Abstract |
To determine whether there are abnormalities in myocyte excitation-contraction coupling and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) homeostasis in pacing-induced heart failure (PF), we measured L-type Ca2+ current (ICa,L) and Na+/Ca2+ exchanger current (INa/Ca) with voltage clamp and measured intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]i) and [Ca2+]i with the use of sodium-binding benzofuran isophthalate ( SBFI) and fluo 3 in ventricular myocytes isolated from control and paced rabbits. The peak systolic and diastolic levels and the amplitude of electrically stimulated [Ca2+]i transients (0.25 Hz, extracellular Ca2+ concentration = 1.08 mM) were significantly less in PF myocytes. Also, there was prolongation of the times to peak and decline of [Ca2+]i transients. ICa,L density was markedly decreased in PF myocytes. INa/Ca at -40 mV elicited by rapid exposure to 0 Na+ solution with a rapid solution switcher was significantly reduced in PF myocytes, suggesting that the function of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger is impaired in these myocytes. In PF myocytes the decline of the [Ca2+]i transient when the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger was abruptly disabled was markedly prolonged compared with the decline in control myocytes, consistent with depressed sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+- ATPase function. RNase protection assay showed decreased levels of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger and SR Ca2+- ATPase mRNA in PF hearts, consistent with the function studies. We conclude that the functions of L-type Ca2+ channels, Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, and SR Ca2+- ATPase are impaired in myocytes from rabbit hearts with failure induced by rapid pacing. These abnormalities result in reduced [Ca2+]i transients and systolic and diastolic dysfunction and appear to account for the abnormal ventricular function observed.
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Authors | A Yao, Z Su, A Nonaka, I Zubair, K W Spitzer, J H Bridge, G Muelheims, J Ross Jr, W H Barry |
Journal | The American journal of physiology
(Am J Physiol)
Vol. 275
Issue 4
Pg. H1441-8
(10 1998)
ISSN: 0002-9513 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9746495
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Calcium Channels
- Calcium Channels, L-Type
- Sodium-Calcium Exchanger
- Sodium
- Calcium-Transporting ATPases
- Calcium
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Topics |
- Animals
- Blood Pressure
- Body Weight
- Calcium
(metabolism)
- Calcium Channels
(physiology)
- Calcium Channels, L-Type
- Calcium-Transporting ATPases
(metabolism)
- Cells, Cultured
- Heart
(physiology, physiopathology)
- Heart Failure
(etiology, metabolism, physiopathology)
- Homeostasis
- Kinetics
- Myocardium
(metabolism)
- Organ Size
- Pacemaker, Artificial
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Rabbits
- Reference Values
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
(enzymology)
- Sodium
(metabolism)
- Sodium-Calcium Exchanger
(physiology)
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