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Quinn CJ, Cartwright EJ, Trafford AW, Dibb KM. On the role of dysferlin in striated muscle: membrane repair, t-tubules and Ca 2+ handling. J Physiol 2024; 602:1893-1910. [PMID: 38615232 DOI: 10.1113/jp285103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024] Open
Abstract
Dysferlin is a 237 kDa membrane-associated protein characterised by multiple C2 domains with a diverse role in skeletal and cardiac muscle physiology. Mutations in DYSF are known to cause various types of human muscular dystrophies, known collectively as dysferlinopathies, with some patients developing cardiomyopathy. A myriad of in vitro membrane repair studies suggest that dysferlin plays an integral role in the membrane repair complex in skeletal muscle. In comparison, less is known about dysferlin in the heart, but mounting evidence suggests that dysferlin's role is similar in both muscle types. Recent findings have shown that dysferlin regulates Ca2+ handling in striated muscle via multiple mechanisms and that this becomes more important in conditions of stress. Maintenance of the transverse (t)-tubule network and the tight coordination of excitation-contraction coupling are essential for muscle contractility. Dysferlin regulates the maintenance and repair of t-tubules, and it is suspected that dysferlin regulates t-tubules and sarcolemmal repair through a similar mechanism. This review focuses on the emerging complexity of dysferlin's activity in striated muscle. Such insights will progress our understanding of the proteins and pathways that regulate basic heart and skeletal muscle function and help guide research into striated muscle pathology, especially that which arises due to dysferlin dysfunction.
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- C J Quinn
- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3.14 Core Technology Facility, Manchester, UK
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- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3.14 Core Technology Facility, Manchester, UK
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- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3.14 Core Technology Facility, Manchester, UK
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- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3.14 Core Technology Facility, Manchester, UK
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Zhang X, Ni H, Morotti S, Smith C, Sato D, Louch W, Edwards A, Grandi E. Mechanisms of spontaneous Ca 2+ release-mediated arrhythmia in a novel 3D human atrial myocyte model: I. Transverse-axial tubule variation. J Physiol 2023; 601:2655-2683. [PMID: 36094888 PMCID: PMC10008525 DOI: 10.1113/jp283363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Intracellular calcium (Ca2+ ) cycling is tightly regulated in the healthy heart ensuring effective contraction. This is achieved by transverse (t)-tubule membrane invaginations that facilitate close coupling of key Ca2+ -handling proteins such as the L-type Ca2+ channel and Na+ -Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) on the cell surface with ryanodine receptors (RyRs) on the intracellular Ca2+ store. Although less abundant and regular than in the ventricle, t-tubules also exist in atrial myocytes as a network of transverse invaginations with axial extensions known as the transverse-axial tubule system (TATS). In heart failure and atrial fibrillation, there is TATS remodelling that is associated with aberrant Ca2+ -handling and Ca2+ -induced arrhythmic activity; however, the mechanism underlying this is not fully understood. To address this, we developed a novel 3D human atrial myocyte model that couples electrophysiology and Ca2+ -handling with variable TATS organization and density. We extensively parameterized and validated our model against experimental data to build a robust tool examining TATS regulation of subcellular Ca2+ release. We found that varying TATS density and thus the localization of key Ca2+ -handling proteins has profound effects on Ca2+ handling. Following TATS loss, there is reduced NCX that results in increased cleft Ca2+ concentration through decreased Ca2+ extrusion. This elevated Ca2+ increases RyR open probability causing spontaneous Ca2+ releases and the promotion of arrhythmogenic waves (especially in the cell interior) leading to voltage instabilities through delayed afterdepolarizations. In summary, the present study demonstrates a mechanistic link between TATS remodelling and Ca2+ -driven proarrhythmic behaviour that probably reflects the arrhythmogenic state observed in disease. KEY POINTS: Transverse-axial tubule systems (TATS) modulate Ca2+ handling and excitation-contraction coupling in atrial myocytes, with TATS remodelling in heart failure and atrial fibrillation being associated with altered Ca2+ cycling and subsequent arrhythmogenesis. To investigate the poorly understood mechanisms linking TATS variation and spontaneous Ca2+ release, we built, parameterized and validated a 3D human atrial myocyte model coupling electrophysiology and spatially-detailed subcellular Ca2+ handling governed by the TATS. Simulated TATS loss causes diastolic Ca2+ and voltage instabilities through reduced Na+ -Ca2+ exchanger-mediated Ca2+ removal, cleft Ca2+ accumulation and increased ryanodine receptor open probability, resulting in spontaneous Ca2+ release and promotion of arrhythmogenic waves and delayed afterdepolarizations. At fast electrical rates typical of atrial tachycardia/fibrillation, spontaneous Ca2+ releases are larger and more frequent in the cell interior than at the periphery. Our work provides mechanistic insight into how atrial TATS remodelling can lead to Ca2+ -driven instabilities that may ultimately contribute to the arrhythmogenic state in disease.
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- X. Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Cardiac Research, University of Oslo, Oslo Norway
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
- Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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Perera T, Pius C, Niort B, Radcliffe EJ, Dibb KM, Trafford AW, Pinali C. Serial block face scanning electron microscopy reveals region-dependent remodelling of transverse tubules post-myocardial infarction. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2022; 377:20210331. [PMID: 36189812 PMCID: PMC9527908 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The highly organized transverse tubule (t-tubule) network facilitates cardiac excitation-contraction coupling and synchronous cardiac myocyte contraction. In cardiac failure secondary to myocardial infarction (MI), changes in the structure and organization of t-tubules result in impaired cardiac contractility. However, there is still little knowledge on the regional variation of t-tubule remodelling in cardiac failure post-MI. Here, we investigate post-MI t-tubule remodelling in infarct border and remote regions, using serial block face scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM) applied to a translationally relevant sheep ischaemia reperfusion MI model and matched controls. We performed minimally invasive coronary angioplasty of the left anterior descending artery, followed by reperfusion after 90 min to establish the MI model. Left ventricular tissues obtained from control and MI hearts eight weeks post-MI were imaged using SBF-SEM. Image analysis generated three-dimensional reconstructions of the t-tubular network in control, MI border and remote regions. Quantitative analysis revealed that the MI border region was characterized by t-tubule depletion and fragmentation, dilation of surviving t-tubules and t-tubule elongation. This study highlights region-dependent remodelling of the tubular network post-MI and may provide novel localized therapeutic targets aimed at preservation or restoration of the t-tubules to manage cardiac contractility post-MI. This article is part of the theme issue 'The cardiomyocyte: new revelations on the interplay between architecture and function in growth, health, and disease'.
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- Tharushi Perera
- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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- Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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Bhullar S, Shah A, Dhalla N. Mechanisms for the development of heart failure and improvement of cardiac function by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. SCRIPTA MEDICA 2022. [DOI: 10.5937/scriptamed53-36256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, which prevent the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II, are well-known for the treatments of cardiovascular diseases, such as heart failure, hypertension and acute coronary syndrome. Several of these inhibitors including captopril, enalapril, ramipril, zofenopril and imidapril attenuate vasoconstriction, cardiac hypertrophy and adverse cardiac remodeling, improve clinical outcomes in patients with cardiac dysfunction and decrease mortality. Extensive experimental and clinical research over the past 35 years has revealed that the beneficial effects of ACE inhibitors in heart failure are associated with full or partial prevention of adverse cardiac remodeling. Since cardiac function is mainly determined by coordinated activities of different subcellular organelles, including sarcolemma, sarcoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria and myofibrils, for regulating the intracellular concentration of Ca2+ and myocardial metabolism, there is ample evidence to suggest that adverse cardiac remodelling and cardiac dysfunction in the failing heart are the consequence of subcellular defects. In fact, the improvement of cardiac function by different ACE inhibitors has been demonstrated to be related to the attenuation of abnormalities in subcellular organelles for Ca2+-handling, metabolic alterations, signal transduction defects and gene expression changes in failing cardiomyocytes. Various ACE inhibitors have also been shown to delay the progression of heart failure by reducing the formation of angiotensin II, the development of oxidative stress, the level of inflammatory cytokines and the occurrence of subcellular defects. These observations support the view that ACE inhibitors improve cardiac function in the failing heart by multiple mechanisms including the reduction of oxidative stress, myocardial inflammation and Ca2+-handling abnormalities in cardiomyocytes.
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Crossman DJ. Fibrosis and impaired Ca2+ signalling in heart failure. Biophys Rev 2021; 14:327-328. [DOI: 10.1007/s12551-021-00909-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Setterberg IE, Le C, Frisk M, Li J, Louch WE. The Physiology and Pathophysiology of T-Tubules in the Heart. Front Physiol 2021; 12:718404. [PMID: 34566684 PMCID: PMC8458775 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.718404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
In cardiomyocytes, invaginations of the sarcolemmal membrane called t-tubules are critically important for triggering contraction by excitation-contraction (EC) coupling. These structures form functional junctions with the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and thereby enable close contact between L-type Ca2+ channels (LTCCs) and Ryanodine Receptors (RyRs). This arrangement in turn ensures efficient triggering of Ca2+ release, and contraction. While new data indicate that t-tubules are capable of exhibiting compensatory remodeling, they are also widely reported to be structurally and functionally compromised during disease, resulting in disrupted Ca2+ homeostasis, impaired systolic and/or diastolic function, and arrhythmogenesis. This review summarizes these findings, while highlighting an emerging appreciation of the distinct roles of t-tubules in the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF and HFpEF). In this context, we review current understanding of the processes underlying t-tubule growth, maintenance, and degradation, underscoring the involvement of a variety of regulatory proteins, including junctophilin-2 (JPH2), amphiphysin-2 (BIN1), caveolin-3 (Cav3), and newer candidate proteins. Upstream regulation of t-tubule structure/function by cardiac workload and specifically ventricular wall stress is also discussed, alongside perspectives for novel strategies which may therapeutically target these mechanisms.
