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Ganesan A, Zhang J. How cells process information: quantification of spatiotemporal signaling dynamics. Protein Sci 2012; 21:918-28. [PMID: 22573643 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Arguably, one of the foremost distinctions between life and non-living matter is the ability to sense environmental changes and respond appropriately--an ability that is invested in every living cell. Within a single cell, this function is largely carried out by networks of signaling molecules. However, the details of how signaling networks help cells make complicated decisions are still not clear. For instance, how do cells read graded, analog stress signals but convert them into digital live-or-die responses? The answer to such questions may originate from the fact that signaling molecules are not static but dynamic entities, changing in numbers and activity over time and space. In the past two decades, researchers have been able to experimentally monitor signaling dynamics and use mathematical techniques to quantify and abstract general principles of how cells process information. In this review, the authors first introduce and discuss various experimental and computational methodologies that have been used to study signaling dynamics. The authors then discuss the different types of temporal dynamics such as oscillations and bistability that can be exhibited by signaling systems and highlight studies that have investigated such dynamics in physiological settings. Finally, the authors illustrate the role of spatial compartmentalization in regulating cellular responses with examples of second-messenger signaling in cardiac myocytes.
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- Ambhighainath Ganesan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Wei L, Dirksen RT. Perspectives on: SGP symposium on mitochondrial physiology and medicine: mitochondrial superoxide flashes: from discovery to new controversies. J Gen Physiol 2012; 139:425-34. [PMID: 22641637 PMCID: PMC3362526 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Lan Wei
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Shkryl VM, Maxwell JT, Domeier TL, Blatter LA. Refractoriness of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release determines Ca2+ alternans in atrial myocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 302:H2310-20. [PMID: 22467301 PMCID: PMC3378301 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00079.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cardiac alternans is a recognized risk factor for cardiac arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. At the cellular level, Ca(2+) alternans appears as cytosolic Ca(2+) transients of alternating amplitude at regular beating frequency. Cardiac alternans is a multifactorial process but has been linked to disturbances in intracellular Ca(2+) regulation. In atrial myocytes, we tested the role of voltage-gated Ca(2+) current, sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) load, and restitution properties of SR Ca(2+) release for the occurrence of pacing-induced Ca(2+) alternans. Voltage-clamp experiments revealed that peak Ca(2+) current was not affected during alternans, and alternans of end-diastolic SR Ca(2+) load, evaluated by application of caffeine or measured directly with an intra-SR fluorescent Ca(2+) indicator (fluo-5N), were not a requirement for cytosolic Ca(2+) alternans. Restitution properties and kinetics of refractoriness of Ca(2+) release after activation during alternans were evaluated by four different approaches: measurements of 1) the delay (latency) of occurrence of spontaneous global Ca(2+) releases and 2) Ca(2+) spark frequency, both during rest after a large and small alternans Ca(2+) transient; 3) the magnitude of premature action potential-induced Ca(2+) transients after a large and small beat; and 4) the efficacy of a photolytically induced Ca(2+) signal (Ca(2+) uncaging from DM-nitrophen) to trigger additional Ca(2+) release during alternans. The results showed that the latency of global spontaneous Ca(2+) release was prolonged and Ca(2+) spark frequency was decreased after the large Ca(2+) transient during alternans. Furthermore, the restitution curve of the Ca(2+) transient elicited by premature action potentials or by photolysis-induced Ca(2+) release from the SR lagged behind after a large-amplitude transient during alternans compared with the small-amplitude transient. The data demonstrate that beat-to-beat alternation of the time-dependent restitution properties and refractory kinetics of the SR Ca(2+) release mechanism represents a key mechanism underlying cardiac alternans.
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- Vyacheslav M Shkryl
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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All cells use changes in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) to regulate cell signalling events. In neurons, with their elaborate dendritic and axonal arborizations, there are clear examples of both localized and widespread Ca(2+) signals. [Ca(2+)](i) changes that are generated by Ca(2+) entry through voltage- and ligand-gated channels are the best characterized. In addition, the release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores can result in increased [Ca(2+)](i); the signals that trigger this release have been less well-studied, in part because they are not usually associated with specific changes in membrane potential. However, recent experiments have revealed dramatic widespread Ca(2+) waves and localized spark-like events, particularly in dendrites. Here we review emerging data on the nature of these signals and their functions.
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Sobie EA, Lederer WJ. Dynamic local changes in sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium: physiological and pathophysiological roles. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2012; 52:304-11. [PMID: 21767546 PMCID: PMC3217160 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Revised: 06/24/2011] [Accepted: 06/30/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Evidence obtained in recent years indicates that, in cardiac myocytes, release of Ca(2+) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is regulated by changes in the concentration of Ca(2+) within the SR. In this review, we summarize recent advances in our understanding of this regulatory role, with a particular emphasis on dynamic and local changes in SR [Ca(2+)]. We focus on five important questions that are to some extent unresolved and controversial. These questions concern: (1) the importance of SR [Ca(2+)] depletion in the termination of Ca(2+) release; (2) the quantitative extent of depletion during local release events such as Ca(2+) sparks; (3) the influence of SR [Ca(2+)] refilling on release refractoriness and the propensity for pathological Ca(2+) release; (4) dynamic changes in SR [Ca(2+)] during propagating Ca(2+) waves; and (5) the speed of Ca(2+) diffusion within the SR. With each issue, we discuss data supporting alternative viewpoints, and we identify fundamental questions that are being actively investigated. We conclude with a discussion of experimental and computational advances that will help to resolve controversies. This article is part of a special issue entitled "Local Signaling in Myocytes."
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- Eric A Sobie
- Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Asghari P, Scriven DRL, Hoskins J, Fameli N, van Breemen C, Moore EDW. The structure and functioning of the couplon in the mammalian cardiomyocyte. PROTOPLASMA 2012; 249 Suppl 1:S31-S38. [PMID: 22057630 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-011-0347-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Accepted: 10/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The couplons of the cardiomyocyte form nanospaces within the cell that place the L-type calcium channel (Ca(v)1.2), situated on the plasmalemma, in opposition to the type 2 ryanodine receptor (RyR2), situated on the sarcoplasmic reticulum. These two molecules, which form the basis of excitation-contraction coupling, are separated by a very limited space, which allows a few Ca(2+) ions passing through Ca(v)1.2 to activate the RyR2 at concentration levels that would be deleterious to the whole cell. The limited space also allows Ca(2+) inactivation of Ca(v)1.2. We have found that not all couplons are the same and that their properties are likely determined by their molecular partners which, in turn, determine their excitability. In particular, there are a class of couplons that lie outside the RyR2-Ca(v)1.2 dyad; in this case, the RyR2 is close to caveolin-3 rather than Ca(v)1.2. These extra-dyadic couplons are probably controlled by the multitude of molecules associated with caveolin-3 and may modulate contractile force under situations such as stress. It has long been assumed that like the skeletal muscle, the RyR2 in the couplon are arranged in a structured array with the RyR2 interacting with each other via domain 6 of the RyR2 molecule. This arrangement was thought to provide local control of RyR2 excitability. Using 3D electron tomography of the couplon, we show that the RyR2 in the couplon do not form an ordered pattern, but are scattered throughout it. Relatively few are in a checkerboard pattern--many RyR2 sit edge-to-edge, a configuration which might preclude their controlling each other's excitability. The discovery of this structure makes many models of cardiac couplon function moot and is a current avenue of further research.
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- Parisa Asghari
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Jaffe LF. Stretch-activated calcium channels relay fast calcium waves propagated by calcium-induced calcium influx. Biol Cell 2012; 99:175-84. [PMID: 17302561 DOI: 10.1042/bc20060031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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For nearly 30 years, fast calcium waves have been attributed to a regenerative process propagated by CICR (calcium-induced calcium release) from the endoplasmic reticulum. Here, I propose a model containing a new subclass of fast calcium waves which is propagated by CICI (calcium-induced calcium influx) through the plasma membrane. They are called fast CICI waves. These move at the order of 100 to 1000 microm/s (at 20 degrees C), rather than the order of 3 to 30 microm/s found for CICR. Moreover, in this proposed subclass, the calcium influx which drives calcium waves is relayed by stretch-activated calcium channels. This model is based upon reports from approx. 60 various systems. In seven of these reports, calcium waves were imaged, and, in five of these, evidence was presented that these waves were regenerated by CICI. Much of this model involves waves that move along functioning flagella and cilia. In these systems, waves of local calcium influx are thought to cause waves of local contraction by inducing the sliding of dynein or of kinesin past tubulin microtubules. Other cells which are reported to exhibit waves, which move at speeds in the fast CICI range, include ones from a dozen protozoa, three polychaete worms, three molluscs, a bryozoan, two sea urchins, one arthropod, four insects, Amphioxus, frogs, two fish and a vascular plant (Equisetum), together with numerous healthy, as well as cancerous, mammalian cells, including ones from human. In two of these systems, very gentle local mechanical stimulation is reported to initiate waves. In these non-flagellar systems, the calcium influxes are thought to speed the sliding of actinomyosin filaments past each other. Finally, I propose that this mechanochemical model could be tested by seeing if gentle mechanical stimulation induces waves in more of these systems and, more importantly, by imaging the predicted calcium waves in more of them.
