Abstract
We investigated the influence of PUFA in phospholipids (PL) on the functional characteristics of cultured cardiomyocytes (CM) in basal conditions and during free radical (FR) stress provoked either by the xanthine/xanthine oxidase (X/XO) system or by a (9Z, 11E, 13 (S), 15Z)-13-hydroperoxyoctadecatrienoic acid (13-HpOTrE). CM were grown in media containing either n - 3 (eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA, and docosahexaenoic acid, DHA) or n - 6 (arachidonic acid, AA). These two groups of CM displayed different PUFA n -6/n - 3 ratio in PL. However, their basal electromechanical characteristics were similar. The X/XO system drastically altered CM functions, without difference between the two groups of CM. 13-HpOTrE caused a moderate and reversible depression in action potential parameters, which was dependent upon the PL PUFA, since the n - 3-enriched CM exhibited an earlier functional depression but faster recovery. Thus, the peroxidative damage of CM depended on a cross relationship between FR species and the PL PUFA composition.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 251-261 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Free Radical Research |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2006 |
Funding
This work was supported by grants from the French Ministry of Research, the Regional Council of Burgundy, the French Federation of Cardiology, the Cardiology Association of Burgundy and the French National League against Cancer. The authors are very grateful to Mr Jean-Pierre Iliou (Laboratoires Servier, Neuilly, France) for the kind gift of the hydroperox-ydecatrienoic acid. The authors are also grateful to Dr Paul Walker for proof reading.
Keywords
- 13-hydroperoxyoctadecatrienoic acid
- Cell physiology
- Free radicals
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids
- Rat cardiomyocytes
- Xanthine/xanthine oxidase