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- Ingunn E Setterberg
- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,KG Jebsen Centre for Cardiac Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,KG Jebsen Centre for Cardiac Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,KG Jebsen Centre for Cardiac Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,KG Jebsen Centre for Cardiac Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,KG Jebsen Centre for Cardiac Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Hofhuis J, Bersch K, Wagner S, Molina C, Fakuade FE, Iyer LM, Streckfuss-Bömeke K, Toischer K, Zelarayán LC, Voigt N, Nikolaev VO, Maier LS, Klinge L, Thoms S. Dysferlin links excitation-contraction coupling to structure and maintenance of the cardiac transverse-axial tubule system. Europace 2021; 22:1119-1131. [PMID: 32572487 DOI: 10.1093/europace/euaa093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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AIMS The multi-C2 domain protein dysferlin localizes to the T-Tubule system of skeletal and heart muscles. In skeletal muscle, dysferlin is known to play a role in membrane repair and in T-tubule biogenesis and maintenance. Dysferlin deficiency manifests as muscular dystrophy of proximal and distal muscles. Cardiomyopathies have been also reported, and some dysferlinopathy mouse models develop cardiac dysfunction under stress. Generally, the role and functional relevance of dysferlin in the heart is not clear. The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of dysferlin deficiency on the transverse-axial tubule system (TATS) structure and on Ca2+ homeostasis in the heart. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied dysferlin localization in rat and mouse cardiomyocytes by immunofluorescence microscopy. In dysferlin-deficient ventricular mouse cardiomyocytes, we analysed the TATS by live staining and assessed Ca2+ handling by patch-clamp experiments and measurement of Ca2+ transients and Ca2+ sparks. We found increasing co-localization of dysferlin with the L-type Ca2+-channel during TATS development and show that dysferlin deficiency leads to pathological loss of transversal and increase in longitudinal elements (axialization). We detected reduced L-type Ca2+-current (ICa,L) in cardiomyocytes from dysferlin-deficient mice and increased frequency of spontaneous sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release events resulting in pro-arrhythmic contractions. Moreover, cardiomyocytes from dysferlin-deficient mice showed an impaired response to β-adrenergic receptor stimulation. CONCLUSIONS Dysferlin is required for TATS biogenesis and maintenance in the heart by controlling the ratio of transversal and axial membrane elements. Absence of dysferlin leads to defects in Ca2+ homeostasis which may contribute to contractile heart dysfunction in dysferlinopathy patients.
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- Julia Hofhuis
- Department of Child and Adolescent Health, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Sites Göttingen and Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Health, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Sites Göttingen and Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Sites Göttingen and Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Computational and Systems Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Sites Göttingen and Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Cardiology and Pneumonology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Sites Göttingen and Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Cardiology and Pneumonology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Sites Göttingen and Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Sites Göttingen and Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Sites Göttingen and Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Health, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.,Kinderarztpraxis Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Health, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Sites Göttingen and Hamburg, Germany
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Guo J, Tian Q, Barth M, Xian W, Ruppenthal S, Schaefers HJ, Chen Z, Moretti A, Laugwitz KL, Lipp P. Human BIN1 isoforms grow, maintain and regenerate excitation-contraction couplons in adult rat and human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Cardiovasc Res 2021; 118:1479-1491. [PMID: 34152414 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
AIMS In ventricular myocytes, Transverse-tubules (T-tubules) are instrumental for excitation-contraction (EC) coupling and their disarray is a hallmark of cardiac diseases. BIN1 is a key contributor to their biogenesis. Our study set out to investigate the role of human BIN1 splice variants in the maintenance and regeneration of EC-coupling in rat adult ventricular myocytes and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes (hiPS-CMs). METHODS AND RESULTS In heart samples from healthy human donors expression patterns of 5 BIN1 splice variants were identified. Following viral transduction of human BIN1 splice variants in cellular models of T-tubular disarray we employed high-speed confocal calcium imaging and Ca-CLEAN analysis to identify functional EC-coupling sites and T-tubular architecture. Adult rat ventricular myocytes were used to investigate the regeneration after loss and maintenance of EC-coupling while we studied the enhancement of EC-coupling in hiPS-CMs. All five human BIN1 splice variants induced de novo generation of T-tubules in both cell types. Isoforms with the phosphoinositide binding motif (PI) were most potent in maintenance and regeneration of T-tubules and functional EC-coupling in adult rat myocytes. In hiPSC-CMs, BIN1 variants with PI motiv induced de-novo generation of T-tubules, functional EC-coupling sites and enhanced calcium handling. CONCLUSION(S) BIN1 is essential for the maintenance, regeneration, and de-novo generation of functional T-tubules, especially isoforms with PI motifs. These T-tubules trigger the development of functional EC couplons resulting in enhanced calcium handling. TRANSLATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Cardiomyopathy and heart failure are among the most frequent causes of death in modern societies. Gene therapies and hiPSC technology are becoming increasingly promising, both for treatment and therapy development. On the cellular level, one of the common denominators of cardiac diseases is the concurrent loss of T-tubules essential for efficient EC-coupling. While initial approaches in animal models employing gene therapy with BIN1 have depicted encouraging improvements the expression pattern of BIN1 isoforms in the human heart is still elusive. The present study identifies a unique set of five distinct BIN1 isoforms in healthy human hearts and demonstrates their potency in both, T-tubule maintenance and re-generation after loss resulting in efficient EC-coupling. Noteworthy, PI-motif containing isoforms were potent trigger of de-novo generation of T-tubules and establishment of efficient EC-coupling in hiPSC-CMs. Therefore, the expression of BIN1 might be novel and promising for pharmaceutical treatment and gene therapy.
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- Jia Guo
- Molecular Cell Biology, Centre for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Centre for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Centre for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Centre for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Centre for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- I. Department of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, 81675, München, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) - partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- I. Department of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, 81675, München, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) - partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- I. Department of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, 81675, München, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) - partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Centre for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany
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Romer SH, Metzger S, Peraza K, Wright MC, Jobe DS, Song LS, Rich MM, Foy BD, Talmadge RJ, Voss AA. A mouse model of Huntington's disease shows altered ultrastructure of transverse tubules in skeletal muscle fibers. J Gen Physiol 2021; 153:211860. [PMID: 33683318 PMCID: PMC7931643 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202012637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a fatal and progressive condition with severe debilitating motor defects and muscle weakness. Although classically recognized as a neurodegenerative disorder, there is increasing evidence of cell autonomous toxicity in skeletal muscle. We recently demonstrated that skeletal muscle fibers from the R6/2 model mouse of HD have a decrease in specific membrane capacitance, suggesting a loss of transverse tubule (t-tubule) membrane in R6/2 muscle. A previous report also indicated that Cav1.1 current was reduced in R6/2 skeletal muscle, suggesting defects in excitation–contraction (EC) coupling. Thus, we hypothesized that a loss and/or disruption of the skeletal muscle t-tubule system contributes to changes in EC coupling in R6/2 skeletal muscle. We used live-cell imaging with multiphoton confocal microscopy and transmission electron microscopy to assess the t-tubule architecture in late-stage R6/2 muscle and found no significant differences in the t-tubule system density, regularity, or integrity. However, electron microscopy images revealed that the cross-sectional area of t-tubules at the triad were 25% smaller in R6/2 compared with age-matched control skeletal muscle. Computer simulation revealed that the resulting decrease in the R6/2 t-tubule luminal conductance contributed to, but did not fully explain, the reduced R6/2 membrane capacitance. Analyses of bridging integrator-1 (Bin1), which plays a primary role in t-tubule formation, revealed decreased Bin1 protein levels and aberrant splicing of Bin1 mRNA in R6/2 muscle. Additionally, the distance between the t-tubule and sarcoplasmic reticulum was wider in R6/2 compared with control muscle, which was associated with a decrease in junctophilin 1 and 2 mRNA levels. Altogether, these findings can help explain dysregulated EC coupling and motor impairment in Huntington’s disease.
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- Shannon H Romer
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH.,Odyssey Systems, Environmental Health Effects Laboratory, Navy Medical Research Unit, Dayton, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
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- Department of Physics, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
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Wang S, Zhou Y, Luo Y, Kan R, Chen J, Xuan H, Wang C, Chen J, Xu T, Li D. SERCA2a ameliorates cardiomyocyte T-tubule remodeling via the calpain/JPH2 pathway to improve cardiac function in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion mice. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2037. [PMID: 33479390 PMCID: PMC7820433 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81570-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Transverse-tubules (T-tubules) play pivotal roles in Ca2+-induced, Ca2+ release and excitation–contraction coupling in cardiomyocytes. The purpose of this study was to uncover mechanisms where sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2a) improved cardiac function through T-tubule regulation during myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). SERCA2a protein expression, cytoplasmic [Ca2+]i, calpain activity, junctophilin-2 (JPH2) protein expression and intracellular localization, cardiomyocyte T-tubules, contractility and calcium transients in single cardiomyocytes and in vivo cardiac functions were all examined after SERCA2a knockout and overexpression, and Calpain inhibitor PD150606 (PD) pretreatment, following myocardial I/R. This comprehensive approach was adopted to clarify SERCA2a mechanisms in improving cardiac function in mice. Calpain was activated during myocardial I/R, and led to the proteolytic cleavage of JPH2. This altered the T-tubule network, the contraction function/calcium transients in cardiomyocytes and in vivo cardiac functions. During myocardial I/R, PD pretreatment upregulated JPH2 expression and restored it to its intracellular location, repaired the T-tubule network, and contraction function/calcium transients of cardiomyocytes and cardiac functions in vivo. SERCA2a suppressed calpain activity via [Ca2+]i, and ameliorated these key indices. Our results suggest that SERCA2a ameliorates cardiomyocyte T-tubule remodeling via the calpain/JPH2 pathway, thereby improving cardiac function in myocardial I/R mice.
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- Shuai Wang
- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Xuzhou Medical University, 84 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Xuzhou Medical University, 84 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Xuzhou Medical University, 84 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Xuzhou Medical University, 84 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Xuzhou Medical University, 84 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. .,Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99 West Huaihai Road, Xuzhou, 221006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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T-tubule remodeling in human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2020; 42:305-322. [PMID: 33222034 PMCID: PMC8332592 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-020-09591-6] [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: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The highly organized transverse T-tubule membrane system represents the ultrastructural substrate for excitation–contraction coupling in ventricular myocytes. While the architecture and function of T-tubules have been well described in animal models, there is limited morpho-functional data on T-tubules in human myocardium. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a primary disease of the heart muscle, characterized by different clinical presentations at the various stages of its progression. Most HCM patients, indeed, show a compensated hypertrophic disease (“non-failing hypertrophic phase”), with preserved left ventricular function, and only a small subset of individuals evolves into heart failure (“end stage HCM”). In terms of T-tubule remodeling, the “end-stage” disease does not differ from other forms of heart failure. In this review we aim to recapitulate the main structural features of T-tubules during the “non-failing hypertrophic stage” of human HCM by revisiting data obtained from human myectomy samples. Moreover, by comparing pathological changes observed in myectomy samples with those introduced by acute (experimentally induced) detubulation, we discuss the role of T-tubular disruption as a part of the complex excitation–contraction coupling remodeling process that occurs during disease progression. Lastly, we highlight how T-tubule morpho-functional changes may be related to patient genotype and we discuss the possibility of a primitive remodeling of the T-tubule system in rare HCM forms associated with genes coding for proteins implicated in T-tubule structural integrity, formation and maintenance.
