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Hypertension represents an autonomic dysfunction, characterized by increased sympathetic and decreased parasympathetic cardiovascular tone leading to resting tachycardia. Therefore, studies assessing hypertension-associated changes in isolated cardiac tissues were conducted under electric field stimulation to stimulate the neurons. Herein, we characterize the influence of the autonomic neurotransmitter on the baseline atrial chronotropism of unpaced isolated right atria of normotensive Wistar rats (NWR) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Our results revealed a resting bradycardia in tissues from SHR in comparison to NWR. The release of autonomic neurotransmitters, acetylcholine or norepinephrine, still occurs in the electrically unstimulated right atrium, after excision of the sympathetic nerve, which could explain differences in basal heart rate between NWR and SHR. Nicotine and the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor physostigmine reduced the chronotropism of right atria from either NWR or SHR. Conversely, the muscarinic receptor antagonist atropine did not affect the basal chronotropism of tissues from both strains. Furthermore, tyramine increased the chronotropism of NWR and SHR atria indicating availability of the neuronal stocks of noradrenaline. Although the monoamine uptake inhibitor cocaine increased right atrium chronotropism in both strains, the basal heart rate was not affected by the β-adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol. In summary, after acute section of the sympathetic nerve, autonomic neurotransmitters are still released either in resting conditions or upon pharmacological stimulation of right atria from both strains. Nevertheless, autonomic neurotransmission does not affect resting chronotropism, nor is the responsible for reduced basal heart rate of the isolated right atrium of hypertensive rats.
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Mao Z, Wang Y, Peng H, He F, Zhu L, Huang H, Huang X, Lu X, Tan X. A newly identified missense mutation in CLCA2 is associated with autosomal dominant cardiac conduction block. Gene 2019; 714:143990. [PMID: 31326550 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.143990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Progressive cardiac conduction defect (PCCD), also known as Lenegre-Lev disease, is one of the most common heart conduction abnormalities. Previous studies have screened for known mutation sites that cause heart block in a 68-person family with a history of PCCD, revealed no mutations. OBJECTIVE To screen pathogenic genes of the PCCD family and to study the function of the gene mutations related to heart block diseases. METHODS Whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed on two PCCD patients and one non-PCCD family member to find the related pathogenic gene. After family co-segregation and preliminary functional analysis, we identified the mutant gene CLCA2. To study the function of this gene, we constructed mutant-gene mice using CRISPR-Cas9 technology, and electrocardiogram monitoring was performed after genotype verification. RESULTS The CLCA2 c.G1725T mutation was identified and co-segregated with the phenotype. The analysis showed that the CLCA2 c.G1725T mutation is harmful and mainly affects protein glycosylation. Immunofluorescence staining revealed that CLCA2 was highly expressed in the sinoatrial node (SAN) tissues. Electrocardiogram monitoring of the mice revealed that CLCA2 point mutations induced mild conduction block and ectopic pacemakers. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that a novel heterozygous missense mutation c.G1725T of the CLCA2 gene may be associated with heart block disease and the mutation in this gene may lead to sinus node lesions and conduction blocking.
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- Zhuo Mao
- Reproductive and Genetic Center of Central Hospital of Xiangtan, 120 Heping Road, Yuhu District, Xiangtan City 411100, Hunan Province, China
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- Reproductive and Genetic Center of Central Hospital of Xiangtan, 120 Heping Road, Yuhu District, Xiangtan City 411100, Hunan Province, China
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- Reproductive and Genetic Center of Central Hospital of Xiangtan, 120 Heping Road, Yuhu District, Xiangtan City 411100, Hunan Province, China
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- Reproductive and Genetic Center of Central Hospital of Xiangtan, 120 Heping Road, Yuhu District, Xiangtan City 411100, Hunan Province, China
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- Reproductive and Genetic Center of Central Hospital of Xiangtan, 120 Heping Road, Yuhu District, Xiangtan City 411100, Hunan Province, China
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- Cardiovascular Medicine of Central Hospital of Xiangtan, 120 Heping Road, Yuhu District, Xiangtan City 411100, Hunan Province, China
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- Reproductive and Genetic Center of Central Hospital of Xiangtan, 120 Heping Road, Yuhu District, Xiangtan City 411100, Hunan Province, China
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- Reproductive and Genetic Center of Central Hospital of Xiangtan, 120 Heping Road, Yuhu District, Xiangtan City 411100, Hunan Province, China
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- Reproductive and Genetic Center of Central Hospital of Xiangtan, 120 Heping Road, Yuhu District, Xiangtan City 411100, Hunan Province, China.
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Morris GM, Ariyaratnam JP. Embryology of the Cardiac Conduction System Relevant to Arrhythmias. Card Electrophysiol Clin 2019; 11:409-420. [PMID: 31400866 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2019.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Embryogenesis of the heart involves the complex cellular differentiation of slow-conducting primary myocardium into the rapidly conducting chamber myocardium of the adult. However, small areas of relatively undifferentiated cells remain to form components of the adult cardiac conduction system (CCS) and nodal tissues. Further investigation has revealed additional areas of nodal-like tissues outside of the established CCS. The embryologic origins of these areas are similar to those of the adult CCS. Under pathologic conditions, these areas can give rise to important clinical arrhythmias. Here, we review the embryologic basis for these proarrhythmic structures within the heart.
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- Gwilym M Morris
- Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK.
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- Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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Goodyer WR, Beyersdorf BM, Paik DT, Tian L, Li G, Buikema JW, Chirikian O, Choi S, Venkatraman S, Adams EL, Tessier-Lavigne M, Wu JC, Wu SM. Transcriptomic Profiling of the Developing Cardiac Conduction System at Single-Cell Resolution. Circ Res 2019; 125:379-397. [PMID: 31284824 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.118.314578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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RATIONALE The cardiac conduction system (CCS) consists of distinct components including the sinoatrial node, atrioventricular node, His bundle, bundle branches, and Purkinje fibers. Despite an essential role for the CCS in heart development and function, the CCS has remained challenging to interrogate because of inherent obstacles including small cell numbers, large cell-type heterogeneity, complex anatomy, and difficulty in isolation. Single-cell RNA-sequencing allows for genome-wide analysis of gene expression at single-cell resolution. OBJECTIVE Assess the transcriptional landscape of the entire CCS at single-cell resolution by single-cell RNA-sequencing within the developing mouse heart. METHODS AND RESULTS Wild-type, embryonic day 16.5 mouse hearts (n=6 per zone) were harvested and 3 zones of microdissection were isolated, including: Zone I-sinoatrial node region; Zone II-atrioventricular node/His region; and Zone III-bundle branch/Purkinje fiber region. Tissue was digested into single-cell suspensions, cells isolated, mRNA reverse transcribed, and barcoded before high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics analyses. Single-cell RNA-sequencing was performed on over 22 000 cells, and all major cell types of the murine heart were successfully captured including bona fide clusters of cells consistent with each major component of the CCS. Unsupervised weighted gene coexpression network analysis led to the discovery of a host of novel CCS genes, a subset of which were validated using fluorescent in situ hybridization as well as whole-mount immunolabeling with volume imaging (iDISCO+) in 3 dimensions on intact mouse hearts. Further, subcluster analysis unveiled isolation of distinct CCS cell subtypes, including the clinically relevant but poorly characterized transitional cells that bridge the CCS and surrounding myocardium. CONCLUSIONS Our study represents the first comprehensive assessment of the transcriptional profiles from the entire CCS at single-cell resolution and provides a characterization in the context of development and disease.
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- William R Goodyer
- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.,Department of Pediatrics (W.R.G., S.M.W.), Stanford University, CA
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute Insure (Institute for Translational Cardiac Surgery), German Heart Center Munich at the Technical University of Munich, Germany (B.M.B.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.,Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (G.L.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.,Department of Cardiology, Utrecht Regenerative Medicine Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (J.W.B.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.,Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, UC Santa Barbara, CA (O.C.)
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA
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- Department of Biology (E.L.A., M.T.-L.), Stanford University, CA
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.,Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine (J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA
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- From the Cardiovascular Institute (W.R.G., B.M.B., D.T.P., L.T., G.L., J.W.B., O.C., S.C., S.V., J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.,Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine (J.C.W., S.M.W.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.,Department of Pediatrics (W.R.G., S.M.W.), Stanford University, CA
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Filos D, Tachmatzidis D, Maglaveras N, Vassilikos V, Chouvarda I. Understanding the Beat-to-Beat Variations of P-Waves Morphologies in AF Patients During Sinus Rhythm: A Scoping Review of the Atrial Simulation Studies. Front Physiol 2019; 10:742. [PMID: 31275161 PMCID: PMC6591370 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The remarkable advances in high-performance computing and the resulting increase of the computational power have the potential to leverage computational cardiology toward improving our understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of arrhythmias, such as Atrial Fibrillation (AF). In AF, a complex interaction between various triggers and the atrial substrate is considered to be the leading cause of AF initiation and perpetuation. In electrocardiography (ECG), P-wave is supposed to reflect atrial depolarization. It has been found that even during sinus rhythm (SR), multiple P-wave morphologies are present in AF patients with a history of AF, suggesting a higher dispersion of the conduction route in this population. In this scoping review, we focused on the mechanisms which modify the electrical substrate of the atria in AF patients, while investigating the existence of computational models that simulate the propagation of the electrical signal through different routes. The adopted review methodology is based on a structured analytical framework which includes the extraction of the keywords based on an initial limited bibliographic search, the extensive literature search and finally the identification of relevant articles based on the reference list of the studies. The leading mechanisms identified were classified according to their scale, spanning from mechanisms in the cell, tissue or organ level, and the produced outputs. The computational modeling approaches for each of the factors that influence the initiation and the perpetuation of AF are presented here to provide a clear overview of the existing literature. Several levels of categorization were adopted while the studies which aim to translate their findings to ECG phenotyping are highlighted. The results denote the availability of multiple models, which are appropriate under specific conditions. However, the consideration of complex scenarios taking into account multiple spatiotemporal scales, personalization of electrophysiological and anatomical models and the reproducibility in terms of ECG phenotyping has only partially been tackled so far.
