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(American Journal of Pathology. 2006;168:1435-1442.)
© 2006 American Society for Investigative Pathology

Rapid Fatty Acid Ethyl Ester Synthesis by Porcine Myocardium Upon Ethanol Infusion into the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery

Danita M. Yoerger*, Catherine A. Best{dagger}, Brendan M. McQuillan*, Gregory E. Supple{ddagger}, J. Luis Guererro{ddagger}, Joanne E. Cluette-Brown{dagger}, Ali Hasaba{dagger}, Michael H. Picard*, James R. Stone§ and Michael Laposata{dagger}

From the Divisions of Cardiology,* Laboratory Medicine,{dagger} Cardiac Surgery{ddagger} and Department of Pathology,§ Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs), nonoxidative metabolites of ethanol, have been implicated in ethanol-induced heart injury. To assess the in vivo production of FAEEs by myocardial tissue, we used a modified ethanol ablation procedure in pigs. A controlled 60-minute ethanol infusion was administered into the distal left anterior descending coronary artery in seven swine; serial blood sampling of the coronary sinus and peripheral vein before, during, and after infusion allowed measurement of FAEE production and ethanol levels in the coronary sinus and the peripheral circulation. In a single animal, FAEEs were also quantified from nine different sites within the myocardium. FAEEs were produced by the heart within 5 minutes of exposure to ethanol, with very high concentrations of FAEEs detected in coronary sinus blood. Significant variability in amounts of FAEEs was detected in different regions of the heart tissue. A strong correlation was found between coronary sinus FAEEs and ethanol concentration (r = 0.9241, P < 0.00001). FAEE production by the heart after delivery of ethanol into the left anterior descending coronary artery was rapid, reaching levels in the coronary sinus blood 4 to 10 times greater than that found in peripheral blood after ethanol intake. These data demonstrate that FAEEs may be mediators of ethanol-induced cardiotoxicity.






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