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Lu F, Pu WT. The architecture and function of cardiac dyads. Biophys Rev 2020; 12:1007-1017. [PMID: 32661902 PMCID: PMC7429583 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-020-00729-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cardiac excitation-contraction (EC) coupling, which links plasma membrane depolarization to activation of cardiomyocyte contraction, occurs at dyads, the nanoscopic microdomains formed by apposition of transverse (T)-tubules and junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum (jSR). In a dyadic junction, EC coupling occurs through Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release. Membrane depolarization opens voltage-gated L-type Ca2+ channels (LTCCs) in the T-tubule. The resulting influx of extracellular Ca2+ into the dyadic cleft opens Ca2+ release channels known as ryanodine receptors (RYRs) in the jSR, leading to the rapid increase in cytosolic Ca2+ that triggers sarcomere contraction. The efficacy of LTCC-RYR communication greatly affects a myriad of downstream intracellular signaling events, and it is controlled by many factors, including T-tubule and jSR structure, spatial distribution of ion channels, and regulatory proteins that closely regulate the activities of channels within dyads. Alterations in dyad architecture and/or channel activity are seen in many types of heart disease. This review will focus on the current knowledge regarding cardiac dyad structure and function, their alterations in heart failure, and new approaches to study the composition and function of dyads.
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- Fujian Lu
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
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Structural variability of dyads relates to calcium release in rat ventricular myocytes. Sci Rep 2020; 10:8076. [PMID: 32415205 PMCID: PMC7229197 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64840-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling relies on dyads, the intracellular calcium synapses of cardiac myocytes, where the plasma membrane contacts sarcoplasmic reticulum and where electrical excitation triggers calcium release. The morphology of dyads and dynamics of local calcium release vary substantially. To better understand the correspondence between the structure and the functionality of dyads, we estimated incidences of structurally different dyads and of kinetically different calcium release sites and tested their responsiveness to experimental myocardial injury in left ventricular myocytes of rats. According to the structure of dyads estimated in random electron microscopic images of myocardial tissue, the dyads were sorted into 'compact' or 'loose' types. The calcium release fluxes, triggered at local calcium release sites in patch-clamped ventricular myocytes and recorded by laser scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy, were decomposed into 'early' and 'late' components. ANOVA tests revealed very high correlation between the relative amplitudes of early and late calcium release flux components and the relative occurrences of compact and loose dyads in the control and in the injured myocardium. This finding ascertained the relationship between the structure of dyads and the functionality of calcium release sites and the responsiveness of calcium release sites to physical load in cardiac myocytes.
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Vermij SH, Abriel H, Kucera JP. Modeling Depolarization Delay, Sodium Currents, and Electrical Potentials in Cardiac Transverse Tubules. Front Physiol 2020; 10:1487. [PMID: 31920695 PMCID: PMC6916517 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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T-tubules are invaginations of the lateral membrane of striated muscle cells that provide a large surface for ion channels and signaling proteins, thereby supporting excitation–contraction coupling. T-tubules are often remodeled in heart failure. To better understand the electrical behavior of T-tubules of cardiac cells in health and disease, this study addresses two largely unanswered questions regarding their electrical properties: (1) the delay of T-tubular membrane depolarization and (2) the effects of T-tubular sodium current on T-tubular potentials. Here, we present an elementary computational model to determine the delay in depolarization of deep T-tubular membrane segments as the narrow T-tubular lumen provides resistance against the extracellular current. We compare healthy tubules to tubules with constrictions and diseased tubules from mouse and human, and conclude that constrictions greatly delay T-tubular depolarization, while diseased T-tubules depolarize faster than healthy ones due to tubule widening. Increasing the tubule length non-linearly delays the depolarization. We moreover model the effect of T-tubular sodium current on intraluminal T-tubular potentials. We observe that extracellular potentials become negative during the sodium current transient (up to −40 mV in constricted T-tubules), which feedbacks on sodium channel function (self-attenuation) in a manner resembling ephaptic effects that have been described for intercalated discs where opposing membranes are very close together. The intraluminal potential and sodium current self-attenuation however greatly depend on sodium current conductance. These results show that (1) the changes in passive electrical properties of remodeled T-tubules cannot explain the excitation–contraction coupling defects in diseased cells; and (2) the sodium current may modulate intraluminal potentials. Such extracellular potentials might also affect excitation–contraction coupling and macroscopic conduction.
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- Sarah Helena Vermij
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Silbernagel N, Körner A, Balitzki J, Jaggy M, Bertels S, Richter B, Hippler M, Hellwig A, Hecker M, Bastmeyer M, Ullrich ND. Shaping the heart: Structural and functional maturation of iPSC-cardiomyocytes in 3D-micro-scaffolds. Biomaterials 2020; 227:119551. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Dries E, Santiago DJ, Gilbert G, Lenaerts I, Vandenberk B, Nagaraju CK, Johnson DM, Holemans P, Roderick HL, Macquaide N, Claus P, Sipido KR. Hyperactive ryanodine receptors in human heart failure and ischaemic cardiomyopathy reside outside of couplons. Cardiovasc Res 2019; 114:1512-1524. [PMID: 29668881 PMCID: PMC6106102 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvy088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Aims In ventricular myocytes from humans and large mammals, the transverse and axial tubular system (TATS) network is less extensive than in rodents with consequently a greater proportion of ryanodine receptors (RyRs) not coupled to this membrane system. TATS remodelling in heart failure (HF) and after myocardial infarction (MI) increases the fraction of non-coupled RyRs. Here we investigate whether this remodelling alters the activity of coupled and non-coupled RyR sub-populations through changes in local signalling. We study myocytes from patients with end-stage HF, compared with non-failing (non-HF), and myocytes from pigs with MI and reduced left ventricular (LV) function, compared with sham intervention (SHAM). Methods and results Single LV myocytes for functional studies were isolated according to standard protocols. Immunofluorescent staining visualized organization of TATS and RyRs. Ca2+ was measured by confocal imaging (fluo-4 as indicator) and using whole-cell patch-clamp (37°C). Spontaneous Ca2+ release events, Ca2+ sparks, as a readout for RyR activity were recorded during a 15 s period following conditioning stimulation at 2 Hz. Sparks were assigned to cell regions categorized as coupled or non-coupled sites according to a previously developed method. Human HF myocytes had more non-coupled sites and these had more spontaneous activity than in non-HF. Hyperactivity of these non-coupled RyRs was reduced by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) inhibition. Myocytes from MI pigs had similar changes compared with SHAM controls as seen in human HF myocytes. As well as by CaMKII inhibition, in MI, the increased activity of non-coupled sites was inhibited by mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mito-ROS) scavenging. Under adrenergic stimulation, Ca2+ waves were more frequent and originated at non-coupled sites, generating larger Na+/Ca2+ exchange currents in MI than in SHAM. Inhibition of CaMKII or mito-ROS scavenging reduced spontaneous Ca2+ waves, and improved excitation–contraction coupling. Conclusions In HF and after MI, RyR microdomain re-organization enhances spontaneous Ca2+ release at non-coupled sites in a manner dependent on CaMKII activation and mito-ROS production. This specific modulation generates a substrate for arrhythmia that appears to be responsive to selective pharmacologic modulation.
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- Eef Dries
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat Leuven, Belgium
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Kitmitto A, Baudoin F, Cartwright EJ. Cardiomyocyte damage control in heart failure and the role of the sarcolemma. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2019; 40:319-333. [PMID: 31520263 PMCID: PMC6831538 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-019-09539-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The cardiomyocyte plasma membrane, termed the sarcolemma, is fundamental for regulating a myriad of cellular processes. For example, the structural integrity of the cardiomyocyte sarcolemma is essential for mediating cardiac contraction by forming microdomains such as the t-tubular network, caveolae and the intercalated disc. Significantly, remodelling of these sarcolemma microdomains is a key feature in the development and progression of heart failure (HF). However, despite extensive characterisation of the associated molecular and ultrastructural events there is a lack of clarity surrounding the mechanisms driving adverse morphological rearrangements. The sarcolemma also provides protection, and is the cell's first line of defence, against external stresses such as oxygen and nutrient deprivation, inflammation and oxidative stress with a loss of sarcolemma viability shown to be a key step in cell death via necrosis. Significantly, cumulative cell death is also a feature of HF, and is linked to disease progression and loss of cardiac function. Herein, we will review the link between structural and molecular remodelling of the sarcolemma associated with the progression of HF, specifically considering the evidence for: (i) Whether intrinsic, evolutionary conserved, plasma membrane injury-repair mechanisms are in operation in the heart, and (ii) if deficits in key 'wound-healing' proteins (annexins, dysferlin, EHD2 and MG53) may play a yet to be fully appreciated role in triggering sarcolemma microdomain remodelling and/or necrosis. Cardiomyocytes are terminally differentiated with very limited regenerative capability and therefore preserving cell viability and cardiac function is crucially important. This review presents a novel perspective on sarcolemma remodelling by considering whether targeting proteins that regulate sarcolemma injury-repair may hold promise for developing new strategies to attenuate HF progression.
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- Ashraf Kitmitto
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, AV Hill, Dover Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, AV Hill, Dover Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, AV Hill, Dover Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Scardigli M, Ferrantini C, Crocini C, Pavone FS, Sacconi L. Interplay Between Sub-Cellular Alterations of Calcium Release and T-Tubular Defects in Cardiac Diseases. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1474. [PMID: 30410446 PMCID: PMC6209824 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Asynchronous Ca2+ release promotes non-homogeneous myofilament activation, leading to mechanical dysfunction, as well as initiation of propagated calcium waves and arrhythmias. Recent advances in microscopy techniques have allowed for optical recordings of local Ca2+ fluxes and action potentials from multiple sub-cellular domains within cardiac cells with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. Since then, sub-cellular local information of the spatio-temporal relationship between Ca2+ release and action potential propagation have been unlocked, providing novel mechanistic insights in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling (ECC). Here, we review the promising perspectives arouse from repeatedly probing Ca2+ release at the same sub-cellular location while simultaneously probing multiple locations at the same time within a single cardiac cell. We also compare the results obtained in three different rodent models of cardiac diseases, highlighting disease-specific mechanisms. Slower local Ca2+ release has been observed in regions with defective action potential conduction in diseased cardiac cells. Moreover, significant increment of Ca2+ variability (both in time and in space) has been found in diseased cardiac cells but does not directly correlate with local electrical defects nor with the degree of structural aberrations of the cellular membrane system, suggesting a role for other players of the ECC machinery. We finally explore exciting opportunities provided by the technology for studying different cardiomyocyte populations, as well as for dissecting the mechanisms responsible for subcellular spatio-temporal variability of Ca2+ release.
