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To determine whether repetitive episodes of brief myocardial ischaemia lead to progressive, cumulative depletion of myocardial purine and pyrimidine nucleotide pools.

May 1, 1984Cardiovascular Research

Repetitive episodes of brief ischaemia (12 min) do not produce a cumulative depletion of high energy phosphate compounds

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To determine whether repetitive episodes of brief myocardial ischaemia lead to progressive, cumulative depletion of myocardial purine and pyrimidine nucleotide pools.
Open-chest canine models underwent three consecutive 12-minute occlusions of the left anterior descending coronary artery.
Each 12-minute ischaemic occlusion was followed by a 10-minute reperfusion period.
Myocardial concentrations of ATP, GTP, CTP, UTP, adenine catabolites, and regional blood flow were quantified across cycles.
The initial ischaemic occlusion depleted nucleotide pools significantly: ATP by 30%, GTP by 36%, CTP by 52%, and UTP by 48%.
Subsequent second and third occlusions caused no additional decrease in nucleotide pools relative to the first occlusion.
Myocardial adenine nucleotide catabolites were higher during the first occlusion than subsequent cycles despite consistent regional blood flow.

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Experimental study reveals stable high-energy phosphate levels after repeated brief ischaemia in canine myocardium, indicating reduced nucleotide breakdown prevents cumulative energy depletion.

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Swain et al. (1984) studied this question.

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Experimental study reveals stable high-energy phosphate levels after repeated brief ischaemia in canine myocardium, indicating reduced nucleotide breakdown prevents cumulative energy depletion.

Repetitive episodes of brief ischaemia (12 min) do not produce a cumulative depletion of high energy phosphate compounds

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Repetitive episodes of brief ischaemia (12 min) do not produce a cumulative depletion of high energy phosphate compounds

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