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Habecker BA, Bers DM, Birren SJ, Chang R, Herring N, Kay MW, Li D, Mendelowitz D, Mongillo M, Montgomery JM, Ripplinger CM, Tampakakis E, Winbo A, Zaglia T, Zeltner N, Paterson DJ. Molecular and cellular neurocardiology in heart disease. J Physiol 2024. [PMID: 38778747 DOI: 10.1113/jp284739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
Abstract
This paper updates and builds on a previous White Paper in this journal that some of us contributed to concerning the molecular and cellular basis of cardiac neurobiology of heart disease. Here we focus on recent findings that underpin cardiac autonomic development, novel intracellular pathways and neuroplasticity. Throughout we highlight unanswered questions and areas of controversy. Whilst some neurochemical pathways are already demonstrating prognostic viability in patients with heart failure, we also discuss the opportunity to better understand sympathetic impairment by using patient specific stem cells that provides pathophysiological contextualization to study 'disease in a dish'. Novel imaging techniques and spatial transcriptomics are also facilitating a road map for target discovery of molecular pathways that may form a therapeutic opportunity to treat cardiac dysautonomia.
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- Beth A Habecker
- Department of Chemical Physiology & Biochemistry, Department of Medicine Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre and BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre and BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Manaaki Manawa Centre for Heart Research, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Manaaki Manawa Centre for Heart Research, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre and BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Ransdell JL, Carrasquillo Y, Bosch MK, Mellor RL, Ornitz DM, Nerbonne JM. Loss of Intracellular Fibroblast Growth Factor 14 (iFGF14) Increases the Excitability of Mature Hippocampal and Cortical Pyramidal Neurons. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.05.04.592532. [PMID: 38746081 PMCID: PMC11092765 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.04.592532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
Abstract
Mutations in FGF14 , which encodes intracellular fibroblast growth factor 14 (iFGF14), have been linked to spinocerebellar ataxia type 27 (SCA27), a multisystem disorder associated with progressive deficits in motor coordination and cognitive function. Mice ( Fgf14 -/- ) lacking iFGF14 display similar phenotypes, and we have previously shown that the deficits in motor coordination reflect reduced excitability of cerebellar Purkinje neurons, owing to the loss of iFGF14-mediated regulation of the voltage-dependence of inactivation of the fast transient component of the voltage-gated Na + (Nav) current, I NaT . Here, we present the results of experiments designed to test the hypothesis that loss of iFGF14 also attenuates the intrinsic excitability of mature hippocampal and cortical pyramidal neurons. Current-clamp recordings from adult mouse hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in acute in vitro slices, however, revealed that repetitive firing rates were higher in Fgf14 -/- , than in wild type (WT), cells. In addition, the waveforms of individual action potentials were altered in Fgf14 -/- hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons, and the loss of iFGF14 reduced the time delay between the initiation of axonal and somal action potentials. Voltage-clamp recordings revealed that the loss of iFGF14 altered the voltage-dependence of activation, but not inactivation, of I NaT in CA1 pyramidal neurons. Similar effects of the loss of iFGF14 on firing properties were evident in current-clamp recordings from layer 5 visual cortical pyramidal neurons. Additional experiments demonstrated that the loss of iFGF14 does not alter the distribution of anti-Nav1.6 or anti-ankyrin G immunofluorescence labeling intensity along the axon initial segments (AIS) of mature hippocampal CA1 or layer 5 visual cortical pyramidal neurons in situ . Taken together, the results demonstrate that, in contrast with results reported for neonatal (rat) hippocampal pyramidal neurons in dissociated cell culture, the loss of iFGF14 does not disrupt AIS architecture or Nav1.6 localization/distribution along the AIS of mature hippocampal (or cortical) pyramidal neurons in situ .
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Emerson JI, Ariel P, Shi W, Conlon FL. Sex Differences in Mouse Cardiac Electrophysiology Revealed by Simultaneous Imaging of Excitation-Contraction Coupling. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2023; 10:479. [PMID: 38132647 PMCID: PMC10743987 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd10120479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Males and females differ in the basic anatomy and physiology of the heart. Sex differences are evident in cardiac repolarization in humans; women have longer corrected QT and JT intervals. However, the molecular mechanisms that lead to these differences are incompletely understood. Here, we present that, like in humans, sex differences in QT and JT intervals exist in mouse models; female mice had longer corrected QT and JT intervals compared with age-matched males. To further understand the molecular underpinning of these sex differences, we developed a novel technology using fluorescent confocal microscopy that allows the simultaneous visualization of action potential, Ca2+ transients, and contractions in isolated cardiomyocytes at a high temporal resolution. From this approach, we uncovered that females at baseline have increased action potential duration, decreased Ca2+ release and reuptake rates, and decreased contraction and relaxation velocities compared with males. Additionally, males had a shorter overall time from action potential onset to peak contraction. In aggregate, our studies uncovered male and female differences in excitation-contraction coupling that account for differences observed in the EKG. Overall, a better understanding of sex differences in electrophysiology is essential for equitably treating cardiac disease.
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- James I. Emerson
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA;
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- Microscopy Services Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA;
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- Department of Biology and Genetics, McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA;
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- Department of Biology and Genetics, McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA;
- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Angsutararux P, Dutta AK, Marras M, Abella C, Mellor RL, Shi J, Nerbonne JM, Silva JR. Differential regulation of cardiac sodium channels by intracellular fibroblast growth factors. J Gen Physiol 2023; 155:e202213300. [PMID: 36944081 PMCID: PMC10038838 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202213300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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Voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels are responsible for the initiation and propagation of action potentials. In the heart, the predominant NaV1.5 α subunit is composed of four homologous repeats (I-IV) and forms a macromolecular complex with multiple accessory proteins, including intracellular fibroblast growth factors (iFGF). In spite of high homology, each of the iFGFs, iFGF11-iFGF14, as well as the individual iFGF splice variants, differentially regulates NaV channel gating, and the mechanisms underlying these differential effects remain elusive. Much of the work exploring iFGF regulation of NaV1.5 has been performed in mouse and rat ventricular myocytes in which iFGF13VY is the predominant iFGF expressed, whereas investigation into NaV1.5 regulation by the human heart-dominant iFGF12B is lacking. In this study, we used a mouse model with cardiac-specific Fgf13 deletion to study the consequences of iFGF13VY and iFGF12B expression. We observed distinct effects on the voltage-dependences of activation and inactivation of the sodium currents (INa), as well as on the kinetics of peak INa decay. Results in native myocytes were recapitulated with human NaV1.5 heterologously expressed in Xenopus oocytes, and additional experiments using voltage-clamp fluorometry (VCF) revealed iFGF-specific effects on the activation of the NaV1.5 voltage sensor domain in repeat IV (VSD-IV). iFGF chimeras further unveiled roles for all three iFGF domains (i.e., the N-terminus, core, and C-terminus) on the regulation of VSD-IV, and a slower time domain of inactivation. We present here a novel mechanism of iFGF regulation that is specific to individual iFGF isoforms and that leads to distinct functional effects on NaV channel/current kinetics.