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- Marina Scardigli
- National Institute of Optics, National Research Council, Florence, Italy.,European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Florence, Italy.,Division of Physiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology & BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- National Institute of Optics, National Research Council, Florence, Italy.,European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Florence, Italy.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- National Institute of Optics, National Research Council, Florence, Italy.,European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Florence, Italy
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Jayasinghe I, Clowsley AH, de Langen O, Sali SS, Crossman DJ, Soeller C. Shining New Light on the Structural Determinants of Cardiac Couplon Function: Insights From Ten Years of Nanoscale Microscopy. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1472. [PMID: 30405432 PMCID: PMC6204384 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Remodelling of the membranes and protein clustering patterns during the pathogenesis of cardiomyopathies has renewed the interest in spatial visualisation of these structures in cardiomyocytes. Coincidental emergence of single molecule (super-resolution) imaging and tomographic electron microscopy tools in the last decade have led to a number of new observations on the structural features of the couplons, the primary sites of excitation-contraction coupling in the heart. In particular, super-resolution and tomographic electron micrographs have revised and refined the classical views of the nanoscale geometries of couplons, t-tubules and the organisation of the principal calcium handling proteins in both healthy and failing hearts. These methods have also allowed the visualisation of some features which were too small to be detected with conventional microscopy tools. With new analytical capabilities such as single-protein mapping, in situ protein quantification, correlative and live cell imaging we are now observing an unprecedented interest in adapting these research tools across the cardiac biophysical research discipline. In this article, we review the depth of the new insights that have been enabled by these tools toward understanding the structure and function of the cardiac couplon. We outline the major challenges that remain in these experiments and emerging avenues of research which will be enabled by these technologies.
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- Izzy Jayasinghe
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Crossman DJ, Shen X, Jüllig M, Munro M, Hou Y, Middleditch M, Shrestha D, Li A, Lal S, Dos Remedios CG, Baddeley D, Ruygrok PN, Soeller C. Increased collagen within the transverse tubules in human heart failure. Cardiovasc Res 2018; 113:879-891. [PMID: 28444133 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvx055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Aims In heart failure transverse-tubule (t-tubule) remodelling disrupts calcium release, and contraction. T-tubules in human failing hearts exhibit increased labelling by wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), a lectin that binds to the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex. We hypothesized changes in this complex may explain the increased WGA labelling and contribute to t-tubule remodelling in the failing human heart. In this study we sought to identify the molecules responsible for this increased WGA labelling. Methods and results Confocal and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy and proteomic analyses were used to quantify left ventricle samples from healthy donors and patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM). Confocal microscopy demonstrated both WGA and dystrophin were located at t-tubules. Super-resolution microscopy revealed that WGA labelling of t-tubules is largely located within the lumen while dystrophin was restricted to near the sarcolemma. Western blots probed with WGA reveal a 5.7-fold increase in a 140 kDa band in IDCM. Mass spectrometry identified this band as type VI collagen (Col-VI) comprised of α1(VI), α2(VI), and α3(VI) chains. Pertinently, mutations in Col-VI cause muscular dystrophy. Western blotting identified a 2.4-fold increased expression and 3.2-fold increased WGA binding of Col-VI in IDCM. Confocal images showed that Col-VI is located in the t-tubules and that their diameter increased in the IDCM samples. Super-resolution imaging revealed Col-VI was restricted to the t-tubule lumen where increases were associated with displacement in the sarcolemma as identified from dystrophin labelling. Samples were also labelled for type I, III, and IV collagen. Both confocal and super-resolution imaging identified that these collagens were also present within t-tubule lumen. Conclusion Increased expression and labelling of collagen in IDCM samples indicates fibrosis may contribute to t-tubule remodelling in human heart failure.
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- David J Crossman
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, 3a Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
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- Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Fisher Road Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Fisher Road Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, West Campus, 300 Heffernan Drive, Haven, CT 06515, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland 1042, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand.,Living Systems Institute and Biomedical Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4QL, UK
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Høydal MA, Kirkeby-Garstad I, Karevold A, Wiseth R, Haaverstad R, Wahba A, Stølen TL, Contu R, Condorelli G, Ellingsen Ø, Smith GL, Kemi OJ, Wisløff U. Human cardiomyocyte calcium handling and transverse tubules in mid-stage of post-myocardial-infarction heart failure. ESC Heart Fail 2018; 5:332-342. [PMID: 29431258 PMCID: PMC5933953 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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AIMS Cellular processes in the heart rely mainly on studies from experimental animal models or explanted hearts from patients with terminal end-stage heart failure (HF). To address this limitation, we provide data on excitation contraction coupling, cardiomyocyte contraction and relaxation, and Ca2+ handling in post-myocardial-infarction (MI) patients at mid-stage of HF. METHODS AND RESULTS Nine MI patients and eight control patients without MI (non-MI) were included. Biopsies were taken from the left ventricular myocardium and processed for further measurements with epifluorescence and confocal microscopy. Cardiomyocyte function was progressively impaired in MI cardiomyocytes compared with non-MI cardiomyocytes when increasing electrical stimulation towards frequencies that simulate heart rates during physical activity (2 Hz); at 3 Hz, we observed almost total breakdown of function in MI. Concurrently, we observed impaired Ca2+ handling with more spontaneous Ca2+ release events, increased diastolic Ca2+ , lower Ca2+ amplitude, and prolonged time to diastolic Ca2+ removal in MI (P < 0.01). Significantly reduced transverse-tubule density (-35%, P < 0.01) and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ adenosine triphosphatase 2a (SERCA2a) function (-26%, P < 0.01) in MI cardiomyocytes may explain the findings. Reduced protein phosphorylation of phospholamban (PLB) serine-16 and threonine-17 in MI provides further mechanisms to the reduced function. CONCLUSIONS Depressed cardiomyocyte contraction and relaxation were associated with impaired intracellular Ca2+ handling due to impaired SERCA2a activity caused by a combination of alteration in the PLB/SERCA2a ratio and chronic dephosphorylation of PLB as well as loss of transverse tubules, which disrupts normal intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and handling. This is the first study that presents these mechanisms from viable and intact cardiomyocytes isolated from the left ventricle of human hearts at mid-stage of post-MI HF.
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- Morten Andre Høydal
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Humanitas Research Hospital CNR (National Research Council of Italy), Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Humanitas Research Hospital CNR (National Research Council of Italy), Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.,School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Smith CER, Trafford AW, Caldwell JL, Dibb KM. Physiology and patho-physiology of the cardiac transverse tubular system. CURRENT OPINION IN PHYSIOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2017.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Membrane invaginations called t-tubules play an integral role in triggering cardiomyocyte contraction, and their disruption during diseases such as heart failure critically impairs cardiac performance. In this review, we outline the growing understanding of the malleability of t-tubule structure and function, and highlight emerging t-tubule regulators which may be exploited for novel therapies. RECENT FINDINGS New technologies are revealing the nanometer scale organization of t-tubules, and their functional junctions with the sarcoplasmic reticulum called dyads, which generate Ca2+ sparks. Recent data have indicated that the dyadic anchoring protein junctophilin-2, and the membrane-bending protein BIN1 are key regulators of dyadic formation and maintenance. While the underlying signals which control expression and localization of these proteins remain unclear, accumulating data support an important role of myocardial workload. Although t-tubule alterations are believed to be a key cause of heart failure, the plasticity of these structures also creates an opportunity for therapy. Promising recent data suggest that such therapies may specifically target junctophilin-2, BIN1, and/or mechanotransduction.
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Crossman DJ, Jayasinghe ID, Soeller C. Transverse tubule remodelling: a cellular pathology driven by both sides of the plasmalemma? Biophys Rev 2017; 9:919-929. [PMID: 28695473 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-017-0273-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Transverse (t)-tubules are invaginations of the plasma membrane that form a complex network of ducts, 200-400 nm in diameter depending on the animal species, that penetrates deep within the cardiac myocyte, where they facilitate a fast and synchronous contraction across the entire cell volume. There is now a large body of evidence in animal models and humans demonstrating that pathological distortion of the t-tubule structure has a causative role in the loss of myocyte contractility that underpins many forms of heart failure. Investigations into the molecular mechanisms of pathological t-tubule remodelling to date have focused on proteins residing in the intracellular aspect of t-tubule membrane that form linkages between the membrane and myocyte cytoskeleton. In this review, we shed light on the mechanisms of t-tubule remodelling which are not limited to the intracellular side. Our recent data have demonstrated that collagen is an integral part of the t-tubule network and that it increases within the tubules in heart failure, suggesting that a fibrotic mechanism could drive cardiac junctional remodelling. We examine the evidence that the linkages between the extracellular matrix, t-tubule membrane and cellular cytoskeleton should be considered as a whole when investigating the mechanisms of t-tubule pathology in the failing heart.
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- David J Crossman
- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Biomedical Physics, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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Pinali C, Malik N, Davenport JB, Allan LJ, Murfitt L, Iqbal MM, Boyett MR, Wright EJ, Walker R, Zhang Y, Dobryznski H, Holt CM, Kitmitto A. Post-Myocardial Infarction T-tubules Form Enlarged Branched Structures With Dysregulation of Junctophilin-2 and Bridging Integrator 1 (BIN-1). J Am Heart Assoc 2017; 6:e004834. [PMID: 28473402 PMCID: PMC5524063 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.004834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Heart failure is a common secondary complication following a myocardial infarction (MI), characterized by impaired cardiac contraction and t-tubule (t-t) loss. However, post-MI nano-scale morphological changes to the remaining t-ts are poorly understood. METHOD AND RESULTS We utilized a porcine model of MI, using a nonlethal microembolization method to generate controlled microinfarcts. Using serial block face scanning electron microscopy, we report that post-MI, after mild left-ventricular dysfunction has developed, t-ts are not only lost in the peri-infarct region, but also the remnant t-ts form enlarged, highly branched disordered structures, containing a dense intricate inner membrane. Biochemical and proteomics analyses showed that the calcium release channel, ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2), abundance is unchanged, but junctophilin-2 (JP2), important for maintaining t-t trajectory, is depressed (-0.5×) in keeping with the t-ts being disorganized. However, immunolabeling shows that populations of RyR2 and JP2 remain associated with the remodeled t-ts. The bridging integrator 1 protein (BIN-1), a regulator of tubulogensis, is upregulated (+5.4×), consistent with an overdeveloped internal membrane system, a feature not present in control t-ts. Importantly, we have determined that t-ts, in the remote region, are narrowed and also contain dense membrane folds (BIN-1 is up-regulated +3.4×), whereas the t-ts have a radial organization comparable to control JP2 is upregulated +1.7×. CONCLUSIONS This study reveals previously unidentified remodeling of the t-t nano-architecture in the post-MI heart that extends to the remote region. Our findings highlight that targeting JP2 may be beneficial for preserving the orientation of the t-ts, attenuating the development of hypocontractility post-MI.
