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Dong X, Tse G, Hao G, Du Y. Heterogeneities in Ventricular Conduction Following Treatment with Heptanol: A Multi-Electrode Array Study in Langendorff-Perfused Mouse Hearts. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12070996. [PMID: 35888085 PMCID: PMC9321110 DOI: 10.3390/life12070996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background: Previous studies have associated slowed ventricular conduction with the arrhythmogenesis mediated by the gap junction and sodium channel inhibitor heptanol in mouse hearts. However, they did not study the propagation patterns that might contribute to the arrhythmic substrate. This study used a multi-electrode array mapping technique to further investigate different conduction abnormalities in Langendorff-perfused mouse hearts exposed to 0.1 or 2 mM heptanol. Methods: Recordings were made from the left ventricular epicardium using multi-electrode arrays in spontaneously beating hearts during right ventricular 8 Hz pacing or S1S2 pacing. Results: In spontaneously beating hearts, heptanol at 0.1 and 2 mM significantly reduced the heart rate from 314 ± 25 to 189 ± 24 and 157 ± 7 bpm, respectively (ANOVA, p < 0.05 and p < 0.001). During regular 8 Hz pacing, the mean LATs were increased by 0.1 and 2 mM heptanol from 7.1 ± 2.2 ms to 19.9 ± 5.0 ms (p < 0.05) and 18.4 ± 5.7 ms (p < 0.05). The standard deviation of the mean LATs was increased from 2.5 ± 0.8 ms to 10.3 ± 4.0 ms and 8.0 ± 2.5 ms (p < 0.05), and the median of phase differences was increased from 1.7 ± 1.1 ms to 13.9 ± 7.8 ms and 12.1 ± 5.0 ms by 0.1 and 2 mM heptanol (p < 0.05). P5 took a value of 0.2 ± 0.1 ms and was not significantly altered by heptanol at 0.1 or 2 mM (1.1 ± 0.9 ms and 0.9 ± 0.5 ms, p > 0.05). P50 was increased from 7.3 ± 2.7 ms to 24.0 ± 12.0 ms by 0.1 mM heptanol and then to 22.5 ± 7.5 ms by 2 mM heptanol (p < 0.05). P95 was increased from 1.7 ± 1.1 ms to 13.9 ± 7.8 ms by 0.1 mM heptanol and to 12.1 ± 5.0 ms by 2 mM heptanol (p < 0.05). These changes led to increases in the absolute inhomogeneity in conduction (P5−95) from 7.1 ± 2.6 ms to 31.4 ± 11.3 ms, 2 mM: 21.6 ± 7.2 ms, respectively (p < 0.05). The inhomogeneity index (P5−95/P50) was significantly reduced from 3.7 ± 1.2 to 3.1 ± 0.8 by 0.1 mM and then to 3.3 ± 0.9 by 2 mM heptanol (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Increased activation latencies, reduced CVs, and the increased inhomogeneity index of conduction were associated with both spontaneous and induced ventricular arrhythmias.
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- Xiuming Dong
- Henan SCOPE Research Institute of Electrophysiology Co., Ltd., Kaifeng 475000, China; (X.D.); (G.H.)
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- Cardiac Electrophysiology Unit, Cardiovascular Analytics Group, Hong Kong, China;
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300211, China
- Kent and Medway Medical School, Canterbury CT2 7FS, UK
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- Henan SCOPE Research Institute of Electrophysiology Co., Ltd., Kaifeng 475000, China; (X.D.); (G.H.)
- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Research Center of Ion Channelopathy, Institute of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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Dietrichs ES, McGlynn K, Allan A, Connolly A, Bishop M, Burton F, Kettlewell S, Myles R, Tveita T, Smith GL. Moderate but not severe hypothermia causes pro-arrhythmic changes in cardiac electrophysiology. Cardiovasc Res 2021; 116:2081-2090. [PMID: 32031595 PMCID: PMC7584464 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvz309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Aims Treatment of arrhythmias evoked by hypothermia/rewarming remains challenging, and the underlying mechanisms are unclear. This in vitro experimental study assessed cardiac electrophysiology in isolated rabbit hearts at temperatures occurring in therapeutic and accidental hypothermia. Methods and results Detailed ECG, surface electrogram, and panoramic optical mapping were performed in isolated rabbit hearts cooled to moderate (31°C) and severe (17°C) hypothermia. Ventricular activation was unchanged at 31°C while action potential duration (APD) was significantly prolonged (176.9 ± 4.2 ms vs. 241.0 ± 2.9 ms, P < 0.05), as was ventricular repolarization. At 17°C, there were proportionally similar delays in both activation and repolarization. These changes were reflected in the QRS and QT intervals of ECG recordings. Ventricular fibrillation threshold was significantly reduced at 31°C (16.3 ± 3.1 vs. 35 ± 3.5 mA, P < 0.05) but increased at 17°C (64.2 ± 9.9, P < 0.05). At 31°C, transverse conduction was relatively unchanged by cooling compared to longitudinal conduction, but at 17°C both transverse and longitudinal conduction were proportionately reduced to a similar extent. The gap junction uncoupler heptanol had a larger relative effect on transverse than longitudinal conduction and was able to restore the transverse/longitudinal conduction ratio, returning ventricular fibrillation threshold to baseline values (16.3 ± 3.1 vs. 36.3 ± 4.3 mA, P < 0.05) at 31°C. Rewarming to 37°C restored the majority of the electrophysiological parameters. Conclusions Moderate hypothermia does not significantly change ventricular conduction time but prolongs repolarization and is pro-arrhythmic. Further cooling to severe hypothermia causes parallel changes in ventricular activation and repolarization, changes which are anti-arrhythmic. Therefore, relative changes in QRS and QT intervals (QR/QTc) emerge as an ECG-biomarker of pro-arrhythmic activity. Risk for ventricular fibrillation appears to be linked to the relatively low temperature sensitivity of ventricular transmural conduction, a conclusion supported by the anti-arrhythmic effect of heptanol at 31°C.
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- Erik S Dietrichs
- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medical Biology, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.,Anesthesia and Critical Care Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway.,Divisions of Diagnostic Services and Surgical Medicine and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, UK
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- Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Anesthesia and Critical Care Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway.,Divisions of Diagnostic Services and Surgical Medicine and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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Connexins in the Heart: Regulation, Function and Involvement in Cardiac Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094413. [PMID: 33922534 PMCID: PMC8122935 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Connexins are a family of transmembrane proteins that play a key role in cardiac physiology. Gap junctional channels put into contact the cytoplasms of connected cardiomyocytes, allowing the existence of electrical coupling. However, in addition to this fundamental role, connexins are also involved in cardiomyocyte death and survival. Thus, chemical coupling through gap junctions plays a key role in the spreading of injury between connected cells. Moreover, in addition to their involvement in cell-to-cell communication, mounting evidence indicates that connexins have additional gap junction-independent functions. Opening of unopposed hemichannels, located at the lateral surface of cardiomyocytes, may compromise cell homeostasis and may be involved in ischemia/reperfusion injury. In addition, connexins located at non-canonical cell structures, including mitochondria and the nucleus, have been demonstrated to be involved in cardioprotection and in regulation of cell growth and differentiation. In this review, we will provide, first, an overview on connexin biology, including their synthesis and degradation, their regulation and their interactions. Then, we will conduct an in-depth examination of the role of connexins in cardiac pathophysiology, including new findings regarding their involvement in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, cardiac fibrosis, gene transcription or signaling regulation.
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Yang Q, Ma Q, Herum KM, Wang C, Patel N, Lee J, Wang S, Yen TM, Wang J, Tang H, Lo YH, Head BP, Azam F, Xu S, Cauwenberghs G, McCulloch AD, John S, Liu Z, Lal R. Array atomic force microscopy for real-time multiparametric analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5872-5877. [PMID: 30850523 PMCID: PMC6442637 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813518116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Nanoscale multipoint structure-function analysis is essential for deciphering the complexity of multiscale biological and physical systems. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) allows nanoscale structure-function imaging in various operating environments and can be integrated seamlessly with disparate probe-based sensing and manipulation technologies. Conventional AFMs only permit sequential single-point analysis; widespread adoption of array AFMs for simultaneous multipoint study is challenging owing to the intrinsic limitations of existing technological approaches. Here, we describe a prototype dispersive optics-based array AFM capable of simultaneously monitoring multiple probe-sample interactions. A single supercontinuum laser beam is utilized to spatially and spectrally map multiple cantilevers, to isolate and record beam deflection from individual cantilevers using distinct wavelength selection. This design provides a remarkably simplified yet effective solution to overcome the optical cross-talk while maintaining subnanometer sensitivity and compatibility with probe-based sensors. We demonstrate the versatility and robustness of our system on parallel multiparametric imaging at multiscale levels ranging from surface morphology to hydrophobicity and electric potential mapping in both air and liquid, mechanical wave propagation in polymeric films, and the dynamics of living cells. This multiparametric, multiscale approach provides opportunities for studying the emergent properties of atomic-scale mechanical and physicochemical interactions in a wide range of physical and biological networks.