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- Lionel F Jaffe
- Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
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Cardiomyocytes have multiple Ca(2+) fluxes of varying duration that work together to optimize function (1,2). Changes in Ca(2+) activity in response to extracellular agents is predominantly regulated by the phospholipase Cβ- Gα(q;) pathway localized on the plasma membrane which is stimulated by agents such as acetylcholine (3,4). We have recently found that plasma membrane protein domains called caveolae(5,6) can entrap activated Gα(q;)(7). This entrapment has the effect of stabilizing the activated state of Gα(q;) and resulting in prolonged Ca(2+) signals in cardiomyocytes and other cell types(8). We uncovered this surprising result by measuring dynamic calcium responses on a fast scale in living cardiomyocytes. Briefly, cells are loaded with a fluorescent Ca(2+) indicator. In our studies, we used Ca(2+) Green (Invitrogen, Inc.) which exhibits an increase in fluorescence emission intensity upon binding of calcium ions. The fluorescence intensity is then recorded for using a line-scan mode of a laser scanning confocal microscope. This method allows rapid acquisition of the time course of fluorescence intensity in pixels along a selected line, producing several hundreds of time traces on the microsecond time scale. These very fast traces are transferred into excel and then into Sigmaplot for analysis, and are compared to traces obtained for electronic noise, free dye, and other controls. To dissect Ca(2+) responses of different flux rates, we performed a histogram analysis that binned pixel intensities with time. Binning allows us to group over 500 traces of scans and visualize the compiled results spatially and temporally on a single plot. Thus, the slow Ca(2+) waves that are difficult to discern when the scans are overlaid due to different peak placement and noise, can be readily seen in the binned histograms. Very fast fluxes in the time scale of the measurement show a narrow distribution of intensities in the very short time bins whereas longer Ca(2+) waves show binned data with a broad distribution over longer time bins. These different time distributions allow us to dissect the timing of Ca(2+)fluxes in the cells, and to determine their impact on various cellular events.
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- Urszula Golebiewska
- Department of Biological Sciences and Geology, Queensborough Community College
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Linking flickering to waves and whole-cell oscillations in a mitochondrial network model. Biophys J 2011; 101:2102-11. [PMID: 22067147 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2011] [Revised: 09/21/2011] [Accepted: 09/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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It has been shown that transient single mitochondrial depolarizations, known as flickers, tend to occur randomly in space and time. On the other hand, many studies have shown that mitochondrial depolarization waves and whole-cell oscillations occur under oxidative stress. How single mitochondrial flickering events and whole-cell oscillations are mechanistically linked remains unclear. In this study, we developed a Markov model of the inner membrane anion channel in which reactive-oxidative-species (ROS)-induced opening of the inner membrane anion channel causes transient mitochondrial depolarizations in a single mitochondrion that occur in a nonperiodic manner, simulating flickering. We then coupled the individual mitochondria into a network, in which flickers occur randomly and sparsely when a small number of mitochondria are in the state of high superoxide production. As the number of mitochondria in the high-superoxide-production state increases, short-lived or abortive waves due to ROS-induced ROS release coexist with flickers. When the number of mitochondria in the high-superoxide-production state reaches a critical number, recurring propagating waves are observed. The origins of the waves occur randomly in space and are self-organized as a consequence of random flickering and local synchronization. We show that at this critical state, the depolarization clusters exhibit a power-law distribution, a signature of self-organized criticality. In addition, the whole-cell mitochondrial membrane potential changes from exhibiting small random fluctuations to more periodic oscillations as the superoxide production rate increases. These simulation results may provide mechanistic insight into the transition from random mitochondrial flickering to the waves and whole-cell oscillations observed in many experimental studies.
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Calsequestrin 2 deletion shortens the refractoriness of Ca²⁺ release and reduces rate-dependent Ca²⁺-alternans in intact mouse hearts. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 52:21-31. [PMID: 21983287 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2011] [Revised: 09/18/2011] [Accepted: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Calsequestrin (Casq2) is a low affinity Ca(2+)-binding protein located in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of cardiac myocytes. Casq2 acts as a Ca(2+) buffer regulating free Ca(2+) concentration in the SR lumen and plays a significant role in the regulation of Ca(2+) release from this intracellular organelle. In addition, there is experimental evidence supporting the hypothesis that Casq2 also modulates the activity of the cardiac Ca(2+) release channels, ryanodine receptors (RyR2). In this study, Casq2 knockout mice (Casq2-/-) were used as a model to evaluate the effects of the Casq2 on the cytosolic and intra-SR Ca(2+) dynamics, and the electrical activity in the ventricular epicardial layer of intact beating hearts. Casq2-/- mice have accelerated intra-SR Ca(2+) refilling kinetics (76 ± 22 vs. 136.5 ± 15 ms) and a reduced refractoriness of Ca(2+) release (182 ± 32 ms Casq2+/+ and 111 ± 22 ms Casq2-/- ). In addition, mice display reduced Ca(2+) alternans (67% decline in the amplitude of Ca(2+) alternans at 7 Hz, 21oC) and less T-wave alternans at the electrocardiographic level. The results presented in this paper support the idea of Casq2 acting both as a buffer and a direct regulator of the Ca(2+) release process. Finally, we propose that alterations in Ca(2+) release refractoriness shown here could explain the relationship between Casq2 function and an increase in the risk for ventricular arrhythmias.
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Two candidates at the heart of dysfunction: The ryanodine receptor and calcium/calmodulin protein kinase II as potential targets for therapeutic intervention—An in vivo perspective. Pharmacol Ther 2011; 131:204-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Passive Ca2+ overload in H9c2 cardiac myoblasts: Assessment of cellular damage and cytosolic Ca2+ transients. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 512:175-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2011] [Revised: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 05/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Kumar S, Wilding D, Sikkel MB, Lyon AR, MacLeod KT, Dunsby C. High-speed 2D and 3D fluorescence microscopy of cardiac myocytes. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:13839-47. [PMID: 21934745 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.013839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Oblique plane microscopy (OPM) is a light sheet microscopy technique that uses a single high numerical aperture microscope objective to both illuminate a tilted plane within the specimen and to obtain an image of the tilted illuminated plane. In this paper, we present a new OPM configuration that enables both the illumination and detection focal planes to be swept simultaneously and remotely through the sample volume, enabling high speed volumetric imaging. We demonstrate the high speed imaging capabilities of the system by imaging calcium dynamics in cardiac myocytes in 2D at 926 frames per second and in 3D at 21 volumes per second. In the future, higher frame rate CCD cameras will enable volumetric imaging at much greater rates, leading to new capabilities to study dynamic events in cells at high speeds in two and three dimensions.
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- Sunil Kumar
- Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Blackett Laboratory, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Modulation of Ca²+ activity in cardiomyocytes through caveolae-Gαq interactions. Biophys J 2011; 100:1599-607. [PMID: 21463572 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2010] [Revised: 01/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cardiomyocytes have a complex Ca(2+) behavior and changes in this behavior may underlie certain disease states. Intracellular Ca(2+) activity can be regulated by the phospholipase Cβ-Gα(q) pathway localized on the plasma membrane. The plasma membranes of cardiomycoytes are rich in caveolae domains organized by caveolin proteins. Caveolae may indirectly affect cell signals by entrapping and localizing specific proteins. Recently, we found that caveolin may specifically interact with activated Gα(q), which could affect Ca(2+) signals. Here, using fluorescence imaging and correlation techniques we show that Gα(q)-Gβγ subunits localize to caveolae in adult ventricular canine cardiomyoctyes. Carbachol stimulation releases Gβγ subunits from caveolae with a concurrent stabilization of activated Gα(q) by caveolin-3 (Cav3). These cells show oscillating Ca(2+) waves that are not seen in neonatal cells that do not contain Cav3. Microinjection of a peptide that disrupts Cav3-Gα(q) association, but not a control peptide, extinguishes the waves. Furthermore, these waves are unchanged with rynaodine treatment, but not seen with treatment of a phospholipase C inhibitor, implying that Cav3-Gα(q) is responsible for this Ca(2+) activity. Taken together, these studies show that caveolae play a direct and active role in regulating basal Ca(2+) activity in cardiomyocytes.
