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Laboratory for Physiology, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1. Increased coronary perfusion leads to increased myocardial contraction and oxygen consumption (Gregg's phenomenon) even when oxygen supply is presumably sufficient. Previous studies concerned whole hearts, however, in which local hypoxia may play a role. We developed techniques for internal perfusion of thin papillary muscles from rat heart. The influence of perfusion pressure on muscle contraction was studied. We investigated whether Gregg's phenomenon is due to (a) hypoxia, (b) stretch of the muscle fibres, or (c) increased contractility. 2. The effectiveness of the perfusion technique was demonstrated in four ways: (a) the diameter of the capillaries increased with perfusion pressure; (b) 14 +/- 4% (mean +/- S.D., n = 11) increase in muscle diameter was observed on a change of perfusion pressure from 0 to 50 cmH2O; (c) addition of India ink to the perfusate caused rapid staining of the entire muscle; (d) during internal perfusion and external superfusion peak force was mainly determined by the [Ca2+] in the internal perfusate. 3. An increase of perfusion pressure from 0 to 70 cmH2O induced 74 +/- 20% (mean +/- S.D., n = 11) increase in peak force of contraction. In the absence of internal perfusion peak force was not affected by approximately 50% reduction of the PO2 in the bathing solution (from 700 to 350 mmHg). Hence, oxygen supply was not a limiting factor, i.e. the effect of internal perfusion on force was not related to hypoxia. 4. Segment length was measured with markers attached to the surface of the muscle. Perfusion-induced changes in segment length were negligible (-0.2 +/- 1.5%, n = 11). Force-length relationships at different perfusion pressures show that the perfusion-induced increase in force was generally larger than the maximum increase in force that could be induced by stretch. Furthermore, the time course of stretch and perfusion effects on force was different. We conclude that Gregg's phenomenon is not related to changes in fibre length, i.e. the hypothesis of pressure-induced stretch ('garden hose' effect) does not apply to papillary muscles. 5. The pressure-induced changes in the force-length relationship were similar to the changes obtained with interventions that increase contractility, such as increased [Ca2+]. 6. Since hypoxia and length effects were not involved, and the effect of perfusion pressure was similar to that of inotropic interventions, we conclude that Gregg's phenomenon is a change in contractility. Possible explanations include changes in the ionic composition or volume of the interstitium, and inotropic factors produced by the endothelium or intramyocardial neurons.
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