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- Christian Pinali
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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Unique to striated muscle cells, transverse tubules (t-tubules) are membrane organelles that consist of sarcolemma penetrating into the myocyte interior, forming a highly branched and interconnected network. Mature t-tubule networks are found in mammalian ventricular cardiomyocytes, with the transverse components of t-tubules occurring near sarcomeric z-discs. Cardiac t-tubules contain membrane microdomains enriched with ion channels and signaling molecules. The microdomains serve as key signaling hubs in regulation of cardiomyocyte function. Dyad microdomains formed at the junctional contact between t-tubule membrane and neighboring sarcoplasmic reticulum are critical in calcium signaling and excitation-contraction coupling necessary for beat-to-beat heart contraction. In this review, we provide an overview of the current knowledge in gross morphology and structure, membrane and protein composition, and function of the cardiac t-tubule network. We also review in detail current knowledge on the formation of functional membrane subdomains within t-tubules, with a particular focus on the cardiac dyad microdomain. Lastly, we discuss the dynamic nature of t-tubules including membrane turnover, trafficking of transmembrane proteins, and the life cycles of membrane subdomains such as the cardiac BIN1-microdomain, as well as t-tubule remodeling and alteration in diseased hearts. Understanding cardiac t-tubule biology in normal and failing hearts is providing novel diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities to better treat patients with failing hearts.
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- TingTing Hong
- Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California; and Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California; and Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Crocini C, Coppini R, Ferrantini C, Yan P, Loew LM, Poggesi C, Cerbai E, Pavone FS, Sacconi L. T-Tubular Electrical Defects Contribute to Blunted β-Adrenergic Response in Heart Failure. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17091471. [PMID: 27598150 PMCID: PMC5037749 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17091471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Alterations of the β-adrenergic signalling, structural remodelling, and electrical failure of T-tubules are hallmarks of heart failure (HF). Here, we assess the effect of β-adrenoceptor activation on local Ca2+ release in electrically coupled and uncoupled T-tubules in ventricular myocytes from HF rats. We employ an ultrafast random access multi-photon (RAMP) microscope to simultaneously record action potentials and Ca2+ transients from multiple T-tubules in ventricular cardiomyocytes from a HF rat model of coronary ligation compared to sham-operated rats as a control. We confirmed that β-adrenergic stimulation increases the frequency of Ca2+ sparks, reduces Ca2+ transient variability, and hastens the decay of Ca2+ transients: all these effects are similarly exerted by β-adrenergic stimulation in control and HF cardiomyocytes. Conversely, β-adrenergic stimulation in HF cells accelerates a Ca2+ rise exclusively in the proximity of T-tubules that regularly conduct the action potential. The delayed Ca2+ rise found at T-tubules that fail to conduct the action potential is instead not affected by β-adrenergic signalling. Taken together, these findings indicate that HF cells globally respond to β-adrenergic stimulation, except at T-tubules that fail to conduct action potentials, where the blunted effect of the β-adrenergic signalling may be directly caused by the lack of electrical activity.
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- Claudia Crocini
- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Florence 50019, Italy.
- National Institute of Optics, National Research Council, Florence 50125, Italy.
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department "NeuroFarBa", University of Florence, Florence 50139, Italy.
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence 50134, Italy.
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- R. D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
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- R. D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence 50134, Italy.
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department "NeuroFarBa", University of Florence, Florence 50139, Italy.
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Florence 50019, Italy.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy.
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Florence 50019, Italy.
- National Institute of Optics, National Research Council, Florence 50125, Italy.
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Mechanical forces will have been omnipresent since the origin of life, and living organisms have evolved mechanisms to sense, interpret, and respond to mechanical stimuli. The cardiovascular system in general, and the heart in particular, is exposed to constantly changing mechanical signals, including stretch, compression, bending, and shear. The heart adjusts its performance to the mechanical environment, modifying electrical, mechanical, metabolic, and structural properties over a range of time scales. Many of the underlying regulatory processes are encoded intracardially and are, thus, maintained even in heart transplant recipients. Although mechanosensitivity of heart rhythm has been described in the medical literature for over a century, its molecular mechanisms are incompletely understood. Thanks to modern biophysical and molecular technologies, the roles of mechanical forces in cardiac biology are being explored in more detail, and detailed mechanisms of mechanotransduction have started to emerge. Mechano-gated ion channels are cardiac mechanoreceptors. They give rise to mechano-electric feedback, thought to contribute to normal function, disease development, and, potentially, therapeutic interventions. In this review, we focus on acute mechanical effects on cardiac electrophysiology, explore molecular candidates underlying observed responses, and discuss their pharmaceutical regulation. From this, we identify open research questions and highlight emerging technologies that may help in addressing them.
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- Rémi Peyronnet
- From the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (R.P., P.K.); Departments of Developmental Biology and Internal Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (J.M.N.); Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Centre Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany (R.P., P.K.)
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- From the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (R.P., P.K.); Departments of Developmental Biology and Internal Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (J.M.N.); Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Centre Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany (R.P., P.K.)
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- From the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (R.P., P.K.); Departments of Developmental Biology and Internal Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (J.M.N.); Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Centre Freiburg/Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany (R.P., P.K.).
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BIN1 regulates dynamic t-tubule membrane. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1863:1839-47. [PMID: 26578114 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Revised: 10/31/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cardiac transverse tubules (t-tubules) are specific membrane organelles critical in calcium signaling and excitation-contraction coupling required for beat-to-beat heart contraction. T-tubules are highly branched and form an interconnected network that penetrates the myocyte interior to form junctions with the sarcoplasmic reticulum. T-tubules are selectively enriched with specific ion channels and proteins crucial in calcium transient development necessary in excitation-contraction coupling, thus t-tubules are a key component of cardiac myocyte function. In this review, we focus primarily on two proteins concentrated within the t-tubular network, the L-type calcium channel (LTCC) and associated membrane anchor protein, bridging integrator 1 (BIN1). Here, we provide an overview of current knowledge in t-tubule morphology, composition, microdomains, as well as the dynamics of the t-tubule network. Secondly, we highlight multiple aspects of BIN1-dependent t-tubule function, which includes forward trafficking of LTCCs to t-tubules, LTCC clustering at t-tubule surface, microdomain organization and regulation at t-tubule membrane, and the formation of a slow diffusion barrier within t-tubules. Lastly, we describe progress in characterizing how acquired human heart failure can be attributed to abnormal BIN1 transcription and associated t-tubule remodeling. Understanding BIN1-regulated cardiac t-tubule biology in human heart failure management has the dual benefit of promoting progress in both biomarker development and therapeutic target identification. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Cardiomyocyte Biology: Integration of Developmental and Environmental Cues in the Heart edited by Marcus Schaub and Hughes Abriel.
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Hoang-Trong TM, Ullah A, Jafri MS. Calcium Sparks in the Heart: Dynamics and Regulation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 6:203-214. [PMID: 27212876 DOI: 10.2147/rrb.s61495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Calcium (Ca2+) plays a central role in the contraction of the heart. It is the bi-directional link between electrical excitation of the heart and contraction. Electrical excitation initiates Ca2+influx across the sarcolemma and T-tubular membrane that triggered calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Ca2+sparks are the elementary events of calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Therefore, understanding the dynamics of Ca2+sparks is essential for understanding the function of the heart. To this end, numerous experimental and computational studies have focused on this topic, exploring the mechanisms of calcium spark initiation, termination, and regulation and what role these play in normal and patho-physiology. The proper understanding of Ca2+ spark regulation and dynamics serves as the foundation for our insights into a multitude of pathological conditions may develop that can be the result of structural and/or functional changes at the cellular or subcellular level. Computational modeling of Ca2+ spark dynamics has proven to be a useful tool to understand Ca2+ spark dynamics. This review addresses our current understanding of Ca2+ sparks and how synchronized SR Ca2+ release, in which Ca2+ sparks is a major pathway, is linked to the different cardiac diseases, especially arrhythmias.
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- Tuan M Hoang-Trong
- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030; Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 20201
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Roe AT, Frisk M, Louch WE. Targeting cardiomyocyte Ca2+ homeostasis in heart failure. Curr Pharm Des 2015; 21:431-48. [PMID: 25483944 PMCID: PMC4475738 DOI: 10.2174/138161282104141204124129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Improved treatments for heart failure patients will require the development of novel therapeutic strategies that target basal disease
mechanisms. Disrupted cardiomyocyte Ca2+ homeostasis is recognized as a major contributor to the heart failure phenotype, as it
plays a key role in systolic and diastolic dysfunction, arrhythmogenesis, and hypertrophy and apoptosis signaling. In this review, we outline
existing knowledge of the involvement of Ca2+ homeostasis in these deficits, and identify four promising targets for therapeutic intervention:
the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase, the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger, the ryanodine receptor, and t-tubule structure. We discuss
experimental data indicating the applicability of these targets that has led to recent and ongoing clinical trials, and suggest future therapeutic
approaches.
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Kirkeveien 166, 4.etg. Bygg 7, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, 0407 Oslo, Norway.