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- Paweorn Angsutararux
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Bossuyt J, Borst JM, Verberckmoes M, Bailey LRJ, Bers DM, Hegyi B. Protein Kinase D1 Regulates Cardiac Hypertrophy, Potassium Channel Remodeling, and Arrhythmias in Heart Failure. J Am Heart Assoc 2022; 11:e027573. [PMID: 36172952 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.027573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background Structural and electrophysiological remodeling characterize heart failure (HF) enhancing arrhythmias. PKD1 (protein kinase D1) is upregulated in HF and mediates pathological hypertrophic signaling, but its role in K+ channel remodeling and arrhythmogenesis in HF is unknown. Methods and Results We performed echocardiography, electrophysiology, and expression analysis in wild-type and PKD1 cardiomyocyte-specific knockout (cKO) mice following transverse aortic constriction (TAC). PKD1-cKO mice exhibited significantly less cardiac hypertrophy post-TAC and were protected from early decline in cardiac contractile function (3 weeks post-TAC) but not the progression to HF at 7 weeks post-TAC. Wild-type mice exhibited ventricular action potential duration prolongation at 8 weeks post-TAC, which was attenuated in PKD1-cKO, consistent with larger K+ currents via the transient outward current, sustained current, inward rectifier K+ current, and rapid delayed rectifier K+ current and increased expression of corresponding K+ channels. Conversely, reduction of slowly inactivating K+ current was independent of PKD1 in HF. Acute PKD inhibition slightly increased transient outward current in TAC and sham wild-type myocytes but did not alter other K+ currents. Sham PKD1-cKO versus wild-type also exhibited larger transient outward current and faster early action potential repolarization. Tachypacing-induced action potential duration alternans in TAC animals was increased and independent of PKD1, but diastolic arrhythmogenic activities were reduced in PKD1-cKO. Conclusions Our data indicate an important role for PKD1 in the HF-related hypertrophic response and K+ channel downregulation. Therefore, PKD1 inhibition may represent a therapeutic strategy to reduce hypertrophy and arrhythmias; however, PKD1 inhibition may not prevent disease progression and reduced contractility in HF.
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- Julie Bossuyt
- Department of Pharmacology University of California Davis CA
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- Department of Pharmacology University of California Davis CA
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- Department of Pharmacology University of California Davis CA
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- Department of Pharmacology University of California Davis CA
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Abramochkin DV, Filatova TS, Pustovit KB, Voronina YA, Kuzmin VS, Vornanen M. Ionic currents underlying different patterns of electrical activity in working cardiac myocytes of mammals and non-mammalian vertebrates. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2022; 268:111204. [PMID: 35346823 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The orderly contraction of the vertebrate heart is determined by generation and propagation of cardiac action potentials (APs). APs are generated by the integrated activity of time- and voltage-dependent ionic channels which carry inward Na+ and Ca2+ currents, and outward K+ currents. This review compares atrial and ventricular APs and underlying ion currents between different taxa of vertebrates. We have collected literature data and attempted to find common electrophysiological features for two or more vertebrate groups, show differences between taxa and cardiac chambers, and indicate gaps in the existing data. Although electrical excitability of the heart in all vertebrates is based on the same superfamily of channels, there is a vast variability of AP waveforms between atrial and ventricular myocytes, between different species of the same vertebrate class and between endothermic and ectothermic animals. The wide variability of AP shapes is related to species-specific differences in animal size, heart rate, stage of ontogenetic development, excitation-contraction coupling, temperature and oxygen availability. Some of the differences between taxa are related to evolutionary development of genomes, which appear e.g. in the expression of different Na+ and K+ channel orthologues in cardiomyocytes of vertebrates. There is a wonderful variability of AP shapes and underlying ion currents with which electrical excitability of vertebrate heart can be generated depending on the intrinsic and extrinsic conditions of animal body. This multitude of ionic mechanisms provides excellent material for studying how the function of the vertebrate heart can adapt or acclimate to prevailing physiological and environmental conditions.
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- Denis V Abramochkin
- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory, 1, 12, Moscow 119234, Russia.
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory, 1, 12, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory, 1, 12, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory, 1, 12, Moscow 119234, Russia; Laboratory of Cardiac Electrophysiology, National Medical Research Center for Cardiology, 3(rd) Cherepkovskaya str., 15A, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory, 1, 12, Moscow 119234, Russia; Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ostrovityanova str., 1, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
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Jeon YK, Kwon JW, Jang J, Choi SW, Woo J, Cho SH, Yu BI, Chun YS, Youm JB, Zhang YH, Kim SJ. Lower troponin expression in the right ventricle of rats explains interventricular differences in E-C coupling. J Gen Physiol 2022; 154:212990. [PMID: 35099502 PMCID: PMC8823606 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202112949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite distinctive functional and anatomic differences, a precise understanding of the cardiac interventricular differences in excitation–contraction (E–C) coupling mechanisms is still lacking. Here, we directly compared rat right and left cardiomyocytes (RVCM and LVCM). Whole-cell patch clamp, the IonOptix system, and fura-2 fluorimetry were used to measure electrical properties (action potential and ionic currents), single-cell contractility, and cytosolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i), respectively. Myofilament proteins were analyzed by immunoblotting. RVCM showed significantly shorter action potential duration (APD) and higher density of transient outward K+ current (Ito). However, the triggered [Ca2+]i change (Ca2+ transient) was not different, while the decay rate of the Ca2+ transient was slower in RVCM. Although the relaxation speed was also slower, the sarcomere shortening amplitude (ΔSL) was smaller in RVCM. SERCA activity was ∼60% lower in RVCM, which is partly responsible for the slower decay of the Ca2+ transient. Immunoblot analysis revealed lower expression of the cardiac troponin complex (cTn) in RVCM, implying a smaller Ca2+ buffering capacity (κS), which was proved by in situ analysis. The introduction of these new levels of cTn, Ito, and SERCA into a mathematical model of rat LVCM reproduced the similar Ca2+ transient, slower Ca2+ decay, shorter APD, and smaller ΔSL of RVCM. Taken together, these data show reduced expression of cTn proteins in the RVCM, which provides an explanation for the interventricular difference in the E–C coupling kinetics.
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- Young Keul Jeon
- Department of Physiology, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Surgery, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Disease, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Physiology and Ion Channel Disease Research Center, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Ion Channel Disease Research Center, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Center, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji, China.,Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Wide River Institute of Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Hongcheon, Republic of Korea
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Kim H, Yang H, Ednie AR, Bennett ES. Simulation Modeling of Reduced Glycosylation Effects on Potassium Channels of Mouse Cardiomyocytes. Front Physiol 2022; 13:816651. [PMID: 35309072 PMCID: PMC8931503 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.816651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the third most common cause of heart failure and the primary reason for heart transplantation; upward of 70% of DCM cases are considered idiopathic. Our in-vitro experiments showed that reduced hybrid/complex N-glycosylation in mouse cardiomyocytes is linked with DCM. Further, we observed direct effects of reduced N-glycosylation on Kv gating. However, it is difficult to rigorously determine the effects of glycosylation on Kv activity, because there are multiple Kv isoforms in cardiomyocytes contributing to the cardiac excitation. Due to complex functions of Kv isoforms, only the sum of K+ currents (IKsum) can be recorded experimentally and decomposed later using exponential fitting to estimate component currents, such as IKto, IKslow, and IKss. However, such estimation cannot adequately describe glycosylation effects and Kv mechanisms. Here, we propose a framework of simulation modeling of Kv kinetics in mouse ventricular myocytes and model calibration using the in-vitro data under normal and reduced glycosylation conditions through ablation of the Mgat1 gene (i.e., Mgat1KO). Calibrated models facilitate the prediction of Kv characteristics at different voltages that are not directly observed in the in-vitro experiments. A model calibration procedure is developed based on the genetic algorithm. Experimental results show that, in the Mgat1KO group, both IKto and IKslow densities are shown to be significantly reduced and the rate of IKslow inactivation is much slower. The proposed approach has strong potential to couple simulation models with experimental data for gaining a better understanding of glycosylation effects on Kv kinetics.
