or 36 +/- 8 mW/cm3 of tissue (n = 15). This is an order of magnitude larger than the resting heat rate reported in the literature for isolated cardiac preparations. 4. After omitting the pyruvate from the superfusate the resting heat rate decreased to 60-70% of its steady value within 4 min. After readmission of pyruvate this effect was reversed. The average resting heat rate with glucose as sole substrate was 23 +/- 4 mW/cm3. 5. Uncoupling of the mitochondria by 50 microM-2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) increased the heat rate up to 170 mW/cm3. This effect could be maintained for several minutes and was fully reversible. Raising the external K+ concentration to 150 mM (NaCl replaced by KCl) induced a transient rise in the rate of heat production up to 115 mW/cm3. 6. The heat production during uncoupling of the mitochondria and during potassium contractures was inversely related to the diameter of the preparation. Calculation based on Hill's equation (Hill, 1928) indicated that this was caused by the development of anoxia at the core of the preparation. 7. In contrast, the rate of heat production of quiescent preparations was not correlated with diameter and calculation indicated that at rest there was no anoxic core. The high value of resting heat rate found in the present study is discussed within the context of the large variation of 1.7-25 mW/g reported in the literature for resting metabolic rate of cardiac muscle.

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