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Measurement of cAMP in the cardiac conduction system of rats

A Sugiyama, S McKnite, P Wiegn and KG Lurie

Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.

To characterize differences in regional cAMP production in the cardiac conduction system, 18 rats were anesthetized with pentobarbital (65 mg/kg IP) and randomized into a control (n = 9) and a stimulated group (n = 9). The stimulated group received aminophylline (20 mg/kg SC) and isoproterenol (16 micrograms/kg SC). The concentration of cAMP in freeze-dried, micro dissected pieces (1-3 micrograms) of cardiac tissue was measured using a new microanalytical method. The cAMP contents in right atrium, atrioventricular node, His bundle, and left ventricle (fmol/microgram dry weight, mean +/- SE) were 38.9 +/- 2.5, 39.0 +/- 4.3, 46.4 +/- 6.1, and 41.4 +/- 3.3 in controls and 72.9 +/- 6.7, 86.1 +/- 2.9, 115.0 +/- 11.5, and 79.5 +/- 7.3 in the stimulated group, respectively. Basal cAMP levels were similar throughout the heart, whereas isoproterenol increased cAMP levels in all regions (p < 0.01). Furthermore, cAMP levels in His bundle, after isoproterenol, were higher than in any other region (p < 0.05). These results demonstrate that: (a) cAMP can be measured in discrete portions of the cardiac conduction system; (b) there are significant regional differences of beta-adrenergic control in the cardiac conduction system; and (c) cAMP production after beta-adrenergic stimulation was lower than expected in the AV nodal region, based on previously described beta-adrenoceptor density measurements.

Volume 43, Issue 6, pp. 601-605, 06/01/1995
Copyright © 1995 by The Histochemical Society


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