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- Qingqing Yang
- Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Department of Anesthesia, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Department of Anesthesia, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093;
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093;
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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Takemura Y, Moriyama Y, Ayukawa Y, Kurata K, Rakhmatia YD, Koyano K. Mechanical loading induced osteocyte apoptosis and connexin 43 expression in three-dimensional cell culture and dental implant model. J Biomed Mater Res A 2019; 107:815-827. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yoko Takemura
- Section of Implant and Rehabilitative Dentistry, Division of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dental Science; Kyushu University; Fukuoka Japan
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- Section of Implant and Rehabilitative Dentistry, Division of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dental Science; Kyushu University; Fukuoka Japan
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- Section of Implant and Rehabilitative Dentistry, Division of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dental Science; Kyushu University; Fukuoka Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering; Kyushu University; Fukuoka Japan
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- Section of Implant and Rehabilitative Dentistry, Division of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dental Science; Kyushu University; Fukuoka Japan
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- Section of Implant and Rehabilitative Dentistry, Division of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dental Science; Kyushu University; Fukuoka Japan
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Navaei A, Rahmani Eliato K, Ros R, Migrino RQ, Willis BC, Nikkhah M. The influence of electrically conductive and non-conductive nanocomposite scaffolds on the maturation and excitability of engineered cardiac tissues. Biomater Sci 2019; 7:585-595. [DOI: 10.1039/c8bm01050a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We developed different classes of hydrogels, with conductive and non-conductive nanomaterials, to study cardiac tissue maturation and excitability.
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- Ali Navaei
- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering (SBHSE)
- Arizona State University
- Tempe
- USA
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- Department of Physics
- Arizona State University
- Tempe
- USA
- Center for Biological Physics
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- Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System
- Phoenix
- USA
- University of Arizona College of Medicine
- Phoenix
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- University of Arizona College of Medicine
- Phoenix
- USA
- Phoenix Children's Hospital
- Phoenix
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- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering (SBHSE)
- Arizona State University
- Tempe
- USA
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Serra PB, Rocha MA, Rathke B, Růžička K, Fulem M, Kiefer J. Infrared spectroscopy of the symmetric branched isomers of n-heptanol. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tse G, Tse V, Yeo JM, Sun B. Atrial Anti-Arrhythmic Effects of Heptanol in Langendorff-Perfused Mouse Hearts. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148858. [PMID: 26872148 PMCID: PMC4752503 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Acute effects of heptanol (0.1 to 2 mM) on atrial electrophysiology were explored in Langendorff-perfused mouse hearts. Left atrial bipolar electrogram or monophasic action potential recordings were obtained during right atrial stimulation. Regular pacing at 8 Hz elicited atrial activity in 11 out of 11 hearts without inducing atrial arrhythmias. Programmed electrical stimulation using a S1S2 protocol provoked atrial tachy-arrhythmias in 9 of 17 hearts. In the initially arrhythmic group, 2 mM heptanol exerted anti-arrhythmic effects (Fisher’s exact test, P < 0.05) and increased atrial effective refractory period (ERP) from 26.0 ± 1.9 to 57.1 ± 2.5 ms (ANOVA, P < 0.001) despite increasing activation latency from 18.7 ± 1.1 to 28.9 ± 2.1 ms (P < 0.001) and leaving action potential duration at 90% repolarization (APD90) unaltered (25.6 ± 1.2 vs. 27.2 ± 1.2 ms; P > 0.05), which led to increases in ERP/latency ratio from 1.4 ± 0.1 to 2.1 ± 0.2 and ERP/APD90 ratio from 1.0 ± 0.1 to 2.1 ± 0.2 (P < 0.001). In contrast, in the initially non-arrhythmic group, heptanol did not alter arrhythmogenicity, increased AERP from 47.3 ± 5.3 to 54.5 ± 3.1 ms (P < 0.05) and activation latency from 23.7 ± 2.2 to 31.3 ± 2.5 ms and did not alter APD90 (24.1 ± 1.2 vs. 25.0 ± 2.3 ms; P > 0.05), leaving both AERP/latency ratio (2.1 ± 0.3 vs. 1.9 ± 0.2; P > 0.05) and ERP/APD90 ratio (2.0 ± 0.2 vs. 2.1 ± 0.1; P > 0.05) unaltered. Lower heptanol concentrations (0.1, 0.5 and 1 mM) did not alter arrhythmogenicity or the above parameters. The present findings contrast with known ventricular pro-arrhythmic effects of heptanol associated with decreased ERP/latency ratio, despite increased ERP/APD ratio observed in both the atria and ventricles.
