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There is a complex collagen network in the heart. Various components have been identified and generally on the basis of form and position some functions have been ascribed to one or another of these components. Since the various components all appear to be connected in a hierarchial network of some type assigning function is not difficult but demonstrating a given function is somewhat hazardous. We have demonstrated that two I.V. infusions of disulfide reagents one week apart activates a collagenolytic system that results in near complete loss of the collagen struts that interconnect myocytes, the collagen struts that connect capillaries to all adjacent myocytes and the weave complex that surrounds groups of myocytes. Increases in pre load or afterload result in responses indicating that the disulfide treated animals generate pressure equal to or greater than the control hearts, thus, the treatment has no affect on either myocyte contractility or force delivery to the ventricle. However, static pressure volume measurements in the disulfide treated animals are shifted far to the right indicating marked dilatation of the ventricle and increase in distensibility. This indicates that the weave complex contributes to the initial rectilinear portion of the pressure volume curve.
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Caulfield, J.B., Norton, P. & Weaver, R.D. Cardiac dilatation associated with collagen alterations. Mol Cell Biochem 116, 171–179 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00299396
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