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- Dimitrios Filos
- Lab of Computing, Medical Informatics and Biomedical Imaging Technologies, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Lab of Computing, Medical Informatics and Biomedical Imaging Technologies, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
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- 3rd Cardiology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Lab of Computing, Medical Informatics and Biomedical Imaging Technologies, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Callaghan NI, Hadipour-Lakmehsari S, Lee SH, Gramolini AO, Simmons CA. Modeling cardiac complexity: Advancements in myocardial models and analytical techniques for physiological investigation and therapeutic development in vitro. APL Bioeng 2019; 3:011501. [PMID: 31069331 PMCID: PMC6481739 DOI: 10.1063/1.5055873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cardiomyopathies, heart failure, and arrhythmias or conduction blockages impact millions of patients worldwide and are associated with marked increases in sudden cardiac death, decline in the quality of life, and the induction of secondary pathologies. These pathologies stem from dysfunction in the contractile or conductive properties of the cardiomyocyte, which as a result is a focus of fundamental investigation, drug discovery and therapeutic development, and tissue engineering. All of these foci require in vitro myocardial models and experimental techniques to probe the physiological functions of the cardiomyocyte. In this review, we provide a detailed exploration of different cell models, disease modeling strategies, and tissue constructs used from basic to translational research. Furthermore, we highlight recent advancements in imaging, electrophysiology, metabolic measurements, and mechanical and contractile characterization modalities that are advancing our understanding of cardiomyocyte physiology. With this review, we aim to both provide a biological framework for engineers contributing to the field and demonstrate the technical basis and limitations underlying physiological measurement modalities for biologists attempting to take advantage of these state-of-the-art techniques.
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- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: . Present address: Ted Rogers Centre for Heart
Research, 661 University Avenue, 14th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada. Tel.:
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Choudhury M, Black N, Alghamdi A, D'Souza A, Wang R, Yanni J, Dobrzynski H, Kingston PA, Zhang H, Boyett MR, Morris GM. TBX18 overexpression enhances pacemaker function in a rat subsidiary atrial pacemaker model of sick sinus syndrome. J Physiol 2018; 596:6141-6155. [PMID: 30259525 PMCID: PMC6292813 DOI: 10.1113/jp276508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS The sinoatrial node (SAN) is the primary pacemaker of the heart. SAN dysfunction, or 'sick sinus syndrome', can cause excessively slow heart rates and pauses, leading to exercise limitation and syncope, currently treated by implantation of an electronic pacemaker. 'Biopacemaking' utilises gene therapy to restore pacemaker activity by manipulating gene expression. Overexpressing the HCN pacemaker ion channel has been widely used with limited success. We utilised bradycardic rat subsidiary atrial pacemaker tissue to evaluate alternative gene targets: the Na+ /Ca2+ exchanger NCX1, and the transcription factors TBX3 and TBX18 known to be involved in SAN embryonic development. TBX18 overexpression restored normal SAN function, as assessed by increased rate, improved heart rate stability and restoration of isoprenaline response. TBX3 and NCX1 were not effective in accelerating the rate of subsidiary atrial pacemaker tissue. Gene therapy targeting TBX18 could therefore have the potential to restore pacemaker function in human sick sinus syndrome obviating electronic pacemakers. ABSTRACT The sinoatrial node (SAN) is the primary pacemaker of the heart. Disease of the SAN, sick sinus syndrome, causes heart rate instability in the form of bradycardia and pauses, leading to exercise limitation and syncope. Biopacemaking aims to restore pacemaker activity by manipulating gene expression, and approaches utilising HCN channel overexpression have been widely used. We evaluated alternative gene targets for biopacemaking to restore normal SAN pacemaker physiology within bradycardic subsidiary atrial pacemaker (SAP) tissue, using the Na+ /Ca2+ exchanger NCX1, and the transcription factors TBX3 and TBX18. TBX18 expression in SAP tissue restored normal SAN function, as assessed by increased rate (SAN 267.5 ± 13.6 bpm, SAP 144.1 ± 8.6 bpm, SAP-TBX18 214.4 ± 14.4 bpm; P < 0.001), improved heart rate stability (standard deviation of RR intervals fell from 39.3 ± 7.2 ms to 6.9 ± 0.8 ms, P < 0.01; root mean square of successive differences of RR intervals fell from 41.7 ± 8.2 ms to 6.1 ± 1.2 ms, P < 0.01; standard deviation of points perpendicular to the line of identity of Poincaré plots (SD1) fell from 29.5 ± 5.8 ms to 7.9 ± 2.0 ms, P < 0.05) and restoration of isoprenaline response (increases in rates of SAN 65.5 ± 1.3%, SAP 28.4 ± 3.4% and SAP-TBX18 103.3 ± 10.2%; P < 0.001). These changes were driven by a TBX18-induced switch in the dominant HCN isoform in SAP tissue, with a significant upregulation of HCN2 (from 1.01 × 10-5 ± 2.2 × 10-6 to 2.8 × 10-5 ± 4.3 × 10-6 arbitrary units, P < 0.001). Biophysically detailed computer modelling incorporating isoform-specific HCN channel electrophysiology confirmed that the measured changes in HCN abundance could account for the observed changes in beating rates. TBX3 and NCX1 were not effective in accelerating the rate of SAP tissue.
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- M. Choudhury
- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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Stoyek MR, Rog-Zielinska EA, Quinn TA. Age-associated changes in electrical function of the zebrafish heart. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 138:91-104. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Vinogradova TM, Tagirova Sirenko S, Lakatta EG. Unique Ca 2+-Cycling Protein Abundance and Regulation Sustains Local Ca 2+ Releases and Spontaneous Firing of Rabbit Sinoatrial Node Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19082173. [PMID: 30044420 PMCID: PMC6121616 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19082173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Spontaneous beating of the heart pacemaker, the sinoatrial node, is generated by sinoatrial node cells (SANC) and caused by gradual change of the membrane potential called diastolic depolarization (DD). Submembrane local Ca2+ releases (LCR) from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) occur during late DD and activate an inward Na+/Ca2+ exchange current, which accelerates the DD rate leading to earlier occurrence of an action potential. A comparison of intrinsic SR Ca2+ cycling revealed that, at similar physiological Ca2+ concentrations, LCRs are large and rhythmic in permeabilized SANC, but small and random in permeabilized ventricular myocytes (VM). Permeabilized SANC spontaneously released more Ca2+ from SR than VM, despite comparable SR Ca2+ content in both cell types. In this review we discuss specific patterns of expression and distribution of SR Ca2+ cycling proteins (SR Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2), phospholamban (PLB) and ryanodine receptors (RyR)) in SANC and ventricular myocytes. We link ability of SANC to generate larger and rhythmic LCRs with increased abundance of SERCA2, reduced abundance of the SERCA inhibitor PLB. In addition, an increase in intracellular [Ca2+] increases phosphorylation of both PLB and RyR exclusively in SANC. The differences in SR Ca2+ cycling protein expression between SANC and VM provide insights into diverse regulation of intrinsic SR Ca2+ cycling that drives automaticity of SANC.
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- Tatiana M Vinogradova
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd, Room 8B-123, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd, Room 8B-123, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd, Room 8B-123, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Aziz Q, Finlay M, Montaigne D, Ojake L, Li Y, Anderson N, Ludwig A, Tinker A. ATP-sensitive potassium channels in the sinoatrial node contribute to heart rate control and adaptation to hypoxia. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:8912-8921. [PMID: 29666184 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.002775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ATP-sensitive potassium channels (KATP) contribute to membrane currents in many tissues, are responsive to intracellular metabolism, and open as ATP falls and ADP rises. KATP channels are widely distributed in tissues and are prominently expressed in the heart. They have generally been observed in ventricular tissue, but they are also expressed in the atria and conduction tissues. In this study, we focused on the contribution and role of the inwardly rectifying KATP channel subunit, Kir6.1, in the sinoatrial node (SAN). To develop a murine, conduction-specific Kir6.1 KO model, we selectively deleted Kir6.1 in the conduction system in adult mice (cKO). Electrophysiological data in single SAN cells indicated that Kir6.1 underlies a KATP current in a significant proportion of cells and influences early repolarization during pacemaking, resulting in prolonged cycle length. Implanted telemetry probes to measure heart rate and electrocardiographic characteristics revealed that the cKO mice have a slow heart rate, with episodes of sinus arrest in some mice. The PR interval (time between the onset of the P wave to the beginning of QRS complex) was increased, suggesting effects on the atrioventricular node. Ex vivo studies of whole heart or dissected heart regions disclosed impaired adaptive responses of the SAN to hypoxia, and this may have had long-term pathological consequences in the cKO mice. In conclusion, Kir6.1-containing KATP channels in the SAN have a role in excitability, heart rate control, and the electrophysiological adaptation of the SAN to hypoxia.