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Galimberti ES, Knollmann BC. Efficacy and potency of class I antiarrhythmic drugs for suppression of Ca2+ waves in permeabilized myocytes lacking calsequestrin. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 51:760-8. [PMID: 21798265 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2011] [Revised: 05/31/2011] [Accepted: 07/05/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Ca(2+) waves can trigger ventricular arrhythmias such as catecholaminergic-polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). Drugs that prevent Ca(2+) waves may have antiarrhythmic properties. Here, we use permeabilized ventricular myocytes from a CPVT mouse model lacking calsequestrin (casq2) to screen all clinically available class I antiarrhythmic drugs and selected other antiarrhythmic agents for activity against Ca(2+) waves. Casq2-/- myocytes were imaged in line-scan mode and the following Ca(2+) wave parameters analyzed: wave incidence, amplitude, frequency, and propagation speed. IC(50) (potency) and maximum inhibition (efficacy) were calculated for each drug. Drugs fell into 3 distinct categories. Category 1 drugs (flecainide and R-propafenone) suppressed wave parameters with the highest potency (IC(50)<10 μM) and efficacy (>50% maximum wave inhibition). Category 2 drugs (encainide, quinidine, lidocaine, and verapamil) had intermediate potency (IC(50) 20-40 μM) and efficacy (20-40% maximum wave inhibition). Category 3 drugs (procainamide, disopyramide, mexiletine, cibenzoline, and ranolazine) had no significant effects on Ca(2+) waves at the highest concentration tested (100 μM). Propafenone was stereoselective, with R-propafenone suppressing waves more potently than S-propafenone (IC(50): R-propafenone 2 ± 0.2 μM vs. S-propafenone 54 ± 18 μM). Both flecainide and R-propafenone decreased Ca(2+) spark mass and converted propagated Ca(2+) waves into non-propagated wavelets and frequent sparks, suggesting that reduction in spark mass, not spark frequency, was responsible for wave suppression. Among all class I antiarrhythmic drugs, flecainide and R-propafenone inhibit Ca(2+) waves with the highest potency and efficacy. Permeabilized casq2-/- myocytes are a simple in-vitro assay for finding drugs with activity against Ca(2+) waves. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Possible Editorial'.
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- Eleonora Savio Galimberti
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Oates Institute for Experimental Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA
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Han P, Cai W, Wang Y, Lam CK, Arvanitis DA, Singh VP, Chen S, Zhang H, Zhang R, Cheng H, Kranias EG. Catecholaminergic-induced arrhythmias in failing cardiomyocytes associated with human HRCS96A variant overexpression. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 301:H1588-95. [PMID: 21742996 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01153.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The histidine-rich calcium binding protein (HRC) Ser96Ala polymorphism was shown to correlate with ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death only in dilated cardiomyopathy patients but not in healthy human carriers. In the present study, we assessed the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying human arrhythmias by adenoviral expression of the human wild-type (HRC(WT)) or mutant HRC (HRC(S96A)) in adult rat ventricular cardiomyocytes. Total HRC protein was increased by ∼50% in both HRC(WT)- and HRC(S96A)-infected cells. The HRC(S96A) mutant exacerbated the inhibitory effects of HRC(WT) on the amplitude of Ca(2+) transients, prolongation of Ca(2+) decay time, and caffeine-induced sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) release. Consistent with these findings, HRC(S96A) reduced maximal sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium uptake rate to a higher extent than HRC(WT). Furthermore, the frequency of spontaneous Ca(2+) sparks, which was reduced by HRC(WT), was increased by mutant HRC(S96A) under resting conditions although there were no spontaneous Ca(2+) waves under stress conditions. However, expression of the HRC(S96A) genetic variant in cardiomyocytes from a rat model of postmyocardial infarction heart failure induced dramatic disturbances of rhythmic Ca(2+) transients. These findings indicate that the HRC Ser96Ala variant increases the propensity of arrhythmogenic Ca(2+) waves in the stressed failing heart, suggesting a link between this genetic variant and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in human carriers.
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- Peidong Han
- Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0575, USA
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Qu Z, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Nivala M. Multi-scale modeling in biology: how to bridge the gaps between scales? PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 107:21-31. [PMID: 21704063 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Human physiological functions are regulated across many orders of magnitude in space and time. Integrating the information and dynamics from one scale to another is critical for the understanding of human physiology and the treatment of diseases. Multi-scale modeling, as a computational approach, has been widely adopted by researchers in computational and systems biology. A key unsolved issue is how to represent appropriately the dynamical behaviors of a high-dimensional model of a lower scale by a low-dimensional model of a higher scale, so that it can be used to investigate complex dynamical behaviors at even higher scales of integration. In the article, we first review the widely-used different modeling methodologies and their applications at different scales. We then discuss the gaps between different modeling methodologies and between scales, and discuss potential methods for bridging the gaps between scales.
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- Zhilin Qu
- Department of Medicine (Cardiology), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Scriven DRL, Asghari P, Schulson MN, Moore EDW. Analysis of Cav1.2 and ryanodine receptor clusters in rat ventricular myocytes. Biophys J 2011; 99:3923-9. [PMID: 21156134 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2010] [Revised: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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We analyzed the distribution of ryanodine receptor (RyR) and Cav1.2 clusters in adult rat ventricular myocytes using three-dimensional object-based colocalization metrics. We found that ∼75% of the Cav1.2 clusters and 65% of the RyR clusters were within couplons, and both were roughly two and a half times larger than their extradyadic counterparts. Within a couplon, Cav1.2 was concentrated near the center of the underlying RyR cluster and accounted for ∼67% of its size. These data, together with previous findings from binding studies, enable us to estimate that a couplon contains 74 RyR tetramers and 10 copies of the α-subunit of Cav1.2. Extradyadic clusters of RyR contained ∼30 tetramers, whereas the extradyadic Cav1.2 clusters contained, on average, only four channels. Between 80% and 85% of both RyR and Cav1.2 molecules are within couplons. RyR clusters were in the closest proximity, with a median nearest-neighbor distance of 552 nm; comparable values for Cav1.2 clusters and couplons were 619 nm and 735 nm, respectively. Extradyadic RyR clusters were significantly closer together (624 nm) and closer to the couplons (674 nm) than the couplons were to each other. In contrast, the extradyadic clusters of Cav1.2 showed no preferential localization and were broadly distributed. These results provide a wealth of morphometric data that are essential for understanding intracellular Ca2+ regulation and modeling Ca2+ dynamics.
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- David R L Scriven
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Stokke MK, Briston SJ, Jølle GF, Manzoor I, Louch WE, Øyehaug L, Christensen G, Eisner DA, Trafford AW, Sejersted OM, Sjaastad I. Ca2+ wave probability is determined by the balance between SERCA2-dependent Ca2+ reuptake and threshold SR Ca2+ content. Cardiovasc Res 2011; 90:503-12. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Heinzel FR, MacQuaide N, Biesmans L, Sipido K. Dyssynchrony of Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum as subcellular mechanism of cardiac contractile dysfunction. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2010; 50:390-400. [PMID: 21075114 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Revised: 09/30/2010] [Accepted: 11/05/2010] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Cardiac contractile function depends on coordinated electrical activation throughout the heart. Dyssynchronous electrical activation of the ventricles has been shown to contribute to contractile dysfunction in heart failure, and resynchronization therapy has emerged as a therapeutic concept. At the cellular level, coupling of membrane excitation to myofilament contraction is facilitated by highly organized intracellular structures which coordinate Ca(2+) release. The cytosolic [Ca(2+)] transient triggered by depolarization-induced Ca(2+) influx is the result of a gradable and robust high gain process, Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release (CICR), which integrates subcellular localized Ca(2+) release events. Lack of synchronization of these localized release events can contribute to contractile dysfunction in myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure. Different underlying mechanisms relate to functional and structural changes in sarcolemmal Ca(2+) channels, the sarcoplasmic Ca(2+) release channel or ryanodine receptor, RyR, their intracellular arrangement in close proximity in couplons and the loss of t-tubules. Dyssynchrony at the subcellular level translates in a reduction of the overall gain of CICR at the cellular level and forms an important determinant of myocyte contractility in heart failure.
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Krishna A, Sun L, Valderrábano M, Palade PT, Clark JW. Modeling CICR in rat ventricular myocytes: voltage clamp studies. Theor Biol Med Model 2010; 7:43. [PMID: 21062495 PMCID: PMC3245510 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-7-43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background The past thirty-five years have seen an intense search for the molecular mechanisms underlying calcium-induced calcium-release (CICR) in cardiac myocytes, with voltage clamp (VC) studies being the leading tool employed. Several VC protocols including lowering of extracellular calcium to affect Ca2+ loading of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and administration of blockers caffeine and thapsigargin have been utilized to probe the phenomena surrounding SR Ca2+ release. Here, we develop a deterministic mathematical model of a rat ventricular myocyte under VC conditions, to better understand mechanisms underlying the response of an isolated cell to calcium perturbation. Motivation for the study was to pinpoint key control variables influencing CICR and examine the role of CICR in the context of a physiological control system regulating cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]myo). Methods The cell model consists of an electrical-equivalent model for the cell membrane and a fluid-compartment model describing the flux of ionic species between the extracellular and several intracellular compartments (cell cytosol, SR and the dyadic coupling unit (DCU), in which resides the mechanistic basis of CICR). The DCU is described as a controller-actuator mechanism, internally stabilized by negative feedback control of the unit's two diametrically-opposed Ca2+ channels (trigger-channel and release-channel). It releases Ca2+ flux into the cyto-plasm and is in turn enclosed within a negative feedback loop involving the SERCA pump, regulating[Ca2+]myo. Results Our model reproduces measured VC data published by several laboratories, and generates graded Ca2+ release at high Ca2+ gain in a homeostatically-controlled environment where [Ca2+]myo is precisely regulated. We elucidate the importance of the DCU elements in this process, particularly the role of the ryanodine receptor in controlling SR Ca2+ release, its activation by trigger Ca2+, and its refractory characteristics mediated by the luminal SR Ca2+ sensor. Proper functioning of the DCU, sodium-calcium exchangers and SERCA pump are important in achieving negative feedback control and hence Ca2+ homeostasis. Conclusions We examine the role of the above Ca2+ regulating mechanisms in handling various types of induced disturbances in Ca2+ levels by quantifying cellular Ca2+ balance. Our model provides biophysically-based explanations of phenomena associated with CICR generating useful and testable hypotheses.
