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dc.contributor.authorEssop, MF
dc.contributor.authorAnna Chan, WY
dc.contributor.authorValle, A
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Palmer, FJ
dc.contributor.authorDu Toit, EF
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:31:43Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:31:43Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-10-04T06:53:54Z
dc.identifier.issn1748-1708
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.02024.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/34247
dc.description.abstractAim: Obesity is a major contributor to the global burden of disease and is closely associated with the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. This study tested the hypothesis that mitochondrial respiratory capacity of the pre-diabetic heart is decreased leading to impaired contractile function and tolerance to ischaemia/reperfusion. Methods: Eight-week-old male Wistar rats were fed a high caloric diet for 16 weeks after which anthropometric, metabolic, cardiac and mitochondrial parameters were evaluated vs. age-matched lean controls. Cardiac function (working heart perfusions) and mitochondrial respiratory capacity were assessed at baseline and in response to acute oxygen deprivation. Results: Rats fed the high caloric diet exhibited increased body weight and visceral fat vs. the control group. Heart weights of obese rats were also increased. Triglyceride, fasting plasma insulin and free fatty acid levels were elevated, while high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were reduced in the obese group. Contractile function was attenuated at baseline and further decreased after subjecting hearts to ischaemia-reperfusion. Myocardial infarct sizes were increased while ADP phosphorylation rates were diminished in obese rats. However, no differences were found for mtDNA levels and the degree of oxidative stress-induced damage. Conclusions: These data show that decreased mitochondrial bioenergetic capacity in pre-diabetic rat hearts may impair respiratory capacity and reduce basal contractile function and tolerance to acute oxygen deprivation. Keywords metabolic syndrome, mitochondrial respiration, myocardial infarction, obesity.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom289
dc.relation.ispartofpageto296
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalActa Physiologica
dc.relation.ispartofvolume197
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical physiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3208
dc.titleImpaired contractile function and mitochondrial respiratory capacity in response to oxygen deprivation in a rat model of pre-diabetes
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyrightAuthor Posting. Copyright 2009 The Authors. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Acta Physiologica, Volume 197, Issue 4,289-296, 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.02024.x
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorDu Toit, Eugene


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