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- Gary Tse
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Tongji University Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Shanghai, China
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Sun Z, Zhang Y, Yang S, Jia J, Ye S, Chen D, Mo F. Growth differentiation factor 5 modulation of chondrogenesis of self-assembled constructs involves gap junction-mediated intercellular communication. Dev Growth Differ 2012; 54:809-17. [PMID: 23121099 DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Revised: 09/03/2012] [Accepted: 09/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A novel scaffold-free self-assembled cartilage construct has been generated and used to repair particular chondral defects effectively. However, the mechanisms related to the construction of these self-assembled cartilages have not yet been fully elucidated. We hypothesize that gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) plays a critical role in the development of self-assembled constructs upon GDF-5 induction. In this study, we investigated the effect of connexin 43 (C×43) mediated GJIC on GDF-5 modulation of chondrogenesis from two aspects, cell monolayer culture and 3-D self-assembly culture. We induced cells or self-assembled constructs with chondrogenic media (CM), growth differentiation factor 5 (GDF-5) or 1-heptanol for 3 weeks. At the end of that time, the results of quantitative fluorescence redistribution after photobleaching (FRAP) assay and immunofluorescence demonstrated that GDF-5 improved both GJIC and chondrogenic differentiation to a significant degree while 1-heptanol nearly offset the expected improvements in chondrogenesis. Biochemical assay and histology showed that GDF-5 can obviously enhance GAG, C×43 and type II collagen expressions. Conversely, we also showed that while 1-heptanol weakened GAG and type II collagen expression in self-assembled constructs, it had no effect on C×43 expression. Furthermore, real-time polymerase chain reaction showed that GDF-5 enhanced GAG and type II collagen transcription while 1-heptanol reduced them, but was affectless on C×43 transcription. This suggests that the generation of scaffold-free self-assembled cartilage from human mesenchymal stem cells upon GDF-5 induction may be mediated, at least in part, via the modulation of GJIC.
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- Zhibo Sun
- Department of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Tse G, Hothi SS, Grace AA, Huang CLH. Ventricular arrhythmogenesis following slowed conduction in heptanol-treated, Langendorff-perfused mouse hearts. J Physiol Sci 2012; 62:79-92. [PMID: 22219003 PMCID: PMC10717265 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-011-0187-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Arrhythmogenic effects of slowed action potential conduction produced by the gap junction and sodium-channel inhibitor heptanol (0.1-2 mM) were explored in Langendorff-perfused mouse hearts. Monophasic action potential recordings showed that 2 mM heptanol induced ventricular tachycardia in the absence of triggered activity arising from early or after-depolarizations during regular 8 Hz pacing and programmed electrical stimulation (PES). It also increased activation latencies and ventricular effective refractory periods (VERPs), but did not alter action potential duration (APD), thereby reducing local critical intervals for re-excitation given by APD(90) - VERP. Bipolar electrogram recordings showed that 2 mM heptanol increased electrogram duration (EGD) and ratios of EGDs obtained at the longest to those obtained at the shortest S1S2 intervals studied during PES, suggesting increased dispersion of conduction velocities. These findings show, for the first time in the mouse heart, that slowed conduction induces reversible arrhythmogenic effects despite repolarization abnormalities expected to reduce arrhythmogenicity.
