• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to project page

1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The relation between Ca^<2+>-transient and Ca^<2+>-handling energy in excitation-contraction coupling

Research Project

Project/Area Number 04454267
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Circulatory organs internal medicine
Research InstitutionOkayama University Medical School

Principal Investigator

SUGA Hiroyuki  Okayama Univ.Med.Sch., Dept.Physiol, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (90014117)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAKAKI Miyako  Okayama Univ.Med.Sch., Dept.Physiol, Assistant Professor, 医学部, 助手 (00033358)
Project Period (FY) 1992 – 1993
Keywordscardiac myocyte / calcium transient / excitation-contraction coupling. / energy consumption / oxygen consumption
Research Abstract

To establish the method to obtain isolated cardiac myocytes, we perfused guinea pig heart with collagenase solution by Langendorff perfusion method. We improved many points in principle method, and got intact myocytes at considerably high percentage. However, to measure calcium fluorescence of cell suspension, we tried to get more and more yields of intact myocytes. However, we concluded that higher than 70-80% of yield could not be attained. Therefore, neither calcium fluorescence nor oxygen consumption of cell suspension could be measure. Then, we are going to establish the measurement of intracellular calcium and oxygen consumption by using cardiac muscle slices. Simultaneous measurement of intracellular calcium and oxygen consumption was very difficult. Also, we determined to measure them separately. At first, the measuring system for oxygen consumption could be established. Recently, we got reasonable values of oxygen consumption, which is supposed to be the sum of basal metabolism and calcium handling energy in excitation-contraction coupling. Next, by using CAF110 which was bought by this grand, we examined pCa-intensity of fluorescence relation at 340nm and 380nm. The ratio of 340nm to 380nm gradually increased between pCa = 8.5 and 7.5. Then, we did the following experiments. We dissected canine left ventricles into big blocks and put them into ice-cold KB solution. After removal of epicardial parts, these blocks were cut into small pieces (several mm). Small pieces from normal hearts and Ca overload hearts were loaded with FuraII-AM in KB solution. After 3-4 hrs, small pieces were washed out and measured their intracellular calcium concentration. No difference was observed between intracellular calcium concentration of normal hearts and Ca overload failing hearts.

  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All Other

All Publications (4 results)

  • [Publications] T Namba,M Takaki,J Araki,K Ishioka,H Suga: "Energetics of the negative and positive inotropism of pentobarbitone sodium in the canine left ventricle" Cardiovascular Research. 28. 557-565 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] M Takaki,T Namba,J Araki,K Ishioka,H Ito,T Akashi,LY Zhao,DD Zhao,M Liu,W Fujii,H Suga: "(How to measure cardiac energy expenditure)In Ischemia-reperfusion in cardiac surgery" Kluwer Academic Publishers, 448 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Taketoshi Namba, Miyako Takaki, Junichi Araki, Kazunari Ishioka, Hiroyuki Suga: "Energitics of the negative and positive intropism of pentobarbitonesodium in the canine left ventricle" Cardiovascular Research. 28. 557-565 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Miyako Takaki, Taketoshi Namba, Junichi Araki, Kazunari Ishioka, Haruo Ito, Takuji Akashi, Ling Yun Zhao, Dan Dan Zhao, Miao Liu, Wakako Fujii, Hiroyuki Suga: "How to measure cardiac energy expenditure" In Ischemia-reperfusion in cardiac surgery. 403-419 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

URL: 

Published: 1995-03-27  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi