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Braun JL, Hamstra SI, Messner HN, Fajardo VA. SERCA2a tyrosine nitration coincides with impairments in maximal SERCA activity in left ventricles from tafazzin-deficient mice. Physiol Rep 2020; 7:e14215. [PMID: 31444868 PMCID: PMC6708055 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+‐ATPase (SERCA) is imperative for normal cardiac function regulating both muscle relaxation and contractility. SERCA2a is the predominant isoform in cardiac muscles and is inhibited by phospholamban (PLN). Under conditions of oxidative stress, SERCA2a may also be impaired by tyrosine nitration. Tafazzin (Taz) is a mitochondrial‐specific transacylase that regulates mature cardiolipin (CL) formation, and its absence leads to mitochondrial dysfunction and excessive production of reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS). In the present study, we examined SERCA function, SERCA2a tyrosine nitration, and PLN expression/phosphorylation in left ventricles (LV) obtained from young (3‐5 months) and old (10‐12 months) wild‐type (WT) and Taz knockdown (TazKD) male mice. These mice are a mouse model for Barth syndrome, which is characterized by mitochondrial dysfunction, excessive ROS/RNS production, and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Here, we show that maximal SERCA activity was impaired in both young and old TazKD LV, a result that correlated with elevated SERCA2a tyrosine nitration. In addition PLN protein was decreased, and its phosphorylation was increased in TazKD LV compared with control, which suggests that PLN may not contribute to the impairments in SERCA function. These changes in expression and phosphorylation of PLN may be an adaptive response aimed to improve SERCA function in TazKD mice. Nonetheless, we demonstrate for the first time that SERCA function is impaired in LVs obtained from young and old TazKD mice likely due to elevated ROS/RNS production. Future studies should determine whether improving SERCA function can improve cardiac contractility and pathology in TazKD mice.
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- Jessica L Braun
- Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.,Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.,Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.,Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.,Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
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Britzolaki A, Saurine J, Klocke B, Pitychoutis PM. A Role for SERCA Pumps in the Neurobiology of Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1131:131-161. [PMID: 31646509 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12457-1_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Calcium (Ca2+) is a fundamental regulator of cell fate and intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis is crucial for proper function of the nerve cells. Given the complexity of neurons, a constellation of mechanisms finely tunes the intracellular Ca2+ signaling. We are focusing on the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (SR/ER) calcium (Ca2+)-ATPase (SERCA) pump, an integral ER protein. SERCA's well established role is to preserve low cytosolic Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]cyt), by pumping free Ca2+ ions into the ER lumen, utilizing ATP hydrolysis. The SERCA pumps are encoded by three distinct genes, SERCA1-3, resulting in 12 known protein isoforms, with tissue-dependent expression patterns. Despite the well-established structure and function of the SERCA pumps, their role in the central nervous system is not clear yet. Interestingly, SERCA-mediated Ca2+ dyshomeostasis has been associated with neuropathological conditions, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. We summarize here current evidence suggesting a role for SERCA in the neurobiology of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, thus highlighting the importance of this pump in brain physiology and pathophysiology.
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- Aikaterini Britzolaki
- Department of Biology & Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology & Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology & Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology & Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA.
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Antaloae AV, Montigny C, le Maire M, Watson KA, Sørensen TLM. Optimisation of recombinant production of active human cardiac SERCA2a ATPase. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71842. [PMID: 23951256 PMCID: PMC3741278 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 07/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Methods for recombinant production of eukaryotic membrane proteins, yielding sufficient quantity and quality of protein for structural biology, remain a challenge. We describe here, expression and purification optimisation of the human SERCA2a cardiac isoform of Ca(2+) translocating ATPase, using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the heterologous expression system of choice. Two different expression vectors were utilised, allowing expression of C-terminal fusion proteins with a biotinylation domain or a GFP- His8 tag. Solubilised membrane fractions containing the protein of interest were purified onto Streptavidin-Sepharose, Ni-NTA or Talon resin, depending on the fusion tag present. Biotinylated protein was detected using specific antibody directed against SERCA2 and, advantageously, GFP-His8 fusion protein was easily traced during the purification steps using in-gel fluorescence. Importantly, talon resin affinity purification proved more specific than Ni-NTA resin for the GFP-His8 tagged protein, providing better separation of oligomers present, during size exclusion chromatography. The optimised method for expression and purification of human cardiac SERCA2a reported herein, yields purified protein (> 90%) that displays a calcium-dependent thapsigargin-sensitive activity and is suitable for further biophysical, structural and physiological studies. This work provides support for the use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a suitable expression system for recombinant production of multi-domain eukaryotic membrane proteins.
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- Ana V. Antaloae
- School of Biological Sciences, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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- CEA, iBiTec-S, CNRS, UMR 8221, Universite Paris-Sud, Saclay, France
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- CEA, iBiTec-S, CNRS, UMR 8221, Universite Paris-Sud, Saclay, France
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- School of Biological Sciences, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (KAW); (TL-MS)
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (KAW); (TL-MS)
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Savignac M, Edir A, Simon M, Hovnanian A. Darier disease : a disease model of impaired calcium homeostasis in the skin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1813:1111-7. [PMID: 21167218 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2010] [Revised: 12/03/2010] [Accepted: 12/04/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The importance of extracellular calcium in epidermal differentiation and intra-epidermal cohesion has been recognized for many years. Darier disease (DD) was the first genetic skin disease caused by abnormal epidermal calcium homeostasis to be identified. DD is characterized by loss of cell-to-cell adhesion and abnormal keratinization. DD is caused by genetic defects in ATP2A2 encoding the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase isoform 2 (SERCA2). SERCA2 is a calcium pump of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) transporting Ca(2+) from the cytosol to the lumen of ER. ATP2A2 mutations lead to loss of Ca(2+) transport by SERCA2 resulting in decreased ER Ca(2+) concentration in Darier keratinocytes. Here, we review the role of SERCA2 pumps and calcium in normal epidermis, and we discuss the consequences of ATP2A2 mutations on Ca(2+) signaling in DD. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: 11th European Symposium on Calcium.
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Mice carrying a conditional Serca2(flox) allele for the generation of Ca(2+) handling-deficient mouse models. Cell Calcium 2009; 46:219-25. [PMID: 19692123 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2009.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2009] [Revised: 06/09/2009] [Accepted: 07/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum calcium ATPases (SERCA) are cellular pumps that transport Ca(2+) into the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Serca2 is the most widely expressed gene family member. The very early embryonic lethality of Serca2(null) mouse embryos has precluded further evaluation of loss of Serca2 function in the context of organ physiology. We have generated mice carrying a conditional Serca2(flox) allele which allows disruption of the Serca2 gene in an organ-specific and/or inducible manner. The model was tested by mating Serca2(flox) mice with MLC-2v(wt/Cre) mice and with alphaMHC-Cre transgenic mice. In heterozygous Serca2(wt/flox)MLC-2v(wt/Cre) mice, the expression of SERCA2a and SERCA2b proteins were reduced in the heart and slow skeletal muscle, in accordance with the expression pattern of the MLC-2v gene. In Serca2(flox/flox) Tg(alphaMHC-Cre) embryos with early homozygous cardiac Serca2 disruption, normal embryonic development and yolk sac circulation was maintained up to at least embryonic stage E10.5. The Serca2(flox) mouse is the first murine conditional gene disruption model for the SERCA family of Ca(2+) ATPases, and should be a powerful tool for investigating specific physiological roles of SERCA2 function in a range of tissues and organs in vivo both in adult and embryonic stages.
