Moltzau LR, Aronsen JM, Meier S, Nguyen CHT, Hougen K, Ørstavik Ø, Sjaastad I, Christensen G, Skomedal T, Osnes JB, Levy FO, Qvigstad E. SERCA2 activity is involved in the CNP-mediated functional responses in failing rat myocardium.
Br J Pharmacol 2014;
170:366-79. [PMID:
23808942 DOI:
10.1111/bph.12282]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSES
Myocardial C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) levels are increased in heart failure. CNP can induce negative inotropic (NIR) and positive lusitropic responses (LR) in normal hearts, but its effects in failing hearts are not known. We studied the mechanism of CNP-induced NIR and LR in failing hearts and determined whether sarcoplasmatic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase2 (SERCA2) activity is essential for these responses.
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH
Contractility, cGMP levels, Ca(2+) transient amplitudes and protein phosphorylation were measured in left ventricular muscle strips or ventricular cardiomyocytes from failing hearts of Wistar rats 6 weeks after myocardial infarction.
KEY RESULTS
CNP increased cGMP levels, evoked a NIR and LR in muscle strips, and caused phospholamban (PLB) Ser(16) and troponin I (TnI) Ser(23/24) phosphorylation in cardiomyocytes. Both the NIR and LR induced by CNP were reduced in the presence of a PKG blocker/cGMP analogue (Rp-8-Br-Pet-cGMPS) and the SERCA inhibitor thapsigargin. CNP increased the amplitude of the Ca(2+) transient and increased SERCA2 activity in cardiomyocytes. The CNP-elicited NIR and LR were not affected by the L-type Ca(2+) channel activator BAY-K8644, but were abolished in the presence of isoprenaline (induces maximal activation of cAMP pathway). This suggests that phosphorylation of PLB and TnI by CNP causes both a NIR and LR. The NIR to CNP in mouse heart was abolished 8 weeks after cardiomyocyte-specific inactivation of the SERCA2 gene.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
We conclude that CNP-induced PLB and TnI phosphorylation by PKG in concert mediate both a predictable LR as well as the less expected NIR in failing hearts.
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