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- Gary Tse
- Section of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QW UK
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- The Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EG UK
- Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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- Section of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QW UK
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- Section of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QW UK
- The Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EG UK
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Ou-yang L, Zhang Y, Yang S, Ye S, Xu W. Effect of the gap junction blocker 1-heptanol on chondrogenic differentiation of mouse bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in vitro. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1007-4376(09)60038-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lin LC, Wu CC, Lin MS, Lin SF, Liu YB. Reducing the cyclic variations of ultrasonic integrated backscatters and myocardial electrical synchronism by reversibly blocking intercellular communications with heptanol. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2009; 35:209-218. [PMID: 18977069 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Revised: 07/27/2008] [Accepted: 08/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The purpose of this study is to provide direct evidence for the role of intercellular communications in electrical synchronization and mechanical function of myocardium. We used heptanol, a reversible inhibitor of gap junctions, at low (0.16 mM) and high (0.5 mM) concentration as perfusate for 18 Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts to study its effects on myocardial electrical and mechanical functions. Optical mapping was performed to measure conduction velocity (CV) and action potential duration (APD). Ultrasonic integrated backscatter and Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) were used to evaluate the intrinsic and global myocardial contractile performance. The CV decreased during low-dose heptanol infusion and became much slower at high dose (high dose vs. baseline, 50.8 +/- 10.2 cm/s vs. 69.3 +/- 8.8 cm/s, p < 0.001). After washout of heptanol, CV completely recovered. The alterations of APD by heptanol infusion were similar to CV. The APD dispersion, standard deviation of APD(80), was increased after heptanol infusion (low dose vs. baseline, 5.9 +/- 1.1 ms vs. 4.3 +/- 1.1 ms, p = 0.004; high dose, 6.0 +/- 1.3 ms, vs. baseline, p = 0.035). However, washout did not restore the APD dispersion which became even larger after washout (13.6 +/- 1.9 ms vs. high dose and baseline, both p < 0.001). Regarding contractile function, heptanol treatment resulted in a progressive decrease of cardiac cycle-dependent variations of integrated backscatter (CVIBS; low dose vs. baseline, 6.1 +/- 1.7 dB vs. 7.2 +/- 1.8 dB, p = 0.007; high dose 1.7 +/- 0.3 dB vs. baseline, p < 0.001) and peak systolic strain rate (low dose vs. baseline, -1.5 +/- 0.6 1/s vs. -1.9 +/- 0.6 1/s, p = 0.014; high dose -0.4 +/- 0.2 1/s; vs. baseline, p < 0.001). That both CVIBS and strain rate incompletely recovered after heptanol washout may be attributed to the increased APD dispersion. In conclusion, uncoupling of gap junctions resulted in slowing CV, increased repolarization heterogeneity, reduced CVIBS and impaired myocardial contractility. There was a reversible dose-response relationship between the myocardial electromechanical functions and gap junction coupling.
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- Lung-Chun Lin
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Palani D, Ghildyal P, Manchanda R. Effects of heptanol and carbenoxolone on noradrenaline induced contractions in guinea pig vas deferens. Auton Neurosci 2007; 137:56-62. [PMID: 17716954 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2007.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2007] [Revised: 07/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We examined the effects of two putative gap junction blockers, heptanol and carbenoxolone, on noradrenaline-induced contractions in guinea pig vas deferens. The force generated due to the exogenously added noradrenaline (20 microM) consisted of two components: the tonic and the oscillatory. 2 mM heptanol abolished the oscillatory contractions and drastically suppressed both the maximum force (by 85.4 +/- 18.2%) as well as the tonic component (by 28.8 +/- 5.1%) (P<0.01, n=7). However, the effects of carbenoxolone (50 microM) were strikingly different, with the spikes of the oscillatory component being merged into a steady, "fused" contraction, without affecting the maximum force developed. The L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker nifedipine (2 microM) abolished the oscillatory component of the contractions and significantly reduced the maximum force and tonic component (by 82.4 +/- 6.8% and 19.7 +/- 6.4% respectively; P<0.01, n=4), in a manner similar to that elicited by heptanol. Our results indicate that (i) while carbenoxolone specifically blocks gap junctions, heptanol appears to exert its actions through non-gap junctional mechanisms, possibly by blocking VGCCs in smooth muscle; (ii) gap junctions play a significant modulatory role in the generation of noradrenaline-induced contractions in guinea pig vas deferens, particularly in the emergence of oscillatory contractions, while the maximum force developed may be independent of gap junctional contribution.
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- D Palani
- Biomedical Engineering Group, School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai-400076, India
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Axelsen LN, Haugan K, Stahlhut M, Kjølbye AL, Hennan JK, Holstein-Rathlou NH, Petersen JS, Nielsen MS. Increasing Gap Junctional Coupling: A Tool for Dissecting the Role of Gap Junctions. J Membr Biol 2007; 216:23-35. [PMID: 17568971 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-007-9026-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Accepted: 04/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Much of our current knowledge about the physiological and pathophysiological role of gap junctions is based on experiments where coupling has been reduced by either chemical agents or genetic modification. This has brought evidence that gap junctions are important in many physiological processes. In a number of cases, gap junctions have been implicated in the initiation and progress of disease, and experimental uncoupling has been used to investigate the exact role of coupling. The inverse approach, i.e., to increase coupling, has become possible in recent years and represents a new way of testing the role of gap junctions. The aim of this review is to summarize the current knowledge obtained with agents that selectively increase gap junctional intercellular coupling. Two approaches will be reviewed: increasing coupling by the use of antiarrhythmic peptide and its synthetic analogs and by interfering with the gating of gap junctional channels.
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Vandenberg JI, Varghese A, Lu Y, Bursill JA, Mahaut-Smith MP, Huang CLH. Temperature dependence of human ether-à-go-go-related gene K+ currents. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2006; 291:C165-75. [PMID: 16452156 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00596.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The function of voltage-gated human ether-à-go-gorelated gene ( hERG) K+ channels is critical for both normal cardiac repolarization and suppression of arrhythmias initiated by premature excitation. These important functions are facilitated by their unusual kinetics that combine relatively slow activation and deactivation with rapid and voltage-dependent inactivation and recovery from inactivation. The thermodynamics of these unusual features were examined by exploring the effect of temperature on the activation and inactivation processes of hERG channels expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Increased temperature shifted the voltage dependence of activation in the hyperpolarizing direction but that of inactivation in the depolarizing direction. This increases the relative occupancy of the open state and contributes to the marked temperature sensitivity of hERG current magnitude observed during action potential voltage clamps. The rates of activation and deactivation also increase with higher temperatures, but less markedly than do the rates of inactivation and recovery from inactivation. Our results also emphasize that one cannot extrapolate results obtained at room temperature to 37°C by using a single temperature scale factor.
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- Jamie I Vandenberg
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Level 9, 384 Victoria St., Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia.
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Haugan K, Marcussen N, Kjølbye AL, Nielsen MS, Hennan JK, Petersen JS. Treatment With the Gap Junction Modifier Rotigaptide (ZP123) Reduces Infarct Size in Rats With Chronic Myocardial Infarction. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2006; 47:236-42. [PMID: 16495761 DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000200990.31611.6e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Treatment with non-selective drugs (eg, long-chain alcohols, halothane) that reduce gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) is associated with reduced infarct size after myocardial infarction (MI). Therefore, it has been suggested that gap junction intercellular communication stimulating compounds may increase infarct size. The antiarrhythmic peptide analogue rotigaptide (ZP123) increases cardiac gap junction intercellular communication and the purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of rotigaptide treatment on infarct size. Myocardial infarction was induced in male rats by ligation of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). Rats (n = 156) were treated with rotigaptide at three dose levels or vehicle from the onset of ischemia and for 3 weeks following LAD occlusion. Infarct size was determined using histomorphometry after 3 weeks treatment. Rotigaptide treatment producing steady state plasma levels of 0.8 +/- 0.1, 5.5 +/- 0.5, and 86 +/- 8 nmol/L had no effect on mortality, but reduced infarct size to 90 +/- 10% (P = 0.41), 67 +/- 7% (P = 0.005), and 82 +/- 7% (P = 0.13), respectively relative to vehicle-treated myocardial infarction rats (100 +/- 12%). In contrast to what was predicted, our data demonstrates that rotigaptide treatment was associated with a significant infarct size reduction. We conclude that whereas treatment with non-selective inhibitors of gap junction intercellular communication cause a reduction in infarct size, this information cannot be extrapolated to the effects of compounds that selectively increase gap junction intercellular communication.
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- Ketil Haugan
- Zealand Pharma A/S, Department of Pharmacology, Glostrup, Denmark
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Palani D, Manchanda R. Effects of Heptanol on Neurogenic Contractions of Vas Deferens: A Comparative Study of Stimulation Frequency in Guinea Pig and Rat. J Physiol Sci 2006; 56:21-8. [PMID: 16779910 DOI: 10.2170/physiolsci.rp001205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This study examines the role of gap junctional communication in smooth muscle in relation to the frequency of stimulation and the innervation density of the tissue in the generation of neurogenic contractions. Toward this end the effects of heptanol, a gap junctional blocker, on the neurogenic contractions of guinea pig and rat vas deferens at different frequencies of stimulation (single pulse, 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, and 80 Hz) were studied. In both the prostatic and epididymal halves of these tissues, heptanol abolished the neurogenic contractions at the lower frequencies of stimulation. At higher frequencies, contractions were resistant to heptanol action. The effect of heptanol on the neurogenic contractions was found to decrease with increasing stimulation frequency. The neurogenic contractions of rat vas deferens were more resistant to heptanol than those of guinea pig vas deferens. Our data indicate that gap junctional communication is significant in the generation of neurogenic contractions in both guinea pig and rat vas deferens in a frequency-dependent manner, and we discuss the mechanisms underlying these findings.