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Altered distribution of ICa impairs Ca release at the t-tubules of ventricular myocytes from failing hearts. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2015; 86:23-31. [PMID: 26103619 PMCID: PMC4564288 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Revised: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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In mammalian cardiac ventricular myocytes, Ca influx and release occur predominantly at t-tubules, ensuring synchronous Ca release throughout the cell. Heart failure is associated with disrupted t-tubule structure, but its effect on t-tubule function is less clear. We therefore investigated Ca influx and release at the t-tubules of ventricular myocytes isolated from rat hearts ~ 18 weeks after coronary artery ligation (CAL) or corresponding Sham operation. L-type Ca current (ICa) was recorded using the whole-cell voltage-clamp technique in intact and detubulated myocytes; Ca release at t-tubules was monitored using confocal microscopy with voltage- and Ca-sensitive fluorophores. CAL was associated with cardiac and cellular hypertrophy, decreased ejection fraction, disruption of t-tubule structure and a smaller, slower Ca transient, but no change in ryanodine receptor distribution, L-type Ca channel expression, or ICa density. In Sham myocytes, ICa was located predominantly at the t-tubules, while in CAL myocytes, it was uniformly distributed between the t-tubule and surface membranes. Inhibition of protein kinase A with H-89 caused a greater decrease of t-tubular ICa in CAL than in Sham myocytes; in the presence of H-89, t-tubular ICa density was smaller in CAL than in Sham myocytes. The smaller t-tubular ICa in CAL myocytes was accompanied by increased latency and heterogeneity of SR Ca release at t-tubules, which could be mimicked by decreasing ICa using nifedipine. These data show that CAL decreases t-tubular ICa via a PKA-independent mechanism, thereby impairing Ca release at t-tubules and contributing to the altered excitation–contraction coupling observed in heart failure. Whole-cell Ca current (ICa) density is not altered in myocytes from failing hearts. ICa density decreases in the t-tubules of myocytes from failing hearts. The decrease of t-tubular ICa is associated with impaired Ca release at t-tubules. These changes in Ca release can be mimicked by decreasing ICa using nifedipine.
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Chen B, Zhang C, Guo A, Song LS. In situ single photon confocal imaging of cardiomyocyte T-tubule system from Langendorff-perfused hearts. Front Physiol 2015; 6:134. [PMID: 25999861 PMCID: PMC4422017 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Transverse tubules (T-tubules) are orderly invaginations of the sarcolemma in mammalian cardiomyocytes. The integrity of T-tubule architecture is critical for cardiac excitation–contraction coupling function. T-tubule remodeling is recognized as a key player in cardiac dysfunction. Early studies on T-tubule structure were based on electron microscopy, which uncovered important information about the T-tubule architecture. The advent of fluorescent membrane probes allowed the application of confocal microscopy to investigations of T-tubule structure. Studies have now been extended beyond single cardiomyocytes to examine the T-tubule network in intact hearts through in situ confocal imaging of Langendorff-perfused hearts. This technique has allowed visualization of T-tubule organization in their natural habitat, avoiding the damage induced by isolation of cardiomyocytes. Additionally, it is possible to obtain T-tubule images in different subepicardial regions in a single intact heart. We review how this state-of-the-art imaging technique has provided important mechanistic insights into maturation of T-tubules in developing hearts and defined the role of T-tubule remodeling in development and progression of heart failure.
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- Biyi Chen
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Francois M. Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Francois M. Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Francois M. Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Francois M. Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA, USA
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Crossman DJ, Young AA, Ruygrok PN, Nason GP, Baddelely D, Soeller C, Cannell MB. T-tubule disease: Relationship between t-tubule organization and regional contractile performance in human dilated cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2015; 84:170-8. [PMID: 25953258 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Revised: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Evidence from animal models suggest that t-tubule changes may play an important role in the contractile deficit associated with heart failure. However samples are usually taken at random with no regard as to regional variability present in failing hearts which leads to uncertainty in the relationship between contractile performance and possible t-tubule derangement. Regional contraction in human hearts was measured by tagged cine MRI and model fitting. At transplant, failing hearts were biopsy sampled in identified regions and immunocytochemistry was used to label t-tubules and sarcomeric z-lines. Computer image analysis was used to assess 5 different unbiased measures of t-tubule structure/organization. In regions of failing hearts that showed good contractile performance, t-tubule organization was similar to that seen in normal hearts, with worsening structure correlating with the loss of regional contractile performance. Statistical analysis showed that t-tubule direction was most highly correlated with local contractile performance, followed by the amplitude of the sarcomeric peak in the Fourier transform of the t-tubule image. Other area based measures were less well correlated. We conclude that regional contractile performance in failing human hearts is strongly correlated with the local t-tubule organization. Cluster tree analysis with a functional definition of failing contraction strength allowed a pathological definition of 't-tubule disease'. The regional variability in contractile performance and cellular structure is a confounding issue for analysis of samples taken from failing human hearts, although this may be overcome with regional analysis by using tagged cMRI and biopsy mapping.
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- Department of Anatomy with Radiology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology, Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand
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- School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, UK
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- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, New Zealand; School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, UK.
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Jayasinghe ID, Clowsley AH, Munro M, Hou Y, Crossman DJ, Soeller C. Revealing T-Tubules in Striated Muscle with New Optical Super-Resolution Microscopy Techniquess. Eur J Transl Myol 2014; 25:4747. [PMID: 26913143 PMCID: PMC4748971 DOI: 10.4081/ejtm.2015.4747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The t-tubular system plays a central role in the synchronisation of calcium signalling and excitation-contraction coupling in most striated muscle cells. Light microscopy has been used for imaging t-tubules for well over 100 years and together with electron microscopy (EM), has revealed the three-dimensional complexities of the t-system topology within cardiomyocytes and skeletal muscle fibres from a range of species. The emerging super-resolution single molecule localisation microscopy (SMLM) techniques are offering a near 10-fold improvement over the resolution of conventional fluorescence light microscopy methods, with the ability to spectrally resolve nanometre scale distributions of multiple molecular targets. In conjunction with the next generation of electron microscopy, SMLM has allowed the visualisation and quantification of intricate t-tubule morphologies within large areas of muscle cells at an unprecedented level of detail. In this paper, we review recent advancements in the t-tubule structural biology with the utility of various microscopy techniques. We outline the technical considerations in adapting SMLM to study t-tubules and its potential to further our understanding of the molecular processes that underlie the sub-micron scale structural alterations observed in a range of muscle pathologies.
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Auckland , New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Auckland , New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Auckland , New Zealand
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- Biomedical Physics, University of Exeter, UK, New Zealand; Biomedical Physics, University of Exeter, UK, New Zealand
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Caldwell JL, Smith CER, Taylor RF, Kitmitto A, Eisner DA, Dibb KM, Trafford AW. Dependence of cardiac transverse tubules on the BAR domain protein amphiphysin II (BIN-1). Circ Res 2014; 115:986-96. [PMID: 25332206 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.116.303448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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RATIONALE Transverse tubules (t-tubules) regulate cardiac excitation-contraction coupling and exhibit interchamber and interspecies differences in expression. In cardiac disease, t-tubule loss occurs and affects the systolic calcium transient. However, the mechanisms controlling t-tubule maintenance and whether these factors differ between species, cardiac chambers, and in a disease setting remain unclear. OBJECTIVE To determine the role of the Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs domain protein amphiphysin II (AmpII) in regulating t-tubule maintenance and the systolic calcium transient. METHODS AND RESULTS T-tubule density was assessed by di-4-ANEPPS, FM4-64 or WGA staining using confocal microscopy. In rat, ferret, and sheep hearts t-tubule density and AmpII protein levels were lower in the atrium than in the ventricle. Heart failure (HF) was induced in sheep using right ventricular tachypacing and ferrets by ascending aortic coarctation. In both HF models, AmpII protein and t-tubule density were decreased in the ventricles. In the sheep, atrial t-tubules were also lost in HF and AmpII levels decreased. Conversely, junctophilin 2 levels did not show interchamber differences in the rat and ferret nor did they change in HF in the sheep or ferret. In addition, in rat atrial and sheep HF atrial cells where t-tubules were absent, junctophilin 2 had sarcomeric intracellular distribution. Small interfering RNA-induced knockdown of AmpII protein reduced t-tubule density, calcium transient amplitude, and the synchrony of the systolic calcium transient. CONCLUSIONS AmpII is intricately involved in t-tubule maintenance. Reducing AmpII protein decreases t-tubule density, reduces the amplitude, and increases the heterogeneity of the systolic calcium transient.
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- Jessica L Caldwell
- From the Unit of Cardiac Physiology and Cardiac Biophysics Group, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Unit of Cardiac Physiology and Cardiac Biophysics Group, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Unit of Cardiac Physiology and Cardiac Biophysics Group, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Unit of Cardiac Physiology and Cardiac Biophysics Group, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Unit of Cardiac Physiology and Cardiac Biophysics Group, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Unit of Cardiac Physiology and Cardiac Biophysics Group, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Unit of Cardiac Physiology and Cardiac Biophysics Group, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
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Defects in T-tubular electrical activity underlie local alterations of calcium release in heart failure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:15196-201. [PMID: 25288764 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411557111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Action potentials (APs), via the transverse axial tubular system (TATS), synchronously trigger uniform Ca(2+) release throughout the cardiomyocyte. In heart failure (HF), TATS structural remodeling occurs, leading to asynchronous Ca(2+) release across the myocyte and contributing to contractile dysfunction. In cardiomyocytes from failing rat hearts, we previously documented the presence of TATS elements which failed to propagate AP and displayed spontaneous electrical activity; the consequence for Ca(2+) release remained, however, unsolved. Here, we develop an imaging method to simultaneously assess TATS electrical activity and local Ca(2+) release. In HF cardiomyocytes, sites where T-tubules fail to conduct AP show a slower and reduced local Ca(2+) transient compared with regions with electrically coupled elements. It is concluded that TATS electrical remodeling is a major determinant of altered kinetics, amplitude, and homogeneity of Ca(2+) release in HF. Moreover, spontaneous depolarization events occurring in failing T-tubules can trigger local Ca(2+) release, resulting in Ca(2+) sparks. The occurrence of tubule-driven depolarizations and Ca(2+) sparks may contribute to the arrhythmic burden in heart failure.