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- Qadeer Aziz
- From the Heart Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
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- From the Heart Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
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- the Department of Clinical Physiology & Echocardiography, CHU Lille and the University of Lille, EGID, INSERM UMR1011, F-59000 Lille, France
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- From the Heart Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
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- From the Heart Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
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- From the Heart Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
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- the Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany, and
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- From the Heart Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom,
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Monfredi O, Tsutsui K, Ziman B, Stern MD, Lakatta EG, Maltsev VA. Electrophysiological heterogeneity of pacemaker cells in the rabbit intercaval region, including the SA node: insights from recording multiple ion currents in each cell. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2018; 314:H403-H414. [PMID: 28916636 PMCID: PMC5899256 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00253.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cardiac pacemaker cells, including cells of the sinoatrial node, are heterogeneous in size, morphology, and electrophysiological characteristics. The exact extent to which these cells differ electrophysiologically is unclear yet is critical to understanding their functioning. We examined major ionic currents in individual intercaval pacemaker cells (IPCs) sampled from the paracristal, intercaval region (including the sinoatrial node) that were spontaneously beating after enzymatic isolation from rabbit hearts. The beating rate was measured at baseline and after inhibition of the Ca2+ pump with cyclopiazonic acid. Thereafter, in each cell, we consecutively measured the density of funny current ( If), delayed rectifier K+ current ( IK) (a surrogate of repolarization capacity), and L-type Ca2+ current ( ICa,L) using whole cell patch clamp. The ionic current densities varied to a greater extent than previously appreciated, with some IPCs demonstrating very small or zero If . The density of none of the currents was correlated with cell size, while ICa,L and If densities were related to baseline beating rates. If density was correlated with IK density but not with that of ICa,L. Inhibition of Ca2+ cycling had a greater beating rate slowing effect in IPCs with lower If densities. Our numerical model simulation indicated that 1) IPCs with small (or zero) If or small ICa,L can operate via a major contribution of Ca2+ clock, 2) If-Ca2+-clock interplay could be important for robust pacemaking function, and 3) coupled If- IK function could regulate maximum diastolic potential. Thus, we have demonstrated marked electrophysiological heterogeneity of IPCs. This heterogeneity is manifested in basal beating rate and response to interference of Ca2+ cycling, which is linked to If. NEW & NOTEWORTHY In the present study, a hitherto unrecognized range of heterogeneity of ion currents in pacemaker cells from the intercaval region is demonstrated. Relationships between basal beating rate and L-type Ca2+ current and funny current ( If) density are uncovered, along with a positive relationship between If and delayed rectifier K+ current. Links are shown between the response to Ca2+ cycling blockade and If density.
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- Oliver Monfredi
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , Baltimore, Maryland
- Department of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital , Baltimore, Maryland
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester , Manchester , United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , Baltimore, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , Baltimore, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , Baltimore, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , Baltimore, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , Baltimore, Maryland
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Sinus Bradycardia in Carriers of the SCN5A-1795insD Mutation: Unraveling the Mechanism through Computer Simulations. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19020634. [PMID: 29473904 PMCID: PMC5855856 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19020634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The SCN5A gene encodes the pore-forming α-subunit of the ion channel that carries the cardiac fast sodium current (INa). The 1795insD mutation in SCN5A causes sinus bradycardia, with a mean heart rate of 70 beats/min in mutation carriers vs. 77 beats/min in non-carriers from the same family (lowest heart rate 41 vs. 47 beats/min). To unravel the underlying mechanism, we incorporated the mutation-induced changes in INa into a recently developed comprehensive computational model of a single human sinoatrial node cell (Fabbri–Severi model). The 1795insD mutation reduced the beating rate of the model cell from 74 to 69 beats/min (from 49 to 43 beats/min in the simulated presence of 20 nmol/L acetylcholine). The mutation-induced persistent INa per se resulted in a substantial increase in beating rate. This gain-of-function effect was almost completely counteracted by the loss-of-function effect of the reduction in INa conductance. The further loss-of-function effect of the shifts in steady-state activation and inactivation resulted in an overall loss-of-function effect of the 1795insD mutation. We conclude that the experimentally identified mutation-induced changes in INa can explain the clinically observed sinus bradycardia. Furthermore, we conclude that the Fabbri–Severi model may prove a useful tool in understanding cardiac pacemaker activity in humans.
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Howarth FC, Qureshi MA, Jayaprakash P, Parekh K, Oz M, Dobrzynski H, Adrian TE. The Pattern of mRNA Expression Is Changed in Sinoatrial Node from Goto-Kakizaki Type 2 Diabetic Rat Heart. J Diabetes Res 2018; 2018:8454078. [PMID: 30246030 PMCID: PMC6139199 DOI: 10.1155/2018/8454078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In vivo experiments in Goto-Kakizaki (GK) type 2 diabetic rats have demonstrated reductions in heart rate from a young age. The expression of genes encoding more than 70 proteins that are associated with the generation and conduction of electrical activity in the GK sinoatrial node (SAN) have been evaluated to further clarify the molecular basis of the low heart rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS Heart rate and expression of genes were evaluated with an extracellular electrode and real-time RT-PCR, respectively. Rats aged 12-13 months were employed in these experiments. RESULTS Isolated spontaneous heart rate was reduced in GK heart (161 ± 12 bpm) compared to controls (229 ± 11 bpm). There were many differences in expression of mRNA, and some of these differences were of particular interest. Compared to control SAN, expression of some genes were downregulated in GK-SAN: gap junction, Gja1 (Cx43), Gja5 (Cx40), Gjc1 (Cx45), and Gjd3 (Cx31.9); cell membrane transport, Trpc1 (TRPC1) and Trpc6 (TRPC6); hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels, Hcn1 (HCN1) and Hcn4 (HCN4); calcium channels, Cacna1d (Cav1.3), Cacna1g (Cav3.1), Cacna1h (Cav3.2), Cacna2d1 (Cavα2δ1), Cacna2d3 (Cavα2δ3), and Cacng4 (Cav γ 4); and potassium channels, Kcna2 (Kv1.2), Kcna4 (Kv1.4), Kcna5 (Kv1.5), Kcnb1 (Kv2.1), Kcnd3 (Kv4.3), Kcnj2 (Kir2.1), Kcnk1 (TWIK1), Kcnk5 (K2P5.1), Kcnk6 (TWIK2), and Kcnn2 (SK2) whilst others were upregulated in GK-SAN: Ryr2 (RYR2) and Nppb (BNP). CONCLUSIONS This study provides new insight into the changing expression of genes in the sinoatrial node of diabetic heart.
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MESH Headings
- Action Potentials
- Animals
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/etiology
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/genetics
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/metabolism
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/physiopathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism
- Diabetic Cardiomyopathies/etiology
- Diabetic Cardiomyopathies/genetics
- Diabetic Cardiomyopathies/metabolism
- Diabetic Cardiomyopathies/physiopathology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Heart Rate/genetics
- Isolated Heart Preparation
- Male
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats, Wistar
- Sinoatrial Node/metabolism
- Sinoatrial Node/physiopathology
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- F. C. Howarth
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE
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- Andrew D'Silva
- Clinical Cardiology and Academic Group, St George's University of London,, London, UK
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- Clinical Cardiology and Academic Group, St George's University of London,, London, UK
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Gluck JM, Herren AW, Yechikov S, Kao HKJ, Khan A, Phinney BS, Chiamvimonvat N, Chan JW, Lieu DK. Biochemical and biomechanical properties of the pacemaking sinoatrial node extracellular matrix are distinct from contractile left ventricular matrix. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185125. [PMID: 28934329 PMCID: PMC5608342 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Extracellular matrix plays a role in differentiation and phenotype development of its resident cells. Although cardiac extracellular matrix from the contractile tissues has been studied and utilized in tissue engineering, extracellular matrix properties of the pacemaking sinoatrial node are largely unknown. In this study, the biomechanical properties and biochemical composition and distribution of extracellular matrix in the sinoatrial node were investigated relative to the left ventricle. Extracellular matrix of the sinoatrial node was found to be overall stiffer than that of the left ventricle and highly heterogeneous with interstitial regions composed of predominantly fibrillar collagens and rich in elastin. The extracellular matrix protein distribution suggests that resident pacemaking cardiomyocytes are enclosed in fibrillar collagens that can withstand greater tensile strength while the surrounding elastin-rich regions may undergo deformation to reduce the mechanical strain in these cells. Moreover, basement membrane-associated adhesion proteins that are ligands for integrins were of low abundance in the sinoatrial node, which may decrease force transduction in the pacemaking cardiomyocytes. In contrast to extracellular matrix of the left ventricle, extracellular matrix of the sinoatrial node may reduce mechanical strain and force transduction in pacemaking cardiomyocytes. These findings provide the criteria for a suitable matrix scaffold for engineering biopacemakers.