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- Abhilash Krishna
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
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Prosser BL, Ward CW, Lederer WJ. Subcellular Ca2+ signaling in the heart: the role of ryanodine receptor sensitivity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 136:135-42. [PMID: 20660656 PMCID: PMC2912070 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201010406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Benjamin L Prosser
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, BioMET, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Murayama T, Kurebayashi N. Two ryanodine receptor isoforms in nonmammalian vertebrate skeletal muscle: possible roles in excitation-contraction coupling and other processes. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 105:134-44. [PMID: 21029746 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2010.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2010] [Revised: 10/13/2010] [Accepted: 10/19/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The ryanodine receptor (RyR) is a Ca(2+) release channel in the sarcoplasmic reticulum in vertebrate skeletal muscle and plays an important role in excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling. Whereas mammalian skeletal muscle predominantly expresses a single RyR isoform, RyR1, skeletal muscle of many nonmammalian vertebrates expresses equal amounts of two distinct isoforms, α-RyR and β-RyR, which are homologues of mammalian RyR1 and RyR3, respectively. In this review we describe our current understanding of the functions of these two RyR isoforms in nonmammalian vertebrate skeletal muscle. The Ca(2+) release via the RyR channel can be gated by two distinct modes: depolarization-induced Ca(2+) release (DICR) and Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release (CICR). In frog muscle, α-RyR acts as the DICR channel, whereas β-RyR as the CICR channel. However, several lines of evidence suggest that CICR by β-RyR may make only a minor contribution to Ca(2+) release during E-C coupling. Comparison of frog and mammalian RyR isoforms highlights the marked differences in the patterns of Ca(2+) release mediated by RyR1 and RyR3 homologues. Interestingly, common features in the Ca(2+) release patterns are noticed between β-RyR and RyR1. We will discuss possible roles and significance of the two RyR isoforms in E-C coupling and other processes in nonmammalian vertebrate skeletal muscle.
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- Takashi Murayama
- Department of Pharmacology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Hartman JM, Sobie EA, Smith GD. Spontaneous Ca2+ sparks and Ca2+ homeostasis in a minimal model of permeabilized ventricular myocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H1996-2008. [PMID: 20852058 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00293.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Many issues remain unresolved concerning how local, subcellular Ca(2+) signals interact with bulk cellular concentrations to maintain homeostasis in health and disease. To aid in the interpretation of data obtained in quiescent ventricular myocytes, we present here a minimal whole cell model that accounts for both localized (subcellular) and global (cellular) aspects of Ca(2+) signaling. Using a minimal formulation of the distribution of local [Ca(2+)] associated with a large number of Ca(2+)-release sites, the model simulates both random spontaneous Ca(2+) sparks and the changes in myoplasmic and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) [Ca(2+)] that result from the balance between stochastic release and reuptake into the SR. Ca(2+)-release sites are composed of clusters of two-state ryanodine receptors (RyRs) that exhibit activation by local cytosolic [Ca(2+)] but no inactivation or regulation by luminal Ca(2+). Decreasing RyR open probability in the model causes a decrease in aggregate release flux and an increase in SR [Ca(2+)], regardless of whether RyR inhibition is mediated by a decrease in RyR open dwell time or an increase in RyR closed dwell time. The same balance of stochastic release and reuptake can be achieved, however, by either high-frequency/short-duration or low-frequency/long-duration Ca(2+) sparks. The results are well correlated with recent experimental observations using pharmacological RyR inhibitors and clarify those aspects of the release-reuptake balance that are inherent to the coupling between local and global Ca(2+) signals and those aspects that depend on molecular-level details. The model of Ca(2+) sparks and homeostasis presented here can be a useful tool for understanding changes in cardiac Ca(2+ )release resulting from drugs, mutations, or acquired diseases.
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- Jana M Hartman
- Department of Applied Science, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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Ramay HR, Jafri MS, Lederer WJ, Sobie EA. Predicting local SR Ca(2+) dynamics during Ca(2+) wave propagation in ventricular myocytes. Biophys J 2010; 98:2515-23. [PMID: 20513395 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2009] [Revised: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/26/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Of the many ongoing controversies regarding the workings of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in cardiac myocytes, two unresolved and interconnected topics are 1), mechanisms of calcium (Ca(2+)) wave propagation, and 2), speed of Ca(2+) diffusion within the SR. Ca(2+) waves are initiated when a spontaneous local SR Ca(2+) release event triggers additional release from neighboring clusters of SR release channels (ryanodine receptors (RyRs)). A lack of consensus regarding the effective Ca(2+) diffusion constant in the SR (D(Ca,SR)) severely complicates our understanding of whether dynamic local changes in SR [Ca(2+)] can influence wave propagation. To address this problem, we have implemented a computational model of cytosolic and SR [Ca(2+)] during Ca(2+) waves. Simulations have investigated how dynamic local changes in SR [Ca(2+)] are influenced by 1), D(Ca,SR); 2), the distance between RyR clusters; 3), partial inhibition or stimulation of SR Ca(2+) pumps; 4), SR Ca(2+) pump dependence on cytosolic [Ca(2+)]; and 5), the rate of transfer between network and junctional SR. Of these factors, D(Ca,SR) is the primary determinant of how release from one RyR cluster alters SR [Ca(2+)] in nearby regions. Specifically, our results show that local increases in SR [Ca(2+)] ahead of the wave can potentially facilitate Ca(2+) wave propagation, but only if SR diffusion is relatively slow. These simulations help to delineate what changes in [Ca(2+)] are possible during SR Ca(2+)release, and they broaden our understanding of the regulatory role played by dynamic changes in [Ca(2+)](SR).
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- Hena R Ramay
- Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Li P, Wei W, Cai X, Soeller C, Cannell MB, Holden AV. Computational modelling of the initiation and development of spontaneous intracellular Ca2+ waves in ventricular myocytes. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2010; 368:3953-3965. [PMID: 20643687 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Intracellular Ca(2+) dynamics provides excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac myocytes. Under pathological conditions, spontaneous Ca(2+) release events can lead to intracellular Ca(2+) travelling waves, which can break, giving transitory or persistent intracellular re-entrant Ca(2+) scroll waves. Intracellular Ca(2+) waves can trigger cellular delayed after-depolarizations of membrane potential, which if they occur in a cluster of a few hundred neighbouring myocytes may lead to cardiac arrhythmia. Quantitative prediction of the initiation and propagation of intracellular Ca(2+) waves requires the dynamics of Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release, and the intracellular spatial distribution of Ca(2+) release units (CRUs). The spatial distribution of ryanodine receptor clusters within a few sarcomeres was reconstructed directly from confocal imaging measurements. It was then embedded into a three-dimensional ventricular cell model, with a resting membrane potential and simple stochastic Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release dynamics. Isotropic global Ca(2+) wave propagation can be produced within the anisotropic intracellular architecture, by isotropic local Ca(2+) diffusion, and the branching Z-disc structure providing inter Z-disc pathways for Ca(2+) propagation. The branching Z-disc provides a broader spatial distribution of ryanodine receptor clusters across Z-discs, which reduces the likelihood of wave initiation by spontaneous Ca(2+) releases. Intracellular Ca(2+) dynamics during catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) was simulated phenomenologically by increasing the Ca(2+) sensitivity factor of the CRU, which results in an increased rate of Ca(2+) release events. Flecainide has been shown to prevent arrhythmias in a murine model of CPVT and in patients. The modelled actions of flecainide on the time course of Ca(2+) release events prevented the initiation of Ca(2+) waves.
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- Pan Li
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center, Campus Box 1097, Washington University in St Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St Louis, MO 63130, USA.
