riers R, Arora RC, Tian G. Adipose-derived stem cells are an effective cell candidate for treatment of heart failure: an MR imaging study of rat hearts.

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The effect on intracellular Na+ ([Na+]i) and Rb+ fluxes if reduced [ATP]/ [ADP] and increased Pi has been investigated by 1 mM potassium cyanide (KCN) or KCl (control) infusion (24 min) in Langendorff perfused rat hearts. 87Rb, 23Na, or 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra were acquired to measure intracellular Rb+ (a congener for K+, 20% substitution), Na+, and phosphates. KCN infusion (14-24 min) caused decreases in phosphocreatine (34 +/- 12% of initial), ATP (64 +/- 17), and Rb content (71 +/- 7) and increases in Pi (273 +/- 65) and [Na+]i (210 +/- 52). Dimethylamiloride (10 microM) did not change the rate of Na+ accumulation. The rate constant of unidirectional Rb+ efflux (min-1) increased during KCN treatment by 70% (0.061 +/- 0.006 vs. 0.036 +/- 0.004, P = 0.0001). KCN-stimulated Rb+ efflux was inhibited by glibenclamide (Glib, 10 microM. 0.042 +/- 0.009, P = 0.0001 vs. KCN) and alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate (0.5 mM, 0.047 +/- 0.008, P < 0.002 vs. KCN). KCN moderately decreased the Rb+ influx rate (to 82 +/- 17%, P = 0.01), which was depressed more significantly in the presence of Glib (47 +/- 17%, P = 0.03). We suggest that inhibition of Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) by Pi is responsible for intracellular Na+ accumulation, whereas K+ loss is associated with both activation of ATP-sensitive K+ channels and the K(+)-lactate-cotransporter and inhibition of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase.

Carbon-13 spin-lattice relaxation times (T1) have been determined for the carbon in the octapeptide hormone [5-isoleucine]-angiotensin II in aqueous solution. Two possible models for molecular motion are considered: isotropic overall motion of the hormone with internal motion of some residues and anisotropic overall molecular motion. The data are interpreted in detail using the former model. The alpha carbons of the peptide backbone are all equally restricted in their motion. The correlation time for overall molecular reorientation, calculated from an everage T1 value of 95 msec for the alpha carbons in the peptide backbone, is ca. 5 times 10-10 sec. The carbons in the side chains are more mobile than those in the peptide backbone, with the exception of the side chain of the Tyr residue which does not undergo rapid segmental motion. We propose that [5-isoleucine]-angiotensin II has a restricted backbone conformation and that the alpha carbons of the N- and C-terminal residues are constrained to nearly the same extent as the remaining alpha carbons in the peptide backbone. Chemical shift data indicate that the Pro residue adopts the trans conformation about the His-Pro bond and that the imidazole ring of His has a strong preference for the N-tau -H tautomer.