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Lovett DH, Chu C, Wang G, Ratcliffe MB, Baker AJ. A N-terminal truncated intracellular isoform of matrix metalloproteinase-2 impairs contractility of mouse myocardium. Front Physiol 2014; 5:363. [PMID: 25309453 PMCID: PMC4174733 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The full-length isoform of matrixmetalloproteinase-2 (FL-MMP-2) plays a role in turnover of the cardiac extracellular matrix. FL-MMP-2 is also present intracellularly in association with sarcomeres and, in the setting of oxidative stress, cleaves myofilament proteins with resultant impaired contractility. Recently, a novel N-terminal truncated MMP-2 isoform (NTT-MMP-2) generated during oxidative stress was identified and shown to induce severe systolic failure; however, the injury mechanisms remained unclear. In this study, cardiac-specific NTT-MMP-2 transgenic mice were used to determine the physiological effects of NTT-MMP-2 on: force development of intact myocardium; the function of cardiac myofilaments in demembranated myocardium; and on intracellular Ca2+ transients in isolated myocytes. We related the contractile defects arising from NTT-MMP-2 expression to the known intracellular locations of NTT-MMP-2 determined using immunohistochemistry. Comparison was made with the pathophysiology arising from cardiac-specific FL-MMP-2 transgenic mice. Consistent with previous studies, FL-MMP-2 was localized to myofilaments, while NTT-MMP-2 was concentrated within subsarcolemmal mitochondria and to sites in register with the Z-line. NTT-MMP-2 expression caused a 50% reduction of force development by intact myocardium. However, NTT-MMP-2 expression did not reduce myofilament force development, consistent with the lack of NTT-MMP-2 localization to myofilaments. NTT-MMP-2 expression caused a 50% reduction in the amplitude of Ca2+ transients, indicating impaired activation. Conclusions: Unlike FL-MMP-2, NTT-MMP-2 does not mediate myofilament damage. Instead, NTT-MMP-2 causes impaired myocyte activation, which may involve effects due to localization in mitochondria and/or to transverse tubules affecting Ca2+ transients. Thus, FL-MMP-2 and NTT-MMP-2 have discrete intracellular locations and mediate different intracellular damage to cardiac myocytes.
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- David H Lovett
- Cardiology Division, San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center San Francisco, CA, USA ; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Cardiology Division, San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center San Francisco, CA, USA ; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Cardiology Division, San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center San Francisco, CA, USA ; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Cardiology Division, San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center San Francisco, CA, USA ; Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA ; Joint UC Berkeley/UCSF Bioengineering Group San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Cardiology Division, San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center San Francisco, CA, USA ; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA, USA
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Pinali C, Kitmitto A. Serial block face scanning electron microscopy for the study of cardiac muscle ultrastructure at nanoscale resolutions. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2014; 76:1-11. [PMID: 25149127 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Electron microscopy techniques have made a significant contribution towards understanding muscle physiology since the 1950s. Subsequent advances in hardware and software have led to major breakthroughs in terms of image resolution as well as the ability to generate three-dimensional (3D) data essential for linking structure to function and dysfunction. In this methodological review we consider the application of a relatively new technique, serial block face scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM), for the study of cardiac muscle morphology. Employing SBF-SEM we have generated 3D data for cardiac myocytes within the myocardium with a voxel size of ~15 nm in the X-Y plane and 50 nm in the Z-direction. We describe how SBF-SEM can be used in conjunction with selective staining techniques to reveal the 3D cellular organisation and the relationship between the t-tubule (t-t) and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) networks. These methods describe how SBF-SEM can be used to provide qualitative data to investigate the organisation of the dyad, a specialised calcium microdomain formed between the t-ts and the junctional portion of the SR (jSR). We further describe how image analysis methods may be applied to interrogate the 3D volumes to provide quantitative data such as the volume of the cell occupied by the t-t and SR membranes and the volumes and surface area of jSR patches. We consider the strengths and weaknesses of the SBF-SEM technique, pitfalls in sample preparation together with tips and methods for image analysis. By providing a 'big picture' view at high resolutions, in comparison to conventional confocal microscopy, SBF-SEM represents a paradigm shift for imaging cellular networks in their native environment.
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- Christian Pinali
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, M13 9NT, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, M13 9NT, UK.
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Moench I, Lopatin AN. Ca(2+) homeostasis in sealed t-tubules of mouse ventricular myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2014; 72:374-83. [PMID: 24787472 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2014] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We have recently shown that in mouse ventricular myocytes, t-tubules can be quickly and tightly sealed during the resolution of hyposmotic shock of physiologically relevant magnitude. Sealing of t-tubules is associated with trapping extracellular solution inside the myocytes but the ionic homeostasis of sealed t-tubules and the consequences of potential transtubular ion fluxes remain unknown. In this study we investigated the dynamics of Ca(2+) movements associated with sealing of t-tubules. The data show that under normal conditions sealed t-tubules contain Ca(2+) at concentrations below 100μM. However, blockade of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels with 10μM nicardipine, or increasing extracellular concentration of K(+) from 5.4mM to 20mM led to several fold increase in concentration of t-tubular Ca(2+). Alternatively, the release of Ca(2+) from sarcoplasmic reticulum using 10mM caffeine led to the restoration of t-tubular Ca(2+) towards extracellular levels within few seconds. Sealing of t-tubules in the presence of extracellular 1.5mM Ca(2+) and 5.4mM extracellular K(+) led to occasional and sporadic intracellular Ca(2+) transients. In contrast, sealing of t-tubules in the presence of 10mM caffeine was characterized by a significant long lasting increase in intracellular Ca(2+). The effect was completely abolished in the absence of extracellular Ca(2+) and significantly reduced in pre-detubulated myocytes but was essentially preserved in the presence of mitochondrial decoupler dinitrophenol. This study shows that sealed t-tubules are capable of highly regulated transport of Ca(2+) and present a major route for Ca(2+) influx into the cytosol during sealing process.
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- I Moench
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Effect of ion concentration changes in the limited extracellular spaces on sarcolemmal ion transport and Ca2+ turnover in a model of human ventricular cardiomyocyte. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:24271-92. [PMID: 24351816 PMCID: PMC3876110 DOI: 10.3390/ijms141224271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2013] [Revised: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We have developed a computer model of human cardiac ventricular myocyte (CVM), including t-tubular and cleft spaces with the aim of evaluating the impact of accumulation-depletion of ions in restricted extracellular spaces on transmembrane ion transport and ionic homeostasis in human CVM. The model was based on available data from human CVMs. Under steady state, the effect of ion concentration changes in extracellular spaces on [Ca2+]i-transient was explored as a function of critical fractions of ion transporters in t-tubular membrane (not documented for human CVM). Depletion of Ca2+ and accumulation of K+ occurring in extracellular spaces slightly affected the transmembrane Ca2+ flux, but not the action potential duration (APD90). The [Ca2+]i-transient was reduced (by 2%–9%), depending on the stimulation frequency, the rate of ion exchange between t-tubules and clefts and fractions of ion-transfer proteins in the t-tubular membrane. Under non-steady state, the responses of the model to changes of stimulation frequency were analyzed. A sudden increase of frequency (1–2.5 Hz) caused a temporal decrease of [Ca2+] in both extracellular spaces, a reduction of [Ca2+]i-transient (by 15%) and APD90 (by 13 ms). The results reveal different effects of activity-related ion concentration changes in human cardiac t-tubules (steady-state effects) and intercellular clefts (transient effects) in the modulation of membrane ion transport and Ca2+ turnover.
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Ferrantini C, Crocini C, Coppini R, Vanzi F, Tesi C, Cerbai E, Poggesi C, Pavone FS, Sacconi L. The transverse-axial tubular system of cardiomyocytes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70:4695-710. [PMID: 23846763 PMCID: PMC11113601 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1410-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2013] [Revised: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A characteristic histological feature of striated muscle cells is the presence of deep invaginations of the plasma membrane (sarcolemma), most commonly referred to as T-tubules or the transverse-axial tubular system (TATS). TATS mediates the rapid spread of the electrical signal (action potential) to the cell core triggering Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, ultimately inducing myofilament contraction (excitation-contraction coupling). T-tubules, first described in vertebrate skeletal muscle cells, have also been recognized for a long time in mammalian cardiac ventricular myocytes, with a structure and a function that in recent years have been shown to be far more complex and pivotal for cardiac function than initially thought. Renewed interest in T-tubule function stems from the loss and disorganization of T-tubules found in a number of pathological conditions including human heart failure (HF) and dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies, as well as in animal models of HF, chronic ischemia and atrial fibrillation. Disease-related remodeling of the TATS leads to asynchronous and inhomogeneous Ca(2+)-release, due to the presence of orphan ryanodine receptors that have lost their coupling with the dihydropyridine receptors and are either not activated or activated with a delay. Here, we review the physiology of the TATS, focusing first on the relationship between function and structure, and then describing T-tubular remodeling and its reversal in disease settings and following effective therapeutic approaches.
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- C. Ferrantini
- Division of Physiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Centre of Molecular Medicine (C.I.M.M.B.A.), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Centre of Molecular Medicine (C.I.M.M.B.A.), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Division of Pharmacology, Department “NeuroFarBa”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Centre of Molecular Medicine (C.I.M.M.B.A.), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Centre of Molecular Medicine (C.I.M.M.B.A.), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Division of Pharmacology, Department “NeuroFarBa”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Centre of Molecular Medicine (C.I.M.M.B.A.), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- National Institute of Optics (INO), National Research Council (CNR), Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- National Institute of Optics (INO), National Research Council (CNR), Florence, Italy
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Smaill BH, Zhao J, Trew ML. Three-dimensional impulse propagation in myocardium: arrhythmogenic mechanisms at the tissue level. Circ Res 2013; 112:834-48. [PMID: 23449546 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.111.300157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Impulse propagation in the heart depends on the excitability of individual cardiomyocytes, impulse transmission between adjacent myocytes, and the 3-dimensional arrangement of those cells. Here, we review the role of each of these factors in normal and aberrant cardiac electric activation, with particular emphasis on the effects of 3-dimensional myocyte architecture at the tissue scale. The analysis draws on findings from in vivo and in vitro experiments, as well as biophysically based computer models that have been used to integrate and interpret these experimental data. It indicates that discontinuous arrangement of myocytes and extracellular connective tissue at the tissue scale can give rise to current source-to-sink mismatch, spatiotemporal distribution of refractoriness, and rate-sensitive electric instability, which contribute to the initiation and maintenance of reentrant cardiac arrhythmia. This exacerbates the risk of rhythm disturbance associated with heart disease. We conclude that structure-based, multiscale computer models that incorporate accurate information about local cellular electric activity provide a powerful platform for investigating the basis of reentrant cardiac arrhythmia. However, it is important that these models capture key features of structure and related electric function at the tissue scale.