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McCarron JG, Chalmers S, MacMillan D, Olson ML. Agonist-evoked Ca(2+) wave progression requires Ca(2+) and IP(3). J Cell Physiol 2010; 224:334-44. [PMID: 20432430 PMCID: PMC3947531 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Smooth muscle responds to IP(3)-generating agonists by producing Ca(2+) waves. Here, the mechanism of wave progression has been investigated in voltage-clamped single smooth muscle cells using localized photolysis of caged IP(3) and the caged Ca(2+) buffer diazo-2. Waves, evoked by the IP(3)-generating agonist carbachol (CCh), initiated as a uniform rise in cytoplasmic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](c)) over a single though substantial length (approximately 30 microm) of the cell. During regenerative propagation, the wave-front was about 1/3 the length (approximately 9 microm) of the initiation site. The wave-front progressed at a relatively constant velocity although amplitude varied through the cell; differences in sensitivity to IP(3) may explain the amplitude changes. Ca(2+) was required for IP(3)-mediated wave progression to occur. Increasing the Ca(2+) buffer capacity in a small (2 microm) region immediately in front of a CCh-evoked Ca(2+) wave halted progression at the site. However, the wave front does not progress by Ca(2+)-dependent positive feedback alone. In support, colliding [Ca(2+)](c) increases from locally released IP(3) did not annihilate but approximately doubled in amplitude. This result suggests that local IP(3)-evoked [Ca(2+)](c) increases diffused passively. Failure of local increases in IP(3) to evoke waves appears to arise from the restricted nature of the IP(3) increase. When IP(3) was elevated throughout the cell, a localized increase in Ca(2+) now propagated as a wave. Together, these results suggest that waves initiate over a surprisingly large length of the cell and that both IP(3) and Ca(2+) are required for active propagation of the wave front to occur.
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- John G McCarron
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, John Arbuthnott Building, Glasgow, UK.
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Kashiyama T, Murayama T, Suzuki E, Allen PD, Ogawa Y. Frog alpha- and beta-ryanodine receptors provide distinct intracellular Ca2+ signals in a myogenic cell line. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11526. [PMID: 20634947 PMCID: PMC2902508 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2010] [Accepted: 06/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background In frog skeletal muscle, two ryanodine receptor (RyR) isoforms, α-RyR and β-RyR, are expressed in nearly equal amounts. However, the roles and significance of the two isoforms in excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling remains to be elucidated. Methodology/Principal Findings In this study, we expressed either or both α-RyR and β-RyR in 1B5 RyR-deficient myotubes using the herpes simplex virus 1 helper-free amplicon system. Immunological characterizations revealed that α-RyR and β-RyR are appropriately expressed and targeted at the junctions in 1B5 myotubes. In Ca2+ imaging studies, each isoform exhibited caffeine-induced Ca2+ transients, an indicative of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR). However, the fashion of Ca2+ release events was fundamentally different: α-RyR mediated graded and sustained Ca2+ release observed uniformly throughout the cytoplasm, whereas β-RyR supported all-or-none type regenerative Ca2+ oscillations and waves. α-RyR but not β-RyR exhibited Ca2+ transients triggered by membrane depolarization with high [K+]o that were nifedipine-sensitive, indicating that only α-RyR mediates depolarization-induced Ca2+ release. Myotubes co-expressing α-RyR and β-RyR demonstrated high [K+]o-induced Ca2+ transients which were indistinguishable from those with myotubes expressing α-RyR alone. Furthermore, procaine did not affect the peak height of high [K+]o-induced Ca2+ transients, suggesting minor amplification of Ca2+ release by β-RyR via CICR in 1B5 myotubes. Conclusions/Significance These findings suggest that α-RyR and β-RyR provide distinct intracellular Ca2+ signals in a myogenic cell line. These distinct properties may also occur in frog skeletal muscle and will be important for E-C coupling.
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- Taku Kashiyama
- Department of Pharmacology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Zahradníková A, Valent I, Zahradník I. Frequency and release flux of calcium sparks in rat cardiac myocytes: a relation to RYR gating. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 136:101-16. [PMID: 20548054 PMCID: PMC2894546 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200910380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cytosolic calcium concentration in resting cardiac myocytes locally fluctuates as a result of spontaneous microscopic Ca2+ releases or abruptly rises as a result of an external trigger. These processes, observed as calcium sparks, are fundamental for proper function of cardiac muscle. In this study, we analyze how the characteristics of spontaneous and triggered calcium sparks are related to cardiac ryanodine receptor (RYR) gating. We show that the frequency of spontaneous sparks and the probability distribution of calcium release flux quanta of triggered sparks correspond quantitatively to predictions of an allosteric homotetrameric model of RYR gating. This model includes competitive binding of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions to the RYR activation sites and allosteric interaction between divalent ion binding and channel opening. It turns out that at rest, RYRs are almost fully occupied by Mg2+. Therefore, spontaneous sparks are most frequently evoked by random openings of the highly populated but rarely opening Mg4RYR and CaMg3RYR forms, whereas triggered sparks are most frequently evoked by random openings of the less populated but much more readily opening Ca2Mg2RYR and Ca3MgRYR forms. In both the spontaneous and the triggered sparks, only a small fraction of RYRs in the calcium release unit manages to open during the spark because of the limited rate of Mg2+ unbinding. This mechanism clarifies the unexpectedly low calcium release flux during elementary release events and unifies the theory of calcium signaling in resting and contracting cardiac myocytes.
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- Alexandra Zahradníková
- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 833 34 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Chen M, Wang Y, Qu A. PGC-1 alpha accelerates cytosolic Ca2+ clearance without disturbing Ca2+ homeostasis in cardiac myocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 396:894-900. [PMID: 20457122 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2010] [Accepted: 05/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Energy metabolism and Ca(2+) handling serve critical roles in cardiac physiology and pathophysiology. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1 alpha) is a multi-functional coactivator that is involved in the regulation of cardiac mitochondrial functional capacity and cellular energy metabolism. However, the regulation of PGC-1 alpha in cardiac Ca(2+) signaling has not been fully elucidated. To address this issue, we combined confocal line-scan imaging with off-line imaging processing to characterize calcium signaling in cultured adult rat ventricular myocytes expressing PGC-1 alpha via adenoviral transduction. Our data shows that overexpressing PGC-1 alpha improved myocyte contractility without increasing the amplitude of Ca(2+) transients, suggesting that myofilament sensitivity to Ca(2+) increased. Interestingly, the decay kinetics of global Ca(2+) transients and Ca(2+) waves accelerated in PGC-1 alpha-expressing cells, but the decay rate of caffeine-elicited Ca(2+) transients showed no significant change. This suggests that sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA2a), but not Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange (NCX) contribute to PGC-1 alpha-induced cytosolic Ca(2+) clearance. Furthermore, PGC-1 alpha induced the expression of SERCA2a in cultured cardiac myocytes. Importantly, overexpressing PGC-1 alpha did not disturb cardiac Ca(2+) homeostasis, because SR Ca(2+) load and the propensity for Ca(2+) waves remained unchanged. These data suggest that PGC-1 alpha can ameliorate cardiac Ca(2+) cycling and improve cardiac work output in response to physiological stress. Unraveling the PGC-1 alpha-calcium handling pathway sheds new light on the role of PGC-1 alpha in the therapy of cardiac diseases.
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- Min Chen
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Cooper PJ, Soeller C, Cannell MB. Excitation-contraction coupling in human heart failure examined by action potential clamp in rat cardiac myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2010; 49:911-7. [PMID: 20430038 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2010] [Revised: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The effect of the loss of the notch in the human action potential (AP) during heart failure was examined by voltage clamping rat ventricular myocytes with human APs and recording intracellular Ca(2+) with fluorescent dyes. Loss of the notch resulted in about a 50% reduction in the initial phase of the Ca(2+) transient due to reduced ability of the L-type Ca(2+) channel to trigger release. The failing human AP increased non-uniformity of cytosolic Ca(2+), with some cellular regions failing to elicit Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. In addition, there was an increase in the occurrence of late Ca(2+) sparks. Monte-Carlo simulations of spark activation by L-type Ca(2+) current supported the idea that the decreased synchrony of Ca(2+) spark production associated with the loss of the notch could be explained by reduced Ca(2+) influx from open Ca(2+) channels. We conclude that the notch of the AP is critical for efficient and synchronous EC coupling and that the loss of the notch will reduce the SR Ca(2+) release in heart failure, without changes in (for example) SR Ca(2+)-ATPase uptake.
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- Patricia J Cooper
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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Rovetti R, Cui X, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Spark-induced sparks as a mechanism of intracellular calcium alternans in cardiac myocytes. Circ Res 2010; 106:1582-91. [PMID: 20378857 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.109.213975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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RATIONALE Intracellular calcium (Ca) alternans has been widely studied in cardiac myocytes and tissue, yet the underlying mechanism remains controversial. OBJECTIVE In this study, we used computational modeling and simulation to study how randomly occurring Ca sparks interact collectively to result in whole-cell Ca alternans. METHODS AND RESULTS We developed a spatially distributed intracellular Ca cycling model in which Ca release units (CRUs) are locally coupled by Ca diffusion throughout the myoplasm and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) network. Ca sparks occur randomly in the CRU network when periodically paced with a clamped voltage waveform, but Ca alternans develops as the pacing speeds up. Combining computational simulation with theoretical analysis, we show that Ca alternans emerges as a collective behavior of Ca sparks, determined by 3 critical properties of the CRU network from which Ca sparks arise: "randomness" (of Ca spark activation), "refractoriness" (of a CRU after a Ca spark), and "recruitment" (Ca sparks inducing Ca sparks in adjacent CRUs). We also show that the steep nonlinear relationship between fractional SR Ca release and SR Ca load arises naturally as a collective behavior of Ca sparks, and Ca alternans can occur even when SR Ca is held constant. CONCLUSIONS We present a general theory for the mechanisms of intracellular Ca alternans, which mechanistically links Ca sparks to whole-cell Ca alternans, and is applicable to Ca alternans in both physiological and pathophysiological conditions.