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Liu YH, Qi J, Hou YX, Wang F. Effects of sex hormones on genioglossal muscle contractility and SR Ca2+-ATPase activity in aged rat. Arch Oral Biol 2008; 53:353-60. [PMID: 18070614 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2007.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2007] [Revised: 09/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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SCHAPER W, ZIMMERMANN R, KLUGE A, ANDRES J, SHARMA HS, FRASS O, KNöLL R, WINKLER B, VERDOUW P. Patterns of Myocardial Gene Expression after Cycles of Brief Coronary Occlusion and Reperfusion. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb36734.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sato T, Ohkusa T, Suzuki S, Nao T, Yano M, Matsuzaki M. High Ambient Pressure Produces Hypertrophy and Up-Regulates Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Regulatory Proteins in Cultured Rat Cardiomyocytes. Hypertens Res 2006; 29:1013-20. [PMID: 17378374 DOI: 10.1291/hypres.29.1013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Previously, we demonstrated in vivo that the nature of the alterations in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) function and SR Ca2+ regulatory proteins depends both on the type of mechanical overload imposed and on the duration of the heart disorder. The purpose of the present study was to determine in vitro whether an extrinsic mechanical overload (in the form of high ambient pressure) would cause an up-regulation of ryanodine receptor (RyR) and Ca2+-ATPase, as we previously reported mildly pressure-overloaded, hypertrophied rat hearts. Primary cultures of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were prepared and high ambient pressure was produced using an incubator and pressure-overloading apparatus. Cells were exposed to one of two conditions for 72 h: atmospheric pressure conditions (APC) or high pressure conditions (HPC; HPC=APC+200 mmHg). The expression levels of RyR and Ca2+-ATPase were quantified and functional characteristics were monitored. The cell area was significantly greater under HPC. After 6 h exposure, the physiological properties of cardiomyocytes were impaired, but they returned to the baseline level within 24 h. After 24 h exposure, the expression level of RyR was significantly higher under HPC, and for Ca2+-ATPase, the expression level was significantly higher under HPC after 6 h exposure. HPC caused hypertrophy and up-regulated the expression of Ca2+ regulatory proteins and their genes. We suggest that this in vitro pressure-overloading model may prove useful, as is a stretch-overloading model, for investigation of the intracellular Ca2+ regulatory pathways responsible for the development of cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Takashi Sato
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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Divet A, Lompré AM, Huchet-Cadiou C. Effect of cyclopiazonic acid, an inhibitor of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase, on skeletal muscles from normal and mdx mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 184:173-86. [PMID: 15954985 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201x.2005.01450.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM In this study, we investigated Ca2+ loading by the sarcoplasmic reticulum in skeletal muscle from mdx mice, an animal model of human Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, at two stages of development: 4 and 11 weeks. METHOD Experiments were conducted on fast- (extensor digitorum longus, EDL) and slow- (soleus) twitch muscles expressing different isoforms of Ca2+-ATPase, which is responsible for the uptake of Ca2+ by the sarcoplasmic reticulum. RESULTS In sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles, the ATP-dependent activity and sensitivity to cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), an inhibitor of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase, were similar in mdx and normal EDL muscle. Furthermore, in chemically-skinned fibres from both normal and mdx muscles, the presence of CPA induced a decrease in Ca2+ uptake by the sarcoplasmic reticulum. However, the sensitivity to CPA was lower in mdx EDL muscle than in normal muscle. In addition, in EDL muscle from 4-week-old mdx mice, the expression of the slow Ca2+-pump isoform (SERCA2a) was significantly increased, without any accompanying change in slow myosin expression. In contrast, the expression and function of the Ca2+-ATPase in mdx soleus muscles at 4- and 11-weeks of development did not differ from those in age-matched controls. CONCLUSION These findings show that in dystrophic muscle, where the Ca2+ homeostasis was perturbed, the Ca2+ handling by the sarcoplasmic reticulum was altered in fast-twitch muscle, and this was associated with the expression of the slow isoform of SERCA. In these muscles, reduced Ca2+ uptake could then contribute to an elevated concentration of Ca2+ in the cytosol, and also to Ca2+ depletion of the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
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- A Divet
- CNRS UMR 6204, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Nantes, Nantes, Cedex 03, France
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El-Armouche A, Jaeckel E, Boheler KR, Boknik P, Hertle B, Neumann J, Eschenhagen T. Ouabain treatment is associated with upregulation of phosphatase inhibitor-1 and Na+/Ca2+-exchanger and β-adrenergic sensitization in rat hearts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 318:219-26. [PMID: 15110776 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cardiac glycosides are widely used in the treatment of congestive heart failure. While the mechanism of the positive inotropic effect after acute application of cardiac glycosides is explained by blockade of the Na+/K+-pump, little is known about consequences of a prolonged therapy. Here male Wistar rats were treated for 4 days with continuous infusions of ouabain (6.5 mg/kg/day) or 0.9% NaCl (control) via osmotic minipumps. Electrically driven (1 Hz, 35 degrees C) papillary muscles from ouabain-treated rats exhibited shorter relaxation time (-15%) and a twofold increase in the sensitivity for the positive inotropic effect of isoprenaline. The density and affinity of beta1- and beta2-adrenoceptors as well as mRNA and protein levels of stimulatory (G(s)alpha) and inhibitory (G(i)alpha-2, G(i)alpha-3) G-proteins were unaffected by ouabain. Similarly, SR-Ca2+-ATPase 2A, phospholamban, ryanodine-receptor expression as well as the oxalate-stimulated 45Ca-uptake of membrane vesicles remained unchanged. However, mRNA abundance of the protein phosphatase inhibitor-1 (I-1) and the Na+/Ca2+-exchanger (NCX) were increased by 52% and 26%, respectively. I-1 plays an amplifier role in cardiac signaling. Downregulation of I-1 in human heart failure is associated with desensitization of the beta-adrenergic signaling pathway. The present data suggest that the ouabain-induced increase in I-1 expression might be at least partly responsible for the increased isoprenaline sensitivity and increased expression of NCX for the accelerated relaxation after chronic ouabain in this model.
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- Ali El-Armouche
- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Iemitsu M, Miyauchi T, Maeda S, Tanabe T, Takanashi M, Matsuda M, Yamaguchi I. Exercise training improves cardiac function-related gene levels through thyroid hormone receptor signaling in aged rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2004; 286:H1696-705. [PMID: 14704232 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00761.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Exercise training improves the aging-induced downregulation of myosin heavy chain (MHC) and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-ATPase, which participate in the regulation of cardiac contraction and relaxation. Thyroid hormone receptor (TR), a transcriptional activator, affected the regulation of gene expression of MHC and SR Ca(2+)-ATPase. We hypothesized that myocardial TR signaling contributes to a molecular mechanism of exercise training-induced improvement of MHC and SR Ca(2+)-ATPase genes with cardiac function in old age. We investigated whether TR signaling and gene expression of MHC and SR Ca(2+)-ATPase in the aged heart are affected by exercise training, using the hearts of sedentary young rats (4 mo old), sedentary aged rats (23 mo old), and trained aged rats (23 mo old, swimming training for 8 wk). Trained aged rats showed improvement in cardiac function. Expression of TR-alpha1 and TR-beta1 proteins in the heart were significantly lower in sedentary aged rats than in sedentary young rats and were significantly higher in trained aged rats than in sedentary aged rats. The activity of TR DNA binding to the transcriptional regulatory region in the alpha-MHC and SR Ca(2+)-ATPase genes and the mRNA and protein expression of alpha-MHC and SR Ca(2+)-ATPase in the heart and plasma 3,3'-triiodothyronine and thyroxine levels were altered in association with changes in the myocardial TR protein levels. These findings suggest that exercise training improves the aging-induced downregulation of myocardial TR signaling-mediated transcription of MHC and SR Ca(2+)-ATPase genes, thereby contributing to the improvement of cardiac function in trained aged hearts.
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- Motoyuki Iemitsu
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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Gélébart P, Martin V, Enouf J, Papp B. Identification of a new SERCA2 splice variant regulated during monocytic differentiation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 303:676-84. [PMID: 12659872 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00405-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum-type calcium transport ATPases (SERCA enzymes) pump calcium ions from the cytosol into the endoplasmic reticulum. We report that in addition to the ubiquitously expressed SERCA2b isoform, a new splice variant of SERCA2 can be detected (SERCA2c) that arises from the inclusion of a short intronic sequence located between exons 20 and 21 of the SERCA2a isoform. Sequence analysis revealed classical splice donor and acceptor sites, as well as a branch-point site. Due to the presence in the new exon of an in-frame stop codon that is preceded by a 17 bp coding sequence, this mRNA potentially codes for a protein with a truncated C-terminus containing a short unique C-terminal peptide stretch. SERCA2c message was detected in epithelial, mesenchymal, and hematopoietic cell lines, as well as in primary human monocytes. Moreover, we found that during monocytic differentiation total SERCA2 ATPase expression is induced on the protein and mRNA level and that the novel SERCA2c messenger is also up-regulated during this process. These data indicate that the alternative splicing pattern of the 3(') region of the SERCA2 primary transcript is more complex than that previously thought and that this enzyme may be involved in the process of monocyte differentiation.
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- Pascal Gélébart
- U. 348 INSERM, IFR-6, Hôpital Lariboisière, 8, rue Guy Patin, 75010 Paris, France
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Shirai M, Osugi T, Koga H, Kaji Y, Takimoto E, Komuro I, Hara J, Miwa T, Yamauchi-Takihara K, Takihara Y. The Polycomb-group gene Rae28 sustains Nkx2.5/Csx expression and is essential for cardiac morphogenesis. J Clin Invest 2002. [DOI: 10.1172/jci0214839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Shirai M, Osugi T, Koga H, Kaji Y, Takimoto E, Komuro I, Hara J, Miwa T, Yamauchi-Takihara K, Takihara Y. The Polycomb-group gene Rae28 sustains Nkx2.5/Csx expression and is essential for cardiac morphogenesis. J Clin Invest 2002; 110:177-84. [PMID: 12122109 PMCID: PMC151044 DOI: 10.1172/jci14839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Polycomb-group (PcG) gene Rae28 is a mammalian homologue of the Drosophila gene polyhomeotic. PcG genes are known to maintain transcription states, once initiated, probably by regulating chromatin structure. Since homozygous Rae28-deficient (Rae28(-/-)) mice displayed cardiac anomalies similar to congenital heart diseases in humans, we examined the role of Rae28 in cardiac morphogenesis at the molecular level. In Rae28(-/-) embryos, expression of the cardiac selector gene Nkx2.5/Csx (Nkx2.5) was initiated properly but was not sufficiently sustained later in development. This impaired expression of Nkx2.5 in the maintenance phase proved to have a crucial effect on cardiac morphogenesis, as demonstrated by the results of a genetic complementation experiment in which the cardiac anomalies were suppressed by overexpression of human NKX2.5/CSX1 in Rae28(-/-) embryos. Ubiquitous expression of exogenous Rae28 likewise restored the impaired Nkx2.5 expression in Rae28(-/-) embryos, further supporting the notion that Rae28 sustains Nkx2.5 expression in cardiomyocytes. Thus, our data show that a mammalian PcG gene can play a key role in organogenesis by helping to maintain the expression of a selector gene.