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- Jessica M. Gluck
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis; Davis, CA, United States of America
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- UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis; Davis, CA, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis; Davis, CA, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis; Davis, CA, United States of America
- Bridges to Stem Cell Research Program, California State University Sacramento; Sacramento, CA, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis; Davis, CA, United States of America
- Bridges to Stem Cell Research Program, California State University Sacramento; Sacramento, CA, United States of America
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- UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis; Davis, CA, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis; Davis, CA, United States of America
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System; Mather, CA, United States of America
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- Center for Biophotonics, University of California Davis; Sacramento, CA, United States of America
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis; Sacramento, CA, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis; Davis, CA, United States of America
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Kharche SR, Vigmond E, Efimov IR, Dobrzynski H. Computational assessment of the functional role of sinoatrial node exit pathways in the human heart. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183727. [PMID: 28873427 PMCID: PMC5584965 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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AIM The human right atrium and sinoatrial node (SAN) anatomy is complex. Optical mapping experiments suggest that the SAN is functionally insulated from atrial tissue except at discrete SAN-atrial electrical junctions called SAN exit pathways, SEPs. Additionally, histological imaging suggests the presence of a secondary pacemaker close to the SAN. We hypothesise that a) an insulating border-SEP anatomical configuration is related to SAN arrhythmia; and b) a secondary pacemaker, the paranodal area, is an alternate pacemaker but accentuates tachycardia. A 3D electro-anatomical computational model was used to test these hypotheses. METHODS A detailed 3D human SAN electro-anatomical mathematical model was developed based on our previous anatomical reconstruction. Electrical activity was simulated using tissue specific variants of the Fenton-Karma action potential equations. Simulation experiments were designed to deploy this complex electro-anatomical system to assess the roles of border-SEPs and paranodal area by mimicking experimentally observed SAN arrhythmia. Robust and accurate numerical algorithms were implemented for solving the mono domain reaction-diffusion equation implicitly, calculating 3D filament traces, and computing dominant frequency among other quantitative measurements. RESULTS A centre to periphery gradient of increasing diffusion was sufficient to permit initiation of pacemaking at the centre of the 3D SAN. Re-entry within the SAN, micro re-entry, was possible by imposing significant SAN fibrosis in the presence of the insulating border. SEPs promoted the micro re-entry to generate more complex SAN-atrial tachycardia. Simulation of macro re-entry, i.e. re-entry around the SAN, was possible by inclusion of atrial fibrosis in the presence of the insulating border. The border shielded the SAN from atrial tachycardia. However, SAN micro-structure intercellular gap junctional coupling and the paranodal area contributed to prolonged atrial fibrillation. Finally, the micro-structure was found to be sufficient to explain shifts of leading pacemaker site location. CONCLUSIONS The simulations establish a relationship between anatomy and SAN electrical function. Microstructure, in the form of intercellular gap junction coupling, was found to regulate SAN function and arrhythmia.
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- Sanjay R. Kharche
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- University of Bordeaux, IMB, UMR 5251, Talence, France
- IHU Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac- Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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MacDonald EA, Stoyek MR, Rose RA, Quinn TA. Intrinsic regulation of sinoatrial node function and the zebrafish as a model of stretch effects on pacemaking. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 130:198-211. [PMID: 28743586 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Excitation of the heart occurs in a specialised region known as the sinoatrial node (SAN). Tight regulation of SAN function is essential for the maintenance of normal heart rhythm and the response to (patho-)physiological changes. The SAN is regulated by extrinsic (central nervous system) and intrinsic (neurons, peptides, mechanics) factors. The positive chronotropic response to stretch in particular is essential for beat-by-beat adaptation to changes in hemodynamic load. Yet, the mechanism of this stretch response is unknown, due in part to the lack of an appropriate experimental model for targeted investigations. We have been investigating the zebrafish as a model for the study of intrinsic regulation of SAN function. In this paper, we first briefly review current knowledge of the principal components of extrinsic and intrinsic SAN regulation, derived primarily from experiments in mammals, followed by a description of the zebrafish as a novel experimental model for studies of intrinsic SAN regulation. This mini-review is followed by an original investigation of the response of the zebrafish isolated SAN to controlled stretch. Stretch causes an immediate and continuous increase in beating rate in the zebrafish isolated SAN. This increase reaches a maximum part way through a period of sustained stretch, with the total change dependent on the magnitude and direction of stretch. This is comparable to what occurs in isolated SAN from most mammals (including human), suggesting that the zebrafish is a novel experimental model for the study of mechanisms involved in the intrinsic regulation of SAN function by mechanical effects.
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- Eilidh A MacDonald
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; School of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
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Kane C, Terracciano CMN. Concise Review: Criteria for Chamber-Specific Categorization of Human Cardiac Myocytes Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells 2017; 35:1881-1897. [PMID: 28577296 PMCID: PMC5575566 DOI: 10.1002/stem.2649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Human pluripotent stem cell‐derived cardiomyocytes (PSC‐CMs) have great potential application in almost all areas of cardiovascular research. A current major goal of the field is to build on the past success of differentiation strategies to produce CMs with the properties of those originating from the different chambers of the adult human heart. With no anatomical origin or developmental pathway to draw on, the question of how to judge the success of such approaches and assess the chamber specificity of PSC‐CMs has become increasingly important; commonly used methods have substantial limitations and are based on limited evidence to form such an assessment. In this article, we discuss the need for chamber‐specific PSC‐CMs in a number of areas as well as current approaches used to assess these cells on their likeness to those from different chambers of the heart. Furthermore, describing in detail the structural and functional features that distinguish the different chamber‐specific human adult cardiac myocytes, we propose an evidence‐based tool to aid investigators in the phenotypic characterization of differentiated PSC‐CMs. Stem Cells2017;35:1881–1897
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- Christopher Kane
- Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Campus, BHF Centre for Regenerative Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Campus, BHF Centre for Regenerative Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Weirich J. [Remodeling of the aging heart : Sinus node dysfunction and atrial fibrillation]. Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 2017; 28:29-38. [PMID: 28204916 DOI: 10.1007/s00399-017-0485-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The incidence of both sinus node dysfunction (SND) and atrial fibrillation (AF) increases with age. SND and AF frequently coexist. Likewise, they are often associated with cardiovascular diseases. Both arrhythmias share similar pathomechanisms such as structural and functional remodeling, i. e., degenerative fibrosis and altered Ca2+ handling, respectively. A growing body of evidence suggests an important role for the CamKII (Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II) in structural as well as in functional remodeling. In the sinus node, remodeling leads to degenerative fibrosis and as a consequence to sinus node arrest or to reentry (brady/tachycardia). In the atrium, remodeling sets the conditions for reentry and its triggering mechanisms, especially the conditions for triggered activity on the basis of delayed afterdepolarizations (DAD). Thus, SND and AF seem to be different phenotypes of related pathophysiological mechanisms. On the other hand, it remains controversial as to whether SND causes AF or vice versa.
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- Jörg Weirich
- Institut für Physiologie, Abteilung II, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 7, 79104, Freiburg, Deutschland.
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Diab SS, Poppenga R, Uzal FA. Sudden death in racehorses: postmortem examination protocol. J Vet Diagn Invest 2017; 29:442-449. [DOI: 10.1177/1040638716687004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In racehorses, sudden death (SD) associated with exercise poses a serious risk to jockeys and adversely affects racehorse welfare and the public perception of horse racing. In a majority of cases of exercise-associated sudden death (EASD), there are no gross lesions to explain the cause of death, and an examination of the cardiovascular system and a toxicologic screen are warranted. Cases of EASD without gross lesions are often presumed to be sudden cardiac deaths (SCD). We describe an equine SD autopsy protocol, with emphasis on histologic examination of the heart (“cardiac histology protocol”) and a description of the toxicologic screen performed in racehorses in California. By consistently utilizing this standardized autopsy and cardiac histology protocol, the results and conclusions from postmortem examinations will be easier to compare within and across institutions over time. The generation of consistent, reliable, and comparable multi-institutional data is essential to improving the understanding of the cause(s) and pathogenesis of equine SD, including EASD and SCD.
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- Santiago S. Diab
- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, University of California, Davis, CA (Diab, Poppenga) and San Bernardino, CA (Uzal)
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- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, University of California, Davis, CA (Diab, Poppenga) and San Bernardino, CA (Uzal)
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- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, University of California, Davis, CA (Diab, Poppenga) and San Bernardino, CA (Uzal)
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Development of the cardiac pacemaker. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 74:1247-1259. [PMID: 27770149 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2400-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2016] [Revised: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The sinoatrial node (SAN) is the dominant pacemaker of the heart. Abnormalities in SAN formation and function can cause sinus arrhythmia, including sick sinus syndrome and sudden death. A better understanding of genes and signaling pathways that regulate SAN development and function is essential to develop more effective treatment to sinus arrhythmia, including biological pacemakers. In this review, we briefly summarize the key processes of SAN morphogenesis during development, and focus on the transcriptional network that drives SAN development.