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- Robert Rovetti
- Department of Mathematics, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Calif., USA
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Domeier TL, Blatter LA, Zima AV. Changes in intra-luminal calcium during spontaneous calcium waves following sensitization of ryanodine receptor channels. Channels (Austin) 2010; 4:87-92. [PMID: 20139707 DOI: 10.4161/chan.4.2.11019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cardiac contraction during systole is dependent on action potential-triggered Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) through ryanodine receptor (RyR) channels. SR Ca(2+) release can also occur spontaneously during diastole, which causes a decrease in Ca(2+) content within the SR and contributes to arrhythmogenesis. Here, we use measurements of cytosolic Ca(2+) and intra-SR Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](SR)) to examine how RyR sensitization alters spontaneous SR Ca(2+) release events in rabbit ventricular myocytes. RyR sensitization with caffeine (250 microM) increased the open probability of single RyR channels, increased the initial frequency and amplitude of local SR Ca(2+) release events (Ca(2+) sparks), and decreased the [Ca(2+)](SR) level where Ca(2+) sparks terminated. In intact myocytes, caffeine applied during rest after steady-state electrical stimulation increased the frequency of spontaneous Ca(2+) waves and decreased the [Ca(2+)](SR) level where waves terminated. These effects caused a marked loss of SR Ca(2+) content. Therefore, increasing RyR activity has complex effects on cardiac function. Increased RyR activity during systole is beneficial as it increases SR Ca(2+) release and contractile strength. However, increased RyR activity during diastole produces spontaneous, arrhythmogenic Ca(2+) release events that lower SR Ca(2+) content and subsequently decrease contractility.
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- Timothy L Domeier
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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TNF-alpha and IL-1beta increase Ca2+ leak from the sarcoplasmic reticulum and susceptibility to arrhythmia in rat ventricular myocytes. Cell Calcium 2010; 47:378-86. [PMID: 20227109 PMCID: PMC2877880 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2010.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2009] [Revised: 02/01/2010] [Accepted: 02/04/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Sepsis is associated with ventricular dysfunction and increased incidence of atrial and ventricular arrhythmia however the underlying pro-arrhythmic mechanisms are unknown. Serum levels of tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) are elevated during sepsis and affect Ca2+ regulation. We investigated whether pro-inflammatory cytokines disrupt cellular Ca2+ cycling leading to reduced contractility, but also increase the probability of pro-arrhythmic spontaneous Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Isolated rat ventricular myocytes were exposed to TNF-α (0.05 ng ml−1) and IL-1β (2 ng ml−1) for 3 hr and then loaded with fura-2 or fluo-3 to record the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). Cytokine treatment decreased the amplitude of the spatially averaged Ca2+ transient and the associated contraction, induced asynchronous Ca2+ release during electrical stimulation, increased the frequency of localized Ca2+ release events, decreased the SR Ca2+ content and increased the frequency of spontaneous Ca2+ waves at any given cytoplasmic Ca2+. These data suggest that TNF-α and IL-1β increase the SR Ca2+ leak from the SR, which contributes to the depressed Ca2+ transient and contractility. Increased susceptibility to spontaneous SR Ca2+ release may contribute to arrhythmias in sepsis as the resulting Ca2+ extrusion via NCX is electrogenic, leading to cell depolarisation.
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Korhonen T, Rapila R, Ronkainen VP, Koivumäki JT, Tavi P. Local Ca2+ releases enable rapid heart rates in developing cardiomyocytes. J Physiol 2010; 588:1407-17. [PMID: 20211983 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.185173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The ability to generate homogeneous intracellular Ca(2+) oscillations at high frequency is the basis of the rhythmic contractions of mammalian cardiac myocytes. While the specific mechanisms and structures enabling homogeneous high-frequency Ca(2+) signals in adult cardiomyocytes are well characterized, it is not known how these kind of Ca(2+) signals are produced in developing cardiomyocytes. Here we investigated the mechanisms reducing spatial and temporal heterogeneity of cytosolic Ca(2+) signals in mouse embryonic ventricular cardiomyocytes. We show that in developing cardiomyocytes the propagating Ca(2+) signals are amplified in cytosol by local Ca(2+) releases. Local releases are based on regular 3-D sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) structures containing SR Ca(2+) uptake ATPases (SERCA) and Ca(2+) release channels (ryanodine receptors, RyRs) at regular intervals throughout the cytosol. By evoking [Ca(2+)](i)-induced Ca(2+) sparks, the local release sites promote a 3-fold increase in the cytosolic Ca(2+) propagation speed. We further demonstrate by mathematical modelling that without these local release sites the developing cardiomyocytes lose their ability to generate homogeneous global Ca(2+) signals at a sufficiently high frequency. The mechanism described here is robust and indispensable for normal mammalian cardiomyocyte function from the first heartbeats during the early embryonic phase till terminal differentiation after birth. These results suggest that local cytosolic Ca(2+) releases are indispensable for normal cardiomyocyte development and function of developing heart.
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- Topi Korhonen
- University of Eastern Finland, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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A new twist in cardiac muscle: dislocated and helicoid arrangements of myofibrillar z-disks in mammalian ventricular myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2010; 48:964-71. [PMID: 20045003 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2009] [Revised: 12/02/2009] [Accepted: 12/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using deconvolved confocal microscopy of fluorescently labeled markers for z-disks, t-tubules and ryanodine receptors, we have examined sarcomere organization in cardiac myocytes from rat, rabbit and human. We show that sarcomeres exhibit dislocations in registration and occasionally more complex helicoidal topology. This organization was present at both slack ( approximately 1.8 microm) and long sarcomere lengths ( approximately 2.2 microm). Misregistrations in z-disks persisted over 15-20 sarcomere lengths and appeared to arise primarily from variations in fiber direction; particularly as myofibrils pass around nuclei. In addition, myofibrils twist along the cell length. T-tubules generally follow the sarcomere z-disks although additional elements bridging adjacent myofibrils and along the length of the myofibril are present to varying degrees in all cells. Ryanodine receptors (the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) release channel) are generally located within 250 nm of the local plane containing t-tubules and z-disks, but a small fraction ( approximately 2%) is found on longitudinal elements of the t-system between z-disks. The results are discussed with respect to the possible role(s) of such complex z-disk organization and z-disk dislocations in the maintenance of cell structure and sarcomere assembly. In addition, the non-planar organization of z-disks may be important in the propagation of local Ca(2+) waves which may have a useful role in helping maintain the uniformity of sarcomere activation in the presence of t-tubule remodeling.
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Stokke MK, Hougen K, Sjaastad I, Louch WE, Briston SJ, Enger UH, Andersson KB, Christensen G, Eisner DA, Sejersted OM, Trafford AW. Reduced SERCA2 abundance decreases the propensity for Ca2+ wave development in ventricular myocytes. Cardiovasc Res 2009; 86:63-71. [PMID: 20019150 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS To describe the overall role of reduced sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase (SERCA2) for Ca(2+) wave development. METHODS AND RESULTS SERCA2 knockout [Serca2(flox/flox) Tg(alphaMHC-MerCreMer); KO] mice allowing inducible cardiomyocyte-specific disruption of the Serca2 gene in adult mice were compared with Serca(flox/flox) (FF) control mice. Six days after Serca2 gene disruption, SERCA2 protein abundance was reduced by 53% in KO compared with FF, whereas SERCA2 activity in field-stimulated, Fluo-5F AM-loaded cells was reduced by 42%. Baseline Ca(2+) content of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and Ca(2+) transient amplitude and rate constant of decay measured in whole-cell voltage-clamped cells were decreased in KO to 75, 81, and 69% of FF values. Ca(2+) waves developed in only 31% of KO cardiomyocytes compared with 57% of FF when external Ca(2+) was raised (10 mM), although SR Ca(2+) content needed for waves to develop was 79% of FF values. In addition, waves propagated at a 15% lower velocity in KO cells. Ventricular extrasystoles (VES) occurred with lower frequency in SERCA2 KO mice (KO: 3 +/- 1 VES/h vs. FF: 8 +/- 1 VES/h) (P < 0.05 for all results). CONCLUSION Reduced SERCA2 abundance resulted in decreased amplitude and decay rate of Ca(2+) transients, reduced SR Ca(2+) content, and decreased propensity for Ca(2+) wave development.
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- Mathis K Stokke
- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Kirkeveien 166, N-0407 Oslo, Norway.