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- Manabu Shirai
- Department of Developmental Biology and Medicine, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Higashinari, Japan
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Janczewski AM, Spurgeon HA, Lakatta EG. Action potential prolongation in cardiac myocytes of old rats is an adaptation to sustain youthful intracellular Ca2+ regulation. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2002; 34:641-8. [PMID: 12054851 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2002.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Advanced age in rats is accompanied by reduced expression of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ pump (SERCA-2). The amplitudes of intracellular Ca2+ (Ca2+(i)) transients and contractions in ventricular myocytes isolated from old (23-24-months) rats (OR), however, are similar to those of young (4-6-months) rat myocytes (YR). OR myocytes also manifest slowed inactivation of L-type Ca2+ current (I(CaL)) and marked prolongation of action potential (AP) duration. To determine whether and how age-associated AP prolongation preserves the Ca2+(i) transient amplitude in OR myocytes, we employed an AP-clamp technique with simultaneous measurements of I(CaL) (with Na+ current, K+ currents and Ca2+ influx via sarcolemmal Na+-Ca2+ exchanger blocked) and Ca2+(i) transients in OR rat ventricular myocytes dialyzed with the fluorescent Ca2+ probe, indo-1. Myocytes were stimulated with AP-shaped voltage clamp waveforms approximating the configuration of prolonged, i.e. the native, AP of OR cells (AP-L), or with short AP waveforms (AP-S), typical of YR myocytes. Changes in SR Ca2+ load were assessed by rapid, complete SR Ca2+ depletions with caffeine. As expected, during stimulation with AP-S vs AP-L, peak I(CaL) increased, by 21+/-4%, while the I(CaL) integral decreased, by 19+/-3% (P<0.01 for each). Compared to AP-L, stimulation of OR myocytes with AP-S reduced the amplitudes of the Ca2+(i) transient by 31+/-6%, its maximal rate of rise (+dCa2+(i)/dt(max); a sensitive index of SR Ca2+ release flux) by 37+/-4%, and decreased the SR Ca2+ load by 29+/-4% (P<0.01 for each). Intriguingly, AP-S also reduced the maximal rate of the Ca2+(i) transient relaxation and prolonged its time to 50% decline, by 35+/-5% and 33+/-7%, respectively (P<0.01 for each). During stimulation with AP-S, the gain of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR), indexed by +dCa2+(i)/dt(max)/I(CaL), was reduced by 46+/-4% vs AP-L (P<0.01). We conclude that the effects of an application of a shorter AP to OR myocytes to reduce +dCa2+(i)/dt(max) and the Ca2+ transient amplitude are attributable to a reduction in SR Ca2+ load, presumably due to a reduced I(CaL) integral and likely also to an increased Ca2+ extrusion via sarcolemmal Na+-Ca2+ exchanger. The decrease in the Ca2+(i) transient relaxation rate in OR cells stimulated with shorter APs may reflect a reduction of Ca2+/calmodulin-kinase II-regulated modulation of Ca2+ uptake via SERCA-2, consequent to a reduced local Ca2+ release in the vicinity of SERCA-2, also attributable to reduced SR Ca2+ load. Thus, the reduction of CICR gain during stimulation with AP-S is the net result of both a diminished SR Ca2+ release and an increased peak I(CaL). These results suggest that ventricular myocytes of old rats utilize AP prolongation to preserve an optimal SR Ca2+ loading, CICR gain and relaxation of Ca2+(i) transients.
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- Andrzej M Janczewski
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224-6823, USA
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Lu L, Mei DF, Gu AG, Wang S, Lentzner B, Gutstein DE, Zwas D, Homma S, Yi GH, Wang J. Exercise training normalizes altered calcium-handling proteins during development of heart failure. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2002; 92:1524-30. [PMID: 11896019 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00405.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium-ATPase (SERCA2a), Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX1), and ryanodine receptor (RyR2) are proteins involved in the regulation of myocyte calcium. We tested whether exercise training (ET) alters those proteins during development of chronic heart failure (CHF). Ten dogs were chronically instrumented to permit hemodynamic measurements. Five dogs underwent 4 wk of cardiac pacing (210 beats/min for 3 wk and 240 beats/min for the 4th wk), whereas five dogs underwent the same pacing regimen plus daily ET (5.1 +/- 0.3 km/h, 2 h/day). Paced animals developed CHF characterized by hemodynamic abnormalities and reduced ejection fraction. ET preserved resting hemodynamics and ejection fraction. Left ventricular samples were obtained from all dogs and another five normal dogs for mRNA (Northern analysis, band intensities normalized to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) and protein level (Western analysis, band intensities normalized to tubulin) measurements. In failing hearts, SERCA2a was decreased by 33% (P < 0.05) and 65% (P < 0.05) in mRNA and protein level, respectively, compared with normal hearts; there was only an 8.6% reduction in mRNA and a 32% reduction in protein in exercised animals (P < 0.05 from CHF). mRNA expression of NCX1 increased by 44% in paced-only dogs compared with normal (P < 0.05) but only by 22% in trained dogs (P < 0.05 vs. CHF); protein level of NCX1 was elevated in paced-only dogs (71%, P < 0.05) but partially normalized by ET (33%, P < 0.05 from CHF). RyR2 was not altered in any of the dogs. In conclusion, long-term ET may ameliorate cardiac deterioration during development of CHF, in part via normalization of myocardial calcium-handling proteins.
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- Lu Lu
- Division of Circulatory Physiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, NY 10032, USA
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Ward CA, Liu H, Lee SS. Altered cellular calcium regulatory systems in a rat model of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy. Gastroenterology 2001; 121:1209-18. [PMID: 11677214 DOI: 10.1053/gast.2001.28653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Decreased cardiac contractility has been observed in cirrhosis, but the cause remains unclear. Because cardiomyocyte contraction depends on Ca2+ influx entering via L-type Ca2+ channels (I(Ca,L)s) to activate Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, we postulated that the Ca2+ transients may be abnormal in cirrhotic cardiomyocytes. We aimed to investigate the status of the cellular Ca2+-regulatory system in a rat model of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy. METHODS Cirrhosis was induced by bile duct ligation. The I(Ca,L) protein expression was detected by Western blotting. Ca2+ currents were measured electrophysiologically. The intracellular Ca2+ system, which includes the ryanodine receptor 2 (RYR2), sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-pump adenosine triphosphatase (SERCA2), and Ca2+-binding protein were quantitatively assayed by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blots and functionally by 3H-ryanodine binding and radiolabeled Ca2+ uptake. RESULTS I(Ca,L) protein expression was reduced in cirrhotic rats compared with controls, and the peak inward Ca2+ current was significantly less. At all membrane potentials examined, I(Ca,L)s current densities from cirrhotic animals were consistently lower, and the response to maximal isoproterenol stimulation was also significantly lower. Protein expression and messenger RNA transcription for RYR2, SERCA2, and calsequestrin were quantitatively unchanged, and 3H-ryanodine binding characteristics and Ca2+ uptake were also unaltered. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that the decreased cardiac contractility in cirrhotic cardiomyocytes is caused by dysfunction of the Ca2+-regulatory system. Plasma membrane I(Ca,L)s are quantitatively reduced and functionally depressed, whereas intracellular systems are intact.
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- C A Ward
- Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Bohlender J, Hildenbrand U, Wagner KD, Günther J, Hempel P, Schlegel WP, Luft FC, Krause EG, Bartel S. Myocardial adrenergic dysfunction in rats with transgenic, human renin-dependent hypertension. J Hypertens 2001; 19:1453-63. [PMID: 11518854 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200108000-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We investigated cardiac function in rats transgenic for the human renin and angiotensinogen genes (TGR) to test the hypothesis that elevated local angiotensin II precipitates adrenergic dysfunction and abnormal contractile function. METHODS Hearts from TGR and Sprague-Dawley control rats, aged 6 weeks, were studied using the Langendorff model and papillary muscle preparations (n = 6-10 per group). Incremental isoproterenol (1 - 1000 nmol/l) and external Ca2+-concentrations (0.75-6.0 mmol/l) were tested. Cardiac protein and mRNA expression levels were determined by Western blot and RNAase protection assay. RESULTS TGR rats showed left ventricular hypertrophy (54%), higher blood pressures (76 mmHg), and elevated plasma renin activity (seven-fold) compared to controls (P < 0.01). The effect of isoproterenol on TGR rat systolic and diastolic left ventricular performance was decreased in both in-vitro models compared to controls (two- to threefold, P < 0.01). TGR rat papillary muscles showed impaired force generation with abnormal basal and Ca2+-dependent relaxation. Gialpha2 and Gialpha3 protein levels were increased (20-30%) and SERCA2a and adenylyl cyclase protein levels were decreased (23 and 37%, respectively) in TGR hearts compared to controls, while Gsalpha or beta1 and beta2-receptor levels were unchanged. Cardiac angiotensin converting enzyme and atrial natriuretic peptide mRNA levels were increased more than four-fold in TGR with no differences for the angiotensin type1 receptor, beta1-receptor, SERCA2a, phospholamban, adenylyl cyclase V and angiotensinogen genes. CONCLUSIONS TGR rat hearts develop severe adrenergic dysfunction with decreased adenylyl cyclase and abnormal intracellular Ca2+-homeostasis. Our findings emphasize angiotensin II as a major risk factor promoting early functional decline in cardiac hypertrophy. The data may have implications for patients with activating polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system and support the need for an early therapeutic intervention.
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- J Bohlender
- Franz Volhard Clinic and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
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Moorman AF, Schumacher CA, de Boer PA, Hagoort J, Bezstarosti K, van den Hoff MJ, Wagenaar GT, Lamers JM, Wuytack F, Christoffels VM, Fiolet JW. Presence of functional sarcoplasmic reticulum in the developing heart and its confinement to chamber myocardium. Dev Biol 2000; 223:279-90. [PMID: 10882516 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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During development fast-contracting atrial and ventricular chambers develop from a peristaltic-contracting heart tube. This study addresses the question of whether chamber formation is paralleled by a matching expression of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) pump. We studied indo-1 Ca(2+) transients elicited by field stimulation of linear heart tube stages and of explants from atria and outflow tracts of the prototypical preseptational E13 rat heart. Ca(2+) transients of H/H 11+ chicken hearts, which constitute the prototypic linear heart tube stage, were sensitive to verapamil only, indicating a minor contribution of Ca(2+)-triggered SR Ca(2+) release. Outflow tract transients displayed sensitivity to the inhibitors similar to that of the linear heart tube stages. Atrial Ca(2+) transients disappeared upon addition of ryanodine, tetracaine, or verapamil, indicating the presence of Ca(2+)-triggered SR Ca(2+) release. Quantitative radioactive in situ hybridization on sections of E13 rat hearts showed approximately 10-fold higher SERCA2a mRNA levels in the atria compared to nonmyocardial tissue and approximately 5-fold higher expression in compact ventricular myocardium. The myocardium of atrioventricular canal, outflow tract, inner curvature, and ventricular trabecules displayed weak expression. Immunohistochemistry on sections of rat and human embryos showed a similar pattern. The significance of these findings is threefold. (i) A functional SR is present long before birth. (ii) SR development is concomitant with cardiac chamber development, explaining regional differences in cardiac function. (iii) The pattern of SERCA2a expression underscores a manner of chamber development by differentiation at the outer curvature, rather than by segmentation of the linear heart tube.
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- A F Moorman
- Experimental & Molecular Cardiology Group, Cardiovascular Research Institute Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.
