Phosphatidylcholine metabolism in ischemic and hypoxic hearts |
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Authors: | Patrick C Choy Monroe Chan Grant Hatch Ricky Y K Man |
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Institution: | (1) Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada |
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Abstract: | The rates of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in the isolated hamster hearts under ischemic and hypoxic conditions were examined. Global ischemia was produced by perfusion of the heart with a reduced flow, whereas hypoxia was produced by perfusion with a N2-saturated buffer. A 51% reduction in the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine was observed in the ischemic heart. The reduction was caused by a severe decrease in ATP level which resulted in a diminished conversion of choline into phosphocholine. A 22% reduction in the biosynthetic rate of phosphatidylcholine was also detected in the hypoxic heart. The reduction was caused by a diminished level of CTP which resulted in a decreased conversion of phosphocholine to CDP-choline. No compensatory mechanism was triggered during ischemia, but the CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase activity was enhanced in the hypoxic heart. Our results demonstrate the possible rate-limiting role of choline kinase and reconfirm the regulatory role of the cytidylyltransferase in the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine. (Mol Cell Biochem116: 53–58, 1992) |
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Keywords: | phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis ischemia hypoxia hamster heart |
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