Metabolic Response to Stress by the Immature Right Ventricle Exposed to Chronic Pressure Overload.

Background The right ventricle exposed to chronic pressure overload exhibits hypertrophy and decompensates when exposed to stress. We hypothesize that impaired ability to increase myocardial oxidative flux through pyruvate dehydrogenase leads to hypertrophied right ventricular (RV) dysfunction when exposed to hemodynamic stress, and pyruvate dehydrogenase stimulation can improve RV function. Methods and Results Infant male Yorkshire piglets (13.

O-GlcNAc Transferase Promotes Compensated Cardiac Function and Protein Kinase A O-GlcNAcylation During Early and Established Pathological Hypertrophy From Pressure Overload.

Background Protein posttranslational modifications by O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) increase with cardiac hypertrophy, yet the functional effects of these changes are incompletely understood. In other organs, O-GlcNAc promotes adaptation to acute physiological stressors; however, prolonged O-GlcNAc elevations are believed to be detrimental. We hypothesize that early O-GlcNAcylation improves cardiac function during initial response to pressure overload hypertrophy, but that sustained elevations during established pathological hypertrophy negatively impact cardiac function by adversely affecting calcium handling proteins.