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Quantification of patterns of regional cardiac metabolism.

Abstract
To quantitatively map and compare patterns of regional cardiac metabolism with greater spatial resolution than is possible with positron emission tomography (PET), the authors developed autoradiographic techniques for use with combinations of radiolabeled fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), glucose (GLU), and acetate (ACE) and applied the techniques to normal rats. Kinetic models were developed to compare GLU-based oxidative glucose metabolism with FDG-based total glucose metabolism (oxidative plus anaerobic) and to compare ACE-based overall oxidative metabolism with FDG-based total glucose metabolism. GLU-based metabolism generally paralleled FDG-based metabolism, but divergence occurred in certain structures such as the papillary muscles, where FDG-based metabolism was much greater. ACE-based metabolism also generally paralleled FDG-based metabolism, but again, the papillary muscles had relatively greater FDG-based metabolism. These discrepancies between FDG-based metabolism and GLU- or ACE-based metabolism suggest the presence of high levels of anaerobic glycolysis. Thus, the study indicates that anaerobic glycolysis, in addition to occurring in ischemic or "stunned" myocardium (as has been shown in recent PET studies), occurs normally in specific cardiac regions, despite the presence of abundant oxygen.
AuthorsJ L Lear, R F Ackermann
JournalRadiology (Radiology) Vol. 176 Issue 3 Pg. 659-64 (Sep 1990) ISSN: 0033-8419 [Print] United States
PMID2389023 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Acetates
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Deoxyglucose
  • Glucose
Topics
  • Acetates
  • Animals
  • Autoradiography (methods)
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Deoxyglucose (analogs & derivatives)
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Glucose
  • Glycolysis
  • Heart (diagnostic imaging)
  • Male
  • Myocardium (metabolism)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed

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