TY - JOUR
T1 - Enantiomer-Specific Cardiovascular Effects of the Ketone Body 3-Hydroxybutyrate
AU - Gopalasingam, Nigopan
AU - Moeslund, Niels
AU - Christensen, Kristian Hylleberg
AU - Berg-Hansen, Kristoffer
AU - Seefeldt, Jacob
AU - Homilius, Casper
AU - Nielsen, Erik Nguyen
AU - Dollerup, Mie Ringgaard
AU - Alstrup Olsen, Aage K
AU - Johannsen, Mogens
AU - Boedtkjer, Ebbe
AU - Møller, Niels
AU - Eiskjær, Hans
AU - Gormsen, Lars Christian
AU - Nielsen, Roni
AU - Wiggers, Henrik
PY - 2024/4
Y1 - 2024/4
N2 - BACKGROUND: The ketone body 3-hydroxybutyrate (3-OHB) increases cardiac output (CO) by 35% to 40% in healthy people and people with heart failure. The mechanisms underlying the effects of 3-OHB on myocardial contractility and loading conditions as well as the cardiovascular effects of its enantiomeric forms, D-3-OHB and L-3-OHB, remain undetermined. METHODS AND RESULTS: Three groups of 8 pigs each underwent a randomized, crossover study. The groups received 3-hour infusions of either D/L-3-OHB (racemic mixture), 100% L-3-OHB, 100% D-3-OHB, versus an isovolumic control. The animals were monitored with pulmonary artery catheter, left ventricle pressure-volume catheter, and arterial and coronary sinus blood samples. Myocardial biopsies were evaluated with high-resolution respirometry, coronary arteries with isometric myography, and myocardial kinetics with D-[11C]3-OHB and L-[11C]3-OHB positron emission tomography. All three 3-OHB infusions increased 3-OHB levels (P<0.001). D/L-3-OHB and L-3-OHB increased CO by 2.7 L/min (P<0.003). D-3-OHB increased CO nonsignificantly (P=0.2). Circulating 3-OHB levels correlated with CO for both enantiomers (P<0.001). The CO increase was mediated through arterial elastance (afterload) reduction, whereas contractility and preload were unchanged. Ex vivo, Dand L-3-OHB dilated coronary arteries equally. The mitochondrial respiratory capacity remained unaffected. The myocardial 3-OHB extraction increased only during the D-and D/L-3-OHB infusions. D-[11C]3-OHB showed rapid cardiac uptake and metabolism, whereas L-[11C]3-OHB demonstrated much slower pharmacokinetics. CONCLUSIONS: 3-OHB increased CO by reducing afterload. L-3-OHB exerted a stronger hemodynamic response than D-3OHB due to higher circulating 3-OHB levels. There was a dissocitation between the myocardial metabolism and hemodynamic effects of the enantiomers, highlighting L-3-OHB as a potent cardiovascular agent with strong hemodynamic effects.
AB - BACKGROUND: The ketone body 3-hydroxybutyrate (3-OHB) increases cardiac output (CO) by 35% to 40% in healthy people and people with heart failure. The mechanisms underlying the effects of 3-OHB on myocardial contractility and loading conditions as well as the cardiovascular effects of its enantiomeric forms, D-3-OHB and L-3-OHB, remain undetermined. METHODS AND RESULTS: Three groups of 8 pigs each underwent a randomized, crossover study. The groups received 3-hour infusions of either D/L-3-OHB (racemic mixture), 100% L-3-OHB, 100% D-3-OHB, versus an isovolumic control. The animals were monitored with pulmonary artery catheter, left ventricle pressure-volume catheter, and arterial and coronary sinus blood samples. Myocardial biopsies were evaluated with high-resolution respirometry, coronary arteries with isometric myography, and myocardial kinetics with D-[11C]3-OHB and L-[11C]3-OHB positron emission tomography. All three 3-OHB infusions increased 3-OHB levels (P<0.001). D/L-3-OHB and L-3-OHB increased CO by 2.7 L/min (P<0.003). D-3-OHB increased CO nonsignificantly (P=0.2). Circulating 3-OHB levels correlated with CO for both enantiomers (P<0.001). The CO increase was mediated through arterial elastance (afterload) reduction, whereas contractility and preload were unchanged. Ex vivo, Dand L-3-OHB dilated coronary arteries equally. The mitochondrial respiratory capacity remained unaffected. The myocardial 3-OHB extraction increased only during the D-and D/L-3-OHB infusions. D-[11C]3-OHB showed rapid cardiac uptake and metabolism, whereas L-[11C]3-OHB demonstrated much slower pharmacokinetics. CONCLUSIONS: 3-OHB increased CO by reducing afterload. L-3-OHB exerted a stronger hemodynamic response than D-3OHB due to higher circulating 3-OHB levels. There was a dissocitation between the myocardial metabolism and hemodynamic effects of the enantiomers, highlighting L-3-OHB as a potent cardiovascular agent with strong hemodynamic effects.
KW - Humans
KW - Swine
KW - Animals
KW - 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid/pharmacology
KW - Cross-Over Studies
KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
KW - Hydroxybutyrates/pharmacology
KW - Heart
KW - Ketone Bodies/metabolism
KW - heart failure
KW - pressure‐volume loop
KW - hemodynamics
KW - ketone
KW - 3‐hydroxybutyrate
KW - pharmacokinetics
KW - metabolism
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U2 - 10.1161/JAHA.123.033628
DO - 10.1161/JAHA.123.033628
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38563382
SN - 2047-9980
VL - 13
SP - e033628
JO - Journal of the American Heart Association
JF - Journal of the American Heart Association
IS - 8
M1 - e033628
ER -