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Medvedev RY, Afolabi SO, Turner DGP, Glukhov AV. Mechanisms of stretch-induced electro-anatomical remodeling and atrial arrhythmogenesis. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2024; 193:11-24. [PMID: 38797242 PMCID: PMC11260238 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2024.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac rhythm disorder, often occurring in the setting of atrial distension and elevated myocardialstretch. While various mechano-electrochemical signal transduction pathways have been linked to AF development and progression, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood, hampering AF therapies. In this review, we describe different aspects of stretch-induced electro-anatomical remodeling as seen in animal models and in patients with AF. Specifically, we focus on cellular and molecular mechanisms that are responsible for mechano-electrochemical signal transduction and the development of ectopic beats triggering AF from pulmonary veins, the most common source of paroxysmal AF. Furthermore, we describe structural changes caused by stretch occurring before and shortly after the onset of AF as well as during AF progression, contributing to longstanding forms of AF. We also propose mechanical stretch as a new dimension to the concept "AF begets AF", in addition to underlying diseases. Finally, we discuss the mechanisms of these electro-anatomical alterations in a search for potential therapeutic strategies and the development of novel antiarrhythmic drugs targeted at the components of mechano-electrochemical signal transduction not only in cardiac myocytes, but also in cardiac non-myocyte cells.
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- Roman Y Medvedev
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
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Kochkina EN, Kopylova EE, Rogachevskaja OA, Kovalenko NP, Kabanova NV, Kotova PD, Bystrova MF, Kolesnikov SS. Agonist-Induced Ca 2+ Signaling in HEK-293-Derived Cells Expressing a Single IP 3 Receptor Isoform. Cells 2024; 13:562. [PMID: 38607001 PMCID: PMC11011116 DOI: 10.3390/cells13070562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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In mammals, three genes encode IP3 receptors (IP3Rs), which are involved in agonist-induced Ca2+ signaling in cells of apparently all types. Using the CRISPR/Cas9 approach for disruption of two out of three IP3R genes in HEK-293 cells, we generated three monoclonal cell lines, IP3R1-HEK, IP3R2-HEK, and IP3R3-HEK, with the single functional isoform, IP3R1, IP3R2, and IP3R3, respectively. All engineered cells responded to ACh with Ca2+ transients in an "all-or-nothing" manner, suggesting that each IP3R isotype was capable of mediating CICR. The sensitivity of cells to ACh strongly correlated with the affinity of IP3 binding to an IP3R isoform they expressed. Based on a mathematical model of intracellular Ca2+ signals induced by thapsigargin, a SERCA inhibitor, we developed an approach for estimating relative Ca2+ permeability of Ca2+ store and showed that all three IP3R isoforms contributed to Ca2+ leakage from ER. The relative Ca2+ permeabilities of Ca2+ stores in IP3R1-HEK, IP3R2-HEK, and IP3R3-HEK cells were evaluated as 1:1.75:0.45. Using the genetically encoded sensor R-CEPIA1er for monitoring Ca2+ signals in ER, engineered cells were ranged by resting levels of stored Ca2+ as IP3R3-HEK ≥ IP3R1-HEK > IP3R2-HEK. The developed cell lines could be helpful for further assaying activity, regulation, and pharmacology of individual IP3R isoforms.
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya Street, 142290 Pushchino, Russia
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Jin X. The inositol trisphosphate receptor can facilitate but does not initiate ventricular arrhythmogenesis. J Physiol 2024; 602:5-8. [PMID: 38010615 DOI: 10.1113/jp285786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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- Xin Jin
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Kanaporis G, Blatter LA. Increased Risk for Atrial Alternans in Rabbit Heart Failure: The Role of Ca 2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase II and Inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate Signaling. Biomolecules 2023; 14:53. [PMID: 38254653 PMCID: PMC10813785 DOI: 10.3390/biom14010053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Heart failure (HF) increases the probability of cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF), but the mechanisms linking HF to AF are poorly understood. We investigated disturbances in Ca2+ signaling and electrophysiology in rabbit atrial myocytes from normal and failing hearts and identified mechanisms that contribute to the higher risk of atrial arrhythmias in HF. Ca2+ transient (CaT) alternans-beat-to-beat alternations in CaT amplitude-served as indicator of increased arrhythmogenicity. We demonstrate that HF atrial myocytes were more prone to alternans despite no change in action potentials duration and only moderate decrease of L-type Ca2+ current. Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) inhibition suppressed CaT alternans. Activation of IP3 signaling by endothelin-1 (ET-1) and angiotensin II (Ang II) resulted in acute, but transient reduction of CaT amplitude and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ load, and lowered the alternans risk. However, prolonged exposure to ET-1 and Ang II enhanced SR Ca2+ release and increased the degree of alternans. Inhibition of IP3 receptors prevented the transient ET-1 and Ang II effects and by itself increased the degree of CaT alternans. Our data suggest that activation of CaMKII and IP3 signaling contribute to atrial arrhythmogenesis in HF.
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;
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Gong X, Ogino N, Leite MF, Chen Z, Nguyen R, Liu R, Kruglov E, Flores K, Cabral A, Mendes GMM, Ehrlich BE, Mak M. Adaptation to volumetric compression drives hepatoblastoma cells to an apoptosis-resistant and invasive phenotype. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.08.561453. [PMID: 37873476 PMCID: PMC10592664 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.08.561453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
Liver cancer involves tumor cells rapidly growing within a packed tissue environment. Patient tumor tissues reveal densely packed and deformed cells, especially at tumor boundaries, indicative of physical crowding and compression. It is not well understood how these physical signals modulate tumor evolution and therapeutic susceptibility. Here we investigate the impact of volumetric compression on liver cancer (HepG2) behavior. We find that conditioning cells under a highly compressed state leads to major transcriptional reprogramming, notably the loss of hepatic markers, the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-like changes, and altered calcium signaling-related gene expression, over the course of several days. Biophysically, compressed cells exhibit increased Rac1-mediated cell spreading and cell-extracellular matrix interactions, cytoskeletal reorganization, increased YAP and β-catenin nuclear translocation, and dysfunction in cytoplasmic and mitochondrial calcium signaling. Furthermore, compressed cells are resistant to chemotherapeutics and desensitized to apoptosis signaling. Apoptosis sensitivity can be rescued by stimulated calcium signaling. Our study demonstrates that volumetric compression is a key microenvironmental factor that drives tumor evolution in multiple pathological directions and highlights potential countermeasures to re-sensitize therapy-resistant cells. Significance statement Compression can arise as cancer cells grow and navigate within the dense solid tumor microenvironment. It is unclear how compression mediates critical programs that drive tumor progression and therapeutic complications. Here, we take an integrative approach in investigating the impact of compression on liver cancer. We identify and characterize compressed subdomains within patient tumor tissues. Furthermore, using in vitro systems, we induce volumetric compression (primarily via osmotic pressure but also via mechanical force) on liver cancer cells and demonstrate significant molecular and biophysical changes in cell states, including in function, cytoskeletal signaling, proliferation, invasion, and chemoresistance. Importantly, our results show that compressed cells have impaired calcium signaling and acquire resistance to apoptosis, which can be countered via calcium mobilization.
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Terrar DA. Timing mechanisms to control heart rhythm and initiate arrhythmias: roles for intracellular organelles, signalling pathways and subsarcolemmal Ca 2. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20220170. [PMID: 37122228 PMCID: PMC10150226 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Rhythms of electrical activity in all regions of the heart can be influenced by a variety of intracellular membrane bound organelles. This is true both for normal pacemaker activity and for abnormal rhythms including those caused by early and delayed afterdepolarizations under pathological conditions. The influence of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) on cardiac electrical activity is widely recognized, but other intracellular organelles including lysosomes and mitochondria also contribute. Intracellular organelles can provide a timing mechanism (such as an SR clock driven by cyclic uptake and release of Ca2+, with an important influence of intraluminal Ca2+), and/or can act as a Ca2+ store involved in signalling mechanisms. Ca2+ plays many diverse roles including carrying electric current, driving electrogenic sodium-calcium exchange (NCX) particularly when Ca2+ is extruded across the surface membrane causing depolarization, and activation of enzymes which target organelles and surface membrane proteins. Heart function is also influenced by Ca2+ mobilizing agents (cADP-ribose, nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate and inositol trisphosphate) acting on intracellular organelles. Lysosomal Ca2+ release exerts its effects via calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II to promote SR Ca2+ uptake, and contributes to arrhythmias resulting from excessive beta-adrenoceptor stimulation. A separate arrhythmogenic mechanism involves lysosomes, mitochondria and SR. Interacting intracellular organelles, therefore, have profound effects on heart rhythms and NCX plays a central role. This article is part of the theme issue 'The heartbeat: its molecular basis and physiological mechanisms'.
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- Derek A Terrar
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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Jin X, Meletiou A, Chung J, Tilunaite A, Demydenko K, Dries E, Puertas RD, Amoni M, Tomar A, Claus P, Soeller C, Rajagopal V, Sipido K, Roderick HL. InsP 3R-RyR channel crosstalk augments sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ release and arrhythmogenic activity in post-MI pig cardiomyocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2023; 179:47-59. [PMID: 37003353 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2023.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Ca2+ transients (CaT) underlying cardiomyocyte (CM) contraction require efficient Ca2+ coupling between sarcolemmal Ca2+ channels and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) ryanodine receptor Ca2+ channels (RyR) for their generation; reduced coupling in disease contributes to diminished CaT and arrhythmogenic Ca2+ events. SR Ca2+ release also occurs via inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (InsP3R) in CM. While this pathway contributes negligeably to Ca2+ handling in healthy CM, rodent studies support a role in altered Ca2+ dynamics and arrhythmogenic Ca2+ release involving InsP3R crosstalk with RyRs in disease. Whether this mechanism persists in larger mammals with lower T-tubular density and coupling of RyRs is not fully resolved. We have recently shown an arrhythmogenic action of InsP3-induced Ca2+ release (IICR) in end stage human heart failure, often associated with underlying ischemic heart disease (IHD). How IICR contributes to early stages of disease is however not determined but highly relevant. To access this stage, we chose a porcine model of IHD, which shows substantial remodelling of the area adjacent to the infarct. In cells from this region, IICR preferentially augmented Ca2+ release from non-coupled RyR clusters that otherwise showed delayed activation during the CaT. IICR in turn synchronised Ca2+ release during the CaT but also induced arrhythmogenic delayed afterdepolarizations and action potentials. Nanoscale imaging identified co-clustering of InsP3Rs and RyRs, thereby allowing Ca2+-mediated channel crosstalk. Mathematical modelling supported and further delineated this mechanism of enhanced InsP3R-RyRs coupling in MI. Our findings highlight the role of InsP3R-RyR channel crosstalk in Ca2+ release and arrhythmia during post-MI remodelling.