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- Haedong Kim
- Complex Systems Monitoring, Modeling, and Control Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Complex Systems Monitoring, Modeling, and Control Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
- *Correspondence: Hui Yang
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, United States
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Ma X, Rawnsley DR, Kovacs A, Islam M, Murphy JT, Zhao C, Kumari M, Foroughi L, Liu H, Qi K, Diwan A, Hyrc K, Evans S, Satoh T, French BA, Margulies KB, Javaheri A, Razani B, Mann DL, Mani K, Diwan A. TRAF2, an Innate Immune Sensor, Reciprocally Regulates Mitophagy and Inflammation to Maintain Cardiac Myocyte Homeostasis. JACC Basic Transl Sci 2022; 7:223-243. [PMID: 35411325 PMCID: PMC8993766 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2021.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Mitochondria are essential for cardiac myocyte function, but damaged mitochondria trigger cardiac myocyte death. Although mitophagy, a lysosomal degradative pathway to remove damaged mitochondria, is robustly active in cardiac myocytes in the unstressed heart, its mechanisms and physiological role remain poorly defined. We discovered a critical role for TRAF2, an innate immunity effector protein with E3 ubiquitin ligase activity, in facilitating physiological cardiac myocyte mitophagy in the adult heart, to prevent inflammation and cell death, and maintain myocardial homeostasis.
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Key Words
- AAV9, adeno-associated virus serotype 9
- ER, endoplasmic reticulum
- FS, fractional shortening
- GFP, green fluorescent protein
- IP, intraperitoneal
- LV, left ventricular
- MAM, mitochondria-associated membranes
- MCM, MerCreMer
- MEF, murine embryonic fibroblast
- PINK1, PTEN-induced kinase 1
- RFP, red fluorescent protein
- TLR9, toll-like receptor 9
- TRAF2
- TRAF2, tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor-2
- TUNEL, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling
- cTnT, cardiac troponin T
- cell death
- inflammation
- mitophagy
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- Xiucui Ma
- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Alafi Neuroimaging Laboratory, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Immune Regulation, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Exploring Functional Differences between the Right and Left Ventricles to Better Understand Right Ventricular Dysfunction. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2021; 2021:9993060. [PMID: 34497685 PMCID: PMC8421158 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9993060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The right and left ventricles have traditionally been studied as individual entities. Furthermore, modifications found in diseased left ventricles are assumed to influence on right ventricle alterations, but the connection is poorly understood. In this review, we describe the differences between ventricles under physiological and pathological conditions. Understanding the mechanisms that differentiate both ventricles would facilitate a more effective use of therapeutics and broaden our knowledge of right ventricle (RV) dysfunction. RV failure is the strongest predictor of mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension, but at present, there are no definitive therapies directly targeting RV failure. We further explore the current state of drugs and molecules that improve RV failure in experimental therapeutics and clinical trials to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension and provide evidence of their potential benefits in heart failure.
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Zhu W, Wang W, Angsutararux P, Mellor RL, Isom LL, Nerbonne JM, Silva JR. Modulation of the effects of class Ib antiarrhythmics on cardiac NaV1.5-encoded channels by accessory NaVβ subunits. JCI Insight 2021; 6:e143092. [PMID: 34156986 PMCID: PMC8410097 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.143092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Native myocardial voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels function in macromolecular complexes comprising a pore-forming (α) subunit and multiple accessory proteins. Here, we investigated the impact of accessory NaVβ1 and NaVβ3 subunits on the functional effects of 2 well-known class Ib antiarrhythmics, lidocaine and ranolazine, on the predominant NaV channel α subunit, NaV1.5, expressed in the mammalian heart. We showed that both drugs stabilized the activated conformation of the voltage sensor of domain-III (DIII-VSD) in NaV1.5. In the presence of NaVβ1, the effect of lidocaine on the DIII-VSD was enhanced, whereas the effect of ranolazine was abolished. Mutating the main class Ib drug-binding site, F1760, affected but did not abolish the modulation of drug block by NaVβ1/β3. Recordings from adult mouse ventricular myocytes demonstrated that loss of Scn1b (NaVβ1) differentially affected the potencies of lidocaine and ranolazine. In vivo experiments revealed distinct ECG responses to i.p. injection of ranolazine or lidocaine in WT and Scn1b-null animals, suggesting that NaVβ1 modulated drug responses at the whole-heart level. In the human heart, we found that SCN1B transcript expression was 3 times higher in the atria than ventricles, differences that could, in combination with inherited or acquired cardiovascular disease, dramatically affect patient response to class Ib antiarrhythmic therapies.
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- Wandi Zhu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.,Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Chaigne S, Cardouat G, Louradour J, Vaillant F, Charron S, Sacher F, Ducret T, Guinamard R, Vigmond E, Hof T. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 channel participates in mouse ventricular electrical activity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2021; 320:H1156-H1169. [PMID: 33449852 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00497.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The TRPV4 channel is a calcium-permeable channel (PCa/PNa ∼ 10). Its expression has been reported in ventricular myocytes, where it is involved in several cardiac pathological mechanisms. In this study, we investigated the implication of TRPV4 in ventricular electrical activity. Left ventricular myocytes were isolated from trpv4+/+ and trpv4-/- mice. TRPV4 membrane expression and its colocalization with L-type calcium channels (Cav1.2) was confirmed using Western blot biotinylation, immunoprecipitation, and immunostaining experiments. Then, electrocardiograms (ECGs) and patch-clamp recordings showed shortened QTc and action potential (AP) duration in trpv4-/- compared with trpv4+/+ mice. Thus, TRPV4 activator GSK1016790A produced a transient and dose-dependent increase in AP duration at 90% of repolarization (APD90) in trpv4+/+ but not in trpv4-/- myocytes or when combined with TRPV4 inhibitor GSK2193874 (100 nM). Hence, GSK1016790A increased calcium transient (CaT) amplitude in trpv4+/+ but not in trpv4-/- myocytes, suggesting that TRPV4 carries an inward Ca2+ current in myocytes. Conversely, TRPV4 inhibitor GSK2193874 (100 nM) alone reduced APD90 in trpv4+/+ but not in trpv4-/- myocytes, suggesting that TRPV4 prolongs AP duration in basal condition. Finally, introducing TRPV4 parameters in a mathematical model predicted the development of an inward TRPV4 current during repolarization that increases AP duration and CaT amplitude, in accord with what was found experimentally. This study shows for the first time that TRPV4 modulates AP and QTc durations. It would be interesting to evaluate whether TRPV4 could be involved in long QT-mediated ventricular arrhythmias.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is expressed at the membrane of mouse ventricular myocytes and colocalizes with non-T-tubular L-type calcium channels. Deletion of trpv4 gene in mice results in shortened QT interval on electrocardiogram and reduced action potential duration of ventricular myocytes. Pharmacological activation of TRPV4 channel leads to increased action potential duration and increased calcium transient amplitude in trpv4-/- but not in trpv4-/- ventricular myocytes. To the contrary, TRPV4 channel pharmacological inhibition reduces action potential duration in trpv4+/+ but not in trpv4-/- myocytes. Integration of TRPV4 channel in a computational model of mouse action potential shows that the channel carries an inward current contributing to slowing down action potential repolarization and to increase calcium transient amplitude, similarly to what is observed experimentally. This study highlights for the first time the involvement of TRPV4 channel in ventricular electrical activity.
