Mice lacking sulfonylurea receptor 2 (SUR2) ATP-sensitive potassium channels are resistant to acute cardiovascular stress.

Abstract

Adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels are thought to mediate the stress response by sensing intracellular ATP concentration. Cardiomyocyte K(ATP) channels are composed of the pore-forming Kir6.2 subunit and the regulatory sulfonylurea receptor 2 (SUR2). We studied the response to acute isoproterenol in SUR2 null mice as a model of acute adrenergic stress and found that the episodic coronary vasospasm observed at baseline in SUR2 null mice was alleviated. Similar results were observed following administration of a nitric oxide donor consistent with a vasodilatory role. Langendorff-perfused hearts were subjected to global ischemia, and hearts from SUR2 null mice exhibited significantly reduced infarct size (54+/-4 versus 30+/-3%) and improved cardiac function compared to control mice. SUR2 null mice have hypertension and develop cardiac hypertrophy. However, despite longstanding hypertension, fibrosis was absent in SUR2 null mice. SUR2 null mice were administered nifedipine to block baseline coronary vasospasm, and hearts from nifedipine-treated SUR2 null mice exhibited increased infarct size compared to untreated SUR2 null mice (42+/-3% versus 54+/-3%). We conclude that conventional sarcolemmal cardiomyocyte K(ATP) channels containing full-length SUR2 are not required for mediating the response to acute cardiovascular stress.

• Authors: Douglas Stoller, Rahul Kakkar, Matthew Smelley, Karel Chalupsky, Judy U Earley, Nian-Qing Shi, Jonathan C Makielski, Elizabeth M McNally
• Journal: Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology (J Mol Cell Cardiol) Vol. 43 Issue 4 Pg. 445-54 (Oct 2007) ISSN: 0022-2828 [Print] England
• PMID: 17765261 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
• Adrenergic beta-Agonists
• Calcium Channel Blockers
• KATP Channels
• Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
• Receptors, Drug
• Sulfonylurea Receptors
• Nitric Oxide
• Isoproterenol

Topics

• ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters (genetics)
• Acute Disease
• Adrenergic beta-Agonists (pharmacology)
• Animals
• Calcium Channel Blockers (pharmacology)
• Cardiomegaly (genetics)
• Cardiovascular Diseases (etiology, genetics)
• Coronary Vasospasm (genetics, pathology)
• Cytoprotection (drug effects, genetics)
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Isoproterenol (pharmacology)
• KATP Channels (genetics)
• Male
• Mice
• Mice, Knockout
• Myocytes, Cardiac (drug effects, pathology)
• Nitric Oxide (pharmacology)
• Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
• Receptors, Drug
• Stress, Physiological (complications, genetics)
• Sulfonylurea Receptors