Increased myocardial oxygen consumption by TNF-alpha is mediated by a sphingosine signaling pathway.

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Hofmann U, Domeier E, Frantz S, Laser M, Weckler B, Kuhlencordt P, Heuer S, Keweloh B, Ertl G, Bonz AW

Increased myocardial oxygen consumption by TNF-alpha is mediated by a sphingosine signaling pathway.

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2003 Jun;284(6):H2100-5. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00888.2002. Epub 2003 Jan 30.

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The present study investigated the effect of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha on myocardial energy metabolism as estimated by myocardial oxygen consumption (MVo(2)). MVo(2) of electrically stimulated isolated trabeculae of right ventricular Wistar rat myocardium was analyzed using a Clark-type oxygen probe. After the initial data collection in the absence of TNF-alpha, measurements were repeated after TNF-alpha stimulation. In separate experiments, pretreatment with the nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) or the ceramidase inhibitor n-oleoylethanolamine (NOE) was done to investigate NO/sphingosine-related effects. TNF-alpha impaired myocardial economy at increasing stimulation frequencies without altering baseline MVo(2). Incubation with TNF-alpha in the presence of l-NAME further impaired myocardial economy. NOE preincubation abrogated the TNF-alpha effect on myocardial economy. Moreover, the negative inotropic effect of TNF-alpha was observed in NOE-pretreated but not l-NAME-pretreated muscle fibers. Exogenous sphingosine mimicked the TNF-alpha effect on mechanics and energetics. We conclude that TNF-alpha impairs the economy of chemomechanical energy transduction primarily through a sphingosine-mediated pathway.

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