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- Sebastien Chaigne
- Instituts hospitalo-universitaires, L'Institut de Rythmologie et Modélisation Cardiaque, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Bordeaux, France
- Electrophysiology and Ablation Unit, Bordeaux University Hospital, Pessac, France
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- Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Bordeaux, France
- Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Instituts hospitalo-universitaires, L'Institut de Rythmologie et Modélisation Cardiaque, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Bordeaux, France
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- Instituts hospitalo-universitaires, L'Institut de Rythmologie et Modélisation Cardiaque, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Bordeaux, France
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- Instituts hospitalo-universitaires, L'Institut de Rythmologie et Modélisation Cardiaque, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Bordeaux, France
- Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Bordeaux, France
- Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Signalisation, Electrophysiologie et Imagerie des lésions d'Ischémie-Reperfusion Myocardique, EA4650 Université Caen Normandie, Caen, France
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- Instituts hospitalo-universitaires, L'Institut de Rythmologie et Modélisation Cardiaque, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Bordeaux, France
- Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Instituts hospitalo-universitaires, L'Institut de Rythmologie et Modélisation Cardiaque, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Bordeaux, France
- Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Guo Y, Zhang C, Chen X, Liu X, Ye T, Fo Y, Shi S, Qu C, Liang J, Shen B, Yang B. Sigma-1 receptor ligands improves ventricular repolarization-related ion remodeling in rats with major depression disorder. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2021; 238:487-499. [PMID: 33140216 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-020-05697-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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RATIONALE It has been reported that patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) are prone to developing ventricular arrhythmias. Moreover, the Sigma-1 receptor not only plays a crucial role in MDD but has also been shown to have antiarrhythmic properties. The Sigma-1 receptor is a common receptor related to depression and ventricular arrhythmias. OBJECTIVE We analyzed the effects of the Sigma-1 receptor on depression and ventricular repolarization-related ion remodeling in MDD rats. METHODS MDD was induced in rats by chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS), and 28 days later, the rats were subjected to behavior tests. Protein expression was measured by western blotting, and cardiac morphological changes were observed by Masson staining. Electrophysiological measurement of the myocardium was performed with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. RESULTS Compared with the control rats, the MDD rats exhibited lower transient outward potassium current (Ito) and L-type calcium current (ICa-L) amplitudes. On the other hand, a trend of depolarization of Ito and hyperpolarization of ICa-L was observed in the MDD rats. Thus, we investigated the effect of fluvoxamine, a Sigma-1 receptor agonist, on Ito and ICa-L. Fluvoxamine enhanced Ito and altered its current kinetics, as shown by acceleration of activation and recovery from inactivation. In contrast, fluvoxamine inhibited the Ca2+ by hyperpolarizing the steady-state activation of ICa-L. All these effects were blocked by BD1047. CONCLUSION Taken together, our results indicate that Sigma-1 receptor modulates the functions of Ito and ICa-L to possibly exert antiarrhythmic effects.
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- Yan Guo
- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
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Saadeh K, Shivkumar K, Jeevaratnam K. Targeting the β-adrenergic receptor in the clinical management of congenital long QT syndrome. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2020; 1474:27-46. [PMID: 32901453 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The long QT syndrome (LQTS) is largely treated pharmacologically with β-blockers, despite the role of sympathetic activity in LQTS being poorly understood. Using the trigger-substrate model of cardiac arrhythmias in this review, we amalgamate current experimental and clinical data from both animal and human studies to explain the mechanism of adrenergic stimulation and blockade on LQT arrhythmic risk and hence assess the efficacy of β-adrenoceptor blockade in the management of LQTS. In LQTS1 and LQTS2, sympathetic stimulation increases arrhythmic risk by enhancing early afterdepolarizations and transmural dispersion of repolarization. β-Blockers successfully reduce cardiac events by reducing these triggers and substrates; however, these effects are less marked in LQTS2 compared with LQTS1. In LQTS3, clinical and experimental investigations of the effects of sympathetic stimulation and β-blocker use have produced contradictory findings, resulting in significant clinical uncertainty. We offer explanations for these contradicting results relating to study sample size, the dose of the β-blocker administered associated with its off-target Na+ channel effects, as well as the type of β-blocker used. We conclude that the antiarrhythmic efficacy of β-blockers is a genotype-specific phenomenon, and hence the use of β-blockers in clinical practice should be genotype dependent.
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- Khalil Saadeh
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.,School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Centre, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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Ang R, Marina N. Low-Frequency Oscillations in Cardiac Sympathetic Neuronal Activity. Front Physiol 2020; 11:236. [PMID: 32256390 PMCID: PMC7093552 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Sudden cardiac death caused by ventricular arrhythmias is among the leading causes of mortality, with approximately half of all deaths attributed to heart disease worldwide. Periodic repolarization dynamics (PRD) is a novel marker of repolarization instability and strong predictor of death in patients post-myocardial infarction that is believed to occur in association with low-frequency oscillations in sympathetic nerve activity. However, this hypothesis is based on associations of PRD with indices of sympathetic activity that are not directly linked to cardiac function, such as muscle vasoconstrictor activity and the variability of cardiovascular autospectra. In this review article, we critically evaluate existing scientific evidence obtained primarily in experimental animal models, with the aim of identifying the neuronal networks responsible for the generation of low-frequency sympathetic rhythms along the neurocardiac axis. We discuss the functional significance of rhythmic sympathetic activity on neurotransmission efficacy and explore its role in the pathogenesis of ventricular repolarization instability. Most importantly, we discuss important gaps in our knowledge that require further investigation in order to confirm the hypothesis that low frequency cardiac sympathetic oscillations play a causative role in the generation of PRD.
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- Richard Ang
- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Khokhlova A, Konovalov P, Iribe G, Solovyova O, Katsnelson L. The Effects of Mechanical Preload on Transmural Differences in Mechano-Calcium-Electric Feedback in Single Cardiomyocytes: Experiments and Mathematical Models. Front Physiol 2020; 11:171. [PMID: 32256377 PMCID: PMC7091561 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Transmural differences in ventricular myocardium are maintained by electromechanical coupling and mechano-calcium/mechano-electric feedback. In the present study, we experimentally investigated the influence of preload on the force characteristics of subendocardial (Endo) and subepicardial (Epi) single ventricular cardiomyocytes stretched by up to 20% from slack sarcomere length (SL) and analyzed the results with the help of mathematical modeling. Mathematical models of Endo and Epi cells, which accounted for regional heterogeneity in ionic currents, Ca2+ handling, and myofilament contractile mechanisms, showed that a greater slope of the active tension–length relationship observed experimentally in Endo cardiomyocytes could be explained by greater length-dependent Ca2+ activation in Endo cells compared with Epi ones. The models also predicted that greater length dependence of Ca2+ activation in Endo cells compared to Epi ones underlies, via mechano-calcium-electric feedback, the reduction in the transmural gradient in action potential duration (APD) at a higher preload. However, the models were unable to reproduce the experimental data on a decrease of the transmural gradient in the time to peak contraction between Endo and Epi cells at longer end-diastolic SL. We hypothesize that preload-dependent changes in viscosity should be involved alongside the Frank–Starling effects to regulate the transmural gradient in length-dependent changes in the time course of contraction of Endo and Epi cardiomyocytes. Our experimental data and their analysis based on mathematical modeling give reason to believe that mechano-calcium-electric feedback plays a critical role in the modulation of electrophysiological and contractile properties of myocytes across the ventricular wall.
