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On the mechanism of enhanced ATP formation in hypoxic myocardium caused by glutamic acid

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The effect of glutamic acid on the cardiac contractile function and sources of anaerobic ATP formation in hypoxic myocardium was studied in isovolumic rat hearts. The presence of glutamic acid (5 mM) in the perfusate significantly diminished an increment in diastolic pressure caused by 60 min hypoxia, and facilitated its complete recovery during 30 min reoxygenation. This effect was combined with the maintenance of a higher ATP level during hypoxia and reoxygenation. The total content of lactate in the heart-perfusate system rose exactly as during hypoxia without glutamic acid, while pyruvate content decreased due to increased alanine formation. Restoration of tissue content of glutamate and aspartate in the presence of exogenous glutamic acid was accompanied by a more than 2-fold increase in succinate formation, the end-product of the Krebs' cycle under anaerobic conditions. The products of glutamic acid transamination with oxaloacetic acid, aspartic and α-ketoglutaric acids 95 mM each), induced the same functional and metabolic alterations as glutamic acid. Amino-oxyacetic acid, a tramsaminase inhibitor, eliminated the effects caused by glutamic acid. Moreover, the inhibition of transamination was accompanied by a decreased succinate and alanine synthesis as well as insignificantly increased lactate formation compared to hypoxia without additives. The results suggest that the beneficial effect of glutamic acid is due to the activation of anaerobic ATP formation in the mitochondria rather than stimulation of glycolysis.

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    Present address: Institute of Experimental Cardiology, USSR Cardiology Research Center, Academy of Medical Sciences, 3rd Cherepkovskaya 15A, 121552, Moscow, (USSR)

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    E. S. Solomatina, V. E. Ivanov, I. M. Studneva, V. I. Kapelko & V. N. Smirnov

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Pisarenko, O.I., Solomatina, E.S., Ivanov, V.E. et al. On the mechanism of enhanced ATP formation in hypoxic myocardium caused by glutamic acid. Basic Res Cardiol 80, 126–134 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01910459

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