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Cheema FH, Younus MA, Siddiqui OT, Younus MJ, Mahmood MA, Pervez MB, Roberts HG. Early Results of the Modified Right Atrial Lesion Set for the Cox-Cryomaze Procedure. INNOVATIONS-TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES IN CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGERY 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/155698451601100506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Early Results of the Modified Right Atrial Lesion Set for the Cox-Cryomaze Procedure. INNOVATIONS-TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES IN CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGERY 2016; 11:342-348. [DOI: 10.1097/imi.0000000000000311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Objective The standard right atrial lesion (RAL) set, as originally outlined in the Cox-Maze III procedure, can be technically challenging when using a cryoprobe to create the lesions. We report our initial experience with an alternative set of RALs for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods Between September 2011 and January 2015, a total of 112 patients underwent a CryoMaze procedure with biatrial lesions using argon-based cryoablation (cryoprobe temperature, −160°C). Although the standard left atrial lesion set was used, the RAL pattern was modified in this cohort of patients. The intracaval superior vena cava-inferior vena cava lesion was performed as in the pattern described for the standard Cox-Maze III procedure. In addition, a horizontal atriotomy incision (the “T” lesion) in the mid free wall of the right atrium was based roughly in the midintercaval line and extended medially as a linear cryolesion to the lateral tricuspid annulus at the so-called 2-o'clock position as in the Cox-Maze III lesion pattern. Ordinarily, a linear cryolesion would be placed from the tip of the right atrial appendage (RAA) to the anterior tricuspid annulus at the so-called 10-o'clock position to prevent macro re-entry around the base of the RA appendage. Our modification consisted of, instead, a linear cryolesion directed perpendicularly from the mid portion of the atriotomy (T lesion) to the tip of the RA appendage, which simply interrupted RAA re-entry at another point. Results The mean ± standard deviation age was 72.7 ± 10.6 years, 56.3% were males, and 63.1% had long-standing persistent AF. There were three operative deaths (2.6% with an observed over expected of 0.58), all in the concomitant procedures with associated cardiac disease. Overall follow-up was 91.3%. Freedom from AF at discharge, 1-, 3-, 6-, 12-, 24-month, and last follow-up [16.1 ±11.3 months (range, 0.4–43 months)], was 100%, 76.3%, 84.2%, 98.3%, 89.5%, 89.2%, and 90.5%, respectively. Similarly, freedom from antiarrhythmic drugs was 74% and 81%, whereas freedom from anticoagulants was 72% and 78% at 12 and 24 months, respectively. Conclusions These results suggest the modified RAL set to be an effective alternative to the traditional RALs of Cox-Maze III. By substituting this lateral RAA lesion for the more technically difficult medial lesion, the procedure becomes easier to perform and favorably impacts operative time while achieving comparable results in reducing AF burden.
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Petersson R, Mosén H, Steding-Ehrenborg K, Carlson J, Faxén L, Mohtadi A, Platonov PG, Holmqvist F. Physiological variation in left atrial transverse orientation does not influence orthogonal P-wave morphology. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2016; 22. [PMID: 27531395 DOI: 10.1111/anec.12392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It has previously been demonstrated that orthogonal P-wave morphology in healthy athletes does not depend on atrial size, but the possible impact of left atrial orientation on P-wave morphology remains unknown. In this study, we investigated if left atrial transverse orientation affects P-wave morphology in different populations. METHODS Forty-seven patients with atrial fibrillation, 21 patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, 67 healthy athletes, and 56 healthy volunteers were included. All underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography and the orientation of the left atrium was determined. All had 12-lead electrocardiographic recordings, which were transformed into orthogonal leads and orthogonal P-wave morphology was obtained. RESULTS The median left atrial transverse orientation was 87 (83, 91) degrees (lower and upper quartiles) in the total study population. There was no difference in left atrial transverse orientation between individuals with different orthogonal P-wave morphologies. CONCLUSIONS The physiological variation in left atrial orientation was small within as well as between the different populations. There was no difference in left atrial transverse orientation between subjects with type 1 and type 2 P-wave morphology, implying that in this setting the P-wave morphology was more dependent on atrial conduction than orientation.
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- Richard Petersson
- Department of Cardiology, Lund University and Center for Integrative Electrocardiology at Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,Physiotherapy, Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology, Lund University and Center for Integrative Electrocardiology at Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology, Lund University and Center for Integrative Electrocardiology at Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology, Lund University and Center for Integrative Electrocardiology at Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology, Lund University and Center for Integrative Electrocardiology at Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology, Lund University and Center for Integrative Electrocardiology at Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Ferdous Z, Qureshi MA, Jayaprakash P, Parekh K, John A, Oz M, Raza H, Dobrzynski H, Adrian TE, Howarth FC. Different Profile of mRNA Expression in Sinoatrial Node from Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rat. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0153934. [PMID: 27096430 PMCID: PMC4838258 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Experiments in isolated perfused heart have shown that heart rate is lower and sinoatrial node (SAN) action potential duration is longer in streptozotocin (STZ)–induced diabetic rat compared to controls. In sino-atrial preparations the pacemaker cycle length and sino-atrial conduction time are prolonged in STZ heart. To further clarify the molecular basis of electrical disturbances in the diabetic heart the profile of mRNA encoding a wide variety of proteins associated with the generation and transmission of electrical activity has been evaluated in the SAN of STZ-induced diabetic rat heart. Methodology/Principal Findings Heart rate was measured in isolated perfused heart with an extracellular suction electrode. Expression of mRNA encoding a variety of intercellular proteins, intracellular Ca2+-transport and regulatory proteins, cell membrane transport proteins and calcium, sodium and potassium channel proteins were measured in SAN and right atrial (RA) biopsies using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction techniques. Heart rate was lower in STZ (203±7 bpm) compared to control (239±11 bpm) rat. Among many differences in the profile of mRNA there are some worthy of particular emphasis. Expression of genes encoding some proteins were significantly downregulated in STZ-SAN: calcium channel, Cacng4 (7-fold); potassium channel, Kcnd2 whilst genes encoding some other proteins were significantly upregulated in STZ-SAN: gap junction, Gjc1; cell membrane transport, Slc8a1, Trpc1, Trpc6 (4-fold); intracellular Ca2+-transport, Ryr3; calcium channel Cacna1g, Cacna1h, Cacnb3; potassium channels, Kcnj5, Kcnk3 and natriuretic peptides, Nppa (5-fold) and Nppb (7-fold). Conclusions/Significance Collectively, this study has demonstrated differences in the profile of mRNA encoding a variety of proteins that are associated with the generation, conduction and regulation of electrical signals in the SAN of STZ-induced diabetic rat heart. Data from this study will provide a basis for a substantial range of future studies to investigate whether these changes in mRNA translate into changes in electrophysiological function.
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- Zannatul Ferdous
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al AIn, UAE
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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Du Y, Zhang J, Xi Y, Wu G, Han K, Huang X, Ma A, Wang T. β1-Adrenergic blocker bisoprolol reverses down-regulated ion channels in sinoatrial node of heart failure rats. J Physiol Biochem 2016; 72:293-302. [DOI: 10.1007/s13105-016-0481-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hurtado R, Smith CS. Hyperpolarization-activated cation and T-type calcium ion channel expression in porcine and human renal pacemaker tissues. J Anat 2016; 228:812-25. [PMID: 26805464 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Renal pacemaker activity triggers peristaltic upper urinary tract contractions that propel waste from the kidney to the bladder, a process prone to congenital defects that are the leading cause of pediatric kidney failure. Recently, studies have discovered that hyperpolarization-activated cation (HCN) and T-type calcium (TTC) channel conductances underlie murine renal pacemaker activity, setting the origin and frequency and coordinating upper urinary tract peristalsis. Here, we determined whether this ion channel expression is conserved in the porcine and human urinary tracts, which share a distinct multicalyceal anatomy with multiple pacemaker sites. Double chromagenic immunohistochemistry revealed that HCN isoform 3 is highly expressed at the porcine minor calyces, the renal pacemaker tissues, whereas the kidney and urinary tract smooth muscle lacked this HCN expression. Immunofluorescent staining demonstrated that HCN(+) cells are integrated within the porcine calyx smooth muscle, and that they co-express TTC channel isoform Cav3.2. In humans, the anatomic structure of the minor calyx pacemaker was assayed via hematoxylin and eosin analyses, and enabled the visualization of the calyx smooth muscle surrounding adjacent papillae. Strikingly, immunofluorescence revealed that HCN3(+) /Cav3.2(+) cells are also localized to the human minor calyx smooth muscle. Collectively, these data have elucidated a conserved molecular signature of HCN and TTC channel expression in porcine and human calyx pacemaker tissues. These findings provide evidence for the mechanisms that can drive renal pacemaker activity in the multi-calyceal urinary tract, and potential causes of obstructive uropathies.