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- Anastasia Khokhlova
- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia.,Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Department of Physiology, Asahikawa Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan.,Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia.,Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia.,Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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Pianca N, Di Bona A, Lazzeri E, Costantini I, Franzoso M, Prando V, Armani A, Rizzo S, Fedrigo M, Angelini A, Basso C, Pavone FS, Rubart M, Sacconi L, Zaglia T, Mongillo M. Cardiac sympathetic innervation network shapes the myocardium by locally controlling cardiomyocyte size through the cellular proteolytic machinery. J Physiol 2019; 597:3639-3656. [DOI: 10.1113/jp276200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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- Nicola Pianca
- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine Padova Italy
- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine Padova Italy
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non‐linear SpectroscopyUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non‐linear SpectroscopyUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
- National Institute of Optics, National Research CouncilUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
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- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine Padova Italy
- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine Padova Italy
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine Padova Italy
- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non‐linear SpectroscopyUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
- National Institute of Optics, National Research CouncilUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
- Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
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- Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis IN USA
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- European Laboratory for Non‐linear SpectroscopyUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
- National Institute of Optics, National Research CouncilUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
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- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine Padova Italy
- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine Padova Italy
- Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
- CNR Institute of Neuroscience Padova Italy
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Reduced hybrid/complex N-glycosylation disrupts cardiac electrical signaling and calcium handling in a model of dilated cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2019; 132:13-23. [PMID: 31071333 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the third most common cause of heart failure, with ~70% of DCM cases considered idiopathic. We showed recently, through genetic ablation of the MGAT1 gene, which encodes an essential glycosyltransferase (GlcNAcT1), that prevention of cardiomyocyte hybrid/complex N-glycosylation was sufficient to cause DCM that led to heart failure and early death. Our findings are consistent with increasing evidence suggesting a link between aberrant glycosylation and heart diseases of acquired and congenital etiologies. However, the mechanisms by which changes in glycosylation contribute to disease onset and progression remain largely unknown. Activity and gating of voltage-gated Na+ and K+ channels (Nav and Kv respectively) play pivotal roles in the initiation, shaping and conduction of cardiomyocyte action potentials (APs) and aberrant channel activity was shown to contribute to cardiac disease. We and others showed that glycosylation can impact Nav and Kv function; therefore, here, we investigated the effects of reduced cardiomyocyte hybrid/complex N-glycosylation on channel activity to investigate whether chronic aberrant channel function can contribute to DCM. Ventricular cardiomyocytes from MGAT1 deficient (MGAT1KO) mice display prolonged APs and pacing-induced aberrant early re-activation that can be attributed to, at least in part, a significant reduction in Kv expression and activity that worsens over time suggesting heart disease-related remodeling. MGAT1KO Nav demonstrate no change in expression or maximal conductance but show depolarizing shifts in voltage-dependent gating. Together, the changes in MGAT1KO Nav and Kv function likely contribute to observed anomalous electrocardiograms and Ca2+ handling. These findings provide insight into mechanisms by which altered glycosylation contributes to DCM through changes in Nav and Kv activity that impact conduction, Ca2+ handling and contraction. The MGAT1KO can also serve as a useful model to study the effects of aberrant electrical signaling on cardiac function and the remodeling events that can occur with heart disease progression.
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López Alarcón MM, Rodríguez de Yurre A, Felice JI, Medei E, Escobar AL. Phase 1 repolarization rate defines Ca 2+ dynamics and contractility on intact mouse hearts. J Gen Physiol 2019; 151:771-785. [PMID: 31000581 PMCID: PMC6571993 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201812269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Intact heart physiology assessed by local-field optical techniques helps decipher cardiac function at the organ level. Here, we found that the phase 1 repolarization rate of the mouse ventricular action potential defines contractility by regulating the deactivation of an L-type Ca2+ current. In the heart, Ca2+ influx through L-type Ca2+ channels triggers Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. In most mammals, this influx occurs during the ventricular action potential (AP) plateau phase 2. However, in murine models, the influx through L-type Ca2+ channels happens in early repolarizing phase 1. The aim of this work is to assess if changes in the open probability of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP)–sensitive Kv channels defining the outward K+ current during phase 1 can modulate Ca2+ currents, Ca2+ transients, and systolic pressure during the cardiac cycle in intact perfused beating hearts. Pulsed local-field fluorescence microscopy and loose-patch photolysis were used to test the hypothesis that a decrease in a transient K+ current (Ito) will enhance Ca2+ influx and promote a larger Ca2+ transient. Simultaneous recordings of Ca2+ transients and APs by pulsed local-field fluorescence microscopy and loose-patch photolysis showed that a reduction in the phase 1 repolarization rate increases the amplitude of Ca2+ transients due to an increase in Ca2+ influx through L-type Ca2+ channels. Moreover, 4-AP induced an increase in the time required for AP to reach 30% repolarization, and the amplitude of Ca2+ transients was larger in epicardium than endocardium. On the other hand, the activation of Ito with NS5806 resulted in a reduction of Ca2+ current amplitude that led to a reduction of the amplitude of Ca2+ transients. Finally, the 4-AP effect on AP phase 1 was significantly smaller when the L-type Ca2+ current was partially blocked with nifedipine, indicating that the phase 1 rate of repolarization is defined by the competition between an outward K+ current and an inward Ca2+ current.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of California, Merced, CA
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Wang W, Mellor RL, Nerbonne JM, Balke CW. Regional differences in the expression of tetrodotoxin-sensitive inward Ca 2+ and outward Cs +/K + currents in mouse and human ventricles. Channels (Austin) 2019; 13:72-87. [PMID: 30704344 PMCID: PMC6380286 DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2019.1568146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Tetrodotoxin (TTX) sensitive inward Ca2+ currents, ICa(TTX), have been identified in cardiac myocytes from several species, although it is unclear if ICa(TTX) is expressed in all cardiac cell types, and if ICa(TTX) reflects Ca2+ entry through the main, Nav1.5-encoded, cardiac Na+ (Nav) channels. To address these questions, recordings were obtained with 2 mm Ca2+ and 0 mm Na+ in the bath and 120 mm Cs+ in the pipettes from myocytes isolated from adult mouse interventricular septum (IVS), left ventricular (LV) endocardium, apex, and epicardium and from human LV endocardium and epicardium. On membrane depolarizations from a holding potential of −100 mV, ICa(TTX) was identified in mouse IVS and LV endocardial myocytes and in human LV endocardial myocytes, whereas only TTX-sensitive outward Cs+/K+ currents were observed in mouse LV apex and epicardial myocytes and human LV epicardial myocytes. The inward Ca2+, but not the outward Cs+/K+, currents were blocked by mm concentrations of MTSEA, a selective blocker of cardiac Nav1.5-encoded Na+ channels. In addition, in Nav1.5-expressing tsA-201 cells, ICa(TTX) was observed in 3 (of 20) cells, and TTX-sensitive outward Cs+/K+ currents were observed in the other (17) cells. The time- and voltage-dependent properties of the TTX-sensitive inward Ca2+ and outward Cs+/K+ currents recorded in Nav1.5-expressing tsA-201 were indistinguishable from native currents in mouse and human cardiac myocytes. Overall, the results presented here suggest marked regional, cell type-specific, differences in the relative ion selectivity, and likely the molecular architecture, of native SCN5A-/Scn5a- (Nav1.5-) encoded cardiac Na+ channels in mouse and human ventricles.
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- Wei Wang
- a Center for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division , Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , MO , USA
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- a Center for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division , Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , MO , USA
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- a Center for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division , Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , MO , USA.,b John Cochran Veterans Administration Medical Center , St. Louis , MO , USA
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- a Center for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division , Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , MO , USA.,b John Cochran Veterans Administration Medical Center , St. Louis , MO , USA
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Rodgers JL, Iyer D, Rodgers LE, Vanthenapalli S, Panguluri SK. Impact of hyperoxia on cardiac pathophysiology. J Cell Physiol 2019; 234:12595-12603. [PMID: 30652312 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.28136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Mechanical ventilation with high oxygen therapy (hyperoxia) is widely implemented in critical care and ICU settings. Although supplemental oxygen is beneficial to treat hypoxia, its use is also associated with poor outcomes and high mortality in patients. Lung injury due to hyperoxia exposure has been well-documented in patients, including in adults and neonates. Thus, lung injury due to hyperoxia has been extensively researched in both preclinical and clinical studies. However, hyperoxia has also been shown to be associated with hemodynamic changes in patients in ICU, including reductions in heart rate, stroke volume, and cardiac output. In addition, certain experimental studies report that hyperoxia exposure in neonates results in cardiac dysfunction in later adult life. Despite this, until recently, the impact of hyperoxia within the heart has not been well studied, or reported, specifically in adult experimental models. To close this significant gap, our lab has sought to clarify hyperoxia-induced cardiac pathophysiology in adult murine models. This review discusses the current findings regarding the cardiovascular impact of hyperoxia exposure.