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Altered sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium transport in the presence of the heavy metal chelator TPEN. Cell Calcium 2009; 46:347-55. [PMID: 19900703 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2009.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2009] [Revised: 10/01/2009] [Accepted: 10/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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TPEN (N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-ethylenediamine) is a membrane-permeable heavy-metal ion chelator with a dissociation constant for Ca2+ comparable to the Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]) within the intracellular Ca2+ stores. It has been used as modulator of intracellular heavy metals and of free intraluminal [Ca2+], without influencing the cytosolic [Ca2+] that falls in the nanomolar range. In our previous studies, we gave evidence that TPEN modifies the Ca2+ homeostasis of striated muscle independent of this buffering ability. Here we describe the direct interaction of TPEN with the ryanodine receptor (RyR) Ca2+ release channel and the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ pump (SERCA). In lipid bilayers, at negative potentials and low [Ca2+], TPEN increased the open probability of RyR, while at positive potentials it inhibited channel activity. On permeabilized skeletal muscle fibers of the frog, but not of the rat, 50 microM TPEN increased the number of spontaneous Ca2+ sparks and induced propagating events with a velocity of 273 +/- 7 microm/s. Determining the hydrolytic activity of the SR revealed that TPEN inhibits the SERCA pump, with an IC(50) = 692 +/- 62 microM and a Hill coefficient of 0.88 +/- 0.10. These findings provide experimental evidence that TPEN directly modifies both the release of Ca2+ from and its reuptake into the SR.
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Lukyanenko V, Chikando A, Lederer WJ. Mitochondria in cardiomyocyte Ca2+ signaling. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 41:1957-71. [PMID: 19703657 PMCID: PMC3522519 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2008] [Revised: 03/20/2009] [Accepted: 03/26/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ca(2+) signaling is of vital importance to cardiac cell function and plays an important role in heart failure. It is based on sarcolemmal, sarcoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial Ca(2+) cycling. While the first two are well characterized, the latter remains unclear, controversial and technically challenging. In mammalian cardiac myocytes, Ca(2+) influx through L-type calcium channels in the sarcolemmal membrane triggers Ca(2+) release from the nearby junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum to produce Ca(2+) sparks. When this triggering is synchronized by the cardiac action potential, a global [Ca(2+)](i) transient arises from coordinated Ca(2+) release events. The ends of intermyofibrillar mitochondria are located within 20 nm of the junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum and thereby experience a high local [Ca(2+)] during the Ca(2+) release process. Both local and global Ca(2+) signals may thus influence calcium signaling in mitochondria and, reciprocally, mitochondria may contribute to the local control of calcium signaling. In addition to the intermyofibrillar mitochondria, morphologically distinct mitochondria are also located in the perinuclear and subsarcolemmal regions of the cardiomyocyte and thus experience a different local [Ca(2+)]. Here we review the literature in regard to several issues of broad interest: (1) the ultrastructural basis for mitochondrion - sarcoplasmic reticulum cross-signaling; (2) mechanisms of sarcoplasmic reticulum signaling; (3) mitochondrial calcium signaling; and (4) the possible interplay of calcium signaling between the sarcoplasmic reticulum and adjacent mitochondria. Finally, this review discusses experimental findings and mathematical models of cardiac calcium signaling between the sarcoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, identifies weaknesses in these models, and suggests strategies and approaches for future investigations.
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- Valeriy Lukyanenko
- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Tang AH, Wang SQ. Transition of spiral calcium waves between multiple stable patterns can be triggered by a single calcium spark in a fire-diffuse-fire model. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2009; 19:037114. [PMID: 19792039 PMCID: PMC2769544 DOI: 10.1063/1.3207814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/27/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Spiral patterns have been found in various nonequilibrium systems. The Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release system in single cardiac cells is unique for highly discrete reaction elements, each giving rise to a Ca(2+) spark upon excitation. We imaged the spiral Ca(2+) waves in isolated cardiac cells and numerically studied the effect of system excitability on spiral patterns using a two-dimensional fire-diffuse-fire model. We found that under certain conditions, the system was able to display multiple stable patterns of spiral waves, each exhibiting different periods and distinct routines of spiral tips. Transition between these different patterns could be triggered by an internal fluctuation in the form of a single Ca(2+) spark.
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- Ai-Hui Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Hao Y, Kemper P, Smith GD. Reduction of calcium release site models via fast/slow analysis and iterative aggregation/disaggregation. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2009; 19:037107. [PMID: 19792032 DOI: 10.1063/1.3223663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Mathematical models of calcium release sites derived from Markov chain models of intracellular calcium channels exhibit collective gating reminiscent of the experimentally observed phenomenon of calcium puffs and sparks. Such models often take the form of stochastic automata networks in which the transition probabilities of each channel depend on the local calcium concentration and thus the state of the other channels. In order to overcome the state-space explosion that occurs in such compositionally defined calcium release site models, we have implemented several automated procedures for model reduction using fast/slow analysis. After categorizing rate constants in the single channel model as either fast or slow, groups of states in the expanded release site model that are connected by fast transitions are lumped, and transition rates between reduced states are chosen consistent with the conditional probability distribution among states within each group. For small problems these conditional probability distributions can be numerically calculated from the full model without approximation. For large problems the conditional probability distributions can be approximated without the construction of the full model by assuming rapid mixing of states connected by fast transitions. Alternatively, iterative aggregation/disaggregation may be employed to obtain reduced calcium release site models in a memory-efficient fashion. Benchmarking of several different iterative aggregation/disaggregation-based fast/slow reduction schemes establishes the effectiveness of automated calcium release site reduction utilizing the Koury-McAllister-Stewart method.
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- Yan Hao
- Department of Applied Science, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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Kaneko N, Matsuda R, Hata Y, Shimamoto K. Pharmacological characteristics and clinical applications of K201. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 4:126-31. [PMID: 19442077 PMCID: PMC2841427 DOI: 10.2174/157488409788184972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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K201 is a 1,4-benzothiazepine derivative that is a promising new drug with a strong cardioprotective effect. We initially discovered K201 as an effective suppressant of sudden cardiac cell death due to calcium overload. K201 is a non-specific blocker of sodium, potassium and calcium channels, and its cardioprotective effect is more marked than those of nicorandil, prazosine, propranolol, verapamil and diltiazem. Recently, K201 has also been shown to have activities indicated for treatment of atrial fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation, heart failure and ischemic heart disease, including action as a multiple-channel blocker, inhibition of diastolic Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, suppression of spontaneous Ca(2+) sparks and Ca(2+) waves, blockage of annexin V and provision of myocardial protection, and improvement of norepinephrine-induced diastolic dysfunction. Here, we describe the pharmacological characteristics and clinical applications of K201.
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- Noboru Kaneko
- Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
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Stevens SCW, Terentyev D, Kalyanasundaram A, Periasamy M, Györke S. Intra-sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ oscillations are driven by dynamic regulation of ryanodine receptor function by luminal Ca2+ in cardiomyocytes. J Physiol 2009; 587:4863-72. [PMID: 19703963 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.175547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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During the cardiac cycle, the release of Ca(2+) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) through the ryanodine receptor (RyR2) channel complex is controlled by the levels of cytosolic and luminal Ca(2+) and alterations in these regulatory processes have been implicated in cardiac disease including arrhythmia. To better understand the mechanisms of regulation of SR Ca(2+) release by Ca(2+) on both sides of the SR membrane, we investigated SR Ca(2+) release in a wide range of cytosolic Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca(2+)](cyt); 1-100 microm) in permeabilized canine ventricular myocytes by monitoring [Ca(2+)] inside the SR ([Ca(2+)](SR)). Exposing myocytes to activating [Ca(2+)](cyt) resulted in spontaneous oscillations of [Ca(2+)](SR) due to periodic opening and closing of the RyR2s. Elevating [Ca(2+)](cyt) (up to 10 microm) increased the frequency of [Ca(2+)](SR) oscillations; however at higher [Ca(2+)](cyt) (>50 microm) the oscillations diminished due to RyR2s staying perpetually open, resulting in depleted SR. Ablation of cardiac calsequestrin (CASQ2) altered the [Ca(2+)](cyt) dependence of Ca(2+) release oscillations such that oscillations were highly frequent at low [Ca(2+)](cyt) (100 nm) but became diminished at moderate [Ca(2+)](cyt) (10 microm), as determined in myocytes from calsequestrin-null versus wild-type mice. Our results suggest that under conditions of continuous activation by cytosolic Ca(2+), RyR2s can periodically cycle between open and deactivated states due to effects of luminal Ca(2+). Deactivation at reduced [Ca(2+)]SR appears to involve reduction of sensitivity to cytosolic Ca(2+) and might be mediated by CASQ2. Inactivation by cytosolic Ca(2+) plays no detectable role in controlling SR Ca(2+) release.
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- Sarah C W Stevens
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43214, USA
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Cardiac contraction is activated by an increase of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)), most of which comes from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) where it is released, via the ryanodine receptor (RyR), in response to Ca(2+) entering the cell on the L-type Ca(2+) current. This phenomenon is termed Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release (CICR). However, under certain circumstances, the SR can become overloaded with Ca(2+) and once a threshold SR Ca(2+) content is reached Ca(2+) is released spontaneously. Such spontaneous Ca(2+) release from the SR propagates as a Ca(2+) wave by CICR. Some of the Ca(2+) released during a wave is removed from the cell on the electrogenic Na - Ca exchanger resulting in depolarization. This is the cellular mechanism producing delayed afterdepolarizations and is common to those arrhythmias produced by digitalis toxicity and right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia. More recently it has been suggested that arrhythmogenic Ca(2+) waves can also occur if the properties of the RyR are altered, resulting in increase of RyR open probability, for example by phosphorylation. However, in this review experimental evidence will be presented to support the view that such arrhythmias still require a threshold SR Ca(2+) content to be exceeded and that this threshold is decreased by increasing RyR open probability.
