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SUBMITTER: Harmancey R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3405268 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Harmancey Romain R Lam Truong N TN Lubrano Genna M GM Guthrie Patrick H PH Vela Deborah D Taegtmeyer Heinrich H
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20120518 8
Insulin resistance is a prominent feature in heart failure, while hyperglycemia impairs cardiac contraction. We propose that decreased insulin-mediated glucose uptake by the heart preserves cardiac function in response to metabolic and hemodynamic stress. To test this hypothesis, we fed rats a high-sucrose diet (HSD). Energy substrate metabolism and cardiac work were determined ex vivo in a sequential protocol simulating metabolic and hemodynamic stress. Compared to chow-fed, control rats, HSD i ...[more]