Serum desoxy-ribose compounds in experimental myocardial infarction

Zusammenfassung Es wird nachgewiesen, dass eine koronare Unterbindung am Hund zu erhöhter Desoxyriboseverbindung im Serum führt.

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This work was supported by a grant from Indian Council of Medical Research.     

Some aspects of biochemistry of myocardial infarction

This review deals with biochemical changes in infarcted heart muscle. Two main topics are emphasized: changes in substrate metabolism and in myocardial nitric oxide (NO), and prostacyclin and thromboxane formation. Alterations in glucose metabolism in infarcted heart are discussed with special reference to its myocardial utilization in ischemia. The biochemical basis of the increase in NO and prostanoids and the relationship between the enzyme producing nitric oxide (NOS) and cyclooxygenases (COX) responsible for formation of prostanoids are described. The relevance of these findings to clinical conditions and to angiogenesis in heart muscle are stressed.     

Effect of antilymphocyte serum on experimental myocardial infarction

Zusammenfassung Bei mit Antilymphozyten-Serum behandelten Ratten wird die Entzündungsreaktion der durch Ischämie hervorgerufenen Nekrose des Myokardiums bedeutend vermindert. Ausserdem werden dadurch Rhythmus- und Leitungsstörungen, welche im Anfangsstadium des Herzinfarktes häufig sind, seltener.     

AMP deaminase, 5'-nucleotidase and adenosine deaminase in rat myocardial tissue in myocardial infarction and hypothermia

AMP deaminase, 5'-nucleotidase and adenosine deaminase have been estimated in skeletal muscle and myocardial tissue in normal rats and in rats subjected to experimental myocardial infarction or hypothermia. A difference in the enzyme distribution was found between the right and left ventricles in the normal rat. A decrease in the activity of 5'-nucleotidase and an increase in the activity of adenosine deaminase were observed in infarcted myocardial tissue. The activity of all 3 enzymes was found to be depressed in the myocardium in rats subjected to hypothermia. These results are discussed in relation to adenosine production and its beneficial effects.     

Amino acid concentrations in blood of patients with an acute myocardial infarction

Summary Levels of essential and nonessential amino acids in blood of patients with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were found in general not to differ from values obtained from non-AMI patients. This is in contrast to blood taurine levels which are elevated in the AMI patients.     

Effect of mercury derivatives of fluorescein on the fibrillation threshold in experimental myocardial infarction

Zusammenfassung Experimentell wird an Hunden bewiesen, dass Fibrillationsschwellenwerte vom Ort des ischämischen Herdes und vom zwischen den zwei Zonen liegenden Raum durch Quecksilberderivate von Fluoreszein erhöht werden, diejenigen im gesunden Gewebe hingegen unverändert bleiben. Diese Befunde stimmen mit der Verteilung und Fixierung der Substanzen sowohl in geschädigtem wie auch in gesundem Myokardgewebe überein.     

Plasma thyroxine levels in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Some young Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients (3-7 years) had total thyroxine (T4) levels and T4 to thyroxine binding globulin (TBG) ratios above the normal range and significantly increased free thyroxine indices (fT4I) which, however, remained within the normal range. Older DMD patients (7-11 years) had T4 and TBG levels and fT4I similar to normal. In both DMD groups the thyroxine binding index (TBI) values were in the normal range.     

Plasma thyroxine levels in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Summary Some young Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients (3–7 years) had total thyroxine (T₄) levels and T₄ to thyroxine binding globulin (TBG) ratios above the normal range and significantly increased free thyroxine indices (fT₄I) which, however, remained within the normal range. Older DMD patients (7–11 years) had T₄ and TBG levels and fT₄I similar to normal. In both DMD groups the thyroxine binding index (TBI) values were in the normal range.     

Metabolic effects of thyroxine in infant rats

Zusammenfassung Die Behandlung 5 oder 8 Tage alter Ratten mit Thyroxin- oder TSH-Injektionen verursachte eine signifikante Stimulierung im Sauerstoffverbrauch und in der Sukzinodehydrogenase-Aktivität im Leber-, Muskel- und Gehirngewebe. Dies zeigt, dass die Inaktivität der Schilddrüse in metabolischer Kontrolle schon innerhalb von 8 Tagen nach der Geburt aufgehoben wird, wenn genügend TSH vorhanden ist.

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Supported by National Research Council for Sciences and by the University of Turku through grants to one of the authors (R.T.). The aid of MissHelka Julku is gratefully acknowledged.     

Close relation between hypothalamic and cardiac norepinephrine during stress and its role in acute myocardial infarction disrhythmias

Summary The decrease of the norepinephrine levels in hypothalamus and heart caused by stress is prevented by pargyline and imipramine. Such a decrease in spleen and adrenals is not affected. Chlorpromazine and lithium only prevent the norepinephrine decrease in the spleen. The uptake of H³norepinephrine by isolated atria of guinea-pig increases during anoxia; the change to a normal oxygen situation decreases these norepinephrine levels by more than 50%.     

An immediate effect of thyroxine in the new-born pig

Résumé Deux augmentations, l'une immédiate et l'autre latente, s'observent dans la consommation d'oxygène après injection sous-cutanée de thyroxine au porcelet nouveau-né. L'augmentation immédiate présente un maximum environ 4 h après l'injection. Elle a été la plus forte chez les porcelets de l'âge 1 à 4 journées.

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British Council Scholar on leave of absence from Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Jablonna, Warsaw.     

Genome-wide association study to identify SNPs conferring risk of myocardial infarction and their functional analyses

Myocardial infarction might result from the interactions of multiple genetic and environmental factors, none of which can cause disease solely by each of themselves. Although molecular biological studies revealed that a number of proteins are possibly involved in its pathogenesis, little, if any genetic findings have been reported so far. To reveal genetic backgrounds of myocardial infarction, we performed a large-scale, case-control association study using 92,788 gene-based single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. We have identified functional SNPs within the lymphotoxin-α gene (LTA) located on chromosome 6p21 that conferred susceptibility to myocardial infarction. Furthermore, we could identify galectin-2 protein as a binding partner of LTA protein. The association study further revealed that a functional SNP in LGALS2 encoding galectin-2, which led to altered secretion of LTA, also indicated a risk of myocardial infarction. A combined strategy of genetic and molecularcellular biological approaches may be useful in clarifying pathogenesis of common diseases.Received 7 March 2005; received after revision 22 April 2005; accepted 25 April 2005     

Use of radioimmunoassay of "thyroxine binding globulin" to determine the concentration of free plasma thyroxine]

A relationship is proposed for calculating the concentration of free serum thyroxine using the measured values of thyroxine and thyroxine-binding globulin total concentrations. This calculation has been performed on a population of 335 patients. A good discrimination of the different thyroid diseases has been obtained.     

Triiodothyronine and thyroxine: Induction of mitosis in adult forgs

Zusammenfassung Nachweis, dass bei adulten, reifen Fröschen Thyroxin und Triiodothyronin die mitotische Aktivität und die DNS-Synthese in verschiedenen Organen (Augenlinse, mit Epithel, Niere Darm, Leber, Milz, Haut, Horn-und Nickhaut) zu stimulieren vermag.

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This work was supported by USPHS Grant No. EY 00281-09 from the National Eye Institute, and Fight for Sight Grant-in-Aid No. G-496.