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- D Palani
- Biomedical Engineering Group, School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai, 400076, India
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Rodriguez-Sinovas A, García-Dorado D, Ruiz-Meana M, Soler-Soler J. Enhanced effect of gap junction uncouplers on macroscopic electrical properties of reperfused myocardium. J Physiol 2004; 559:245-57. [PMID: 15218064 PMCID: PMC1665057 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.065144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Transient inhibition of gap junction (GJ)-mediated communication with heptanol during myocardial reperfusion limits infarct size. However, inhibition of cell coupling in normal myocardium may be arrhythmogenic. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the consequences of GJ inhibition may be magnified in reperfused myocardium compared with normal tissue, thus allowing the inhibition of GJs in reperfused tissue while only minimally modifying overall macroscopic cell coupling in normal myocardium. Concentration-response curves were defined for the effects of heptanol, 18alpha-glycyrrhetinic acid, halothane, and palmitoleic acid on conduction velocity, tissue electrical impedance, developed tension and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release in normoxically perfused rat hearts (n= 17). Concentrations lacking significant effects on tissue impedance were added during the initial 15 min of reperfusion in hearts submitted to 60 min (n= 43) or 30 min (n= 35) of ischaemia. These concentrations markedly increased myocardial electrical impedance (resistivity and phase angle) in myocardium reperfused after either 30 or 60 min of ischaemia, and reduced reperfusion-induced LDH release after 1 h of ischaemia by 83.6, 57.9, 51.7 and 52.5% for heptanol, 18alpha-glycyrrhetinic acid, halothane and palmitoleic acid, respectively. LDH release was minimal in hearts submitted to 30 min of ischaemia, independently of group allocation. In conclusion, the present results strongly support the hypothesis that intercellular communication in postischaemic myocardium may be effectively reduced by concentrations of GJ inhibitors affecting only minimally overall electrical impedance in normal myocardium. Reduction of cell coupling during initial reperfusion was consistently associated with attenuated lethal reperfusion injury.
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- Antonio Rodriguez-Sinovas
- Laboratorio de Investigación Cardiovascular, Servicio de Cadiología, Hospitals Vall d'Hebron, Pg. Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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Choi BR, Liu T, Lavasani M, Salama G. Fiber orientation and cell-cell coupling influence ventricular fibrillation dynamics. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2003; 14:851-60. [PMID: 12890049 DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02522.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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UNLABELLED Cell Coupling Influences VF Dynamics. INTRODUCTION The structure of ventricular fibrillation (VF) is influenced by regional differences in action potential durations and perhaps restitution kinetics and fiber anisotropy. The spatial organization of VF was investigated by measuring the cross-correlation (CC) and mutual information (MI) of membrane potential (Vm) oscillations recorded from multiple sites. METHODS AND RESULTS Rabbit hearts (n = 6) were retrogradely perfused and stained with di-4-ANEPPS, and VF was elicited by burst pacing. Vm oscillations were recorded optically from multiple locations on the epicardium using a 16 x 16 photodiode array or a 72 x 78 CCD camera. The spatial organization of VF was investigated by calculating the maximum CC (CCmax) and MI (MImax) that can be obtained between any two sites. CCmax and MImax were extended to all pixels and served as indices of the similarities between Vm transients at a reference pixel and all other pixels on the map. We found that maps of CCmax and MImax did not contain discrete regions with high CC or MI. However, CCmax and MImax decreased monotonically with increasing distance between any arbitrarily chosen reference pixel and all other pixels. In VF, maps of CCmax and MImax revealed elliptical gradients of CC and MI that were closely aligned with fiber orientation, with major axis at 127 degrees +/- 8 degrees on the left ventricles. CONCLUSION CC and MI analysis in fibrillation provides new evidence that anisotropy of fiber orientation and cell-cell coupling have a direct influence on VF dynamics.
