Abstract
Skeletal muscle fiber damage and necrosis can result in the release of intracellular molecules into the extracellular environment. These molecules, termed damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), can act as signals capable of initiating immune and/or inflammatory responses through interactions with pattern recognition receptors. To investigate whether skeletal muscle DAMPs interact with the heart and alter cardiac function, isolated rat hearts were perfused for 75 min with buffer containing 1 μg/ml of either soleus (slow), white gastrocnemius (WG, fast), or heat-stressed white gastrocnemius (HSWG) skeletal muscle homogenates. Left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP) and rates of pressure increase/decrease (±dP/dt) were measured using the Langendorff technique. Compared to controls, no changes in LVDP or +dP/dt were observed over the 75-min perfusion when homogenates from the WG muscles were added. In contrast, at 30 min and thereafter, a decreased LVDP and +dP/dt was observed in the hearts treated with soleus muscle homogenates. The hearts treated with HSWG homogenates also showed a decrease in LVDP from 45 min until the end of perfusion. These results suggest that molecules present in slow muscle and heat-stressed muscle are capable of altering cardiac function. Thus, muscle fiber type and/or heat shock protein content of skeletal muscles may be factors that influence cardiac function following skeletal muscle damage.
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Di Battista, A.P., Locke, M. Isolated hearts treated with skeletal muscle homogenates exhibit altered function. Cell Stress and Chaperones 18, 675–681 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-013-0418-y
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