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- Romulo Hurtado
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.,The Core for Smooth Muscle Analysis, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Urologic Surgery, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Liu J, Laksman Z, Backx PH. The electrophysiological development of cardiomyocytes. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2016; 96:253-73. [PMID: 26788696 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2015.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The generation of human cardiomyocytes (CMs) from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) has become an important resource for modeling human cardiac disease and for drug screening, and also holds significant potential for cardiac regeneration. Many challenges remain to be overcome however, before innovation in this field can translate into a change in the morbidity and mortality associated with heart disease. Of particular importance for the future application of this technology is an improved understanding of the electrophysiologic characteristics of CMs, so that better protocols can be developed and optimized for generating hPSC-CMs. Many different cell culture protocols are currently utilized to generate CMs from hPSCs and all appear to yield relatively “developmentally” immature CMs with highly heterogeneous electrical properties. These hPSC-CMs are characterized by spontaneous beating at highly variable rates with a broad range of depolarization-repolarization patterns, suggestive of mixed populations containing atrial, ventricular and nodal cells. Many recent studies have attempted to introduce approaches to promote maturation and to create cells with specific functional properties. In this review, we summarize the studies in which the electrical properties of CMs derived from stem cells have been examined. In order to place this information in a useful context, we also review the electrical properties of CMs as they transition from the developing embryo to the adult human heart. The signal pathways involved in the regulation of ion channel expression during development are also briefly considered.
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Csepe TA, Zhao J, Hansen BJ, Li N, Sul LV, Lim P, Wang Y, Simonetti OP, Kilic A, Mohler PJ, Janssen PML, Fedorov VV. Human sinoatrial node structure: 3D microanatomy of sinoatrial conduction pathways. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 120:164-78. [PMID: 26743207 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Revised: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Despite a century of extensive study on the human sinoatrial node (SAN), the structure-to-function features of specialized SAN conduction pathways (SACP) are still unknown and debated. We report a new method for direct analysis of the SAN microstructure in optically-mapped human hearts with and without clinical history of SAN dysfunction. METHODS Two explanted donor human hearts were coronary-perfused and optically-mapped. Structural analyses of histological sections parallel to epicardium (∼13-21 μm intervals) were integrated with optical maps to create 3D computational reconstructions of the SAN complex. High-resolution fiber fields were obtained using 3D Eigen-analysis of the structure tensor, and used to analyze SACP microstructure with a fiber-tracking approach. RESULTS Optical mapping revealed normal SAN activation of the atria through a lateral SACP proximal to the crista terminalis in Heart #1 but persistent SAN exit block in diseased Heart #2. 3D structural analysis displayed a functionally-observed SAN border composed of fibrosis, fat, and/or discontinuous fibers between SAN and atria, which was only crossed by several branching myofiber tracts in SACP regions. Computational 3D fiber-tracking revealed that myofiber tracts of SACPs created continuous connections between SAN #1 and atria, but in SAN #2, SACP region myofiber tracts were discontinuous due to fibrosis and fat. CONCLUSIONS We developed a new integrative functional, structural and computational approach that allowed for the resolution of the specialized 3D microstructure of human SACPs for the first time. Application of this integrated approach will shed new light on the role of the specialized SAN microanatomy in maintaining sinus rhythm.
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- Thomas A Csepe
- Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA; Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA; Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA; Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Therapeutic effect of astragaloside-IV on bradycardia is involved in up-regulating klotho expression. Life Sci 2015; 144:94-102. [PMID: 26593401 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2015.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Revised: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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AIMS In order to determine whether klotho is involved in the therapeutic effects of Astragaloside-IV on bradycardia, we evaluated the effect of ASG-IV on klotho and the effect of klotho on HCN4 and If. MAIN METHODS Administrating isoproterenol (5 mg/kg) for 15 days to establish a rat bradycardia model randomized SD rats into control, model (ISO) and ASG-IV (5 mg/kg/day) groups to explore the effect of ASG-IV on klotho. Rats were sacrificed on day 15 after heart rate and heart function were measured; SAN tissues were collected to measure the expression of klotho and HCN4. In vitro, neonatal rat myocardial cells were incubated with LPS for 24 h to inhibit the expression of HCN4 and incubated with LPS+ klotho to explore the effect of klotho on HCN4 expression. We also adopted full-patch-clamp technique to explore the effect of klotho on If. KEY FINDINGS Heart rate in model group was significantly decreased (356.6±19.7 vs. 428.9±19.9 in control group, P<0.01) and ASG-IV can increase heart rate (401.4±12.0 vs. 356.6±19.7 in model group, P<0.01). The expression of klotho was also up-regulated (P<0.05). In vitro, after incubation with LPS for 24h, HCN4 expression was significantly decreased in neonatal rat myocardial cells (0.6±0.07 vs. 1.0, P<0.01) and If was significantly declined. Exogenous klotho showed protective effect on HCN4 expression (1.58±0.16 in ASG-IV group vs. 0.6±0.07 in LPS group, P<0.05) and If. SIGNIFICANCE Klotho is involved in the treatment mechanism of ASG-IV.
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Would calcium or potassium channels be responsible for cardiac arrest produced by adenosine and ATP in the right atria of Wistar rats? Eur J Pharmacol 2015; 768:199-206. [PMID: 26528795 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Autonomic nerves release ATP, which is processed into adenosine in the synaptic cleft. Adenosine and ATP exert a negative chronotropic effect in the heart. This study aims to evaluate adenosine and P2 receptors and cellular signalling in cardiac arrest produced by purines in the heart. Right atria of adult Wistar rats were used to evaluate the effects of adenosine, ATP and CPA (an adenosine A1 receptor agonist), in the presence and absence of DPCPX, an adenosine A1 receptor antagonist. Effects of adenosine A2 and A3 receptors agonists and antagonists were also investigated. Finally, involvement of calcium and potassium channels in these responses was assessed using BayK 8644 and 4-Aminopyridine. Cumulative concentration-effect curves of adenosine and CPA resulted in a negative chronotropic effect culminating in cardiac arrest at 1000μM (adenosine) and 1µM (CPA). Furthermore, ATP produced a negative chronotropic effect at 1-300µM and cardiac arrest at 1000μM in the right atrium. ATPγS (a non-hydrolysable analogue of ATP) reduced chronotropism only. The effects of adenosine, CPA and ATP were inhibited by DPCPX, a selective adenosine A1 receptor antagonist. The selective adenosine A2 and A3 receptors antagonists did not alter the chronotropic response of adenosine. 4-Aminopyridine, a blocker of potassium channels at 10mM, prevented the cardiac arrest produced by adenosine and ATP, while BayK 8644, activator of calcium channels, did not prevent cardiac arrest. Adenosine A1 receptor activation by adenosine and ATP produces cardiac arrest in the right atrium of Wistar rats predominantly through activation of potassium channels.
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- Gerard B. Hannibal
- Colleen Walsh-Irwin is Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology Division, Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, New York, and Assistant Clinical Professor at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York. Gerard B. Hannibal is Staff Nurse, Progressive Care Unit, The Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 E Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- Colleen Walsh-Irwin is Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology Division, Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, New York, and Assistant Clinical Professor at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York. Gerard B. Hannibal is Staff Nurse, Progressive Care Unit, The Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 E Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106
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Feldman JL, Kam K. Facing the challenge of mammalian neural microcircuits: taking a few breaths may help. J Physiol 2015; 593:3-23. [PMID: 25556783 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.277632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Breathing in mammals is a seemingly straightforward behaviour controlled by the brain. A brainstem nucleus called the preBötzinger Complex sits at the core of the neural circuit generating respiratory rhythm. Despite the discovery of this microcircuit almost 25 years ago, the mechanisms controlling breathing remain elusive. Given the apparent simplicity and well-defined nature of regulatory breathing behaviour, the identification of much of the circuitry, and the ability to study breathing in vitro as well as in vivo, many neuroscientists and physiologists are surprised that respiratory rhythm generation is still not well understood. Our view is that conventional rhythmogenic mechanisms involving pacemakers, inhibition or bursting are problematic and that simplifying assumptions commonly made for many vertebrate neural circuits ignore consequential detail. We propose that novel emergent mechanisms govern the generation of respiratory rhythm. That a mammalian function as basic as rhythm generation arises from complex and dynamic molecular, synaptic and neuronal interactions within a diverse neural microcircuit highlights the challenges in understanding neural control of mammalian behaviours, many (considerably) more elaborate than breathing. We suggest that the neural circuit controlling breathing is inimitably tractable and may inspire general strategies for elucidating other neural microcircuits.
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- Jack L Feldman
- Systems Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Progressive cardiac conduction disorder (PCCD) is an inherited cardiac disease that may present as a primary electrical disease or be associated with structural heart disease. In this brief review, we present recent clinical, genetic, and molecular findings relating to PCCD. RECENT FINDINGS Inherited PCCD in structurally normal hearts has been found to be linked to genetic variants in the ion channel genes SCN5A, SCN1B, SCN10A, TRPM4, and KCNK17, as well as in genes coding for cardiac connexin proteins. In addition, several SCN5A mutations lead to 'cardiac sodium channelopathy overlap syndrome'. Other genes coding for cardiac transcription factors, such as NKX2.5 and TBX5, are involved in the development of the cardiac conduction system and in the morphogenesis of the heart. Mutations in these two genes have been shown to cause cardiac conduction disorders associated with various congenital heart defects. SUMMARY PCCD is a hereditary syndrome, and genetic variants in multiple genes have been described to date. Genetic screening and identification of the causal mutation are crucial for risk stratification and family counselling.