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- Xin Jin
- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physiology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Cell Structure and Mechanobiology Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Cell Structure and Mechanobiology Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia; Systems Biology Laboratory, School of Mathematics and Statistics, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Cell Structure and Mechanobiology Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Hohendanner F, Prabhu A, Wilck N, Stangl V, Pieske B, Stangl K, Althoff TF. G q-Mediated Arrhythmogenic Signaling Promotes Atrial Fibrillation. Biomedicines 2023; 11:biomedicines11020526. [PMID: 36831062 PMCID: PMC9953645 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11020526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is promoted by various stimuli like angiotensin II, endothelin-1, epinephrine/norepinephrine, vagal activation, or mechanical stress, all of which activate receptors coupled to G-proteins of the Gαq/Gα11-family (Gq). Besides pro-fibrotic and pro-inflammatory effects, Gq-mediated signaling induces inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP3R)-mediated intracellular Ca2+ mobilization related to delayed after-depolarisations and AF. However, direct evidence of arrhythmogenic Gq-mediated signaling is absent. METHODS AND RESULTS To define the role of Gq in AF, transgenic mice with tamoxifen-inducible, cardiomyocyte-specific Gαq/Gα11-deficiency (Gq-KO) were created and exposed to intracardiac electrophysiological studies. Baseline electrophysiological properties, including heart rate, sinus node recovery time, and atrial as well as AV nodal effective refractory periods, were comparable in Gq-KO and control mice. However, inducibility and mean duration of AF episodes were significantly reduced in Gq-KO mice-both before and after vagal stimulation. To explore underlying mechanisms, left atrial cardiomyocytes were isolated from Gq-KO and control mice and electrically stimulated to study Ca2+-mobilization during excitation-contraction coupling using confocal microscopy. Spontaneous arrhythmogenic Ca2+ waves and sarcoplasmic reticulum content-corrected Ca2+ sparks were less frequent in Gq-KO mice. Interestingly, nuclear but not cytosolic Ca2+ transient amplitudes were significantly decreased in Gq-KO mice. CONCLUSION Gq-signaling promotes arrhythmogenic atrial Ca2+-release and AF in mice. Targeting this pathway, ideally using Gq-selective, biased receptor ligands, may be a promising approach for the treatment and prevention of AF. Importantly, the atrial-specific expression of the Gq-effector IP3R confers atrial selectivity mitigating the risk of life-threatening ventricular pro-arrhythmic effects.
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- Felix Hohendanner
- Department of Cardiology and German Heart Center, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, 13316 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and German Heart Center, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, 13316 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a Cooperation of Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care Medicine, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, 13316 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Charité Campus Mitte, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and German Heart Center, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, 13316 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, 13316 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Charité Campus Mitte, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, 13316 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Charité Campus Mitte, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Arrhythmia Section, Cardiovascular Institute (ICCV), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Villarroel N° 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-93-2275551; Fax: +34-93-4513045
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Chung J, Tilūnaitė A, Ladd D, Hunt H, Soeller C, Crampin EJ, Johnston ST, Roderick HL, Rajagopal V. IP 3R activity increases propensity of RyR-mediated sparks by elevating dyadic [Ca 2+]. Math Biosci 2023; 355:108923. [PMID: 36395827 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2022.108923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Calcium (Ca2+) plays a critical role in the excitation contraction coupling (ECC) process that mediates the contraction of cardiomyocytes during each heartbeat. While ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are the primary Ca2+ channels responsible for generating the cell-wide Ca2+ transients during ECC, Ca2+ release, via inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptors (IP3Rs) are also reported in cardiomyocytes to elicit ECC-modulating effects. Recent studies suggest that the localization of IP3Rs at dyads grant their ability to modify the occurrence of Ca2+ sparks (elementary Ca2+ release events that constitute cell wide Ca2+ releases associated with ECC) which may underlie their modulatory influence on ECC. Here, we aim to uncover the mechanism by which dyad-localized IP3Rs influence Ca2+ spark dynamics. To this end, we developed a mathematical model of the dyad that incorporates the behaviour of IP3Rs, in addition to RyRs, to reveal the impact of their activity on local Ca2+ handling and consequent Ca2+ spark occurrence and its properties. Consistent with published experimental data, our model predicts that the propensity for Ca2+ spark formation increases in the presence of IP3R activity. Our simulations support the hypothesis that IP3Rs elevate Ca2+ in the dyad, sensitizing proximal RyRs towards activation and hence Ca2+ spark formation. The stochasticity of IP3R gating is an important aspect of this mechanism. However, dyadic IP3R activity lowers the Ca2+ available in the junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum (JSR) for release, thus resulting in Ca2+ sparks with similar durations but lower amplitudes.
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- Joshua Chung
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.
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Demydenko K, Ekhteraei-Tousi S, Roderick HL. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors in cardiomyocyte physiology and disease. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2022; 377:20210319. [PMID: 36189803 PMCID: PMC9527928 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The contraction of cardiac muscle underlying the pumping action of the heart is mediated by the process of excitation-contraction coupling (ECC). While triggered by Ca2+ entry across the sarcolemma during the action potential, it is the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) intracellular Ca2+ store via ryanodine receptors (RyRs) that plays the major role in induction of contraction. Ca2+ also acts as a key intracellular messenger regulating transcription underlying hypertrophic growth. Although Ca2+ release via RyRs is by far the greatest contributor to the generation of Ca2+ transients in the cardiomyocyte, Ca2+ is also released from the SR via inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) receptors (InsP3Rs). This InsP3-induced Ca2+ release modifies Ca2+ transients during ECC, participates in directing Ca2+ to the mitochondria, and stimulates the transcription of genes underlying hypertrophic growth. Central to these specific actions of InsP3Rs is their localization to responsible signalling microdomains, the dyad, the SR-mitochondrial interface and the nucleus. In this review, the various roles of InsP3R in cardiac (patho)physiology and the mechanisms by which InsP3 signalling selectively influences the different cardiomyocyte cell processes in which it is involved will be presented. This article is part of the theme issue ‘The cardiomyocyte: new revelations on the interplay between architecture and function in growth, health, and disease’.
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- Kateryna Demydenko
- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Bose SJ, Read MJ, Akerman E, Capel RA, Ayagama T, Russell A, Terrar DA, Zaccolo M, Burton RAB. Inhibition of adenylyl cyclase 1 by ST034307 inhibits IP3-evoked changes in sino-atrial node beat rate. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:951897. [PMID: 36105228 PMCID: PMC9465815 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.951897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Atrial arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation (AF), are a major mortality risk and a leading cause of stroke. The IP3 signalling pathway has been proposed as an atrial-specific target for AF therapy, and atrial IP3 signalling has been linked to the activation of calcium sensitive adenylyl cyclases AC1 and AC8. We investigated the involvement of AC1 in the response of intact mouse atrial tissue and isolated guinea pig atrial and sino-atrial node (SAN) cells to the α-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine (PE) using the selective AC1 inhibitor ST034307. The maximum rate change of spontaneously beating mouse right atrial tissue exposed to PE was reduced from 14.5% to 8.2% (p = 0.005) in the presence of 1 μM ST034307, whereas the increase in tension generated in paced left atrial tissue in the presence of PE was not inhibited by ST034307 (Control = 14.2%, ST034307 = 16.3%; p > 0.05). Experiments were performed using isolated guinea pig atrial and SAN cells loaded with Fluo-5F-AM to record changes in calcium transients (CaT) generated by 10 μM PE in the presence and absence of 1 μM ST034307. ST034307 significantly reduced the beating rate of SAN cells (0.34-fold decrease; p = 0.003) but did not inhibit changes in CaT amplitude in response to PE in atrial cells. The results presented here demonstrate pharmacologically the involvement of AC1 in the downstream response of atrial pacemaker activity to α-adrenoreceptor stimulation and IP3R calcium release.
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- Samuel J. Bose
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Rebecca A. B. Burton,
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Yuan M, Gong M, He J, Xie B, Zhang Z, Meng L, Tse G, Zhao Y, Bao Q, Zhang Y, Yuan M, Liu X, Luo C, Wang F, Li G, Liu T. IP3R1/GRP75/VDAC1 complex mediates endoplasmic reticulum stress-mitochondrial oxidative stress in diabetic atrial remodeling. Redox Biol 2022; 52:102289. [PMID: 35344886 PMCID: PMC8961221 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Rationale Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and mitochondrial dysfunction are important mechanisms of atrial remodeling, predisposing to the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these processes especially their interactions have not been fully elucidated. Objective To explore the potential role of ER stress–mitochondrial oxidative stress in atrial remodeling and AF induction in diabetes. Methods and results Mouse atrial cardiomyocytes (HL-1 cells) and rats with T2DM were used as study models. Significant ER stress was observed in the diabetic rat atria. After treatment with tunicamycin (TM), an ER stress agonist, mass spectrometry (MS) identified several known ER stress and calmodulin proteins, including heat shock protein family A (HSP70) member [HSPA] 5 [GRP78]) and HSPA9 (GRP75, glucose-regulated protein 75). In situ proximity ligation assay indicated that TM led to increased protein expression of the IP3R1–GRP75–VDAC1 (inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor 1–glucose-regulated protein 75–voltage-dependent anion channel 1) complex in HL-1 cells. Small interfering RNA silencing of GRP75 in HL-1 cells and GRP75 conditional knockout in a mouse model led to impaired calcium transport from the ER to the mitochondria and alleviated mitochondrial oxidative stress and calcium overload. Moreover, GRP75 deficiency attenuated atrial remodeling and AF progression in Myh6-Cre+/Hspa9flox/flox + TM mice. Conclusions The IP3R1–GRP75–VDAC1 complex mediates ER stress–mitochondrial oxidative stress and plays an important role in diabetic atrial remodeling. Endoplasmic reticulum stress associated with atrial fibrillation. GRP75 contributes to the ER-mitochondria crosstalk. Inhibition of GRP75 attenuated diabetic atrial remodeling.
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- Ming Yuan
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Intervention and Regenerative Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Department of Cardiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China; Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Exercise Physiology and Sports Medicine, Department of Health & Exercise Science, Tianjin University of Sport, Tianjin, 300381, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China
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- School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Department of Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, PR China.
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Varma D, Almeida JFQ, DeSantiago J, Blatter LA, Banach K. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor - reactive oxygen signaling domain regulates excitation-contraction coupling in atrial myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2022; 163:147-155. [PMID: 34755642 PMCID: PMC8826595 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2021.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R) is up-regulated in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and InsP3-induced Ca2+ release (IICR) is linked to pro-arrhythmic spontaneous Ca2+ release events. Nevertheless, knowledge of the physiological relevance and regulation of InsP3Rs in atrial muscle is still limited. We hypothesize that InsP3R and NADPH oxidase 2 (NOX2) form a functional signaling domain where NOX2 derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) regulate InsP3R agonist affinity and thereby Ca2+ release. To quantitate the contribution of IICR to atrial excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) atrial myocytes (AMs) were isolated from wild type and NOX2 deficient (Nox2-/-) mice and changes in the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i; fluo-4/AM, indo-1) or ROS (2',7'-dichlorofluorescein, DCF) were monitored by fluorescence microscopy. Superfusion of AMs with Angiotensin II (AngII: 1 μmol/L) significantly increased diastolic [Ca2+]i (F/F0, Ctrl: 1.00 ± 0.01, AngII: 1.20 ± 0.03; n = 7; p < 0.05), the field stimulation induced Ca2+ transient (CaT) amplitude (ΔF/F0, Ctrl: 2.00 ± 0.17, AngII: 2.39 ± 0.22, n = 7; p < 0.05), and let to the occurrence of spontaneous increases in [Ca2+]i. These changes in [Ca2+]i were suppressed by the InsP3R blocker 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl-borate (2-APB; 1 μmol/L). Concomitantly, AngII induced an increase in ROS production that was sensitive to the NOX2 specific inhibitor gp91ds-tat (1 μmol/L). In NOX2-/- AMs, AngII failed to increase diastolic [Ca2+]i, CaT amplitude, and the frequency of spontaneous Ca2+ increases. Furthermore, the enhancement of CaTs by exposure to membrane permeant InsP3 was abolished by NOX inhibition with apocynin (1 μM). AngII induced IICR in Nox2-/- AMs could be restored by addition of exogenous ROS (tert-butyl hydroperoxide, tBHP: 5 μmol/L). In saponin permeabilized AMs InsP3 (5 μmol/L) induced Ca2+ sparks that increased in frequency in the presence of ROS (InsP3: 9.65 ± 1.44 sparks*s-1*(100μm)-1; InsP3 + tBHP: 10.77 ± 1.5 sparks*s-1*(100μm)-1; n = 5; p < 0.05). The combined effect of InsP3 + tBHP was entirely suppressed by 2-APB and Xestospongine C (XeC). Changes in IICR due to InsP3R glutathionylation induced by diamide could be reversed by the reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT: 1 mmol/L) and prevented by pretreatment with 2-APB, supporting that the ROS-dependent post-translational modification of the InsP3R plays a role in the regulation of ECC. Our data demonstrate that in AMs the InsP3R is under dual control of agonist induced InsP3 and ROS formation and suggest that InsP3 and NOX2-derived ROS co-regulate atrial IICR and ECC in a defined InsP3R/NOX2 signaling domain.
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- Disha Varma
- Dept. of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, 1750 W. Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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- Dept. of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, 1750 W. Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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- Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, Rush University Medical Center, 1750 W. Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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- Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, Rush University Medical Center, 1750 W. Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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- Dept. of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, 1750 W. Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Terrar DA. Endolysosomal Calcium Release and Cardiac Physiology. Cell Calcium 2022; 104:102565. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2022.102565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Weissman D, Maack C. Redox signaling in heart failure and therapeutic implications. Free Radic Biol Med 2021; 171:345-364. [PMID: 34019933 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Heart failure is a growing health burden worldwide characterized by alterations in excitation-contraction coupling, cardiac energetic deficit and oxidative stress. While current treatments are mostly limited to antagonization of neuroendocrine activation, more recent data suggest that also targeting metabolism may provide substantial prognostic benefit. However, although in a broad spectrum of preclinical models, oxidative stress plays a causal role for the development and progression of heart failure, no treatment that targets reactive oxygen species (ROS) directly has entered the clinical arena yet. In the heart, ROS derive from various sources, such as NADPH oxidases, xanthine oxidase, uncoupled nitric oxide synthase and mitochondria. While mitochondria are the primary source of ROS in the heart, communication between different ROS sources may be relevant for physiological signalling events as well as pathologically elevated ROS that deteriorate excitation-contraction coupling, induce hypertrophy and/or trigger cell death. Here, we review the sources of ROS in the heart, the modes of pathological activation of ROS formation as well as therapeutic approaches that may target ROS specifically in mitochondria.
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- David Weissman
- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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Blatter LA, Kanaporis G, Martinez-Hernandez E, Oropeza-Almazan Y, Banach K. Excitation-contraction coupling and calcium release in atrial muscle. Pflugers Arch 2021; 473:317-329. [PMID: 33398498 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-020-02506-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In cardiac muscle, the process of excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) describes the chain of events that links action potential induced myocyte membrane depolarization, surface membrane ion channel activation, triggering of Ca2+ induced Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ store to activation of the contractile machinery that is ultimately responsible for the pump function of the heart. Here we review similarities and differences of structural and functional attributes of ECC between atrial and ventricular tissue. We explore a novel "fire-diffuse-uptake-fire" paradigm of atrial ECC and Ca2+ release that assigns a novel role to the SR SERCA pump and involves a concerted "tandem" activation of the ryanodine receptor Ca2+ release channel by cytosolic and luminal Ca2+. We discuss the contribution of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor Ca2+ release channel as an auxiliary pathway to Ca2+ signaling, and we review IP3 receptor-induced Ca2+ release involvement in beat-to-beat ECC, nuclear Ca2+ signaling, and arrhythmogenesis. Finally, we explore the topic of electromechanical and Ca2+ alternans and its ramifications for atrial arrhythmia.
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- L A Blatter
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Rush University Medical Center, 1750 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Rush University Medical Center, 1750 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Rush University Medical Center, 1750 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Rush University Medical Center, 1750 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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Liu X, Pan Z. Store-Operated Calcium Entry in the Cardiovascular System. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1349:303-333. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4254-8_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Burton RAB, Terrar DA. Emerging Evidence for cAMP-calcium Cross Talk in Heart Atrial Nanodomains Where IP 3-Evoked Calcium Release Stimulates Adenylyl Cyclases. CONTACT (THOUSAND OAKS (VENTURA COUNTY, CALIF.)) 2021; 4:25152564211008341. [PMID: 37366374 PMCID: PMC10243587 DOI: 10.1177/25152564211008341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Calcium handling is vital to normal physiological function in the heart. Human atrial arrhythmias, eg. atrial fibrillation, are a major morbidity and mortality burden, yet major gaps remain in our understanding of how calcium signaling pathways function and interact. Inositol trisphosphate (IP3) is a calcium-mobilizing second messenger and its agonist-induced effects have been observed in many tissue types. In the atria IP3 receptors (IR3Rs) residing on junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum augment cellular calcium transients and, when over-stimulated, lead to arrhythmogenesis. Recent studies have demonstrated that the predominant pathway for IP3 actions in atrial myocytes depends on stimulation of calcium-dependent forms of adenylyl cyclase (AC8 and AC1) by IP3-evoked calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. AC8 shows co-localisation with IP3Rs and AC1 appears to be nearby. These observations support crosstalk between calcium and cAMP pathways in nanodomains in atria. Similar mechanisms also appear to operate in the pacemaker region of the sinoatrial node. Here we discuss these significant advances in our understanding of atrial physiology and pathology, together with implications for the identification of potential novel targets and modulators for the treatment of atrial arrhythmias.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Minimal contribution of IP 3R2 in cardiac differentiation and derived ventricular-like myocytes from human embryonic stem cells. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2020; 41:1576-1586. [PMID: 33037404 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-020-00528-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Type 2 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R2) regulates the intracellular Ca2+ release from endoplasmic reticulum in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), cardiovascular progenitor cells (CVPCs), and mammalian cardiomyocytes. However, the role of IP3R2 in human cardiac development is unknown and its function in mammalian cardiomyocytes is controversial. hESC-derived cardiomyocytes have unique merits in disease modeling, cell therapy, and drug screening. Therefore, understanding the role of IP3R2 in the generation and function of human cardiomyocytes would be valuable for the application of hESC-derived cardiomyocytes. In the current study, we investigated the role of IP3R2 in the differentiation of hESCs to cardiomyocytes and in the hESC-derived cardiomyocytes. By using IP3R2 knockout (IP3R2KO) hESCs, we showed that IP3R2KO did not affect the self-renewal of hESCs as well as the differentiation ability of hESCs into CVPCs and cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, we demonstrated the ventricular-like myocyte characteristics of hESC-derived cardiomyocytes. Under the α1-adrenergic stimulation by phenylephrine (10 μmol/L), the amplitude and maximum rate of depolarization of action potential (AP) were slightly affected in the IP3R2KO hESC-derived cardiomyocytes at differentiation day 90, whereas the other parameters of APs and the Ca2+ transients did not show significant changes compared with these in the wide-type ones. These results demonstrate that IP3R2 has minimal contribution to the differentiation and function of human cardiomyocytes derived from hESCs, thus provide the new knowledge to the function of IP3R2 in the generation of human cardiac lineage cells and in the early cardiomyocytes.
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Mason FE, Pronto JRD, Alhussini K, Maack C, Voigt N. Cellular and mitochondrial mechanisms of atrial fibrillation. Basic Res Cardiol 2020; 115:72. [PMID: 33258071 PMCID: PMC7704501 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-020-00827-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The molecular mechanisms underlying atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common form of arrhythmia, are poorly understood and therefore target-specific treatment options remain an unmet clinical need. Excitation–contraction coupling in cardiac myocytes requires high amounts of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is replenished by oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria. Calcium (Ca2+) is a key regulator of mitochondrial function by stimulating the Krebs cycle, which produces nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide for ATP production at the electron transport chain and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate for the elimination of reactive oxygen species (ROS). While it is now well established that mitochondrial dysfunction plays an important role in the pathophysiology of heart failure, this has been less investigated in atrial myocytes in AF. Considering the high prevalence of AF, investigating the role of mitochondria in this disease may guide the path towards new therapeutic targets. In this review, we discuss the importance of mitochondrial Ca2+ handling in regulating ATP production and mitochondrial ROS emission and how alterations, particularly in these aspects of mitochondrial activity, may play a role in AF. In addition to describing research advances, we highlight areas in which further studies are required to elucidate the role of mitochondria in AF.
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- Fleur E Mason
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August University Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August University Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Research, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Würzburg, University Clinic Würzburg, Am Schwarzenberg 15, 97078, Würzburg, Germany. .,Department of Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Würzburg, Am Schwarzenberg 15, 97078, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August University Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany. .,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. .,Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: From Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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Capel RA, Bose SJ, Collins TP, Rajasundaram S, Ayagama T, Zaccolo M, Burton RAB, Terrar DA. IP 3-mediated Ca 2+ release regulates atrial Ca 2+ transients and pacemaker function by stimulation of adenylyl cyclases. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 320:H95-H107. [PMID: 33064562 PMCID: PMC7864251 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00380.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Inositol trisphosphate (IP3) is a Ca2+-mobilizing second messenger shown to modulate atrial muscle contraction and is thought to contribute to atrial fibrillation. Cellular pathways underlying IP3 actions in cardiac tissue remain poorly understood, and the work presented here addresses the question whether IP3-mediated Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum is linked to adenylyl cyclase activity including Ca2+-stimulated adenylyl cyclases (AC1 and AC8) that are selectively expressed in atria and sinoatrial node (SAN). Immunocytochemistry in guinea pig atrial myocytes identified colocalization of type 2 IP3 receptors with AC8, while AC1 was located in close vicinity. Intracellular photorelease of IP3 by UV light significantly enhanced the amplitude of the Ca2+ transient (CaT) evoked by electrical stimulation of atrial myocytes (31 ± 6% increase 60 s after photorelease, n = 16). The increase in CaT amplitude was abolished by inhibitors of adenylyl cyclases (MDL-12,330) or protein kinase A (H89), showing that cAMP signaling is required for this effect of photoreleased IP3. In mouse, spontaneously beating right atrial preparations, phenylephrine, an α-adrenoceptor agonist with effects that depend on IP3-mediated Ca2+ release, increased the maximum beating rate by 14.7 ± 0.5%, n = 10. This effect was substantially reduced by 2.5 µmol/L 2-aminoethyl diphenylborinate and abolished by a low dose of MDL-12,330, observations which are again consistent with a functional interaction between IP3 and cAMP signaling involving Ca2+ stimulation of adenylyl cyclases in the SAN pacemaker. Understanding the interaction between IP3 receptor pathways and Ca2+-stimulated adenylyl cyclases provides important insights concerning acute mechanisms for initiation of atrial arrhythmias. NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study provides evidence supporting the proposal that IP3 signaling in cardiac atria and sinoatrial node involves stimulation of Ca2+-activated adenylyl cyclases (AC1 and AC8) by IP3-evoked Ca2+ release from junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum. AC8 and IP3 receptors are shown to be located close together, while AC1 is nearby. Greater understanding of these novel aspects of the IP3 signal transduction mechanism is important for future study in atrial physiology and pathophysiology, particularly atrial fibrillation.
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- Rebecca A Capel
- Department of Pharmacology, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Diaz-Juarez J, Suarez JA, Dillmann WH, Suarez J. Mitochondrial calcium handling and heart disease in diabetes mellitus. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2020; 1867:165984. [PMID: 33002576 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2020.165984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Diabetes mellitus-induced heart disease, including diabetic cardiomyopathy, is an important medical problem and is difficult to treat. Diabetes mellitus increases the risk for heart failure and decreases cardiac myocyte function, which are linked to changes in cardiac mitochondrial energy metabolism. The free mitochondrial calcium concentration ([Ca2+]m) is fundamental in activating the mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes and ATP production and is also known to regulate the activity of key mitochondrial dehydrogenases. The mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex (MCUC) plays a major role in mediating mitochondrial Ca2+ import, and its expression and function therefore may have a marked impact on cardiac myocyte metabolism and function. Here, we summarize the pathophysiological role of [Ca2+]m handling and MCUC in the diabetic heart. In addition, we evaluate potential therapeutic targets, directed to the machinery that regulates mitochondrial calcium handling, to alleviate diabetes-related cardiac disease.
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- Julieta Diaz-Juarez
- Department of Pharmacology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Seccion XVI, 14080 Tlalpan, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Zhang XH, Morad M. Ca 2+ signaling of human pluripotent stem cells-derived cardiomyocytes as compared to adult mammalian cardiomyocytes. Cell Calcium 2020; 90:102244. [PMID: 32585508 PMCID: PMC7483365 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2020.102244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Human induced pluripotent stem cells derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) have been extensively used for in vitro modeling of human cardiovascular disease, drug screening and pharmacotherapy, but little rigorous studies have been reported on their biophysical or Ca2+ signaling properties. There is also considerable concern as to the level of their maturity and whether they can serve as reliable models for adult human cardiac myocytes. Ultrastructural difference such as lack of t-tubular network, their polygonal shapes, disorganized sarcomeric myofilament, and their rhythmic automaticity, among others, have been cited as evidence for immaturity of hiPSC-CMs. In this review, we will deal with Ca2+ signaling, its regulation, and its stage of maturity as compared to the mammalian adult cardiomyocytes. We shall summarize the data on functional aspects of Ca2+signaling and its parameters that include: L-type calcium channel (Cav1.2), ICa-induced Ca2+release, CICR, and its parameters, cardiac Na/Ca exchanger (NCX1), the ryanodine receptors (RyR2), sarco-reticular Ca2+pump, SERCA2a/PLB, and the contribution of mitochondrial Ca2+ to hiPSC-CMs excitation-contraction (EC)-coupling as compared with adult mammalian cardiomyocytes. The comparative studies suggest that qualitatively hiPSC-CMs have similar Ca2+signaling properties as those of adult cardiomyocytes, but quantitative differences do exist. This review, we hope, will allow the readers to judge for themselves to what extent Ca2+signaling of hiPSC-CMs represents the adult form of this signaling pathway, and whether these cells can be used as good models of human cardiomyocytes.
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- Xiao-Hua Zhang
- Cardiac Signaling Center of University of South Carolina, Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson University, Charleston SC, United States
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- Cardiac Signaling Center of University of South Carolina, Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson University, Charleston SC, United States.
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Kaiser E, Tian Q, Wagner M, Barth M, Xian W, Schröder L, Ruppenthal S, Kaestner L, Boehm U, Wartenberg P, Lu H, McMillin SM, Bone DBJ, Wess J, Lipp P. DREADD technology reveals major impact of Gq signalling on cardiac electrophysiology. Cardiovasc Res 2020; 115:1052-1066. [PMID: 30321287 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvy251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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AIMS Signalling via Gq-coupled receptors is of profound importance in many cardiac diseases such as hypertrophy and arrhythmia. Nevertheless, owing to their widespread expression and the inability to selectively stimulate such receptors in vivo, their relevance for cardiac function is not well understood. We here use DREADD technology to understand the role of Gq-coupled signalling in vivo in cardiac function. METHODS AND RESULTS We generated a novel transgenic mouse line that expresses a Gq-coupled DREADD (Dq) in striated muscle under the control of the muscle creatine kinase promotor. In vivo injection of the DREADD agonist clozapine-N-oxide (CNO) resulted in a dose-dependent, rapid mortality of the animals. In vivo electrocardiogram data revealed severe cardiac arrhythmias including lack of P waves, atrioventricular block, and ventricular tachycardia. Following Dq activation, electrophysiological malfunction of the heart could be recapitulated in the isolated heart ex vivo. Individual ventricular and atrial myocytes displayed a positive inotropic response and arrhythmogenic events in the absence of altered action potentials. Ventricular tissue sections revealed a strong co-localization of Dq with the principal cardiac connexin CX43. Western blot analysis with phosphor-specific antibodies revealed strong phosphorylation of a PKC-dependent CX43 phosphorylation site following CNO application in vivo. CONCLUSION Activation of Gq-coupled signalling has a major impact on impulse generation, impulse propagation, and coordinated impulse delivery in the heart. Thus, Gq-coupled signalling does not only modulate the myocytes' Ca2+ handling but also directly alters the heart's electrophysiological properties such as intercellular communication. This study greatly advances our understanding of the plethora of modulatory influences of Gq signalling on the heart in vivo.
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- Elisabeth Kaiser
- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Molecular Cell Biology; Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Molecular Cell Biology; Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Molecular Cell Biology; Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Molecular Cell Biology; Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Molecular Cell Biology; Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Molecular Cell Biology; Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Molecular Cell Biology; Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Molecular Cell Biology; Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Mouse Transgenic Core Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Molecular Signaling Section, Lab. of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Molecular Signaling Section, Lab. of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Molecular Signaling Section, Lab. of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Institute for Molecular Cell Biology; Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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Mijares A, Espinosa R, Adams J, Lopez JR. Increases in [IP3]i aggravates diastolic [Ca2+] and contractile dysfunction in Chagas' human cardiomyocytes. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008162. [PMID: 32275663 PMCID: PMC7176279 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chagas cardiomyopathy is the most severe manifestation of human Chagas disease and represents the major cause of morbidity and mortality in Latin America. We previously demonstrated diastolic Ca2+ alterations in cardiomyocytes isolated from Chagas' patients to different degrees of cardiac dysfunction. In addition, we have found a significant elevation of diastolic [Na+]d in Chagas' cardiomyocytes (FCII>FCI) that was greater than control. Exposure of cardiomyocytes to agents that enhance inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate (IP3) generation or concentration like endothelin (ET-1) or bradykinin (BK), or membrane-permeant myoinositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate hexakis(butyryloxy-methyl) esters (IP3BM) caused an elevation in diastolic [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]d) that was always greater in cardiomyocytes from Chagas' than non- Chagas' subjects, and the magnitude of the [Ca2+]d elevation in Chagas' cardiomyocytes was related to the degree of cardiac dysfunction. Incubation with xestospongin-C (Xest-C), a membrane-permeable selective blocker of the IP3 receptors (IP3Rs), significantly reduced [Ca2+]d in Chagas' cardiomyocytes but did not have a significant effect on non-Chagas' cells. The effects of ET-1, BK, and IP3BM on [Ca2+]d were not modified by the removal of extracellular [Ca2+]e. Furthermore, cardiomyocytes from Chagas' patients had a significant decrease in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+content compared to control (Control>FCI>FCII), a higher intracellular IP3 concentration ([IP3]i) and markedly depressed contractile properties compared to control cardiomyocytes. These results provide additional and convincing support about the implications of IP3 in the pathogenesis of Chagas cardiomyopathy in patients at different stages of chronic infection. Additionally, these findings open the door for novel therapeutic strategies oriented to improve cardiac function and quality of life of individuals suffering from chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CC).
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- Alfredo Mijares
- Centro de Biofísica y Bioquímica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital Miguel Pérez Carreño, Instituto venezolano de los Seguros Sociales, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Division of Neonatology, Mount Sinai, Medical Center, Miami, FL, United States of America
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- Department of Research, Mount Sinai, Medical Center, Miami, FL, United States of America
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Gilbert G, Demydenko K, Dries E, Puertas RD, Jin X, Sipido K, Roderick HL. Calcium Signaling in Cardiomyocyte Function. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2020; 12:cshperspect.a035428. [PMID: 31308143 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a035428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Rhythmic increases in intracellular Ca2+ concentration underlie the contractile function of the heart. These heart muscle-wide changes in intracellular Ca2+ are induced and coordinated by electrical depolarization of the cardiomyocyte sarcolemma by the action potential. Originating at the sinoatrial node, conduction of this electrical signal throughout the heart ensures synchronization of individual myocytes into an effective cardiac pump. Ca2+ signaling pathways also regulate gene expression and cardiomyocyte growth during development and in pathology. These fundamental roles of Ca2+ in the heart are illustrated by the prevalence of altered Ca2+ homeostasis in cardiovascular diseases. Indeed, heart failure (an inability of the heart to support hemodynamic needs), rhythmic disturbances, and inappropriate cardiac growth all share an involvement of altered Ca2+ handling. The prevalence of these pathologies, contributing to a third of all deaths in the developed world as well as to substantial morbidity makes understanding the mechanisms of Ca2+ handling and dysregulation in cardiomyocytes of great importance.
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- Guillaume Gilbert
- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, BE3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, BE3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, BE3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, BE3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, BE3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, BE3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, BE3000 Leuven, Belgium
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The aim of this chapter is to discuss evidence concerning the many roles of calcium ions, Ca2+, in cell signaling pathways that control heart function. Before considering details of these signaling pathways, the control of contraction in ventricular muscle by Ca2+ transients accompanying cardiac action potentials is first summarized, together with a discussion of how myocytes from the atrial and pacemaker regions of the heart diverge from this basic scheme. Cell signaling pathways regulate the size and timing of the Ca2+ transients in the different heart regions to influence function. The simplest Ca2+ signaling elements involve enzymes that are regulated by cytosolic Ca2+. Particularly important examples to be discussed are those that are stimulated by Ca2+, including Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent kinase (CaMKII), Ca2+ stimulated adenylyl cyclases, Ca2+ stimulated phosphatase and NO synthases. Another major aspect of Ca2+ signaling in the heart concerns actions of the Ca2+ mobilizing agents, inositol trisphosphate (IP3), cADP-ribose (cADPR) and nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate, (NAADP). Evidence concerning roles of these Ca2+ mobilizing agents in different regions of the heart is discussed in detail. The focus of the review will be on short term regulation of Ca2+ transients and contractile function, although it is recognized that Ca2+ regulation of gene expression has important long term functional consequences which will also be briefly discussed.
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Mayourian J, Ceholski DK, Gonzalez DM, Cashman TJ, Sahoo S, Hajjar RJ, Costa KD. Physiologic, Pathologic, and Therapeutic Paracrine Modulation of Cardiac Excitation-Contraction Coupling. Circ Res 2019; 122:167-183. [PMID: 29301848 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.117.311589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) is the orchestrated process of initial myocyte electrical excitation, which leads to calcium entry, intracellular trafficking, and subsequent sarcomere shortening and myofibrillar contraction. Neurohumoral β-adrenergic signaling is a well-established mediator of ECC; other signaling mechanisms, such as paracrine signaling, have also demonstrated significant impact on ECC but are less well understood. For example, resident heart endothelial cells are well-known physiological paracrine modulators of cardiac myocyte ECC mainly via NO and endothelin-1. Moreover, recent studies have demonstrated other resident noncardiomyocyte heart cells (eg, physiological fibroblasts and pathological myofibroblasts), and even experimental cardiotherapeutic cells (eg, mesenchymal stem cells) are also capable of altering cardiomyocyte ECC through paracrine mechanisms. In this review, we first focus on the paracrine-mediated effects of resident and therapeutic noncardiomyocytes on cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, electrophysiology, and calcium handling, each of which can modulate ECC, and then discuss the current knowledge about key paracrine factors and their underlying mechanisms of action. Next, we provide a case example demonstrating the promise of tissue-engineering approaches to study paracrine effects on tissue-level contractility. More specifically, we present new functional and molecular data on the effects of human adult cardiac fibroblast conditioned media on human engineered cardiac tissue contractility and ion channel gene expression that generally agrees with previous murine studies but also suggests possible species-specific differences. By contrast, paracrine secretions by human dermal fibroblasts had no discernible effect on human engineered cardiac tissue contractile function and gene expression. Finally, we discuss systems biology approaches to help identify key stem cell paracrine mediators of ECC and their associated mechanistic pathways. Such integration of tissue-engineering and systems biology methods shows promise to reveal novel insights into paracrine mediators of ECC and their underlying mechanisms of action, ultimately leading to improved cell-based therapies for patients with heart disease.
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- Joshua Mayourian
- From the Cardiovascular Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- From the Cardiovascular Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- From the Cardiovascular Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- From the Cardiovascular Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- From the Cardiovascular Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- From the Cardiovascular Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- From the Cardiovascular Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
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Umehara S, Tan X, Okamoto Y, Ono K, Noma A, Amano A, Himeno Y. Mechanisms Underlying Spontaneous Action Potential Generation Induced by Catecholamine in Pulmonary Vein Cardiomyocytes: A Simulation Study. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20122913. [PMID: 31207916 PMCID: PMC6628582 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20122913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cardiomyocytes and myocardial sleeves dissociated from pulmonary veins (PVs) potentially generate ectopic automaticity in response to noradrenaline (NA), and thereby trigger atrial fibrillation. We developed a mathematical model of rat PV cardiomyocytes (PVC) based on experimental data that incorporates the microscopic framework of the local control theory of Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), which can generate rhythmic Ca2+ release (limit cycle revealed by the bifurcation analysis) when total Ca2+ within the cell increased. Ca2+ overload in SR increased resting Ca2+ efflux through the type II inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptors (InsP3R) as well as ryanodine receptors (RyRs), which finally triggered massive Ca2+ release through activation of RyRs via local Ca2+ accumulation in the vicinity of RyRs. The new PVC model exhibited a resting potential of −68 mV. Under NA effects, repetitive Ca2+ release from SR triggered spontaneous action potentials (APs) by evoking transient depolarizations (TDs) through Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (APTDs). Marked and variable latencies initiating APTDs could be explained by the time courses of the α1- and β1-adrenergic influence on the regulation of intracellular Ca2+ content and random occurrences of spontaneous TD activating the first APTD. Positive and negative feedback relations were clarified under APTD generation.
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- Shohei Umehara
- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 640000, China.
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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Structural and Mechanistic Bases of Nuclear Calcium Signaling in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Ventricular Cardiomyocytes. Stem Cells Int 2019; 2019:8765752. [PMID: 31065282 PMCID: PMC6466844 DOI: 10.1155/2019/8765752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The loss of nonregenerative, terminally differentiated cardiomyocytes (CMs) due to aging or diseases is generally considered irreversible. Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can self-renew while maintaining their pluripotency to differentiate into all cell types, including ventricular (V) cardiomyocytes (CMs), to provide a potential unlimited ex vivo source of CMs for heart disease modeling, drug/cardiotoxicity screening, and cell-based therapies. In the human heart, cytosolic Ca2+ signals are well characterized but the contribution of nuclear Ca2+ is essentially unexplored. The present study investigated nuclear Ca2+ signaling in hPSC-VCMs. Calcium transient or sparks in hPSC-VCMs were measured by line scanning using a spinning disc confocal microscope. We observed that nuclear Ca2+, which stems from unitary sparks due to the diffusion of cytosolic Ca2+ that are mediated by RyRs on the nuclear reticulum, is functional. Parvalbumin- (PV-) mediated Ca2+ buffering successfully manipulated Ca2+ transient and stimuli-induced apoptosis in hPSC-VCMs. We also investigated the effect of Ca2+ on gene transcription in hPSC-VCMs, and the involvement of nuclear factor of activated T-cell (NFAT) pathway was identified. The overexpression of Ca2+-sensitive, nuclear localized Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II δB (CaMKIIδB) induced cardiac hypertrophy through nuclear Ca2+/CaMKIIδB/HDAC4/MEF2 pathway. These findings provide insights into nuclear Ca2+ signal in hPSC-VCMs, which may lead to novel strategies for maturation as well as improved systems for disease modeling, drug discovery, and cell-based therapies.
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Machado CDS, Ferro Aissa A, Ribeiro DL, Antunes LMG. Vitamin D supplementation alters the expression of genes associated with hypertension and did not induce DNA damage in rats. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2019; 82:299-313. [PMID: 30909850 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2019.1592044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Vitamin D3 deficiency has been correlated with altered expression of genes associated with increased blood pressure (BP); however, the role of vitamin D3 supplementation in the genetic mechanisms underlying hypertension remains unclear. Thus, the aim of this study was investigate the consequences of vitamin D3 supplemented (10,000 IU/kg) or deficient (0 IU/kg) diets on regulation of expression of genes related to hypertension pathways in heart cells of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY) controls. An additional aim was to assess the impact of vitamin D3 on DNA damage and oxidative stress markers. The gene expression profiles were determined by PCR array, DNA damage was assessed by an alkaline comet assay, and oxidative stress markers by measurement of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and glutathione (GSH) levels. In SHR rats data showed that the groups of genes most differentially affected by supplemented and deficient diets were involved in BP regulation and renin-angiotensin system. In normotensive WKY controls, the profile of gene expression was similar between the two diets. SHR rats were more sensitive to changes in gene expression induced by dietary vitamin D3 than normotensive WKY animals. In addition to gene expression profile, vitamin D3 supplemented diet did not markedly affect DNA or levels of TBARS and GSH levels in both experimental groups. Vitamin D3 deficient diet produced lipid peroxidation in SHR rats. The results of this study contribute to a better understanding of the role of vitamin D3 in the genetic mechanisms underlying hypertension. Abbreviations: AIN, American Institute of Nutrition; EDTA, disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; GSH, glutathione; PBS, phosphate buffer solution; SHR, spontaneously hypertensive rats; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; WKY, Wistar Kyoto.
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- Carla Da Silva Machado
- a School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto , USP , Ribeirão Preto , SP , Brazil
- b Pitagoras College of Governador Valadares , Governador Valadares , MG , Brazil
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- c School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto , USP , Ribeirão Preto , SP , Brazil
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- a School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto , USP , Ribeirão Preto , SP , Brazil
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Ronchi C, Badone B, Bernardi J, Zaza A. Action Potential Prolongation, β-Adrenergic Stimulation, and Angiotensin II as Co-factors in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Instability. Front Physiol 2019; 9:1893. [PMID: 30687114 PMCID: PMC6333690 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Introduction: Increases in action potential duration (APD), genetic or acquired, and arrhythmias are often associated; nonetheless, the relationship between the two phenomena is inconstant, suggesting coexisting factors. β-adrenergic activation increases sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-content; angiotensin II (ATII) may increase cytosolic Ca2+ and ROS production, all actions stimulating RyRs opening. Here we test how APD interacts with β-adrenergic and AT-receptor stimulation in facilitating spontaneous Ca2+ release events (SCR). Methods: Under “action potential (AP) clamp”, guinea-pig cardiomyocytes (CMs) were driven with long (200 ms), normal (150 ms), and short (100 ms) AP waveforms at a CL of 500 ms; in a subset of CMs, all the 3 waveforms could be tested within the same cell. SCR were detected as inward current transients (ITI) following repolarization; ITI incidence and repetition within the same cycle were measured under increasing isoprenaline concentration ([ISO]) alone, or plus 100 nM ATII (30 min incubation+superfusion). Results: ITI incidence and repetition increased with [ISO]; at longer APs the [ISO]-response curve was shifted upward and ITI coupling interval was reduced. ATII increased ITI incidence more at low [ISO] and under normal (as compared to long) APs. Efficacy of AP shortening in suppressing ITI decreased in ATII-treated myocytes and at higher [ISO]. Conclusions: AP prolongation sensitized the SR to the destabilizing actions of ISO and ATII. Summation of ISO, ATII and AP duration effects had a “saturating” effect on SCR incidence, thus suggesting convergence on a common factor (RyRs stability) “reset” by the occurrence of spontaneous Ca2+ release events.
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- Carlotta Ronchi
- Laboratory of Cardiac Cellular Physiology, Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Cellular Physiology, Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Cellular Physiology, Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Cellular Physiology, Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Singh N, Adlakha N. Three dimensional coupled reaction–diffusion modeling of calcium and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate dynamics in cardiomyocytes. RSC Adv 2019; 9:42459-42469. [PMID: 35542883 PMCID: PMC9076935 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06929a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Nanoparticles have shown great promise in improving cancer treatment efficacy by changing the intracellular calcium level through activation of intracellular mechanisms. One of the mechanisms of the killing of the cancerous cell by a nanoparticle is through elevation of the intracellular calcium level. Evidence accumulated over the past decade indicates a pivotal role for the IP3 receptor mediated Ca2+ release in the regulation of the cytosolic and the nuclear Ca2+ signals. There have been various studies done suggesting the role of IP3 receptors (IP3R) and IP3 production and degradation in cardiomyocytes. In the present work, we have proposed a three-dimensional unsteady-state mathematical model to describe the mechanism of cardiomyocytes which focuses on evaluation of various parameters that affect these coupled dynamics and elevate the cytosolic calcium concentration which can be helpful to search for novel therapies to cure these malignancies by targeting the complex calcium signaling process in cardiomyocytes. Our study suggests that there are other factors involved in this signaling which can increase the calcium level, which can help in finding treatment for cancer. The cytosolic calcium level may be controlled by IP3 signaling, leak, source influx of calcium (σ) and maximum production of IP3 (VP). We believe that the proposed model suggests new insight into finding treatment for cancer in cardiomyocytes through elevation of the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration by various parameters like leak, σ, VP and especially by other complex cell signaling dynamics, namely IP3 dynamics. We propose a three-dimensional unsteady-state mathematical model to describe the mechanism of cardiomyocytes.![]()
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- Nisha Singh
- Applied Mathematics and Humanities Department
- SVNIT
- Surat
- India
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- Applied Mathematics and Humanities Department
- SVNIT
- Surat
- India
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Vagos M, van Herck IGM, Sundnes J, Arevalo HJ, Edwards AG, Koivumäki JT. Computational Modeling of Electrophysiology and Pharmacotherapy of Atrial Fibrillation: Recent Advances and Future Challenges. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1221. [PMID: 30233399 PMCID: PMC6131668 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation (AF) is broad, with components related to the unique and diverse cellular electrophysiology of atrial myocytes, structural complexity, and heterogeneity of atrial tissue, and pronounced disease-associated remodeling of both cells and tissue. A major challenge for rational design of AF therapy, particularly pharmacotherapy, is integrating these multiscale characteristics to identify approaches that are both efficacious and independent of ventricular contraindications. Computational modeling has long been touted as a basis for achieving such integration in a rapid, economical, and scalable manner. However, computational pipelines for AF-specific drug screening are in their infancy, and while the field is progressing quite rapidly, major challenges remain before computational approaches can fill the role of workhorse in rational design of AF pharmacotherapies. In this review, we briefly detail the unique aspects of AF pathophysiology that determine requirements for compounds targeting AF rhythm control, with emphasis on delimiting mechanisms that promote AF triggers from those providing substrate or supporting reentry. We then describe modeling approaches that have been used to assess the outcomes of drugs acting on established AF targets, as well as on novel promising targets including the ultra-rapidly activating delayed rectifier potassium current, the acetylcholine-activated potassium current and the small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel. Finally, we describe how heterogeneity and variability are being incorporated into AF-specific models, and how these approaches are yielding novel insights into the basic physiology of disease, as well as aiding identification of the important molecular players in the complex AF etiology.
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- Márcia Vagos
- Computational Physiology Department, Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
- Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Computational Physiology Department, Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
- Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Computational Physiology Department, Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
- Center for Cardiological Innovation, Oslo, Norway
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- Computational Physiology Department, Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
- Center for Cardiological Innovation, Oslo, Norway
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- Computational Physiology Department, Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
- Center for Cardiological Innovation, Oslo, Norway
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- BioMediTech Institute and Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Blanch i Salvador J, Egger M. Obstruction of ventricular Ca 2+ -dependent arrhythmogenicity by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-triggered sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ release. J Physiol 2018; 596:4323-4340. [PMID: 30004117 PMCID: PMC6138286 DOI: 10.1113/jp276319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Augmented inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3 ) receptor (IP3 R2) expression has been linked to a variety of cardiac pathologies. Although cardiac IP3 R2 function has been in the focus of research for some time, a detailed understanding of its potential role in ventricular myocyte excitation-contraction coupling under pathophysiological conditions remains elusive. The present study focuses on mechanisms of IP3 R2-mediated sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)-Ca2+ release in ventricular excitation-contraction coupling under IP3 R2-overexpressing conditions by studying intracellular Ca2+ events. We report that, upon IP3 R2 overexpression in ventricular myocytes, IP3 -induced Ca2+ release (IP3 ICR) modulates the SR-Ca2+ content via "eventless" SR-Ca2+ release, affecting the global SR-Ca2+ leak. Thus, IP3 R2 activation could act as a SR-Ca2+ gateway mechanism to escape ominous SR-Ca2+ overload. Our approach unmasks a so far unrecognized mechanism by which "eventless" IP3 ICR plays a protective role against ventricular Ca2+ -dependent arrhythmogenicity. ABSTRACT Augmented inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3 ) receptor (IP3 R2) function has been linked to a variety of cardiac pathologies including cardiac arrhythmias. The functional role of IP3 -induced Ca2+ release (IP3 ICR) within ventricular excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) remains elusive. As part of pathophysiological cellular remodelling, IP3 R2s are overexpressed and have been repeatedly linked to enhanced Ca2+ -dependent arrhythmogenicity. In this study we test the hypothesis that an opposite scenario might be plausible in which IP3 ICR is part of an ECC protecting mechanism, resulting in a Ca2+ -dependent anti-arrhythmogenic response on the cellular scale. IP3 R2 activation was triggered via endothelin-1 or IP3 -salt application in single ventricular myocytes from a cardiac-specific IP3 R type 2 overexpressing mouse model. Upon IP3 R2 overexpression, IP3 R activation reduced Ca2+ -wave occurrence (46 vs. 21.72%; P < 0.001) while its block increased SR-Ca2+ content (∼29.4% 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, ∼16.4% xestospongin C; P < 0.001), suggesting an active role of IP3 ICR in SR-Ca2+ content regulation and anti-arrhythmogenic function. Pharmacological separation of ryanodine receptor RyR2 and IP3 R2 functions and two-dimensional Ca2+ event analysis failed to identify local IP3 ICR events (Ca2+ puffs). SR-Ca2+ leak measurements revealed that under pathophysiological conditions, "eventless" SR-Ca2+ efflux via enhanced IP3 ICR maintains the SR-Ca2+ content below Ca2+ spark threshold, preventing aberrant SR-Ca2+ release and resulting in a protective mechanism against SR-Ca2+ overload and arrhythmias. Our results support a so far unrecognized modulatory mechanism in ventricular myocytes working in an anti-arrhythmogenic fashion.
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- Department of PhysiologyUniversity of BernBuehlplatz 5CH‐3012BernSwitzerland
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Kim JC, Son MJ, Le QA, Woo SH. Role of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 in ATP-induced nuclear Ca 2+ signal and hypertrophy in atrial myocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 503:2998-3002. [PMID: 30122316 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.08.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 (IP3R1) is expressed in atrial muscle, but not in ventricle, and they are abundant in the perinucleus. We investigated the role of IP3R1 in the regulations of local Ca2+ signal and cell size in HL-1 atrial myocytes under stimulation by IP3-generating chemical messenger, ATP. Assessment of nuclear and cytosolic Ca2+ signal using confocal Ca2+ imaging revealed that IP3 generation by ATP (1 mM) induced monophasic nuclear Ca2+ increase, followed by cytosolic Ca2+ oscillation. Genetic knock-down (KD) of IP3R1 eliminated the monophasic nuclear Ca2+ signal and slowed the cytosolic Ca2+ oscillation upon ATP exposure. Prolonged application of ATP as well as other known hypertrophic agonists (endothelin-1 and phenylephrine) increased cell size in wild-type cells, but not in IP3R1 KD cells. Our data indicate that IP3R1 mediates sustained elevation in nuclear Ca2+ level and facilitates cytosolic Ca2+ oscillation upon external ATP increase, and further suggests possible role of nuclear IP3R1 in atrial hypertrophy.
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- Joon-Chul Kim
- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea.
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Yamaguchi Y, Iribe G, Kaneko T, Takahashi K, Numaga-Tomita T, Nishida M, Birnbaumer L, Naruse K. TRPC3 participates in angiotensin II type 1 receptor-dependent stress-induced slow increase in intracellular Ca 2+ concentration in mouse cardiomyocytes. J Physiol Sci 2018; 68:153-164. [PMID: 28105583 PMCID: PMC10718017 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-016-0519-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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When a cardiac muscle is held in a stretched position, its [Ca2+] transient increases slowly over several minutes in a process known as stress-induced slow increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) (SSC). Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) 3 forms a non-selective cation channel regulated by the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R). In this study, we investigated the role of TRPC3 in the SSC. Isolated mouse ventricular myocytes were electrically stimulated and subjected to sustained stretch. An AT1R blocker, a phospholipase C inhibitor, and a TRPC3 inhibitor suppressed the SSC. These inhibitors also abolished the observed SSC-like slow increase in [Ca2+]i induced by angiotensin II, instead of stretch. Furthermore, the SSC was not observed in TRPC3 knockout mice. Simulation and immunohistochemical studies suggest that sarcolemmal TRPC3 is responsible for the SSC. These results indicate that sarcolemmal TRPC3, regulated by AT1R, causes the SSC.
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- Yohei Yamaguchi
- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Division of Cardiocirculatory Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Division of Cardiocirculatory Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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Berridge MJ. Vitamin D, reactive oxygen species and calcium signalling in ageing and disease. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2017; 371:rstb.2015.0434. [PMID: 27377727 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Vitamin D is a hormone that maintains healthy cells. It functions by regulating the low resting levels of cell signalling components such as Ca(2+) and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Its role in maintaining phenotypic stability of these signalling pathways depends on the ability of vitamin D to control the expression of those components that act to reduce the levels of both Ca(2+) and ROS. This regulatory role of vitamin D is supported by both Klotho and Nrf2. A decline in the vitamin D/Klotho/Nrf2 regulatory network may enhance the ageing process, and this is well illustrated by the age-related decline in cognition in rats that can be reversed by administering vitamin D. A deficiency in vitamin D has also been linked to two of the major diseases in man: heart disease and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In cardiac cells, this deficiency alters the Ca(2+) transients to activate the gene transcriptional events leading to cardiac hypertrophy and the failing heart. In the case of AD, it is argued that vitamin D deficiency results in the Ca(2+) landscape that initiates amyloid formation, which then elevates the resting level of Ca(2+) to drive the memory loss that progresses to neuronal cell death and dementia.This article is part of the themed issue 'Evolution brings Ca(2+) and ATP together to control life and death'.
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Garcia MI, Karlstaedt A, Chen JJ, Amione-Guerra J, Youker KA, Taegtmeyer H, Boehning D. Functionally redundant control of cardiac hypertrophic signaling by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2017; 112:95-103. [PMID: 28923351 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 09/09/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Calcium plays an integral role to many cellular processes including contraction, energy metabolism, gene expression, and cell death. The inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) is a calcium channel expressed in cardiac tissue. There are three IP3R isoforms encoded by separate genes. In the heart, the IP3R-2 isoform is reported to being most predominant with regards to expression levels and functional significance. The functional roles of IP3R-1 and IP3R-3 in the heart are essentially unexplored despite measureable expression levels. Here we show that all three IP3Rs isoforms are expressed in both neonatal and adult rat ventricular cardiomyocytes, and in human heart tissue. The three IP3R proteins are expressed throughout the cardiomyocyte sarcoplasmic reticulum. Using isoform specific siRNA, we found that expression of all three IP3R isoforms are required for hypertrophic signaling downstream of endothelin-1 stimulation. Mechanistically, IP3Rs specifically contribute to activation of the hypertrophic program by mediating the positive inotropic effects of endothelin-1 and leading to downstream activation of nuclear factor of activated T-cells. Our findings highlight previously unidentified functions for IP3R isoforms in the heart with specific implications for hypertrophic signaling in animal models and in human disease.
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- M Iveth Garcia
- Cell Biology Graduate Program, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, United States; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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- Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, United States.
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Kim JC, Son MJ, Wang J, Woo SH. Regulation of cardiac Ca 2+ and ion channels by shear mechanotransduction. Arch Pharm Res 2017; 40:783-795. [PMID: 28702845 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-017-0929-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cardiac contraction is controlled by a Ca2+ signaling sequence that includes L-type Ca2+ current-gated opening of Ca2+ release channels (ryanodine receptors) in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Local Ca2+ signaling in the atrium differs from that in the ventricle because atrial myocytes lack transverse tubules and have more abundant corbular SR. Myocardium is subjected to a variety of forces with each contraction, such as stretch, shear stress, and afterload, and adapts to those mechanical stresses. These mechanical stimuli increase in heart failure, hypertension, and valvular heart diseases that are clinically implicated in atrial fibrillation and stroke. In the present review, we describe distinct responses of atrial and ventricular myocytes to shear stress and compare them with other mechanical responses in the context of local and global Ca2+ signaling and ion channel regulation. Recent evidence suggests that shear mechanotransduction in cardiac myocytes involves activation of gap junction hemichannels, purinergic signaling, and generation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. Significant alterations in Ca2+ signaling and ionic currents by shear stress may be implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiac arrhythmia and failure.
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- Joon-Chul Kim
- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, South Korea.
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Greiser M. Calcium signalling silencing in atrial fibrillation. J Physiol 2017; 595:4009-4017. [PMID: 28332202 DOI: 10.1113/jp273045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Subcellular calcium signalling silencing is a novel and distinct cellular and molecular adaptive response to rapid cardiac activation. Calcium signalling silencing develops during short-term sustained rapid atrial activation as seen clinically during paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). It is the first 'anti-arrhythmic' adaptive response in the setting of AF and appears to counteract the maladaptive changes that lead to intracellular Ca2+ signalling instability and Ca2+ -based arrhythmogenicity. Calcium signalling silencing results in a failed propagation of the [Ca2+ ]i signal to the myocyte centre both in patients with AF and in a rabbit model. This adaptive mechanism leads to a substantial reduction in the expression levels of calcium release channels (ryanodine receptors, RyR2) in the sarcoplasmic reticulum, and the frequency of Ca2+ sparks and arrhythmogenic Ca2+ waves remains low. Less Ca2+ release per [Ca2+ ]i transient, increased fast Ca2+ buffering strength, shortened action potentials and reduced L-type Ca2+ current contribute to a substantial reduction of intracellular [Na+ ]. These features of Ca2+ signalling silencing are distinct and in contrast to the changes attributed to Ca2+ -based arrhythmogenicity. Some features of Ca2+ signalling silencing prevail in human AF suggesting that the Ca2+ signalling 'phenotype' in AF is a sum of Ca2+ stabilizing (Ca2+ signalling silencing) and Ca2+ destabilizing (arrhythmogenic unstable Ca2+ signalling) factors. Calcium signalling silencing is a part of the mechanisms that contribute to the natural progression of AF and may limit the role of Ca2+ -based arrhythmogenicity after the onset of AF.
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- Maura Greiser
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology and Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Kim JC, Wang J, Son MJ, Woo SH. Shear stress enhances Ca 2+ sparks through Nox2-dependent mitochondrial reactive oxygen species generation in rat ventricular myocytes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2017; 1864:1121-1131. [PMID: 28213332 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Shear stress enhances diastolic and systolic Ca2+ concentration in ventricular myocytes. Here, using confocal Ca2+ imaging in rat ventricular myocytes, we assessed the effects of shear stress (~16dyn/cm2) on the frequency of spontaneous Ca2+ sparks and explored the mechanism underlying shear-mediated Ca2+ spark regulation. The frequency of Ca2+ sparks was immediately increased by shear stress (by ~80%), and increased further (by ~150%) during prolonged exposure (20s). The 2-D size and duration of individual sparks were increased by shear stimulation. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) only partially attenuated the prolonged shear-mediated enhancement in spark frequency. Pretreatment with antioxidants significantly attenuated the short- and long-term effects of shear on spark frequency. Microtubule or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase 2 (Nox2) inhibition abolished the immediate shear-induced increase in spark frequency and suppressed the effects of prolonged exposure to shear stress by ~70%. Scavenging of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial uncoupling also abolished the effect of short-term shear on spark occurrence, and markedly reduced (by ~80%) the effects of prolonged shear. Mitochondrial ROS levels increased under shear; this was eliminated by blocking Nox2. Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ content was increased only by prolonged shear. Our data suggest that shear stress enhances ventricular spark frequency mainly via ROS generated from mitochondria through Nox2, and that NOS and higher sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ concentrations may also contribute to the enhancement of Ca2+ sparks under shear stress. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: ECS Meeting edited by Claus Heizmann, Joachim Krebs and Jacques Haiech.
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- Joon-Chul Kim
- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea.