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- Bruce H Smaill
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
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Dibb KM, Clarke JD, Eisner DA, Richards MA, Trafford AW. A functional role for transverse (t-) tubules in the atria. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2013; 58:84-91. [PMID: 23147188 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2012.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mammalian ventricular myocytes are characterised by the presence of an extensive transverse (t-) tubule network which is responsible for the synchronous rise of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) during systole. Disruption to the ventricular t-tubule network occurs in various cardiac pathologies and leads to heterogeneous changes of [Ca(2+)]i which are thought to contribute to the reduced contractility and increased susceptibility to arrhythmias of the diseased ventricle. Here we review evidence that, despite the long-held dogma of atrial cells having no or very few t-tubules, there is indeed an extensive and functionally significant t-tubule network present in atrial myocytes of large mammals including human. Moreover, the atrial t-tubule network is highly plastic in nature and undergoes far more extensive remodelling in heart disease than is the case in the ventricle with profound consequences for the resulting systolic Ca(2+) transient. In addition to considering the functional role of the t-tubule network in the healthy and diseased atria we also provide an overview of recent data concerning the putative factors controlling the formation of t-tubules and conclude by posing some important questions that currently remain to be addressed and whether or not targeting t-tubules offers potential novel therapeutic possibilities for heart disease.
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- Katharine M Dibb
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3.08 Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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Zhang HB, Li RC, Xu M, Xu SM, Lai YS, Wu HD, Xie XJ, Gao W, Ye H, Zhang YY, Meng X, Wang SQ. Ultrastructural uncoupling between T-tubules and sarcoplasmic reticulum in human heart failure. Cardiovasc Res 2013; 98:269-76. [PMID: 23405000 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS Chronic heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome with impaired myocardial contractility. In failing cardiomyocytes, decreased signalling efficiency between the L-type Ca(2+) channels (LCCs) in the plasma membrane (including transverse tubules, TTs) and the ryanodine receptors (RyRs) in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) underlies the defective excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling. It is therefore intriguing to know how the LCC-RyR signalling apparatus is remodelled in human heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS Stereological analysis of transmission electron microscopic images showed that the volume densities and the surface areas of TTs and junctional SRs were both decreased in heart failure specimens of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and ischaemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). The TT-SR junctions were reduced by ~60%, with the remaining displaced from the Z-line areas. Moreover, the spatial span of individual TT-SR junctions was reduced by ~17% in both DCM and ICM tissues. In accordance with these remodelling, junctophilin-2 (JP2), a structural protein anchoring SRs to TTs, was down-regulated, and miR-24, a microRNA that suppresses JP2 expression, was up-regulated in both heart failure tissues. CONCLUSION Human heart failure of distinct causes shared similar physical uncoupling between TTs and SRs, which appeared attributable to the reduced expression of JP2 and increased expression of miR-24. Therapeutic strategy against JP2 down-regulation would be expected to protect patients from cardiac E-C uncoupling.
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- Hai-Bo Zhang
- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100092, China
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Poláková E, Sobie EA. Alterations in T-tubule and dyad structure in heart disease: challenges and opportunities for computational analyses. Cardiovasc Res 2013; 98:233-9. [PMID: 23396602 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Compelling recent experimental results make clear that sub-cellular structures are altered in ventricular myocytes during the development of heart failure, in both human samples and diverse experimental models. These alterations can include, but are not limited to, changes in the clusters of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-release channels, ryanodine receptors, and changes in the average distance between the cell membrane and ryanodine receptor clusters. In this review, we discuss the potential consequences of these structural alterations on the triggering of SR Ca(2+) release during excitation-contraction coupling. In particular, we describe how mathematical models of local SR Ca(2+) release can be used to predict functional changes resulting from diverse modifications that occur in disease states. We review recent studies that have used simulations to understand the consequences of sub-cellular structural changes, and we discuss modifications that will allow for future modelling studies to address unresolved questions. We conclude with a discussion of improvements in both experimental and mathematical modelling techniques that will be required to provide a stronger quantitative understanding of the functional consequences of changes in sub-cellular structure in heart disease.
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- Eva Poláková
- Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1215, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Guo A, Zhang C, Wei S, Chen B, Song LS. Emerging mechanisms of T-tubule remodelling in heart failure. Cardiovasc Res 2013; 98:204-15. [PMID: 23393229 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling occurs primarily at the sites of transverse (T)-tubule/sarcoplasmic reticulum junctions. The orderly T-tubule network guarantees the instantaneous excitation and synchronous activation of nearly all Ca(2+) release sites throughout the large ventricular myocyte. Because of the critical roles played by T-tubules and the array of channels and transporters localized to the T-tubule membrane network, T-tubule architecture has recently become an area of considerable research interest in the cardiovascular field. This review will focus on the current knowledge regarding normal T-tubule structure and function in the heart, T-tubule remodelling in the transition from compensated hypertrophy to heart failure, and the impact of T-tubule remodelling on myocyte Ca(2+) handling function. In the last section, we discuss the molecular mechanisms underlying T-tubule remodelling in heart disease.
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- Ang Guo
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Jayasinghe I, Crossman D, Soeller C, Cannell M. Comparison of the organization of T-tubules, sarcoplasmic reticulum and ryanodine receptors in rat and human ventricular myocardium. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2013; 39:469-76. [PMID: 21790719 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2011.05578.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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1. It is apparent from the literature that there are significant differences in excitation-contraction coupling between species, particularly in the density of calcium transporting proteins in the t-system and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) release channels. Unfortunately, there is a lack of information as to how the principal structures that link electrical excitation to the activation of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) are different between human and animal models (particularly rat). 2. Comparison of wheat germ agglutinin and caveolin-3 labelling revealed a non-uniform distribution of surface membrane glycosylation in the rat, rabbit and human, and that the rat t-system appeared more complex in geometry than the latter species. Analysis of the t-system skeleton showed that the t-system was highly branched in the rat compared with that of the human (0.8 ± 0.08 and 0.2 ± 0.07 branch points per μm(2) , respectively; P < 0.001). 3. We also compared the distribution of contractile machinery, sodium-calcium exchange, SR and ryanodine receptors (RyR) in rat and human. F-Actin and RyR labelling was used to estimate the area of contractile apparatus supplied by each RyR cluster. In the rat, each RyR cluster supplied an average cross-sectional area of contractile machinery of 0.36 ± 0.03μm(2) compared with 0.49 ± 0.04 μm(2) in human (P = 0.048). Sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA2a) labelling showed that the SR formed a tight network of loops surrounding contractile fibrils that were denser than the t-tubule network, but otherwise appeared similar in both species. 4. In general, the results show a higher density in structures involved in CICR in the rat compared with human.
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- Id Jayasinghe
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Tao W, Shi J, Dorn GW, Wei L, Rubart M. Spatial variability in T-tubule and electrical remodeling of left ventricular epicardium in mouse hearts with transgenic Gαq overexpression-induced pathological hypertrophy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2012; 53:409-19. [PMID: 22728217 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2012.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2012] [Revised: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/13/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Pathological left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is consistently associated with prolongation of the ventricular action potentials. A number of previous studies, employing various experimental models of hypertrophy, have revealed marked differences in the effects of hypertrophy on action potential duration (APD) between myocytes from endocardial and epicardial layers of the LV free wall. It is not known, however, whether pathological LVH is also accompanied by redistribution of APD among myocytes from the same layer in the LV free wall. In the experiments here, LV epicardial action potential remodeling was examined in a mouse model of decompensated LVH, produced by cardiac-restricted transgenic Gαq overexpression. Confocal linescanning-based optical recordings of propagated action potentials from individual in situ cardiomyocytes across the outer layer of the anterior LV epicardium demonstrated spatially non-uniform action potential prolongation in transgenic hearts, giving rise to alterations in spatial dispersion of epicardial repolarization. Local density and distribution of anti-Cx43 mmune reactivity in Gαq hearts were unchanged compared to wild-type hearts, suggesting preservation of intercellular coupling. Confocal microscopy also revealed heterogeneous disorganization of T-tubules in epicardial cardiomyocytes in situ. These data provide evidence of the existence of significant electrical and structural heterogeneity within the LV epicardial layer of hearts with transgenic Gαq overexpression-induced hypertrophy, and further support the notion that a small portion of electrically well connected LV tissue can maintain dispersion of action potential duration through heterogeneity in the activities of sarcolemmal ionic currents that control repolarization. It remains to be examined whether other experimental models of pathological LVH, including pressure overload LVH, similarly exhibit alterations in T-tubule organization and/or dispersion of repolarization within distinct layers of LV myocardium.
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- Wen Tao
- Riley Heart Research Center, Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5225, USA
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Wagner E, Lauterbach MA, Kohl T, Westphal V, Williams GSB, Steinbrecher JH, Streich JH, Korff B, Tuan HTM, Hagen B, Luther S, Hasenfuss G, Parlitz U, Jafri MS, Hell SW, Lederer WJ, Lehnart SE. Stimulated emission depletion live-cell super-resolution imaging shows proliferative remodeling of T-tubule membrane structures after myocardial infarction. Circ Res 2012; 111:402-14. [PMID: 22723297 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.112.274530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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RATIONALE Transverse tubules (TTs) couple electric surface signals to remote intracellular Ca(2+) release units (CRUs). Diffraction-limited imaging studies have proposed loss of TT components as disease mechanism in heart failure (HF). OBJECTIVES Objectives were to develop quantitative super-resolution strategies for live-cell imaging of TT membranes in intact cardiomyocytes and to show that TT structures are progressively remodeled during HF development, causing early CRU dysfunction. METHODS AND RESULTS Using stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, we characterized individual TTs with nanometric resolution as direct readout of local membrane morphology 4 and 8 weeks after myocardial infarction (4pMI and 8pMI). Both individual and network TT properties were investigated by quantitative image analysis. The mean area of TT cross sections increased progressively from 4pMI to 8pMI. Unexpectedly, intact TT networks showed differential changes. Longitudinal and oblique TTs were significantly increased at 4pMI, whereas transversal components appeared decreased. Expression of TT-associated proteins junctophilin-2 and caveolin-3 was significantly changed, correlating with network component remodeling. Computational modeling of spatial changes in HF through heterogeneous TT reorganization and RyR2 orphaning (5000 of 20 000 CRUs) uncovered a local mechanism of delayed subcellular Ca(2+) release and action potential prolongation. CONCLUSIONS This study introduces STED nanoscopy for live mapping of TT membrane structures. During early HF development, the local TT morphology and associated proteins were significantly altered, leading to differential network remodeling and Ca(2+) release dyssynchrony. Our data suggest that TT remodeling during HF development involves proliferative membrane changes, early excitation-contraction uncoupling, and network fracturing.
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- Eva Wagner
- Heart Research Center Goettingen, University Medicine Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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