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Merino B, Quesada I, Hernández-Cascales J. Glucagon Increases Beating Rate but Not Contractility in Rat Right Atrium. Comparison with Isoproterenol. PLoS One 2015. [PMID: 26222156 PMCID: PMC4519109 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This study evaluated the chronotropic and inotropic responses to glucagon in spontaneously beating isolated right atria of rat heart. For comparison, we also investigated the effects resulting from stimulating β-adrenoceptors with isoproterenol in this tissue. Isoproterenol increased both atrial frequency and contractility but glucagon only enhanced atrial rate. The transcript levels of glucagon receptors were about three times higher in sinoatrial node than in the atrial myocardium. Chronotropic responses to glucagon and isoproterenol were blunted by the funny current (If) inhibitor ZD 7288. Inhibitors of protein kinase A, H-89 and KT-5720 reduced the chronotropic response to glucagon but not to isoproterenol. Inhibition of ryanodine receptors and calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (important regulators of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release), with ruthenium red and KN-62 respectively, failed to alter chronotropic responses of either glucagon or isoproterenol. Non selective inhibition of phosphodiesterase (PDE) with 3-isobutylmethylxantine or selective inhibition of PDE3 or PDE4 with cilostamide or rolipram respectively did not affect chronotropic effects of glucagon or isoproterenol. Our results indicate that glucagon increases beating rate but not contractility in rat right atria which could be a consequence of lower levels of glucagon receptors in atrial myocardium than in sinoatrial node. Chronotropic responses to glucagon or isoproterenol are mediated by If current but not by sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release, neither are regulated by PDE activity.
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- Beatriz Merino
- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain
- CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Elche, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain
- CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Elche, Spain
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Choudhury M, Boyett MR, Morris GM. Biology of the Sinus Node and its Disease. Arrhythm Electrophysiol Rev 2015; 4:28-34. [PMID: 26835096 DOI: 10.15420/aer.2015.4.1.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The sinoatrial node (SAN) is the normal pacemaker of the heart and SAN dysfunction (SND) is common, but until recently the pathophysiology was incompletely understood. It was usually attributed to idiopathic age-related fibrosis and cell atrophy or ischaemia. It is now evident that changes in the electrophysiology of the SAN, known as electrical remodelling, is an important process that has been demonstrated in SND associated with heart failure, ageing, diabetes, atrial fibrillation and endurance exercise. Furthermore, familial SND has been identified and mutations have been characterised in key pacemaker genes of the SAN. This review summarises the current evidence regarding SAN function and the pathophysiology of SND.
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- Moinuddin Choudhury
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Csepe TA, Kalyanasundaram A, Hansen BJ, Zhao J, Fedorov VV. Fibrosis: a structural modulator of sinoatrial node physiology and dysfunction. Front Physiol 2015; 6:37. [PMID: 25729366 PMCID: PMC4325882 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Heart rhythm is initialized and controlled by the Sinoatrial Node (SAN), the primary pacemaker of the heart. The SAN is a heterogeneous multi-compartment structure characterized by clusters of specialized cardiomyocytes enmeshed within strands of connective tissue or fibrosis. Intranodal fibrosis is emerging as an important modulator of structural and functional integrity of the SAN pacemaker complex. In adult human hearts, fatty tissue and fibrosis insulate the SAN from the hyperpolarizing effect of the surrounding atria while electrical communication between the SAN and right atrium is restricted to discrete SAN conduction pathways. The amount of fibrosis within the SAN is inversely correlated with heart rate, while age and heart size are positively correlated with fibrosis. Pathological upregulation of fibrosis within the SAN may lead to tachycardia-bradycardia arrhythmias and cardiac arrest, possibly due to SAN reentry and exit block, and is associated with atrial fibrillation, ventricular arrhythmias, heart failure and myocardial infarction. In this review, we will discuss current literature on the role of fibrosis in normal SAN structure and function, as well as the causes and consequences of SAN fibrosis upregulation in disease conditions.
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- Thomas A Csepe
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH, USA
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH, USA
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Hannibal GB. Wandering Atrial Pacemaker and Multifocal Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia. AACN Adv Crit Care 2015; 26:73-6. [DOI: 10.1097/nci.0000000000000060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hannibal GB. Wandering Atrial Pacemaker and Multifocal Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia. AACN Adv Crit Care 2015. [DOI: 10.4037/nci.0000000000000060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Gerard B. Hannibal
- Gerard B. Hannibal is Staff Nurse, Progressive Care Unit, The Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106
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Vanoli E, Pentimalli F, Botto G. Vagomimetic effects of fingolimod: physiology and clinical implications. CNS Neurosci Ther 2014; 20:496-502. [PMID: 24836740 PMCID: PMC4204275 DOI: 10.1111/cns.12283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Fingolimod is a sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator approved to treat relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). Initiation of treatment with fingolimod has been found to produce transient bradycardia and/or slowing of atrioventricular impulse conduction in a small proportion of patients. This effect is thought to be due to the interaction of fingolimod with S1P receptors on the surface membrane of atrial myocytes causing a vagomimetic effect, similar to the action of acetylcholine on muscarinic receptors. As a precaution, patients are under electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring for 6 h after receiving their first dose. Fingolimod is contraindicated in patients with overt or concealed cardiac diseases. However, the Fingolimod Initiation and caRdiac Safety Trial (FIRST), which was designed specifically to investigate the cardiac profile of fingolimod, did not show an increased risk of clinically relevant cardiac events with fingolimod. This review examines the electrophysiology and pathophysiology of cardiac impulse formation in the context of fingolimod. It concludes that these vagomimetic effects should be considered benign and should not prevent the effective use of fingolimod in the treatment of patients with MS.
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- Emilio Vanoli
- Cardiology Section, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Cardiovascular Department, IRCCS Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
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Alexandre J, Beygui F, Puddu PE, Manrique A, Rouet R, Milliez P. Electrophysiological and antiarrhythmic properties of potassium canrenoate during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 2014; 20:313-21. [PMID: 25389106 DOI: 10.1177/1074248414557036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Recent clinical studies have reported the potential benefit of an early mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) blockade with potassium canrenoate (PC) on ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) occurrence in patients experiencing an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, most of the electrophysiological properties of PC demonstrated to date have been investigated in normoxic conditions, and therefore, in vitro experiments during an acute myocardial ischemia-reperfusion were lacking. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used rabbit in vitro models and standard microelectrode technique to assess the electrophysiological impact of PC during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion, including right ventricle mimicking the "border zone" existing between normal and ischemic/reperfused areas (1 µmol/L, 10 and 100 nmol/L), isolated right ventricle, and sinoatrial node (SAN) experiments (1 µmol/L, respectively). RESULTS During ischemia-reperfusion, acute superfusion of PC 100 nmol/L prevented the increase in action potential (AP) duration at 90% of repolarization (APD90) dispersion between ischemic and nonischemic areas and in VAs occurrence induced by aldosterone 10 nmol/L (86 ± 3 vs 114 ± 4 milliseconds for aldosterone alone, P < .05). Potassium canrenoate also induced conduction blocks and significantly decreased Vmax during simulated ischemia (from 25 ± 5 to 12 ± 4, 14 ± 3, and 14 ± 5 V/s, respectively, for PC 1 µmol/L, 100, and 10 nmol/L, P < .05). Potassium canrenoate 1 µmol/L demonstrated cycle length (CL)-dependent effects on APD90 and on Vmax, and it also reduced SAN beating CL (from 446 ± 28 to 529 ± 24 millisecond, P < .05). CONCLUSION Our experimental study highlights new evidence for an antiarrhythmic impact of PC during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion via multiple channels modulation. These results are in line with recent clinical trials suggesting that an early MR blockade in STEMI may be preventive of VAs.
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- Joachim Alexandre
- Department of Cardiology, CHU de Caen, Caen, France Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, EA 4650 Signalisation, électrophysiologie et imagerie des lésions d'ischémie-reperfusion myocardique, Caen, France
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- Department of Cardiology, CHU de Caen, Caen, France Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Medical School, Caen, France
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- Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, EA 4650 Signalisation, électrophysiologie et imagerie des lésions d'ischémie-reperfusion myocardique, Caen, France Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Medical School, Caen, France
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- Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, EA 4650 Signalisation, électrophysiologie et imagerie des lésions d'ischémie-reperfusion myocardique, Caen, France Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Medical School, Caen, France
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- Department of Cardiology, CHU de Caen, Caen, France Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, EA 4650 Signalisation, électrophysiologie et imagerie des lésions d'ischémie-reperfusion myocardique, Caen, France Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Medical School, Caen, France
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Milano A, Vermeer AM, Lodder EM, Barc J, Verkerk AO, Postma AV, van der Bilt IA, Baars MJ, van Haelst PL, Caliskan K, Hoedemaekers YM, Le Scouarnec S, Redon R, Pinto YM, Christiaans I, Wilde AA, Bezzina CR. HCN4 Mutations in Multiple Families With Bradycardia and Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014; 64:745-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Guinamard R, Hof T, Del Negro CA. The TRPM4 channel inhibitor 9-phenanthrol. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:1600-13. [PMID: 24433510 PMCID: PMC3966741 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The phenanthrene-derivative 9-phenanthrol is a recently identified inhibitor of the transient receptor potential melastatin (TRPM) 4 channel, a Ca(2+) -activated non-selective cation channel whose mechanism of action remains to be determined. Subsequent studies performed on other ion channels confirm the specificity of the drug for TRPM4. In addition, 9-phenanthrol modulates a variety of physiological processes through TRPM4 current inhibition and thus exerts beneficial effects in several pathological conditions. 9-Phenanthrol modulates smooth muscle contraction in bladder and cerebral arteries, affects spontaneous activity in neurons and in the heart, and reduces lipopolysaccharide-induced cell death. Among promising potential applications, 9-phenanthrol exerts cardioprotective effects against ischaemia-reperfusion injuries and reduces ischaemic stroke injuries. In addition to reviewing the biophysical effects of 9-phenanthrol, here we present information about its appropriate use in physiological studies and possible clinical applications.