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Mirit E, Gross C, Hasin Y, Palmon A, Horowitz M. Changes in cardiac mechanics with heat acclimation: adrenergic signaling and SR-Ca regulatory proteins. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000; 279:R77-85. [PMID: 10896867 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.279.1.r77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The involvement of adrenergic signaling and sarcoplasmic calcium regulatory proteins in the development of heat acclimation-induced adaptations in cardiac mechanics was studied in heat-acclimated (34 degrees C) rats for 2, 5, and 30 days (AC(2), AC(5), and AC(30), respectively). Control (C) rats were held at 24 +/- 1 degrees C. Systolic pressure (LVP) and velocities of contraction (dP/dt/P) and relaxation (-dP/dt/P) were measured using a Langendorff system. For adrenergic signaling, beta-adrenoreceptor (AR) density and affinity (Scatchard plots) and cardiac inotropic response to norepinephrine (10(-7) mM, +/- 10(-6) mM propranolol) were measured. For the regulatory proteins, steady-state levels of Ca(2+)-ATPase and phospholamban (PLB) mRNAs and the encoded proteins Ca(2+)-ATPase [sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA)] and PLB were measured using semiquantitative RT-PCR and Western immunoblotting, respectively. Both short (STHA; AC(2) and AC(5))- and long-term heat acclimation (LTHA; AC(30)) enhanced LVP. However, dP/dt. P and -dP/dt. P in STHA hearts resembled that of the controls, whereas on LTHA, both parameters decreased (P < 0.05), implying decreased velocity of contraction and relaxation. beta-AR density remained unchanged with their affinity markedly decreased (P < 0.05). AR responsiveness, however, diminished in AC(2) but was markedly enhanced on LTHA. During STHA, PLB and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase transcripts were upregulated with no change in the encoded proteins except for SERCA downregulation on AC(5), leading to an increased PLB/SERCA ratio (P < 0.05). This mismatched preacclimation lusitropic state on STHA and increased PLB/SERCA ratio was evident (P < 0.05) due to downregulation of SERCA and upregulation of PLB. Our data fit a biphasic acclimation model in which desensitized adrenergic signaling is dominant during STHA, whereas on LTHA, the contractile machinery is influenced by altered expression of the calcium regulatory proteins leading to both augmented adrenergic inotropic response (via PLB elevation) and decreased velocity of relaxation. The sustained low thyroxin measured on LTHA causally associates with this response.
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- E Mirit
- Division of Physiology, Faculties of Dental Medicine and Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Samson F, Bonnet N, Heimburger M, Rücker-Martin C, Levitsky DO, Mazmanian GM, Mercadier JJ, Serraf A. Left ventricular alterations in a model of fetal left ventricular overload. Pediatr Res 2000; 48:43-9. [PMID: 10879799 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200007000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Congenital aortic coarctation is well tolerated by the fetus because the foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus equalize intracardiac and great arteries pressures and shunts. The pathologic consequences only emerge after birth with closure of the foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus. There is, however, no documentation of myocardial effects in utero of the left ventricular (LV) pressure overload induced by aortic banding. We investigated whether prenatal aortic banding could be detrimental at the structural and/or functional level. The goal of the present study was to investigate the cardiac effects of LV pressure overload in a fetal lamb model. Nine fetal lambs underwent preductal banding of the aortic arch in utero at midgestation (CoA group), whereas their twins underwent sham surgery. All fetuses were studied between 27 and 37 d after surgery for LV pressure, anatomic and histologic anomalies, and steady state sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA 2a) mRNA and protein levels and pump activity. Surgery resulted in severe aortic coarctation in all the animals in the CoA group and was associated with a 65% increase in the LV weight to body weight ratio relative to the sham-operated group (p < 0.001). Hemodynamic and histologic studies showed an evolutionary pattern depending on duration of the experimental coarctation with a shift occurring at 30 d of coarctation. The initial response of cardiomyocytes to ventricular overload was hypertrophy of the myocytes, followed by myocyte hyperplasia. Compared with sham, there was an apparent decrease in the percentage of binucleated cells in the CoA group after 30 d of coarctation. The earliest response to LV pressure overload appears to occur at the molecular level. Indeed, sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA 2a) mRNA levels fell significantly to only 28.6% of the sham group value (p = 0.023), independently of the duration of coarctation. In the fetal lamb, the pressure overload-induced hypertrophy resulting from progressive aortic coarctation leads to hemodynamic and lesional abnormalities and slows ontogenic maturation.
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- F Samson
- Faculté de Médecine Paris XI-CNRS ESA 8078, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France
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Vallot O, Combettes L, Jourdon P, Inamo J, Marty I, Claret M, Lompré AM. Intracellular Ca(2+) handling in vascular smooth muscle cells is affected by proliferation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2000; 20:1225-35. [PMID: 10807737 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.20.5.1225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Despite intensive interest in the dedifferentiation process of vascular smooth muscle cells, very little data are available on intracellular Ca(2+) signaling. The present study was designed to investigate the evolution of the intracellular Ca(2+) pools when rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMCs) proliferate and to define the mechanisms involved in the functional alterations. RASMCs were cultured in different conditions, and [Ca(2+)](i) was measured by use of fura 2. Expression of the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pumps (SERCA2a and SERCA2b), Ca(2+) channels, the ryanodine receptor (RyR), and the inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) was studied by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and immunofluorescence. Antibodies specific for myosin heavy chain isoforms were used as indicators of the differentiation state of the cell, whereas an anti-proliferating cell nuclear antigen antibody was a marker of proliferation. SERCA2a, SERCA2b, RyR3, and IP3R-1 mainly were present in the aorta in situ and in freshly isolated RASMCs. These cells used the 2 types of Ca(2+) channels to release Ca(2+) from a common thapsigargin-sensitive store. Proliferation of RASMCs, induced by serum or by platelet-derived growth factor-BB, resulted in the disappearance of RyR and SERCA2a mRNAs and proteins and in the loss of the caffeine- and ryanodine-sensitive pool. The differentiated nonproliferative phenotype was maintained in low serum or in cells cultured at high density. In these conditions, RyR and SERCA2a were also present in RASMCs. Thus, expression of RyR and SERCA2a is repressed by cell proliferation, inducing loss of the corresponding Ca(2+) pool. In arterial smooth muscle, Ca(2+) release through RyRs is involved in vasodilation, and suppression of the ryanodine-sensitive pool might thus alter the control of vascular tone.
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- O Vallot
- CNRS EP 1088, INSERM U 442 IFR-FR 46 Signalisation cellulaire, Université Paris-sud, Orsay, France
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Schmidt U, del Monte F, Miyamoto MI, Matsui T, Gwathmey JK, Rosenzweig A, Hajjar RJ. Restoration of diastolic function in senescent rat hearts through adenoviral gene transfer of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase. Circulation 2000; 101:790-6. [PMID: 10683354 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.101.7.790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Senescent hearts are characterized by diastolic dysfunction and a decrease in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-ATPase protein (SERCA2a). METHODS AND RESULTS To test the hypothesis that an increase in SERCA2a could improve cardiac function in senescent rats (age 26 months), we used a catheter-based technique of adenoviral gene transfer to achieve global myocardial transduction of SERCA2a in vivo. Adult rat hearts aged 6 months and senescent rat hearts infected with an adenovirus containing the reporter gene beta-galactosidase were used as controls. Two days after infection, parameters of systolic and diastolic function were measured in open-chest rats. Cardiac SERCA2a protein and ATPase activity were significantly decreased in senescent hearts compared with adult rats (Delta -30+/-4% and -49+/-5%) and were restored to adult levels after infection with Ad.SERCA2a. At baseline, left ventricular systolic pressure and +dP/dt were unaltered in senescent hearts; however, diastolic parameters were adversely affected with an increase in the left ventricular time constant of isovolumic relaxation and diastolic pressure (Delta +29+/-9% and +38+/-12%) and a decrease in -dP/dt (Delta -26+/-11%). Overexpression of SERCA2a did not significantly affect left ventricular systolic pressure but did increase +dP/dt (Delta +28+/-10%) in the senescent heart. Overexpression of SERCA2a restored the left ventricular time constant of isovolumic relaxation and -dP/dt to adult levels. Infection of senescent hearts with Ad.SERCA2a markedly improved rate-dependent contractility and diastolic function in senescent hearts. CONCLUSIONS These results support the hypothesis that decreased Ca(2+)-ATPase activity contributes to the functional abnormalities observed in senescent hearts and demonstrates that Ca(2+) cycling proteins can be targeted in the senescent heart to improve cardiac function.
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- U Schmidt
- Cardiovascular Research Center, Anesthesia Department, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02129, USA
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SERCA2 and ANF Promoter-Activity Studies in Hypertrophic Cardiomyocytes Using Liposome-, Gene Gun-, and Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4423-4_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Huang B, Wang S, Qin D, Boutjdir M, El-Sherif N. Diminished basal phosphorylation level of phospholamban in the postinfarction remodeled rat ventricle: role of beta-adrenergic pathway, G(i) protein, phosphodiesterase, and phosphatases. Circ Res 1999; 85:848-55. [PMID: 10532953 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.85.9.848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Three weeks after myocardial infarction (MI) in the rat, remodeled hypertrophy of noninfarcted myocardium is at its maximum and the heart is in a compensated stage with no evidence of heart failure. Our hemodynamic measurements at this stage showed a slight but insignificant decrease of +dP/dt but a significantly higher left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. To investigate the basis of the diastolic dysfunction, we explored possible defects in the beta-adrenergic receptor-G(s/i) protein-adenylyl cyclase-cAMP-protein kinase A-phosphatase pathway, as well as molecular or functional alterations of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase and phospholamban (PLB). We found no significant difference in both mRNA and protein levels of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase and PLB in post-MI left ventricle compared with control. However, the basal levels of both the protein kinase A-phosphorylated site (Ser16) of PLB (p16-PLB) and the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase-phosphorylated site (Thr17) of PLB (p17-PLB) were decreased by 76% and 51% in post-MI myocytes (P<0.05), respectively. No change was found in the beta-adrenoceptor density, G(salpha) protein level, or adenylyl cyclase activity. Inhibition of phosphodiesterase and G(i) protein by Ro-20-1724 and pertussis toxin, respectively, did not correct the decreased p16-PLB or p17-PLB levels. Stimulation of beta-adrenoceptor or adenylyl cyclase increased both p16-PLB and p17-PLB in post-MI myocytes to the same levels as in sham myocytes, suggesting that decreased p16-PLB and p17-PLB in post-MI myocytes is not due to a decrease in the generation of p16-PLB or p17-PLB. We found that type 1 phosphatase activity was increased by 32% (P<0.05) with no change in phosphatase 2A activity. Okadaic acid, a protein phosphatase inhibitor, significantly increased p16-PLB and p17-PLB levels in post-MI myocytes and partially corrected the prolonged relaxation of the [Ca(2+)](i) transient. In summary, prolonged relaxation of post-MI remodeled myocardium could be explained, in part, by altered basal levels of p16-PLB and p17-PLB caused by increased protein phosphatase 1 activity.
