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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 239: E430-E436, 1980;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 239, Issue 6 430-E436, Copyright © 1980 by American Physiological Society

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Utilization of leucine by working rat heart

K. Ichihara, J. R. Neely, D. L. Siehl and H. E. Morgan

Leucine provided substrate to partially support mechanical activity of working rat hearts; the beneficial effect on peak systolic pressure development was more marked as leucine concentration was increased to 10 mM. In Langendorff preparations that had been exposed to 5 mM [U-14C]leucine, the imposition of cardiac work was accompanied by a threefold increase in the rate of 14CO2 production within the first 30 s; however, the rate decreased 40% in the next 10 min. This transient acceleration of 14CO2 production was not observed when [1-14C]leucine was provided and appeared to be due to oxidation of a tissue pool of radioactive intermediates that was present after 10 min of Langendorff perfusion. Over a period of 1 h, oxidation of either [U-14C]- or [1-14C]leucine increased 25-40% in working compared to Langendorff preparations that were supplied 5 mM leucine and 11 mM glucose. In working hearts that were supplied a substrate and hormone mixture that simulated normal plasma and 1 mM leucine, a concentration found in the plasma of diabetic but not normal rats, leucine oxidation was accelerated 73% by work but amounted to only 3.3% of oxygen consumption.


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