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Tissue Specificity: Store-Operated Ca 2+ Entry in Cardiac Myocytes. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 993:363-387. [PMID: 28900924 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57732-6_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Calcium (Ca2+) is a key regulator of cardiomyocyte contraction. The Ca2+ channels, pumps, and exchangers responsible for the cyclical cytosolic Ca2+ signals that underlie contraction are well known. In addition to those Ca2+ signaling components responsible for contraction, it has been proposed that cardiomyocytes express channels that promote the influx of Ca2+ from the extracellular milieu to the cytosol in response to depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores. With non-excitable cells, this store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is usually easily demonstrated and is essential for prolonging cellular Ca2+ signaling and for refilling depleted Ca2+ stores. The role of SOCE in cardiomyocytes, however, is rather more elusive. While there is published evidence for increased Ca2+ influx into cardiomyocytes following Ca2+ store depletion, it has not been universally observed. Moreover, SOCE appears to be prominent in embryonic cardiomyocytes but declines with postnatal development. In contrast, there is overwhelming evidence that the molecular components of SOCE (e.g., STIM, Orai, and TRPC proteins) are expressed in cardiomyocytes from embryo to adult. Moreover, these proteins have been shown to contribute to disease conditions such as pathological hypertrophy, and reducing their expression can attenuate hypertrophic growth. It is plausible that SOCE might underlie Ca2+ influx into cardiomyocytes and may have important signaling functions perhaps by activating local Ca2+-sensitive processes. However, the STIM, Orai, and TRPC proteins appear to cooperate with multiple protein partners in signaling complexes. It is therefore possible that some of their signaling activities are not mediated by Ca2+ influx signals, but by protein-protein interactions.
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Gentemann L, Kalies S, Coffee M, Meyer H, Ripken T, Heisterkamp A, Zweigerdt R, Heinemann D. Modulation of cardiomyocyte activity using pulsed laser irradiated gold nanoparticles. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 8:177-192. [PMID: 28101410 PMCID: PMC5231291 DOI: 10.1364/boe.8.000177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Can photothermal gold nanoparticle mediated laser manipulation be applied to induce cardiac contraction? Based on our previous work, we present a novel concept of cell stimulation. A 532 nm picosecond laser was employed to heat gold nanoparticles on cardiomyocytes. This leads to calcium oscillations in the HL-1 cardiomyocyte cell line. As calcium is connected to the contractility, we aimed to alter the contraction rate of native and stem cell derived cardiomyocytes. A contraction rate increase was particularly observed in calcium containing buffer with neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Consequently, the study provides conceptual ideas for a light based, nanoparticle mediated stimulation system.
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- Lara Gentemann
- Biomedical Optics Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany
- Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development, Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- These authors contributed equally to this publication and should be considered co-first authors
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- Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development, Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Institut für Quantenoptik, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH, Hannover, Germany
- These authors contributed equally to this publication and should be considered co-first authors
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- Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH, Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs (LEBAO), REBIRTH - Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Optics Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Optics Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Optics Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany
- Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development, Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Institut für Quantenoptik, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH, Hannover, Germany
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- Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH, Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs (LEBAO), REBIRTH - Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Optics Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany
- Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development, Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Garcia MI, Boehning D. Cardiac inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2016; 1864:907-914. [PMID: 27884701 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Calcium is a second messenger that regulates almost all cellular functions. In cardiomyocytes, calcium plays an integral role in many functions including muscle contraction, gene expression, and cell death. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) are a family of calcium channels that are ubiquitously expressed in all tissues. In the heart, IP3Rs have been associated with regulation of cardiomyocyte function in response to a variety of neurohormonal agonists, including those implicated in cardiac disease. Notably, IP3R activity is thought to be essential for mediating the hypertrophic response to multiple stimuli including endothelin-1 and angiotensin II. In this review, we will explore the functional implications of IP3R activity in the heart in health and disease.
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- M Iveth Garcia
- Cell Biology Graduate Program, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, United States; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, United States.
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Feriod CN, Oliveira AG, Guerra MT, Nguyen L, Richards KM, Jurczak MJ, Ruan HB, Camporez JP, Yang X, Shulman GI, Bennett AM, Nathanson MH, Ehrlich BE. Hepatic Inositol 1,4,5 Trisphosphate Receptor Type 1 Mediates Fatty Liver. Hepatol Commun 2016; 1:23-35. [PMID: 28966992 PMCID: PMC5613674 DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Fatty liver is the most common type of liver disease, affecting nearly one third of the US population and more than half a billion people worldwide. Abnormalities in ER calcium handling and mitochondrial function each have been implicated in abnormal lipid droplet formation. Here we show that the type 1 isoform of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R1) specifically links ER calcium release to mitochondrial calcium signaling and lipid droplet formation in hepatocytes. Moreover, liver-specific InsP3R1 knockout mice have impaired mitochondrial calcium signaling, decreased hepatic triglycerides, reduced lipid droplet formation and are resistant to development of fatty liver. Patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, the most malignant form of fatty liver, have increased hepatic expression of InsP3R1 and the extent of ER-mitochondrial co-localization correlates with the degree of steatosis in human liver biopsies. CONCLUSION InsP3R1 plays a central role in lipid droplet formation in hepatocytes and the data suggest that it is involved in the development of human fatty liver disease.
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- Colleen N Feriod
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Section of Digestive Diseases, Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Section of Digestive Diseases, Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Section of Digestive Diseases, Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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Structural and dynamic insights into the subtype-specific IP3-binding mechanism of the IP3 receptor. Biochem J 2016; 473:3533-3543. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20160539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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There are three subtypes of vertebrate inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor (IP3R), a Ca2+-release channel on the ER membrane — IP3R1, IP3R2, and IP3R3 — each of which has a distinctive role in disease development. To determine the subtype-specific IP3-binding mechanism, we compared the thermodynamics, thermal stability, and conformational dynamics between the N-terminal regions of IP3R1 (IP3R1-NT) and IP3R3 (IP3R3-NT) by performing circular dichroism (CD), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), and hydrogen–deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS). Previously determined crystal structures of IP3R1-NT and HDX-MS results from this study revealed that both IP3R1 and IP3R3 adopt a similar IP3-binding mechanism. However, several regions, including the α- and β-interfaces, of IP3R1-NT and IP3R3-NT show significantly different conformational dynamics upon IP3 binding, which may explain the different IP3-binding affinities between the subtypes. The importance of the interfaces for subtype-specific IP3 binding is also supported by the different dynamic conformations of the two subtypes in the apo-states. Furthermore, IP3R1-NT and IP3R3-NT show different IP3-binding affinities and thermal stabilities, but share similar thermodynamic properties for IP3 binding. These results collectively provide new insights into the mechanism underlying IP3 binding to IP3Rs and the subtype-specific regulatory mechanism.
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Berridge MJ. The Inositol Trisphosphate/Calcium Signaling Pathway in Health and Disease. Physiol Rev 2016; 96:1261-96. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00006.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 377] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Many cellular functions are regulated by calcium (Ca2+) signals that are generated by different signaling pathways. One of these is the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate/calcium (InsP3/Ca2+) signaling pathway that operates through either primary or modulatory mechanisms. In its primary role, it generates the Ca2+ that acts directly to control processes such as metabolism, secretion, fertilization, proliferation, and smooth muscle contraction. Its modulatory role occurs in excitable cells where it modulates the primary Ca2+ signal generated by the entry of Ca2+ through voltage-operated channels that releases Ca2+ from ryanodine receptors (RYRs) on the internal stores. In carrying out this modulatory role, the InsP3/Ca2+ signaling pathway induces subtle changes in the generation and function of the voltage-dependent primary Ca2+ signal. Changes in the nature of both the primary and modulatory roles of InsP3/Ca2+ signaling are a contributory factor responsible for the onset of a large number human diseases.
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- Michael J. Berridge
- Laboratory of Molecular Signalling, The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, United Kingdom
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Salazar-Cantú A, Pérez-Treviño P, Montalvo-Parra D, Balderas-Villalobos J, Gómez-Víquez NL, García N, Altamirano J. Role of SERCA and the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium content on calcium waves propagation in rat ventricular myocytes. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 604:11-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 05/14/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Son MJ, Kim JC, Kim SW, Chidipi B, Muniyandi J, Singh TD, So I, Subedi KP, Woo SH. Shear stress activates monovalent cation channel transient receptor potential melastatin subfamily 4 in rat atrial myocytes via type 2 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors and Ca(2+) release. J Physiol 2016; 594:2985-3004. [PMID: 26751048 DOI: 10.1113/jp270887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS During each contraction and haemodynamic disturbance, cardiac myocytes are subjected to fluid shear stress as a result of blood flow and the relative movement of sheets of myocytes. The present study aimed to characterize the shear stress-sensitive membrane current in atrial myocytes using the whole-cell patch clamp technique, combined with pressurized fluid flow, as well as pharmacological and genetic interventions of specific proteins. The data obtained suggest that shear stress indirectly activates the monovalent cation current carried by transient receptor potential melastatin subfamily 4 channels via type 2 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-mediated Ca(2+) release in subsarcolemmal domains of atrial myocytes. Ca(2+) -mediated interactions between these two proteins under shear stress may be an important mechanism by which atrial cells measure mechanical stress and translate it to alter their excitability. ABSTRACT Atrial myocytes are subjected to shear stress during the cardiac cycle under physiological or pathological conditions. The ionic currents regulated by shear stress remain poorly understood. We report the characteristics, molecular identity and activation mechanism of the shear stress-sensitive current (Ishear ) in rat atrial myocytes. A shear stress of ∼16 dyn cm(-2) was applied to single myocytes using a pressurized microflow system, and the current was measured by whole-cell patch clamp. In symmetrical CsCl solutions with minimal concentrations of internal EGTA, Ishear showed an outwardly rectifying current-voltage relationship (reversal at -2 mV). The current was conducted primarily (∼80%) by monovalent cations but not Ca(2+) . It was suppressed by intracellular Ca(2+) buffering at a fixed physiological level, inhibitors of transient receptor potential melastatin subfamily 4 (TRPM4), intracellular introduction of TRPM4 antibodies or knockdown of TRPM4 expression, suggesting that TRPM4 carries most of this current. A notable reduction in Ishear occurred upon inhibition of Ca(2+) release through the ryanodine receptors or inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3 R) and upon depletion of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) . In type 2 IP3 R (IP3 R2) knockout atrial myocytes, Ishear was 10-20% of that in wild-type myocytes. Immunocytochemistry and proximity ligation assays revealed that TRPM4 and IP3 R2 were expressed at peripheral sites with co-localization, although they are not localized within 40 nm. Peripheral localization of TRPM4 was intact in IP3 R2 knockout cells. The data obtained in the present study suggest that shear stress activates TRPM4 current by triggering Ca(2+) release from the IP3 R2 in the peripheral domains of atrial myocytes.
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- Min-Jeong Son
- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea.,Secretory Physiology Section, Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Physiology, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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