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- B Huang
- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Fallavollita JA, Jacob S, Young RF, Canty JM. Regional alterations in SR Ca(2+)-ATPase, phospholamban, and HSP-70 expression in chronic hibernating myocardium. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:H1418-28. [PMID: 10516177 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.4.h1418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We sought to identify mechanisms for chronic dysfunction in hibernating myocardium. Pigs were instrumented with a left anterior descending artery stenosis for 3 mo. Angiography demonstrated high-grade stenoses and hibernating myocardium with 1) severe anterior hypokinesis (P < 0.001 vs. shams), 2) reduced subendocardial perfusion [0.73 +/- 0.05 (SE) vs. 1.01 +/- 0.06 ml. min(-1). g(-1) in normal, P < 0.001], and 3) critically reduced adenosine flow (1.0 +/- 0.17 vs. 3.84 +/- 0.26 ml. min(-1). g(-1) in normal, P < 0.001). Histology did not reveal necrosis. Northern blot analysis of hibernating myocardium demonstrated regional downregulation in mRNAs for sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) proteins phospholamban (0.76 +/- 0.08 vs. 1.07 +/- 0.06, P < 0.02) and SR Ca(2+)-ATPase (0.83 +/- 0.06 vs. 1.02 +/- 0.06, P < 0.05) with no change in calsequestrin (1.08 +/- 0.06 vs. 0.96 +/- 0.05, P = not significant). Heat shock protein (HSP)-70 mRNA was regionally induced in hibernating myocardium (2.4 +/- 0.3 vs. 1.0 +/- 0.11, P < 0.01). Directionally similar changes were confirmed by Western blot analysis of respective proteins. Our results indicate that hibernating myocardium exhibits a molecular phenotype that on a regional basis is similar to end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy. This supports the hypothesis that SR dysfunction from reversible ischemia may be an early defect in the progression of left ventricular dysfunction.
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- J A Fallavollita
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Western New York Health Care System, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Enhanced expression of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase gene plays a role in protective effects of nitric oxide. Bull Exp Biol Med 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02433183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Thomas SA, Fallavollita JA, Lee TC, Feng J, Canty JM. Absence of troponin I degradation or altered sarcoplasmic reticulum uptake protein expression after reversible ischemia in swine. Circ Res 1999; 85:446-56. [PMID: 10473674 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.85.5.446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The findings of troponin I (TnI) proteolysis (in isolated rat hearts) and induction of selected sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium-regulatory genes (after repetitive total coronary occlusions in swine) have given rise to the hypothesis that the time course of functional recovery of stunned myocardium reflects the resynthesis of reversibly damaged proteins. Although stunning occurs after brief total occlusions and prolonged partial occlusions (ie, short-term hibernation), the time course of functional recovery varies from a few hours to several days, suggesting that the severity of protein damage or mechanisms responsible for the dysfunction may differ. To study this, we examined SR gene expression and TnI degradation in stunned myocardium produced by 10-minute total left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) occlusions (n=4) or 1-hour partial LAD occlusions, in which flow was reduced to approximately 50% of control values for 60 minutes (n=6) in swine. One hour after reperfusion, LAD wall thickening was severely depressed in both models despite normal perfusion and no triphenyltetrazolium chloride evidence of necrosis. Normal myocardium exhibited TnI immunoreactivity at 31 kDa and a weak secondary band at 27 kDa. Irreversible injury or calpain activation in vitro produced a marked increase in the intensity of the 27-kDa band, consistent with TnI degradation. Stunned myocardium demonstrated no change in the 31- or the 27-kDa band, and the percentage of the 27- to 31-kDa band remained constant after 10-minute total occlusions (LAD, 5.9+/-0.9%; normal, 4.9+/-1.6%) and 1-hour partial occlusions (LAD, 8.5+/-1.9%; normal, 7.3+/-1.4%) and in sham controls (LAD, 10.9+/-1.5%; normal, 9.8+/-1.4%). Northern analysis showed no alterations in TnI or SR gene expression, but the stress protein HSP-70 was variably induced. Thus, stunned myocardium occurs without TnI degradation or altered SR gene expression, indicating that additional mechanisms are responsible for the reversible dysfunction after single episodes of regional ischemia in swine.
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- S A Thomas
- Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14214, USA
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Eizema K, Van Heugten HA, Bezstarosti K, Van Setten MC, Lamers JM. In vitro analysis of SERCA2 gene regulation in hypertrophic cardiomyocytes and increasing transfection efficiency by gene-gun biolistics. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1999; 874:111-24. [PMID: 10415525 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb09229.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The transcriptional downregulation of the SERCA2 gene is studied using neonatal rat cardiomyocytes stimulated with endothelin-1 to induce hypertrophy. Liposome-based transfection of cells with a 1.9 kb SERCA2 promoter fragment directed expression of a reporter gene identical to the downregulation of genomic SERCA2 expression by endothelin-1. Results of a new gene gun technology for transient transfection of cardiomyocytes with a RSV-beta-galactosidase construct are reported. This new method for propelling DNA-coated gold beads into cardiomyocytes is extremely suitable for directly testing promoter/reporter gene DNA constructs since the transfection efficiency (approximately 10%) appears to be higher than traditional transfection methods.
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- K Eizema
- Department of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Alcoléa S, Théveniau-Ruissy M, Jarry-Guichard T, Marics I, Tzouanacou E, Chauvin JP, Briand JP, Moorman AF, Lamers WH, Gros DB. Downregulation of connexin 45 gene products during mouse heart development. Circ Res 1999; 84:1365-79. [PMID: 10381888 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.84.12.1365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The electrical activity in heart is generated in the sinoatrial node and then propagates to the atrial and ventricular tissues. The gap junction channels that couple the myocytes are responsible for this propagation process. The gap junction channels are dodecamers of transmembrane proteins of the connexin (Cx) family. Three members of this family have been demonstrated to be synthesized in the cardiomyocytes: Cx40, Cx43, and Cx45. In addition, each of them has been shown to form channels with unique and specific electrophysiological properties. Understanding the conduction phenomenon requires detailed knowledge of the spatiotemporal expression pattern of these Cxs in heart. The expression patterns of Cx40 and Cx43 have been previously described in the adult heart and during its development. Here we report the expression of Cx45 gene products in mouse heart from the stage of the first contractions (8.5 days postcoitum [dpc]) to the adult stage. The Cx45 gene transcript was demonstrated by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction experiments to be present in heart at all stages investigated. Between 8.5 and 10.5 dpc it was shown by in situ hybridization to be expressed in low amounts in all cardiac compartments (including the inflow and outflow tracts and the atrioventricular canal) and then to be downregulated from 11 to 12 dpc onward. At subsequent fetal stages, the transcript was weakly detected in the ventricles, with the most distinct expression in the outflow tract. Cx45 protein was demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscopy to be expressed in the myocytes of young embryonic hearts (8.5 to 9.5 dpc). However, beyond 10.5 dpc the protein was no longer detected with this technique in the embryonic, fetal, or neonatal working myocardium, although it could be shown by immunoblotting that the protein was still synthesized in neonatal heart. In the major part of adult heart, Cx45 was undetectable. It was, however, clearly seen in the anterior regions of the interventricular septum and in trace amounts in some small foci dispersed in the ventricular free walls. Cx45 gene is the first Cx gene so far demonstrated to be activated in heart at the stage of the first contractions. The coordination of myocytes during the slow peristaltic contractions that occur at this stage would thus appear to be controlled by the Cx45 channels.
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- S Alcoléa
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Physiologie du Développement, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille, CNRS/INSERM/AP Marseille/Université de la Méditerranée, Campus de Luminy, Marseille
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Arata Y, Geshi E, Nomizo A, Aoki S, Katagiri T. Alterations in sarcoplasmic reticulum and angiotensin II receptor type 1 gene expression in spontaneously hypertensive rat hearts. JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL 1999; 63:367-72. [PMID: 10943616 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.63.367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an adaptive change in response to hypertensive pressure overload. Some evidence indicates that the decrease in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase mRNA expression, which may contribute to a diastolic dysfunction of the heart, occurs in the experimental pressure overload model. Also, recent studies have demonstrated that angiotensin II (Ang II) and angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1) play important roles in LVH. The purpose of this study was to investigate the function of the SR and the role of AT1 in genetic hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) at ages 10 and 18 weeks. In SHR, cardiac hypertrophy has already developed at 10 weeks of age. SR Ca2+-ATPase activity and mRNA expression were significantly lower in SHR than in Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). Plasma renin activity in SHR was unchanged compared with WKY, whereas the Ang II concentration in SHR was significantly higher than that in WKY. AT1 mRNA expression in SHR was similar to that in WKY. These results suggest that in the early stage of hypertension in SHR Ang II may stimulate hypertrophy in the cardiomyocytes through the AT1, which is not downregulated by a high concentration of Ang II.