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- Jennifer L Rodgers
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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Rayani K, Lin E, Craig C, Lamothe M, Shafaattalab S, Gunawan M, Li AY, Hove-Madsen L, Tibbits GF. Zebrafish as a model of mammalian cardiac function: Optically mapping the interplay of temperature and rate on voltage and calcium dynamics. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 138:69-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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de Boer TP, Stengl M. Action potential contour and inter-species differences. Europace 2018; 20:1395-1396. [PMID: 29096032 DOI: 10.1093/europace/eux308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Teun P de Boer
- Division of Heart and Lungs, Department of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Yalelaan 50, CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Alej Svobody 76, Pilsen, Czech Republic.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Alej Svobody 76, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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Wen Q, Gandhi K, Capel RA, Hao G, O'Shea C, Neagu G, Pearcey S, Pavlovic D, Terrar DA, Wu J, Faggian G, Camelliti P, Lei M. Transverse cardiac slicing and optical imaging for analysis of transmural gradients in membrane potential and Ca 2+ transients in murine heart. J Physiol 2018; 596:3951-3965. [PMID: 29928770 PMCID: PMC6117587 DOI: 10.1113/jp276239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Key points A robust cardiac slicing approach was developed for optical mapping of transmural gradients in transmembrane potential (Vm) and intracellular Ca2+ transient (CaT) of murine heart. Significant transmural gradients in Vm and CaT were observed in the left ventricle. Frequency‐dependent action potentials and CaT alternans were observed in all ventricular regions with rapid pacing, with significantly greater incidence in the endocardium than epicardium. The observations demonstrate the feasibility of our new approach to cardiac slicing for systematic analysis of intrinsic transmural and regional gradients in Vm and CaT.
Abstract Transmural and regional gradients in membrane potential and Ca2+ transient in the murine heart are largely unexplored. Here, we developed and validated a robust approach which combines transverse ultra‐thin cardiac slices and high resolution optical mapping to enable systematic analysis of transmural and regional gradients in transmembrane potential (Vm) and intracellular Ca2+ transient (CaT) across the entire murine ventricles. The voltage dye RH237 or Ca2+ dye Rhod‐2 AM were loaded through the coronary circulation using a Langendorff perfusion system. Short‐axis slices (300 μm thick) were prepared from the entire ventricles (from the apex to the base) by using a high‐precision vibratome. Action potentials (APs) and CaTs were recorded with optical mapping during steady‐state baseline and rapid pacing. Significant transmural gradients in Vm and CaT were observed in the left ventricle, with longer AP duration (APD50 and APD75) and CaT duration (CaTD50 and CaTD75) in the endocardium compared with that in the epicardium. No significant regional gradients were observed along the apico‐basal axis of the left ventricle. Interventricular gradients were detected with significantly shorter APD50, APD75 and CaTD50 in the right ventricle compared with left ventricle and ventricular septum. During rapid pacing, AP and CaT alternans were observed in most ventricular regions, with significantly greater incidence in the endocardium in comparison with epicardium. In conclusion, these observations demonstrate the feasibility of our new approach to cardiac slicing for systematic analysis of intrinsic transmural and regional gradients in Vm and CaT in murine ventricular tissue. A robust cardiac slicing approach was developed for optical mapping of transmural gradients in transmembrane potential (Vm) and intracellular Ca2+ transient (CaT) of murine heart. Significant transmural gradients in Vm and CaT were observed in the left ventricle. Frequency‐dependent action potentials and CaT alternans were observed in all ventricular regions with rapid pacing, with significantly greater incidence in the endocardium than epicardium. The observations demonstrate the feasibility of our new approach to cardiac slicing for systematic analysis of intrinsic transmural and regional gradients in Vm and CaT.
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- Q Wen
- Institution of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Medical School, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology of Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease/Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 6400, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institution of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Medical School, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology of Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease/Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 6400, China
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Borghetti G, Eisenberg CA, Signore S, Sorrentino A, Kaur K, Andrade-Vicenty A, Edwards JG, Nerkar M, Qanud K, Sun D, Goichberg P, Leri A, Anversa P, Eisenberg LM, Jacobson JT, Hintze TH, Rota M. Notch signaling modulates the electrical behavior of cardiomyocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2017; 314:H68-H81. [PMID: 28939651 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00587.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Notch receptor signaling is active during cardiac development and silenced in myocytes after birth. Conversely, outward K+ Kv currents progressively appear in postnatal myocytes leading to shortening of the action potential (AP) and acquisition of the mature electrical phenotype. In the present study, we tested the possibility that Notch signaling modulates the electrical behavior of cardiomyocytes by interfering with Kv currents. For this purpose, the effects of Notch receptor activity on electrophysiological properties of myocytes were evaluated using transgenic mice with inducible expression of the Notch1 intracellular domain (NICD), the functional fragment of the activated Notch receptor, and in neonatal myocytes after inhibition of the Notch transduction pathway. By patch clamp, NICD-overexpressing cells presented prolonged AP duration and reduced upstroke amplitude, properties that were coupled with reduced rapidly activating Kv and fast Na+ currents, compared with cells obtained from wild-type mice. In cultured neonatal myocytes, inhibition of the proteolitic release of NICD with a γ-secretase antagonist increased transcript levels of the Kv channel-interacting proteins 2 (KChIP2) and enhanced the density of Kv currents. Collectively, these results indicate that Notch signaling represents an important regulator of the electrophysiological behavior of developing and adult myocytes by repressing, at least in part, repolarizing Kv currents. NEW & NOTEWORTHY We investigated the effects of Notch receptor signaling on the electrical properties of cardiomyocytes. Our results indicate that the Notch transduction pathway interferes with outward K+ Kv currents, critical determinants of the electrical repolarization of myocytes.
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- Giulia Borghetti
- Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.,Department of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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Watanabe Y, Matsumoto A, Miki T, Seino S, Anzai N, Nakaya H. Electrophysiological analyses of transgenic mice overexpressing KCNJ8 with S422L mutation in cardiomyocytes. J Pharmacol Sci 2017; 135:37-43. [PMID: 28928055 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2017.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Genetic analysis of KCNJ8 has pointed a mutation (S422L) as a susceptible link to J wave syndrome (JWS). In vitro expression study indicated that the ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channel with the S422L mutation has the gain-of-function with reduced sensitivity to ATP. However, the electrophysiological impact of KCNJ8 has not been elucidated in vivo. Transgenic mouse strains overexpressing KCNJ8 S422L variant (TGmt) or WT (TGWT) in cardiomyocytes have been created to investigate the influence of KCNJ8 in cardiomyocytes and the JWS-related feature of the S422L variant on the cardiac electrophysiology. These TG strains demonstrated distinct changes in the J-ST segment of ECG with marked QT prolongation, which might be ascribed to the action potential prolongation resulting from the reduction of voltage-dependent K+ currents in ventricular cells. The pinacidil-induced KATP current was decreased in these TG myocytes and no obvious difference between TG and non-TG (WT) myocytes in the ATP sensitivity of the KATP channel was observed although the open probability of the KATP channels was significantly lower in TG myocytes than WT. These transgenic mouse strains with distinct ECG changes suggested that the S422L mutation in KCNJ8 gene is not a direct cause of JWS.
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- Yasuhiro Watanabe
- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Metabolic Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
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Chen X, Qin M, Jiang W, Zhang Y, Liu X. Electrophysiological characteristics of pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy and its influence on ventricular arrhythmias. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183671. [PMID: 28863155 PMCID: PMC5580922 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore the cardiac electrophysiological characteristics of cardiac hypertrophy and its influence on the occurrence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. METHODS Adult C57BL6 mice were randomly divided into a surgery group and a control group. Thoracic aortic constriction was performed on mice in the surgery group, and cardiac anatomical and ultrasonic evaluations were performed to confirm the success of the cardiac hypertrophy model 4 weeks after the operation. Using the Langendorff method of isolated heart perfusion, monophasic action potentials (MAPs) and the effective refractory period (ERP) at different parts of the heart (including the epi- and endo-myocardium of the left and right ventricles) were measured, and the induction rate of ventricular tachyarrhythmias was observed under programmed electrical stimulus (PES) and burst stimulus. Whole-cell patch-clamp was used to obtain the I-V characteristics of voltage-gated potassium channels in cardiomyocytes of different parts of the heart (including the epi- and endo-myocardium of the left and right ventricles) as well as the channels' properties of steady-state inactivation and recovery from inactivation. RESULTS The ratio of heart weight to body weight and the ratio of left ventricular weight to body weight in the surgery group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Ultrasonic evaluation revealed that both interventricular septal diameter (IVSD) and left ventricle posterior wall diameter (LVPWD) in the surgery group were significantly larger than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Under PES and burst stimuli, the induction rates of arrhythmias in the surgery group significantly increased, reaching 41.2% and 23.5%, respectively. Both the QT interval and action potential duration (APD) in the surgery group were significantly longer than in the control group (P<0.01), and the changes showed obvious spatial heterogeneity. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings demonstrated that the surgery group had significantly lower potassium current densities (IPeak, Ito, IKur, Iss, and IK1) at different parts of the heart than the control group (P < 0.01), and there were significant differences in the half-inactivation voltage (V1/2) and the inactivation-recovery time constant (τ) of Ito and IKur at different parts of the heart (P < 0.01) between the surgery group and the control group. In addition, the surgery group had significantly lower densities of IPeak, Ito, and IKur in cells of the endo-myocardium (P < 0.05), and the changes showed obvious spatial heterogeneity. CONCLUSION Changes in the current density and function of potassium channels contributed to irregular repolarization in cardiac hypertrophy, and the spatially heterogeneous changes of the channels may increase the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias that accompany cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Xiaowei Chen
- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (XL); (MQ)
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (XL); (MQ)
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Katsi V, Georgiopoulos G, Marketou M, Oikonomou D, Parthenakis F, Makris T, Nihoyannopoulos P, Vardas P, Tousoulis D. Atrial fibrillation in pregnancy: a growing challenge. Curr Med Res Opin 2017; 33:1497-1504. [PMID: 28498066 DOI: 10.1080/03007995.2017.1330257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) constitutes a relatively infrequent pregnancy complication, which may be a therapeutic Gordian knot. Indeed, sparse data exist regarding the prevalence, prognosis, and management of AF during pregnancy. In general, AF occurs as a benign, self-limited arrhythmia, but occasionally may have severe hemodynamic consequences in pregnant patients suffering from heart failure, congenital heart disease, or other comorbidities. Extra-cardiac causes of AF should always be meticulously excluded. REVIEW Treatment decisions are difficult, since medications may cross the placental barrier and potentially affect fetal growth and organogenesis, or even result in fetal bradyarrhythmias. Treatment goals are not differentiated in comparison to those regarding AF occurring in the general population. Still, while maternal treatment is prioritized, issues regarding fetal health must deliberately be considered. Consequently, hemodynamic instability is to be promptly treated with synchronized electrical cardioversion. In contrast, in stable patients, pharmacologic cardioversion, under appropriate antithrombotic regimen, should be attempted. Selection of appropriate antithrombotic therapy, including novel oral anticoagulants, imposes further difficulties on therapeutic decision-making. Further clinical trials are warranted in order to assess the pathophysiology and prognosis of AF in pregnancy and ameliorate the evidence-based therapeutic strategy in this specific group of the population.
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- Vasiliki Katsi
- a First Department of Cardiology , Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- a First Department of Cardiology , Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- b Cardiology Department , Heraklion University Hospital , Crete , Greece
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- a First Department of Cardiology , Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- c Cardiology Department , Helena Venizelou Hospital , Athens , Greece
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- a First Department of Cardiology , Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- b Cardiology Department , Heraklion University Hospital , Crete , Greece
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- a First Department of Cardiology , Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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Osadchii OE. Role of abnormal repolarization in the mechanism of cardiac arrhythmia. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2017; 220 Suppl 712:1-71. [PMID: 28707396 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In cardiac patients, life-threatening tachyarrhythmia is often precipitated by abnormal changes in ventricular repolarization and refractoriness. Repolarization abnormalities typically evolve as a consequence of impaired function of outward K+ currents in cardiac myocytes, which may be caused by genetic defects or result from various acquired pathophysiological conditions, including electrical remodelling in cardiac disease, ion channel modulation by clinically used pharmacological agents, and systemic electrolyte disorders seen in heart failure, such as hypokalaemia. Cardiac electrical instability attributed to abnormal repolarization relies on the complex interplay between a provocative arrhythmic trigger and vulnerable arrhythmic substrate, with a central role played by the excessive prolongation of ventricular action potential duration, impaired intracellular Ca2+ handling, and slowed impulse conduction. This review outlines the electrical activity of ventricular myocytes in normal conditions and cardiac disease, describes classical electrophysiological mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmia, and provides an update on repolarization-related surrogates currently used to assess arrhythmic propensity, including spatial dispersion of repolarization, activation-repolarization coupling, electrical restitution, TRIaD (triangulation, reverse use dependence, instability, and dispersion), and the electromechanical window. This is followed by a discussion of the mechanisms that account for the dependence of arrhythmic vulnerability on the location of the ventricular pacing site. Finally, the review clarifies the electrophysiological basis for cardiac arrhythmia produced by hypokalaemia, and gives insight into the clinical importance and pathophysiology of drug-induced arrhythmia, with particular focus on class Ia (quinidine, procainamide) and Ic (flecainide) Na+ channel blockers, and class III antiarrhythmic agents that block the delayed rectifier K+ channel (dofetilide).
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- O. E. Osadchii
- Department of Health Science and Technology; University of Aalborg; Aalborg Denmark
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Hormones and sex differences: changes in cardiac electrophysiology with pregnancy. Clin Sci (Lond) 2017; 130:747-59. [PMID: 27128800 DOI: 10.1042/cs20150710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Disruption of cardiac electrical activity resulting in palpitations and syncope is often an early symptom of pregnancy. Pregnancy is a time of dramatic and dynamic physiological and hormonal changes during which numerous demands are placed on the heart. These changes result in electrical remodelling which can be detected as changes in the electrocardiogram (ECG). This gestational remodelling is a very under-researched area. There are no systematic large studies powered to determine changes in the ECG from pre-pregnancy, through gestation, and into the postpartum period. The large variability between patients and the dynamic nature of pregnancy hampers interpretation of smaller studies, but some facts are consistent. Gestational cardiac hypertrophy and a physical shift of the heart contribute to changes in the ECG. There are also electrical changes such as an increased heart rate and lengthening of the QT interval. There is an increased susceptibility to arrhythmias during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Some changes in the ECG are clearly the result of changes in ion channel expression and behaviour, but little is known about the ionic basis for this electrical remodelling. Most information comes from animal models, and implicates changes in the delayed-rectifier channels. However, it is likely that there are additional roles for sodium channels as well as changes in calcium homoeostasis. The changes in the electrical profile of the heart during pregnancy and the postpartum period have clear implications for the safety of pregnant women, but the field remains relatively undeveloped.
