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Oxygen reperfusion is limited in the postischemic hypertrophic myocardium

Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, California

Submitted 9 June 2005 ; accepted in final form 19 December 2005

Studies have shown that hypertrophied hearts are unusually vulnerable to ischemia. Compromised O₂ supply has been postulated as a possible explanation for this phenomenon on the basis of elongated O₂ diffusion distance and altered coronary vasculature found in hypertrophied myocardium. To examine the postulate, perfused heart experiments followed the metabolic and functional responses of hypertrophic myocardium to ischemia. ¹H/³¹P NMR was used to measure cellular oxygenation and energy level during ischemia-reperfusion. The left ventricles from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were enlarged by 48%. With this moderate degree of hypertrophy, cellular O₂ and energy levels were normal during baseline perfusion. After an ischemic episode, however, cellular O₂ was severely deprived in the SHR hearts compared with the normal hearts. Depressed postischemic O₂ reperfusion correlated well with depressed energetic and functional recovery. The results from the current study thus demonstrate a critical relationship between reperfused O₂ level and functional recovery in hypertrophic myocardium. The role of reperfused O₂, however, is time dependent. During early reperfusion, factor(s) other than O₂ appear to limit functional recovery. It is when the mechanical function of the heart approaches a new steady state that O₂ becomes a dominant factor. Meanwhile, the finding of a normal O₂ level in preischemic SHR hearts defies the notion of preexisting hypoxia as a primer of ischemic damage.

left ventricular hypertrophy; myocardial ischemia; spontaneously hypertensive rat; nuclear magnetic resonance