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- Y Arata
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Schöneich C, Viner RI, Ferrington DA, Bigelow DJ. Age-related chemical modification of the skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase of the rat. Mech Ageing Dev 1999; 107:221-31. [PMID: 10360678 DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(98)00158-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Much emphasis has been placed on the description of age-related changes in skeletal muscle physiology. The present paper summarizes the chemical characterization of age-related post-translational modifications of the rat skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca-ATPase isoforms SERCA1 and SERCA2a obtained from 5- and 28-month-old male Fischer 344 rats. Whereas the SERCA1 isoform shows an age-dependent loss of Cys and Arg, the SERCA2a isoform displays a loss of Cys but also a significant accumulation of 3-nitrotyrosine. The in vitro exposure of SR vesicles particularly rich in SERCA1 (>90%) from 5-month-old rats to low levels of peroxyl radicals yielded SR vesicles with physical properties of the SR Ca-ATPase identical to those observed for the SR Ca-ATPase obtained from 28-month-old rats. The peroxyl radical-modified SR Ca-ATPase showed a loss of Cys and Arg but also of Ser and Met, indicating that peroxyl radicals, though a good model oxidant to generate 'aged' SR vesicles, may not be the only oxidant responsible for the chemical modification of the SR Ca-ATPase in vivo. In fact, efficient thiol modification of the SERCA1 was also observed after the exposure to peroxynitrite. Peroxynitrite selectively nitrated the tyrosine residues of the SERCA2a isoform even in the presence of an excess of SERCA1. Thus, peroxynitrite may be responsible for the age-dependent modification of the SR Ca-ATPase in vivo.
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- C Schöneich
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66047, USA.
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Mirit E, Palmon A, Hasin Y, Horowitz M. Heat acclimation induces changes in cardiac mechanical performance: the role of thyroid hormone. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 276:R550-8. [PMID: 9950936 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The involvement of reduced thyroxine level in the emergence of heat acclimation-induced negative lusitropic effect was examined. Experiments were carried out on 1) control rat hearts maintained at 24 +/- 1 degreesC (C); 2) rat hearts acclimated at 34 degreesC for 1 mo (AC); 3) AC-euthyroid rat hearts, via administration of thyroxine in the drinking water (AT); and 4) hypothyroid rat hearts, maintained at 24 +/- 1 degreesC, via administration of thiouracil in the drinking water (CP). Systolic pressure and velocities of contraction (dP/dt. P) and relaxation (-dP/dt. P) were measured using the Langendorff perfusion system. The steady-state levels of Ca2+-ATPase and phospholamban mRNAs and the expression of the encoded proteins Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) and phospholamban (PLB) were measured, using semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Western immunoblotting, respectively. Rat thyroxine levels were measured using RIA. Heat acclimation, which brought about a reduced thyroxine level, led to downregulation of Ca2+-ATPase mRNA expression and translation and upregulation of phospholamban mRNA and PLB. Consequently, the PLB-to-SERCA ratio (PLB/SERCA) of the AC hearts showed a significant increase. These changes, as well as the greater pressure generation and the reduced dP/dt. P and -dP/dt. P observed in AC hearts were blunted in the AT hearts. Our data suggest that sustained heat acclimation-induced low thyroxine level has a decisive effect on the contractile machinery of the AC heart. Elevated PLB/SERCA apparently explains the negative lusitropic effect observed in these hearts.
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- E Mirit
- Division of Physiology, Department of Oral Biology, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Anger M, Lompré AM, Vallot O, Marotte F, Rappaport L, Samuel JL. Cellular distribution of Ca2+ pumps and Ca2+ release channels in rat cardiac hypertrophy induced by aortic stenosis. Circulation 1998; 98:2477-86. [PMID: 9832495 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.98.22.2477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The response of ventricular myocytes to pressure overload is heterogeneous and not spatially coordinated. We investigated whether or not the alterations in SERCA and RyR gene expression are homogeneous within the myocardium. METHODS AND RESULTS The cellular distribution of mRNAs and proteins encoding the 2 sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) isoforms (SERCA 2a and 2b) and 2 Ca2+ release channels (the ryanodine receptor, RyR, and the IP3 receptor, IP3R) were analyzed by in situ hybridization and immunofluorescence, respectively. Analyses were performed during early (1 and 5 days) and late (1 month) stages of cardiac hypertrophy induced in rat by thoracic aortic stenosis (AS). The results indicated that 1 and 5 days after AS, the cellular distribution of SERCA 2a and RyR2 mRNAs in right ventricle and atrium was similar to controls but the mRNA levels appeared to decrease in some areas of the left ventricle (LV). One month after AS, the distribution of SERCA 2a mRNA and protein became heterogeneous throughout the LV, whereas RyR2 mRNA and protein levels were decreased in a homogeneous manner. SERCA 2b, poorly expressed in both cardiomyocytes and vessels of controls, was increased 4-fold 1 month after AS in coronary arteries only. In both sham (Sh) and AS, SERCA 3 and IP3R mRNAs were mainly found in the vessels. CONCLUSIONS In severe hypertrophy, decreased accumulation of SERCA 2a was heterogeneous and not compensated by an induction of SERCA 2b in the cardiomyocytes. Decrease in RyR2 expression was more homogeneous and not compensated by an increased IP3R expression.
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- M Anger
- "Gènes et protéines musculaires," Signalisation Cellulaire, Université Paris-Sud, INSERM U127, Paris, France
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Gombosova I, Boknik P, Kirchhefer U, Knapp J, Luss H, Muller FU, Muller T, Vahlensieck U, Schmitz W, Bodor GS, Neumann J. Postnatal changes in contractile time parameters, calcium regulatory proteins, and phosphatases. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 274:H2123-32. [PMID: 9841539 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.6.h2123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Compared with isolated electrically driven neonatal ventricular preparations, the total time of contraction, the time to peak tension, and the time of relaxation were decreased to approximately 50% in adult ventricular preparations. The expression of sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) was increased to 133% at the protein level and to 154% at the mRNA level in adult vs. neonatal ventricular preparations, whereas phospholamban was unchanged at both the protein and mRNA levels. Moreover, Ca2+ uptake was increased to 180% in adult vs. neonatal ventricular preparations. Phospholamban phosphorylation was enhanced in adult vs. neonatal ventricular preparations. In adult ventricular preparations, phosphatase activity was reduced to 53% of neonatal preparations, the protein levels of the immunologically detectable catalytic subunits of protein phosphatase types 1 and 2A were reduced to 28 and 61% of neonatal preparations, respectively, and the mRNA levels of type 1alpha, 1beta, 1gamma, 2Aalpha, and 2Abeta phosphatase isoforms were decreased to 69, 68, 54, 67, and 63%, respectively. We conclude that in the adult rat heart, the shortened time parameters of contraction can be explained by an elevated expression of SERCA. In addition, an increased phosphorylation state of phospholamban due to reduced phosphatase activity may be involved.
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- I Gombosova
- Institut fur Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, D-48149 Munster, Germany
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Ozog A, Pouzet B, Bobe R, Lompré AM. Characterization of the 3' end of the mouse SERCA 3 gene and tissue distribution of mRNA spliced variants. FEBS Lett 1998; 427:349-52. [PMID: 9637255 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00464-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) type 1 and 2 genes are alternatively spliced at their 3' end. We hypothesized that similar mechanism may occur for SERCA 3. Two spliced variants were identified by RNase protection analysis. We then isolated and sequenced the 3' end portion of the mouse SERCA 3 gene, and confirmed the presence of an alternative mRNA transcript by sequencing a cDNA fragment obtained by RT-PCR. Tissue distribution of the alternatively spliced mRNAs was studied by RT-PCR: SERCA 3b was the only isoform expressed in endothelial cells from aorta and heart and also was the major isoform in lung and kidney whereas SERCA 3a and 3b were coexpressed in trachea, intestine, thymus, spleen, and fetal liver.
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- A Ozog
- CNRS EP 1088, IFR Signalisation cellulaire, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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Ya J, Erdtsieck-Ernste EB, de Boer PA, van Kempen MJ, Jongsma H, Gros D, Moorman AF, Lamers WH. Heart defects in connexin43-deficient mice. Circ Res 1998; 82:360-6. [PMID: 9486664 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.82.3.360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cardiac malformation in connexin43 (CX43)-disrupted mice is restricted to the junction between right ventricle and outflow tract, even though CX43 is also expressed abundantly elsewhere. We analyzed cardiac morphogenesis in immunohistochemically and hybridohistochemically stained and three-dimensionally reconstructed serial sections of CX43-deficient embryos between embryonic day (ED) 10 and birth. The establishment of the D configuration in the ascending loop of CX43-deficient hearts is markedly retarded, so that the right ventricle retains a craniomedial position and is connected with the outflow tract by a more acute bend in ED10 and ED11 embryos. Because of the subsequent growth of the right ventricle, this condition usually evolves into a D loop, but when it persists, a "crisscross" configuration develops, with the atrioventricular cushions rotated 90 degrees, a horizontal muscular ventricular septum, and a parallel course of the endocardial ridges of the outflow tract. After ED12, large intertrabecular pouches develop at the ventricular side of both shelflike myocardial structures that support the endocardial ridges of the outflow tract, ie, at the location that was earlier characterized by the acute bend between the right ventricle and the outflow tract and that subsequently develops into the anterosuperior leaflet of the tricuspid valve. Retarded development of the D configuration in the ascending loop of the embryonic heart predisposes the myocardium at the junction of the right ventricle and outflow tract to excessive development of intertrabecular pouches during subsequent development.
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- J Ya
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bobe R, Lacabaratz-Porret C, Bredoux R, Martin V, Ozog A, Launay S, Corvazier E, Kovács T, Papp B, Enouf J. Expression of two isoforms of the third sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA3) in platelets. Possible recognition of the SERCA3b isoform by the PL/IM430 monoclonal antibody. FEBS Lett 1998; 423:259-64. [PMID: 9512369 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00106-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Human platelets express several sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) isoenzymes: SERCA2b of 100 kDa apparent molecular mass and two distinct enzymes of 97 kDa, one of them identified as being the SERCA3a isoform. The molecular identity of the third enzyme specifically recognized by the PL/IM430 monoclonal antibody has remained elusive. First, the study of the 3'-end part of platelet SERCA3 mRNA, by means of RT-PCR amplification using sets of primers covering the N-3 to N (ultimate) exons of the human SERCA3 sequence, revealed the presence of two distinct mRNA sequences, SERCA3a and a longer variant. Second, this additional sequence was identified as SERCA3b and found to refer to the insertion of a new exon of 73 bp, located at bp 349 from the beginning of the intronic sequence, linking the penultimate (N-1) exon to the last exon (N) of the human SERCA3 gene. Third, a relationship between the expression of this SERCA3b mRNA and the PL/ IM430 recognizable SERCA protein was observed. SERCA3b mRNA was found to be absent in epithelial HeLa cells not recognized by the PL/IM430 antibody and the expression of this SERCA3b RNA species correlated with that of the SERCA protein recognized by PL/IM430 which was down-modulated in the platelet precursor megakaryocytic CHRF 288-11 cell line as well as upon in vitro lymphocyte activation. Taken together, these results strongly support the notion of the presence of the SERCA3b protein in human cells by showing SERCA3b mRNA in platelets and the fact that the protein corresponding to this mRNA species is very likely the 97 kDa protein recognized by the PL/IM430 antibody.