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- R Guinamard
- EA 4650, Groupe Signalisation, Electrophysiologie et Imagerie des Lésions d'Ischémie-Reperfusion Myocardique, UCBN, Normandie UniversitéCaen, France
- Department of Applied Science, The College of William and MaryWilliamsburg, VA, USA
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- EA 4650, Groupe Signalisation, Electrophysiologie et Imagerie des Lésions d'Ischémie-Reperfusion Myocardique, UCBN, Normandie UniversitéCaen, France
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- Department of Applied Science, The College of William and MaryWilliamsburg, VA, USA
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Hartman ME, Librande JR, Medvedev IO, Ahmad RN, Moussavi-Harami F, Gupta PP, Chien WM, Chin MT. An optimized and simplified system of mouse embryonic stem cell cardiac differentiation for the assessment of differentiation modifiers. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93033. [PMID: 24667642 PMCID: PMC3965510 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Generating cardiomyocytes from embryonic stem cells is an important technique for understanding cardiovascular development, the origins of cardiovascular diseases and also for providing potential reagents for cardiac repair. Numerous methods have been published but often are technically challenging, complex, and are not easily adapted to assessment of specific gene contributions to cardiac myocyte differentiation. Here we report the development of an optimized protocol to induce the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells to cardiac myocytes that is simplified and easily adapted for genetic studies. Specifically, we made four critical findings that distinguish our protocol: 1) mouse embryonic stem cells cultured in media containing CHIR99021 and PD0325901 to maintain pluripotency will efficiently form embryoid bodies containing precardiac mesoderm when cultured in these factors at a reduced dosage, 2) low serum conditions promote cardiomyocyte differentiation and can be used in place of commercially prepared StemPro nutrient supplement, 3) the Wnt inhibitor Dkk-1 is dispensable for efficient cardiac differentiation and 4) tracking differentiation efficiency may be done with surface expression of PDGFRα alone. In addition, cardiac mesodermal precursors generated by this system can undergo lentiviral infection to manipulate the expression of specific target molecules to assess effects on cardiac myocyte differentiation and maturation. Using this approach, we assessed the effects of CHF1/Hey2 on cardiac myocyte differentiation, using both gain and loss of function. Overexpression of CHF1/Hey2 at the cardiac mesoderm stage had no apparent effect on cardiac differentiation, while knockdown of CHF1/Hey2 resulted in increased expression of atrial natriuretic factor and connexin 43, suggesting an alteration in the phenotype of the cardiomyocytes. In summary we have generated a detailed and simplified protocol for generating cardiomyocytes from mES cells that is optimized for investigating factors that affect cardiac differentiation.
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- Matthew E. Hartman
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Severe unexplained relative hypotension and bradycardia in the emergency department. Case Rep Emerg Med 2014; 2014:969562. [PMID: 24826356 PMCID: PMC4006570 DOI: 10.1155/2014/969562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A precipitous episode of hypotension with concomitant bradycardia is a true medical emergency especially in patients with chronic hypertension and often requires hospitalization for detailed interrogation of the underlying causes. We describe herein a case of a patient with chronic labile hypertension who presented to the ED with a sharp drop in blood pressure and heart rate which was not simply explained by an antihypertensive overdose but more so by an aggregate of the patient's multiple chronic medical conditions. This report highlights the complexities of treating simultaneous hypotension and bradycardia and the importance of discerning the underpinnings of the causes including past medical issues, patient medications, and the timeline of key events leading to the issue at hand.
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Monfredi O, Maltsev VA, Lakatta EG. Modern concepts concerning the origin of the heartbeat. Physiology (Bethesda) 2014; 28:74-92. [PMID: 23455768 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00054.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Physiological processes governing the heart beat have been under investigation for several hundred years. Major advances have been made in the recent past. A review of the present paradigm is presented here, including a look back at important steps that led us to where we are today, alongside a glimpse into the exciting future of pacemaker research.
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- Oliver Monfredi
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility
- Department of Cardiology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
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- Department of Cardiology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Department of Medicine, Melbourne University
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Bi MM, Hong S, Zhou HY, Wang HW, Wang LN, Zheng YJ. Chloride channelopathies of ClC-2. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 15:218-49. [PMID: 24378849 PMCID: PMC3907807 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15010218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Revised: 11/14/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Chloride channels (ClCs) have gained worldwide interest because of their molecular diversity, widespread distribution in mammalian tissues and organs, and their link to various human diseases. Nine different ClCs have been molecularly identified and functionally characterized in mammals. ClC-2 is one of nine mammalian members of the ClC family. It possesses unique biophysical characteristics, pharmacological properties, and molecular features that distinguish it from other ClC family members. ClC-2 has wide organ/tissue distribution and is ubiquitously expressed. Published studies consistently point to a high degree of conservation of ClC-2 function and regulation across various species from nematodes to humans over vast evolutionary time spans. ClC-2 has been intensively and extensively studied over the past two decades, leading to the accumulation of a plethora of information to advance our understanding of its pathophysiological functions; however, many controversies still exist. It is necessary to analyze the research findings, and integrate different views to have a better understanding of ClC-2. This review focuses on ClC-2 only, providing an analytical overview of the available literature. Nearly every aspect of ClC-2 is discussed in the review: molecular features, biophysical characteristics, pharmacological properties, cellular function, regulation of expression and function, and channelopathies.
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- Miao Miao Bi
- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin, China.
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Hurtado R, Bub G, Herzlinger D. A molecular signature of tissues with pacemaker activity in the heart and upper urinary tract involves coexpressed hyperpolarization-activated cation and T-type Ca2+ channels. FASEB J 2013; 28:730-9. [PMID: 24189942 DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-237289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Renal pacemakers set the origin and frequency of the smooth muscle contractions that propel wastes from the kidney to the bladder. Although congenital defects impairing this peristalsis are a leading cause of pediatric renal failure, the mechanisms underlying renal pacemaker activity remain unknown. Using ratiometric optical mapping and video microscopy, we discovered that hyperpolarization-activated cation (HCN) channel block with the specific anatagonist ZD7288 (30 μm; IC50) abolished the pacemaker depolarizations that initiate murine upper urinary tract peristalsis. Optical mapping and immunohistochemistry indicate that pacemaker potentials are generated by cells expressing HCN isoform-3, and that HCN3(+) cells are coupled to definitive smooth muscle via gap junctions. Furthermore, we demonstrate that HCN3(+) cells coexpress T-type Ca(2+) (TTC) channels and that TTC channel inhibition with R(-)efonidipine or NNC55-0396 decreased contractile frequency in a dose-dependent manner. Collectively, these data demonstrate that HCN3(+)/TTC(+) cells are the pacemakers that set the origin and rate of upper urinary tract peristalsis. These results reveal a conserved mechanism controlling autorhythmicity in 2 distinct muscle types, as HCN and TTC channels also mediate cardiac pacemaker activity. Moreover, these findings have translational applications, including the development of novel diagnostics to detect fetal urinary tract motility defects prior to renal damage.-Hurtado, R., Bub, G., Herzlinger, D. A molecular signature of tissues with pacemaker activity in the heart and upper urinary tract involves coexpressed hyperpolarization-activated cation and T-type Ca(2+) channels.
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- 1Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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BACKGROUND The transient receptor potential melastatin 4 (TRPM4) channel is expressed in the sinoatrial node, but its physiologic roles in this tissue with cardiac pacemaker properties remain unknown. This Ca(2+)-activated nonselective cation channel (NSCCa) induces cell depolarization at negative potentials. It is implicated in burst generation in neurons and participates in induction of ectopic beating in cardiac ventricular preparations submitted to hypoxia/reoxygenation. Accordingly, TRPM4 may participate in action potential (AP) triggering in the sinoatrial node. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of TRPM4 on spontaneous heart beating. METHODS Spontaneous APs were recorded using intracellular microelectrodes in mouse, rat, and rabbit isolated right atria. RESULTS In the spontaneously beating mouse atrium, superfusion of the TRPM4-specific inhibitor 9-phenanthrol produced a concentration-dependent reduction in AP rate (maximal reduction = 62% that of control; EC50 = 8 × 10(-6) mol●L(-1)) without affecting other AP parameters. These effects were absent in TRPM4(-/-) mice. 9-Phenanthrol exerted a rate-dependent reduction with a higher effect at low rates. Similar results were obtained in rat. Moreover, application of 9-phenanthrol produced a reduction in diastolic depolarization slope in rabbit sinus node pacemaker cells. CONCLUSION These data showed that TRPM4 modulates beating rate. Pacemaker activity in the sinoatrial node results from the slow diastolic depolarization slope due to the "funny" current, Na/Ca exchange, and a Ca(2+)-activated nonselective cation current, which can be attributable in part to TRPM4 that may act against bradycardia.
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