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@ARTICLE{Li:646749,
author = {Li, Mei and Persson, Linus B. and Schwartzkopf, Matthias
and Steen, Erik and Terry, Ann and Wohlfart, Björn and
Steen, Stig and Arner, Anders},
title = {{E}ffects of cooling on pig heart excitation and
contraction},
journal = {Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine},
volume = {13},
issn = {2297-055X},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
reportid = {PUBDB-2026-00948},
pages = {1753083},
year = {2026},
abstract = {Although variations in temperature have a profound impact
on cardiac function, little is known regarding the
excitation and contractile parameters over a broad
temperature interval. In view of the clinical applications
of lowered temperature in resuscitation and in cardiac
preservation/evaluation for transplantation, we have
examined the contractile function using Langendorff perfused
hearts and isolated trabecular muscle from pig, in
combination with electrophysiology and X-ray diffraction.
Lowered temperature in the range 37 to 22oC was associated
with an increase in systolic pressure and active force. In
permeabilized preparations, force and Ca2+ sensitivity
decreased with temperature, showing that the increased force
down to 22oC in the intact heart and trabeculae was not due
to changes in thin filament regulation, but most likely to
increased activator [Ca2+]. At lower temperature (<22oC),
force in the heart decreased, suggesting that the
temperature effects in the regulatory system became
dominating. ECG analysis showed that frequency was lowered
and that PQ-, QS- and QT- times were prolonged at lower
temperature. This was associated with a gradual
depolarization of the cell membrane, prolonged action
potential and an attenuation of the fast upstroke phase.
These changes in rise time and amplitude of the action
potential would predispose for uneven propagation and
arrhythmia as temperature is lowered. At the same time, the
prolonged action potential can be associated with an
increased [Ca2+] at lower temperature. Small angle X-ray
diffraction showed that the filament lattice of intact
trabecular muscle tended to swell at low temperature (10 vs
22oC) and revealed a mass transfer from myosin to actin
filaments, which would reflect changes in cellular
physiology and contractile system structure at low
temperature},
cin = {FS DOOR-User / FS-PET-D},
ddc = {610},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)FS_DOOR-User-20241023$ /
I:(DE-H253)FS-PET-D-20190712},
pnm = {633 - Life Sciences – Building Blocks of Life: Structure
and Function (POF4-633) / 6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3)
/ SWEDEN-DESY - SWEDEN-DESY Collaboration
$(2020_Join2-SWEDEN-DESY)$},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-633 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3 /
$G:(DE-HGF)2020_Join2-SWEDEN-DESY$},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P03-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.3389/fcvm.2026.1753083},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/646749},
}