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- R Bobe
- U. 348 INSERM, IFR Circulation Lariboisière, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
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Ribadeau Dumas A, Wisnewsky C, Boheler KR, Ter Keurs H, Fiszman MY, Schwartz K. The sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase gene is regulated at the transcriptional level during compensated left ventricular hypertrophy in the rat. COMPTES RENDUS DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES. SERIE III, SCIENCES DE LA VIE 1997; 320:963-9. [PMID: 9587474 DOI: 10.1016/s0764-4469(97)82469-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In mammalian myocardium, relaxation is mainly triggered by the reuptake of calcium from the cytosol to the lumen of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) through the cardiac isoform of the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum calcium ATPase, SERCA2a. Relaxation abnormalities related to deficient SR Ca(2+)-uptake have been identified in human heart failure and in animal models of cardiac hypertrophy and failure. These alterations have been associated with a reduction in SERCA2a activity and in steady-state SERCA2a protein and mRNA levels. As a first step in the analysis of the mechanisms responsible for this reduction, we have studied a possible down-regulation of the SERCA2 gene transcription during left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) induced by constriction of the ascending aorta in the rat. Quantifications of the mRNA levels demonstrated no alteration, compared to sham-operated rats, at 5 d after imposition of the pressure overload, whereas a significant decrease was observed at 11 d. Transcription in-vitro experiments (cardiac nuclear run-on assays) performed in isolated cardiomyocytes nuclei showed no changes at 5 d and a 37% reduction of the SERCA2 gene transcription at 11 d. These results strongly suggest that SERCA2 gene expression down-regulation during cardiac hypertrophy occurs, at least in part, at the level of the transcription.
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- A Ribadeau Dumas
- Unité Inserm UR 153, Institut de myologie, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, bâtiment Babinski, Paris, France
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Okayama H, Hamada M, Kawakami H, Ikeda S, Hashida H, Shigematsu Y, Hiwada K. Alterations in expression of sarcoplasmic reticulum gene in Dahl rats during the transition from compensatory myocardial hypertrophy to heart failure. J Hypertens 1997; 15:1767-74. [PMID: 9488237 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715120-00087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To clarify whether the functional changes during the transition from compensatory myocardial hypertrophy to failure are associated with changes in sarcoplasmic reticulum gene expression. METHODS We examined the gene expression of sarcoplasmic reticulum proteins [sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA), phospholamban, calsequestrin and ryanodine receptor] in Dahl salt-sensitive (Dahl-S) rats fed a high-salt (8%) diet from the age of 6 weeks. In-vivo contractile functioning was evaluated using echocardiography, and gene expression of sarcoplasmic reticulum proteins in the left ventricle was analyzed by Northern blotting for each stage of left ventricular hypertrophy. RESULTS SERCA messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in Dahl-S rats with compensatory hypertrophy did not change significantly, whereas phospholamban mRNA levels were increased by 61% (P < 0.01), and calsequestrin mRNA levels were increased by 130% (P < 0.01) compared with those in Dahl salt-resistant (Dahl-R) rats. SERCA mRNA levels in Dahl-S rats with decompensated dilatation were decreased by 32% (P< 0.05), whereas levels of phospholamban and calsequestrin mRNA remained unchanged. Ryanodine receptor mRNA levels did not change either with compensatory hypertrophy or with decompensated dilatation. CONCLUSIONS Alterations in expression of sarcoplasmic reticulum gene may be related to changes in systolic and diastolic properties in compensatory hypertrophy and heart failure.
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- H Okayama
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan
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Minajeva A, Kaasik A, Paju K, Seppet E, Lompré AM, Veksler V, Ventura-Clapier R. Sarcoplasmic reticulum function in determining atrioventricular contractile differences in rat heart. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 273:H2498-507. [PMID: 9374790 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.5.h2498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The relationships between the contractile characteristics and the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) function of rat atrial and ventricular trabeculae were compared. The isometric developed tension (DT) and the rates of contraction (+ dT/dt) and relaxation (-dT/dt) normalized to cross-sectional area were 3.7, 2.2, and 1.8 times lower, respectively, in intact atrial strips compared with ventricular strips, whereas + dT/dt and -dT/dt (normalized to DT) were 2.3 and 2.8 times higher, respectively, in atria. Atria exhibited a maximal potentiation of DT after shorter rest periods than ventricles and a lower reversal for prolonged rest periods. Caffeine-induced tension transients in saponin-permeabilized fibers suggested that the Ca2+ concentration released in atrial myofibrils reached a lower maximum and decayed more slowly than in ventricular preparations. However, the tension-time integrals indicated an equivalent capacity of sequestrable Ca2+ in SR from both tissues. In atrial, as in ventricular myocardium, the SR Ca2+ uptake was more efficiently supported by ATP produced by the SR-bound MM form of creatine kinase (CK; MM-CK) than by externally added ATP, suggesting a tight functional coupling between the SR Ca2+ adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) and MM-CK. The maximal rate of oxalate-supported Ca2+ uptake was two times higher in atrial than in ventricular tissue homogenates. The SR Ca(2+)-ATPase 2a mRNA content normalized to 18S RNA was 38% higher in atria than in ventricles, whereas the amount of mRNA encoding the alpha-myosin heavy chain, calsequestrin, and the ryanodine receptor was similar in both tissues. Thus a lower amount of readily releasable Ca2+ together with a faster uptake rate may partly account for the shorter time course and lower tension development in intact atrial myocardium compared with ventricular myocardium.
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- A Minajeva
- Department of Pathological Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Tartu, Estonia
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Viner RI, Ferrington DA, Aced GI, Miller-Schlyer M, Bigelow DJ, Schöneich C. In vivo aging of rat skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase. Chemical analysis and quantitative simulation by exposure to low levels of peroxyl radicals. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1329:321-35. [PMID: 9371424 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(97)00125-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca-ATPase of young adult (5 months) and aged (28 months) Fischer 344 male rat skeletal muscle was analyzed for posttranslational modifications as a result of biological aging and their potential functional consequences. The significant differences in the amino acid composition were a 6.8% lower content of sulfhydryl groups and a ca. 4% lower content of Arg residues of the Ca-ATPase from old as compared to young rats. Based on a total of 24 Cys residues the difference in protein thiols corresponds to a loss of 1.5 mol Cys/mol Ca-ATPase as a result of in vivo aging. The loss of Cys residues was not accompanied by a loss of enzyme activity though the 'aged' Ca-ATPase was more sensitive to heat inactivation, aggregation, and tryptic digestion. A comparison of the total sulfhydryl content of all SR proteins present revealed a 13% lower amount for SR vesicles isolated from aged rats. Compared to the alterations of Cys and Arg, there was only a slight and probably physiologically insignificant increase of protein carbonyls with aging, i.e. from 0.32 to 0.46 mol carbonyl groups per mol of Ca-ATPase. When SR vesicles from young rats were exposed to AAPH-derived peroxyl radicals, there was a loss of ca. 1.38 x 10(-4) M total SR sulfhydryl groups per 4 mg SR protein/ml (corresponding to ca. 25%) and a loss of 9.6 x 10(-5) M Ca-ATPase sulfhydryl groups (corresponding to ca. 31%) per 1.6 x 10(-5) M initiating peroxyl radicals, indicating that the stoichiometry of sulfhydryl oxidation was > or = 6 oxidized thiols per initiating AAPH-derived peroxyl radical. Besides Cys, the exposure to AAPH-derived radicals caused a slight loss of Ca-ATPase Arg, Met, and Ser residues. Most importantly, the SR Ca-ATPase exposed to this low concentration of peroxyl radicals displayed physical and functional properties quantitatively comparable to those of SR Ca-ATPase isolated from aged rats, i.e. no immediate loss of activity, increased susceptibility to heat inactivation, aggregation, and tryptic digestion. Moreover, a comparison of kinetically early tryptic fragments by HPLC-electrospray MS and N-terminal sequencing revealed that similar peptide fragments were produced from 'aged' and AAPH-oxidized Ca-ATPase which were not (or kinetically significantly later) generated from the 'young' Ca-ATPase, suggesting some conformational changes of the Ca-ATPase as a result of aging and AAPH-exposure. All except one of these peptides originated from locations remote from the nucleotide-binding and calcium-binding sites. The latter results suggest that aging and AAPH-exposure may target similar Cys residues, mainly at locations remote from the nucleotide-binding and calcium-binding sites, rationalizing the fact that Cys oxidation did not immediately cause inactivation of the Ca-ATPase. Our results provide a quantitative estimate of a net concentration of reactive oxygen species, here peroxyl radicals, which induces physical and chemical alterations of the SR Ca-ATPase quantitatively comparable to those induced by in vivo aging.