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- D A Eisner
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility, Manchester, UK.
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Cui J, Kaandorp JA, Sloot PMA, Lloyd CM, Filatov MV. Calcium homeostasis and signaling in yeast cells and cardiac myocytes. FEMS Yeast Res 2009; 9:1137-47. [PMID: 19678847 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00552.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Calcium ions are the most ubiquitous and versatile signaling molecules in eukaryotic cells. Calcium homeostasis and signaling systems are crucial for both the normal growth of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the intricate working of the mammalian heart. In this paper, we make a detailed comparison between the calcium homeostasis/signaling networks in yeast cells and those in mammalian cardiac myocytes. This comparison covers not only the components, structure and function of the networks but also includes existing knowledge on the measured and simulated network dynamics using mathematical models. Surprisingly, most of the factors known in the yeast calcium homeostasis/signaling network are conserved and operate similarly in mammalian cells, including cardiac myocytes. Moreover, the budding yeast S. cerevisiae is a simple organism that affords powerful genetic and genomic tools. Thus, exploring and understanding the calcium homeostasis/signaling system in yeast can provide a shortcut to help understand calcium homeostasis/signaling systems in mammalian cardiac myocytes. In turn, this knowledge can be used to help treat relevant human diseases such as pathological cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
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- Jiangjun Cui
- Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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Chen B, Wu Y, Mohler PJ, Anderson ME, Song LS. Local control of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release in mouse sinoatrial node cells. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2009; 47:706-15. [PMID: 19615376 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2009] [Revised: 07/06/2009] [Accepted: 07/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Emerging evidence from large animal models implicates Ca2+ regulation, particularly intracellular sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release, as essential for sinoatrial node (SAN) automaticity. However, despite the apparent importance of SR Ca2+ release to SAN cell function it is uncertain how SR Ca2+ release is controlled in SAN cells from mouse. Understanding mouse SAN SR Ca2+ release mechanism will allow improved understanding of results in studies on SAN from genetic mouse models of Ca2+ homeostatic proteins. Here we investigated the functional relationship between sarcolemmal Ca2+ influx and SR Ca2+ release at the level of single SAN cell, using simultaneous patch-clamp current recording and high resolution confocal Ca2+ imaging techniques. In mouse SAN cells, both Ca2+ channel currents and triggered SR Ca2+ transients displayed bell-shaped, graded function with the membrane potential. Moreover, the gain function for Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR) displayed a monotonically decreasing function with strong voltage dependence, consistent with a "local control" mechanism for CICR. In addition, we observed numerous discrete Ca2+ sparks at the voltage range of diastolic depolarization, in sharp contrast to the much lower frequency of sparks observed at resting potentials. We concluded that the "local control" mechanism of CICR is responsible for both local Ca2+ release during diastolic depolarization and the synchronized Ca2+ transients observed during action potential in SAN cells.
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- Biyi Chen
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 285 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Ca2+ spiral waves in a spatially discrete and random medium. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2009; 38:1061-8. [PMID: 19582445 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0509-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2009] [Revised: 06/08/2009] [Accepted: 06/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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It is well known that the spatial distribution of the calcium ion channels in the endoplasmic reticulum is discrete. We study the Ca(2+) spiral pattern formation based on a model in which ion channels are discretely and randomly distributed. Numerical simulations are performed on different types of media with the Ca(2+) release sites uniformly distributed, discretely and uniformly arranged, or discretely and randomly arranged. The comparisons among the different media show that random distribution is necessary for spontaneous initiation of Ca(2+) spiral waves, and the discrete and random distribution is of significance for spiral waves under physiologically reasonable conditions. The period and velocity of spiral waves are also calculated, and they are not prominently changed by varying the type of medium.
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Assessment of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ depletion during spontaneous Ca2+ waves in isolated permeabilized rabbit ventricular cardiomyocytes. Biophys J 2009; 96:2744-54. [PMID: 19348757 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.12.3944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Revised: 12/22/2008] [Accepted: 12/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In this study, Ca2+ release due to spontaneous Ca2+ waves was measured both from inside the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and from the cytosol of rabbit cardiomyocytes. These measurements utilized Fluo5N-AM for intra-SR Ca2+ from intact cells and Fluo5F in the cytosol of permeabilized cells. Restricted subcellular volumes were resolved with the use of laser-scanning confocal microscopy. Local Ca2+ signals during spontaneous Ca2+ release were compared with those induced by rapid caffeine application. The free cytoplasmic [Ca2+] increase during a Ca2+ wave was 98.1% +/- 0.3% of that observed during caffeine application. Conversion to total Ca2+ release suggested that Ca2+ release from a Ca2+ wave was not significantly different from that released during caffeine application (104% +/- 6%). In contrast, the maximum decrease in intra-SR Fluo-5N fluorescence during a Ca2+ wave was 82.5% +/- 2.6% of that observed during caffeine application. Assuming a maximum free [Ca2+] of 1.1 mM, this translates to a 96.2% +/- 0.8% change in intra-SR free [Ca2+] and a 91.7% +/- 1.6% depletion of the total Ca2+. This equates to a minimum intra-SR free Ca2+ of 46 +/- 7 microM during a Ca2+ wave. Reduction of RyR2 Ca2+ sensitivity by tetracaine (50 microM) reduced the spontaneous Ca2+ release frequency while increasing the Ca2+ wave amplitude. This did not significantly change the total depletion of the SR (94.5% +/- 1.1%). The calculated minimum [Ca2+] during these Ca2+ waves (87 +/- 19 microM) was significantly higher than control (p < 0.05). A computational model incorporating this level of Ca2+ depletion during a Ca2+ wave mimicked the transient and sustained effects of tetracaine on spontaneous Ca2+ release. In conclusion, spontaneous Ca2+ release results in substantial but not complete local Ca2+ depletion of the SR. Furthermore, measurements suggest that Ca2+ release terminates when luminal [Ca2+] reaches approximately 50 microM.
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Hayashi T, Martone ME, Yu Z, Thor A, Doi M, Holst MJ, Ellisman MH, Hoshijima M. Three-dimensional electron microscopy reveals new details of membrane systems for Ca2+ signaling in the heart. J Cell Sci 2009; 122:1005-13. [PMID: 19295127 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.028175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the current study, the three-dimensional (3D) topologies of dyadic clefts and associated membrane organelles were mapped in mouse ventricular myocardium using electron tomography. The morphological details and the distribution of membrane systems, including transverse tubules (T-tubules), junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and vicinal mitochondria, were determined and presumed to be crucial for controlling cardiac Ca(2+) dynamics. The geometric complexity of T-tubules that varied in diameter with frequent branching was clarified. Dyadic clefts were intricately shaped and remarkably small (average 4.39x10(5) nm(3), median 2.81x10(5) nm(3)). Although a dyadic cleft of average size could hold maximum 43 ryanodine receptor (RyR) tetramers, more than one-third of clefts were smaller than the size that is able to package as many as 15 RyR tetramers. The dyadic clefts were also adjacent to one another (average end-to-end distance to the nearest dyadic cleft, 19.9 nm) and were distributed irregularly along T-tubule branches. Electron-dense structures that linked membrane organelles were frequently observed between mitochondrial outer membranes and SR or T-tubules. We, thus, propose that the topology of dyadic clefts and the neighboring cellular micro-architecture are the major determinants of the local control of Ca(2+) in the heart, including the establishment of the quantal nature of SR Ca(2+) releases (e.g. Ca(2+) sparks).
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- Takeharu Hayashi
- The Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Slawsky MT, Givertz MM. Rolofylline: a selective adenosine 1 receptor antagonist for the treatment of heart failure. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2009; 10:311-22. [PMID: 19236201 DOI: 10.1517/14656560802682213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Co-existent cardiac and renal dysfunction is increasingly recognized as both a predictor and mediator of poor outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure. Novel therapies, including adenosine receptor antagonists, are currently under development for the treatment of 'cardiorenal syndrome'. OBJECTIVES To review the pathophysiologic rationale for using rolofylline, a selective adenosine 1 receptor antagonist, in patients with cardiorenal syndrome; and to provide a critical overview of safety and efficacy data from clinical studies. METHODS We reviewed published data on the pharmacology of rolofylline, and used this to inform a comprehensive summary of preclinical and clinical trials. Cardiac and renal effects, and safety data with a particular reference to seizures, are highlighted. RESULTS/CONCLUSION Rolofylline facilitates diuresis and preserves renal function in patients with acute decompensated heart failure and renal dysfunction. Pilot data also suggest beneficial effects on symptoms and short-term outcomes. The risk of seizures may be minimized by excluding high-risk patients.
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- Mara T Slawsky
- Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Springfield, MA (MTS), USA
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