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. 1978 Nov;62(5):1029–1038. doi: 10.1172/JCI109207

Metabolic Control of the Circulation

EFFECTS OF ACETATE AND PYRUVATE

Chang-Seng Liang 1,2,3,4, John M Lowenstein 1,2,3,4
PMCID: PMC371862  PMID: 568632

Abstract

Chloralose-anesthetized dogs were infused intravenously with either Tris-acetate or Tris-pyruvate at 0.0375, 0.075, and 0.15 mmol/kg per min successively, each for 20 min. Acetate infusion increased cardiac output, left ventricular dP/dt and dP/dt/P, and coronary blood flow, while pyruvate infusion did not. Infusions of either substance increased arterial blood and skeletal muscle concentrations of citrate and malate, but only acetate infusion increased the tissue AMP content and decreased the ATP:AMP ratio. The increase in cardiac output produced by acetate was accompanied by an increase in total body oxygen consumption and a decrease in the difference between arterial and mixed venous blood oxygen.

Myocardial oxygen consumption increased during acetate infusion, but the decrease in myocardial oxygen extraction and the increase in coronary sinus blood oxygen saturation suggest that an active coronary vasodilation which was not a result of the increased cardiac work, occurred. The concentration of hypoxanthine in the coronary sinus and the content of myocardial adenosine increased, which suggests that the increase in coronary blood flow was caused by the vasodilator action of adenosine released from the myocardium, and that adenosine production is not necessarily tied to PO2.

These systemic and coronary hemodynamic changes also occurred when acetate (0.075 mmol/kg per min) was infused into conscious dogs. Acetate infusion also increased blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, intercostal muscle, and diaphragm. These changes were not affected by propranolol pretreatment, but were abolished by pretreatment with fluoroacetate which reduced acetate oxidation.

These results suggest that the circulatory stimulation produced by acetate was not caused by increases in tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates. Instead, it was probably related to the increased cleavage of ATP to AMP that accompanies activation of acetate to acetyl CoA, and was not mediated via β-adrenergic receptors. It is speculated that hemodynamic changes may occur in patients who undergo hemodialysis with acetate-containing dialysate. Hemodynamic changes of ethanol may also be brought about by acetate, which is one of the intermediates that accumulates during ethanol metabolism.

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