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Sung D, Mills RW, Schettler J, Narayan SM, Omens JH, McCulloch AD. Ventricular filling slows epicardial conduction and increases action potential duration in an optical mapping study of the isolated rabbit heart. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2003; 14:739-49. [PMID: 12930255 DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03072.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Mechanical stimulation can induce electrophysiologic changes in cardiac myocytes, but how mechanoelectric feedback in the intact heart affects action potential propagation remains unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS Changes in action potential propagation and repolarization with increased left ventricular end-diastolic pressure from 0 to 30 mmHg were investigated using optical mapping in isolated perfused rabbit hearts. With respect to 0 mmHg, epicardial strain at 30 mmHg in the anterior left ventricle averaged 0.040 +/- 0.004 in the muscle fiber direction and 0.032 +/- 0.006 in the cross-fiber direction. An increase in ventricular loading increased average epicardial activation time by 25%+/- 3% (P < 0.0001) and correspondingly decreased average apparent surface conduction velocity by 16%+/- 7% (P = 0.007). Ventricular loading did not significantly alter action potential duration at 20% repolarization (APD20) but did at 80% repolarization (APD80), from 179 +/- 7 msec to 207 +/- 5 msec (P < 0.0001). The dispersion of APD20 was decreased with loading from 19 +/- 2 msec to 13 +/- 2 msec (P = 0.024), whereas the dispersion of APD80 was not significantly changed. These electrophysiologic changes with ventricular loading were not affected by the nonspecific stretch-activated channel blocker streptomycin (200 microM) and were not attributable to changes in myocardial perfusion or the presence of an electromechanical decoupling agent (butanedione monoxime) during optical mapping. CONCLUSION Acute loading of the left ventricle of the isolated rabbit heart decreased apparent epicardial conduction velocity and increased action potential duration by a load-dependent mechanism that may not involve stretch-activated channels.
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- Derrick Sung
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412, USA
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Smith GA, Vandenberg JI, Freestone NS, Dixon HB. The effect of Mg2+ on cardiac muscle function: Is CaATP the substrate for priming myofibril cross-bridge formation and Ca2+ reuptake by the sarcoplasmic reticulum? Biochem J 2001; 354:539-51. [PMID: 11237858 PMCID: PMC1221685 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3540539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Kinetics are established for the activation of the myofibril from the relaxed state [Smith, Dixon, Kirschenlohr, Grace, Metcalfe and Vandenberg (2000) Biochem. J. 346, 393-402]. These require two troponin Ca2+-binding sites, one for each myosin head, to act as a single unit in initial cross-bridge formation. This defines the first, or activating, ATPase reaction, as distinct from the further activity of the enzyme that continues when a cross-bridge to actin is already established. The pairing of myosin heads to act as one unit suggests a possible alternating mechanism for muscle action. A large positive inotropic (contraction-intensifying) effect of loading the Mg2+ chelator citrate, via its acetoxymethyl ester, into the heart has confirmed the competitive inhibition of the Ca2+ activation by Mg2+, previously seen in vitro. In the absence of a recognized second Ca2+ binding site on the myofibril, with appropriate binding properties, the bound ATP is proposed as the second activating Ca2+-binding site. As ATP, free or bound to protein, can bind either Mg2+ or Ca2+, this leads to competitive inhibition by Mg2+. Published physico-chemical studies on skeletal muscle have shown that CaATP is potentially a more effective substrate than MgATP for cross-bridge formation. The above considerations allow calculation of the observed variation of fractional activation by Ca2+ as a function of [Mg2+] and in turn reveal simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics for the activation of the ATPase by sub-millimolar [Mg2+]. Furthermore the ability of bound ATP to bind either cation, and the much better promotion of cross-bridge formation by CaATP binding, give rise to the observed variation of the Hill coefficient for Ca2+ activation with altered [Mg2+]. The inclusion of CaADP within the initiating cross-bridge and replacement by MgADP during the second cycle is consistent with the observed fall in the rate of the myofibril ATPase that occurs after two phosphates are released. The similarity of the kinetics of the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum ATPase to those of the myofibril, in particular the positive co-operativity of both Mg2+ inhibition and Ca2+ activation, leads to the conclusion that this ATPase also has an initiation step that utilizes CaATP. The first-order activation by sub-millimolar [Mg2+], similar to that of the myofibril, may be explained by Mg2+ involvement in the phosphate-release step of the ATPase. The inhibition of both the myofibril and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ transporting ATPases by Mg2+ offers an explanation for the specific requirement for phosphocreatine (PCr) for full activity of both enzymes in situ and its effect on their apparent affinities for ATP. This explanation is based on the slow diffusion of Mg2+ within the myofibril and on the contrast of PCr with both ATP and phosphoenolpyruvate, in that PCr does not bind Mg2+ under physiological conditions, whereas both the other two bind it more tightly than the products of their hydrolysis do. The switch to supply of energy by diffusion of MgATP into the myofibril when depletion of PCr raises [ATP]/[PCr] greatly, e.g. during anoxia, results in a local [Mg2+] increase, which inhibits the ATPase. It is possible that mechanisms similar to those described above occur in skeletal muscle but the Ca2+ co-operativity involved would be masked by the presence of two Ca2+ binding sites on each troponin.
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- G A Smith
- Section of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Bldg O, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK.
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