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- R I Viner
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66047, USA
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Assayag P, Charlemagne D, de Leiris J, Boucher F, Valère PE, Lortet S, Swynghedauw B, Besse S. Senescent heart compared with pressure overload-induced hypertrophy. Hypertension 1997; 29:15-21. [PMID: 9039074 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.29.1.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Although systolic left ventricular (LV) function is normal in the elderly, aging is associated in rat papillary muscle with mechanical and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase alterations similar to those observed in the hypertrophied heart. However, alterations in the other calcium-regulating proteins implicated in contraction and relaxation are still unknown. To investigate alterations in LV function and calcium-regulating proteins, we measured hemodynamics and Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger (NCx), ryanodine receptor (RyR2), and sarcoplasmic reticular Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2) mRNA levels (expressed in densitometric scores normalized to that of poly(A+) mRNA) in left ventricle from 4-month-old (adult, n = 13) and 24-month-old (senescent, n = 15) rats. For ex vivo contractile function, active tension was measured during isolated heart perfusion in adult (n = 11) and senescent (n = 11) rats. For comparison of age-dependent effects of moderate hypertension on both hemodynamics and calcium proteins, renovascular hypertension was induced or a sham operation performed at 2 (n = 11 and n = 6) and 22 (n = 26 and n = 5) months of age. In senescent rats, LV systolic pressure and maximal rates of pressure development were unaltered, although active tension was depressed (4.7 +/- 0.4 versus 8.3 +/- 0.7 g/g heart weight in adults, P < .0001). SERCA2 mRNA levels were decreased in senescent left ventricle (0.98 +/- 0.05 versus 1.18 +/- 0.05 in adults, P < .01), without changes in NCx and RyR2 mRNA accumulation. Renovascular hypertension resulted in 100% mortality in aged rats; in adults, renovascular hypertension resulted, 2 months later, in an increase of LV systolic pressure (170 +/- 7 versus 145 +/- 3 mm Hg in sham-operated rats, P < .05) and in mild LV hypertrophy (+18%, P < .01) associated with a decrease in SERCA2 mRNA levels (1.02 +/- 0.03 versus 1.18 +/- 0.03 in sham-operated rats, P < .001). Contractile dysfunction in senescent isolated heart and decreased SERCA2 mRNA levels were associated with in vivo normal LV function at rest, indicating the existence of in vivo compensatory mechanisms. RyR2 and NCx gene expressions were not implicated in the observed contractile dysfunction. In aged rats, renovascular hypertension resulted in 100% mortality, probably related to elevated levels of circulating angiotensin II, whereas in adult rats, renovascular hypertension induced a mild LV hypertrophy associated with a selective alteration in SERCA2 gene expression.
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- P Assayag
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U127, IFR Circulation, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
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Simonides WS, Brent GA, Thelen MH, van der Linden CG, Larsen PR, van Hardeveld C. Characterization of the promoter of the rat sarcoplasmic endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase 1 gene and analysis of thyroid hormone responsiveness. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:32048-56. [PMID: 8943255 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.50.32048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Relaxation of skeletal muscle requires the re-uptake of Ca2+, which is mediated by the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA). Thyroid hormone (T3) stimulates the expression of the SERCA1 isoform, which is essential for fast skeletal muscle fiber phenotype. We have cloned and studied the first 962 base pairs of the 5'-flanking region of the rat SERCA1 gene. This sequence was tested for T3-regulated expression in transient transfection experiments using COS7 cells and for binding of thyroid hormone receptor (TR) alpha in mobility shift assays. A construct of the 5'-flanking region and a reporter gene was unresponsive to T3 in the absence of co-transfected thyroid hormone receptor. In the presence of TRalpha, a T3 induction ratio of almost 4.0 was found, and this induction ratio was doubled with co-transfection of an RXR expression plasmid. Analysis of progressive 5'-deletion fragments of the sequence indicated multiple regions involved in T3 responsiveness. Three regions, R1, R2, and R3, were identified that bound TR complexes in mobility shift assays and conferred T3 responsiveness to a heterologous promoter. The most potent of these thyroid hormone response elements, R3, increased the 2-fold background T3 stimulation of the thymidine kinase promoter to nearly 6-fold. Detailed analysis of this element showed that four TR-binding half-sites, comprising two independent thyroid hormone response elements, interact cooperatively to give the maximal T3 response. T3 regulation of SERCA1 expression is mediated by a complex thyroid hormone response element that may serve to provide a greater range of response in interaction with nuclear receptor partners or cell-specific transcription factors.
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- W S Simonides
- Thyroid Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Váradi A, Molnár E, Ostenson CG, Ashcroft SJ. Isoforms of endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase are differentially expressed in normal and diabetic islets of Langerhans. Biochem J 1996; 319 ( Pt 2):521-7. [PMID: 8912690 PMCID: PMC1217799 DOI: 10.1042/bj3190521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Glucose-dependent sequestration of Ca2+ into endoplasmic reticulum and its subsequent release play an important role in the control of intracellular Ca2+ concentration, which regulates insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells. The active uptake of cytosolic Ca2+ into endoplasmic reticulum is mediated by sarco-(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPases (SERCAs). We found, using RT-PCR with isoform-specific primers, that SERCA 2 and SERCA 3 mRNAs are co-expressed in human and rat islets of Langerhans and in the RINm5F beta-cell line. Immunochemical analysis also revealed the existence of two SERCA proteins with molecular masses of 110 and 115 kDa in beta-cell membranes. The 115 kDa protein was identified as SERCA 2b by its reaction with an isoform-specific antibody and the 110 kDa protein most probably corresponds to SERCA 3. The presence of two functionally different SERCA isoforms raises the possibility that they are located in distinct Ca2+ stores. There is evidence that altered Ca2+ handling in the beta-cell may contribute to the decreased insulin secretion seen in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). We therefore investigated SERCA 2 and SERCA 3 mRNA expression by quantitative RT-PCR in islets prepared from Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats, a non-obese spontaneous model of NIDDM. We found a significant reduction (about 68%) in SERCA 3 isoform expression. Since SERCA 2 expression was not significantly reduced, these genes are independently regulated and probably play distinct roles in islets of Langerhans. The marked decrease of SERCA 3 expression may constitute a defect in Ca2+ signalling in GK rat islets which could be a component of NIDDM.
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- A Váradi
- University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry, John Radcliffe Hospital Headington, UK
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Møller JV, Juul B, le Maire M. Structural organization, ion transport, and energy transduction of P-type ATPases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1286:1-51. [PMID: 8634322 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(95)00017-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 563] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- J V Møller
- Department of Biophysics, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Viner RI, Ferrington DA, Hühmer AF, Bigelow DJ, Schöneich C. Accumulation of nitrotyrosine on the SERCA2a isoform of SR Ca-ATPase of rat skeletal muscle during aging: a peroxynitrite-mediated process? FEBS Lett 1996; 379:286-90. [PMID: 8603707 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)01530-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The SR Ca-ATPase in skeletal muscle SR vesicles isolated from young adult (5 months) and aged (28 months) rats was analyzed for nitrotyrosine. Only the SERCA2a isoform contained significant amounts with approximately one and four nitrotyrosine residues per young and old Ca-ATPase, respectively. The in vitro exposure of SR vesicles of young rats to peroxynitrite yielded selective nitration of the SERCA2a Ca-ATPase even in the presence of excess SERCA1a. No nitration was observed during the exposure of SR vesicles to nitric oxide in the presence of O2. These data suggest the vivo presence of peroxynitrite in skeletal muscle. The greater nitrotyrosine content of SERCA2a from aged tissue implies an age-associated increase in susceptibility to oxidation by this species.
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- R I Viner
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045, USA
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Wankerl M, Schwartz K. Calcium transport proteins in the nonfailing and failing heart: gene expression and function. J Mol Med (Berl) 1995; 73:487-96. [PMID: 8581510 DOI: 10.1007/bf00198900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In heart failure alterations of intracellular Ca2+ handling are thought to be a major reason for impaired contraction and relaxation. Peak Ca2+ transients are reduced, resting Ca2+ levels elevated, and the time course of diastolic Ca2+ decline is markedly prolonged in failing hearts. The proteins of the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the sarcolemmal Na+/Ca2+ exchanger are the most important tools for Ca2+ homeostasis in the cardiomyocyte, and their molecular cloning has allowed prediction of structure/function analysis. The investigation of function and gene expression of these proteins in failing myocardium has been an area of intensive research in recent years in order to provide a more detailed understanding of the pathophysiology of heart failure. Quantitative changes in expression of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase, the ryanodine receptor, and the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger with correlations to functional alterations have been reported both in experimental animal models and in the human failing heart. However, in human heart failure these findings are currently the subject of a lively discussion because observations have apparently been in part contradictory. This review discusses the proteins involved in myocardial Ca2+ handling and describes the current state of research on expressional and functional alterations and their potential implication in the pathomechanism of heart failure.
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- M Wankerl
- INSERM Unité 153, Pavillon Rambuteau, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétriere, Paris, France
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Moorman AF, Vermeulen JL, Koban MU, Schwartz K, Lamers WH, Boheler KR. Patterns of expression of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase and phospholamban mRNAs during rat heart development. Circ Res 1995; 76:616-25. [PMID: 7895336 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.76.4.616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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This study reports the clonal analysis and sequence of rat phospholamban (PLB) cDNA clones and the temporal appearance and patterns of distribution of the mRNAs encoding sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA2) and PLB in the developing rat heart determined by in situ hybridization. Both proteins play a critical role in the contraction-relaxation cycle of the heart. SERCA2 mRNA is already abundantly present in the first stage studied, in the cardiogenic plate of the 9-day-old presomite embryo, before the occurrence of the first contractions. This very early expression makes it an excellent marker for the study of early heart development. Subsequently, SERCA2 mRNA becomes expressed in a craniocaudal gradient, being highest at the venous pole and decreasing in concentration toward the arterial pole of the heart. PLB mRNA can be detected in hearts from 12 days of development onward in a virtually opposite gradient. In essence, these patterns do not change during further development. PLB mRNA levels remain highest in the ventricle and outflow tract, whereas SERCA2 mRNA prevails in the inflow tract and atrium, although the difference between atrium and ventricle becomes less pronounced. These observations are compatible with a model in which the upstream part of the heart (inflow tract and atrium) would have a greater capacity to clear calcium and hence would have a longer duration of the diastole than the downstream compartments (atrioventricular canal, ventricle, and outflow tract), similar to the observed pattern of contraction of the embryonic heart. The sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes do not reveal an expression pattern of SERCA2 and PLB mRNA that allows one to distinguish them from the surrounding atrial working myocardium. However, the ventricular part of the conduction system, comprising atrioventricular bundle and bundle branches, are almost devoid of SERCA2 mRNA.
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- A F Moorman
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam Netherlands
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