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Abstract
In order to examine an early ischaemia-induced local release of myocardial noradrenaline (NA), the left coronary artery of the isolated working rat heart was ligated for periods varying between 7.5 min and 30 min, followed by reperfusion for 5 min. As perfusion substrate, glucose, lactate or both were used. In part of the experiments, hearts were pre-labelled with [3H]NA. Already after 7.5 min of ischaemia, an increased efflux of endogenous NA was observed in the perfusate at reperfusion, concomitant with a decrease in tissue NA content. This effect was most pronounced with lactate as substrate. Qualitatively similar effects were seen on [3H]NA efflux from labelled hearts. The combination of glucose and lactate as substrate markedly reduced (compared with lactate alone) the efflux of NA, whereas no such reduction was observed on the efflux of creatine kinase (CK). It is concluded that ischaemia is associated with an early local release of NA. Furthermore, ischaemia may induce different effects on the metabolic processes of the myocyte as compared with the adrenergic nerve ending.
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