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Edwards AG, Louch WE. Species-Dependent Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmia: A Cellular Focus. CLINICAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS-CARDIOLOGY 2017; 11:1179546816686061. [PMID: 28469490 PMCID: PMC5392019 DOI: 10.1177/1179546816686061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Although ventricular arrhythmia remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, available antiarrhythmic drugs have limited efficacy. Disappointing progress in the development of novel, clinically relevant antiarrhythmic agents may partly be attributed to discrepancies between humans and animal models used in preclinical testing. However, such differences are at present difficult to predict, requiring improved understanding of arrhythmia mechanisms across species. To this end, we presently review interspecies similarities and differences in fundamental cardiomyocyte electrophysiology and current understanding of the mechanisms underlying the generation of afterdepolarizations and reentry. We specifically highlight patent shortcomings in small rodents to reproduce cellular and tissue-level arrhythmia substrate believed to be critical in human ventricle. Despite greater ease of translation from larger animal models, discrepancies remain and interpretation can be complicated by incomplete knowledge of human ventricular physiology due to low availability of explanted tissue. We therefore point to the benefits of mathematical modeling as a translational bridge to understanding and treating human arrhythmia.
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- Andrew G Edwards
- Center for Biomedical Computing, Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway.,Center for Cardiological Innovation, Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway.,Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Waldschmidt L, Junkereit V, Bähring R. KChIP2 genotype dependence of transient outward current (Ito) properties in cardiomyocytes isolated from male and female mice. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171213. [PMID: 28141821 PMCID: PMC5283746 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The transient outward current (Ito) in cardiomyocytes is largely mediated by Kv4 channels associated with Kv Channel Interacting Protein 2 (KChIP2). A knockout model has documented the critical role of KChIP2 in Ito expression. The present study was conducted to characterize in both sexes the dependence of Ito properties, including current magnitude, inactivation kinetics, recovery from inactivation and voltage dependence of inactivation, on the number of functional KChIP2 alleles. For this purpose we performed whole-cell patch-clamp experiments on isolated left ventricular cardiomyocytes from male and female mice which had different KChIP2 genotypes; i.e., wild-type (KChIP2+/+), heterozygous knockout (KChIP2+/-) or complete knockout of KChIP2 (KChIP2-/-). We found in both sexes a KChIP2 gene dosage effect (i.e., a proportionality between number of alleles and phenotype) on Ito magnitude, however, concerning other Ito properties, KChIP2+/- resembled KChIP2+/+. Only in the total absence of KChIP2 (KChIP2-/-) we observed a slowing of Ito kinetics, a slowing of recovery from inactivation and a negative shift of a portion of the voltage dependence of inactivation. In a minor fraction of KChIP2-/- myocytes Ito was completely lost. The distinct KChIP2 genotype dependences of Ito magnitude and inactivation kinetics, respectively, seen in cardiomyocytes were reproduced with two-electrode voltage-clamp experiments on Xenopus oocytes expressing Kv4.2 and different amounts of KChIP2. Our results corroborate the critical role of KChIP2 in controlling Ito properties. They demonstrate that the Kv4.2/KChIP2 interaction in cardiomyocytes is highly dynamic, with a clear KChIP2 gene dosage effect on Kv4 channel surface expression but not on inactivation gating.
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- Lara Waldschmidt
- Institut für Zelluläre und Integrative Physiologie, Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Zelluläre und Integrative Physiologie, Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Zelluläre und Integrative Physiologie, Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Early remodeling of repolarizing K + currents in the αMHC 403/+ mouse model of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2017; 103:93-101. [PMID: 28089740 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Revised: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), linked to mutations in myosin, myosin-binding proteins and other sarcolemmal proteins, is associated with increased risk of life threatening ventricular arrhythmias, and a number of animal models have been developed to facilitate analysis of disease progression and mechanisms. In the experiments here, we use the αMHC403/+ mouse line in which one αMHC allele harbors a common HCM mutation (in βMHC, Arg403 Gln). Here, we demonstrate marked prolongation of QT intervals in young adult (10-12week) male αMHC403/+ mice, well in advance of the onset of measurable left ventricular hypertrophy. Electrophysiological recordings from myocytes isolated from the interventricular septum of these animals revealed significantly (P<0.001) lower peak repolarizing voltage-gated K+ (Kv) current (IK,peak) amplitudes, compared with cells isolated from wild type (WT) littermate controls. Analysis of Kv current waveforms revealed that the amplitudes of the inactivating components of the total outward Kv current, Ito,f, Ito,s and IK,slow, were significantly lower in αMHC403/+, compared with WT, septum cells, whereas Iss amplitudes were similar. The amplitudes/densities of IK,peak and IK,slow were also lower in αMHC403/+, compared with WT, LV wall and LV apex myocytes, whereas Ito,f was attenuated in αMHC403/+ LV wall, but not LV apex, cells. These regional differences in the remodeling of repolarizing Kv currents in the αMHC403/+ mice would be expected to increase the dispersion of ventricular repolarization and be proarrhythmic. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis revealed reductions in the expression of transcripts encoding several K+ channel subunits in the interventricular septum, LV free wall and LV apex of (10-12week) αMHC403/+ mice, although this transcriptional remodeling was not correlated with the observed decreases in K+ current amplitudes.
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Cardiac arrhythmias can follow disruption of the normal cellular electrophysiological processes underlying excitable activity and their tissue propagation as coherent wavefronts from the primary sinoatrial node pacemaker, through the atria, conducting structures and ventricular myocardium. These physiological events are driven by interacting, voltage-dependent, processes of activation, inactivation, and recovery in the ion channels present in cardiomyocyte membranes. Generation and conduction of these events are further modulated by intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis, and metabolic and structural change. This review describes experimental studies on murine models for known clinical arrhythmic conditions in which these mechanisms were modified by genetic, physiological, or pharmacological manipulation. These exemplars yielded molecular, physiological, and structural phenotypes often directly translatable to their corresponding clinical conditions, which could be investigated at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and whole animal levels. Arrhythmogenesis could be explored during normal pacing activity, regular stimulation, following imposed extra-stimuli, or during progressively incremented steady pacing frequencies. Arrhythmic substrate was identified with temporal and spatial functional heterogeneities predisposing to reentrant excitation phenomena. These could arise from abnormalities in cardiac pacing function, tissue electrical connectivity, and cellular excitation and recovery. Triggering events during or following recovery from action potential excitation could thereby lead to sustained arrhythmia. These surface membrane processes were modified by alterations in cellular Ca2+ homeostasis and energetics, as well as cellular and tissue structural change. Study of murine systems thus offers major insights into both our understanding of normal cardiac activity and its propagation, and their relationship to mechanisms generating clinical arrhythmias.
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- Christopher L-H Huang
- Physiological Laboratory and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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McKinnon D, Rosati B. Transmural gradients in ion channel and auxiliary subunit expression. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 122:165-186. [PMID: 27702655 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2016.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Evolution has acted to shape the action potential in different regions of the heart in order to produce a maximally stable and efficient pump. This has been achieved by creating regional differences in ion channel expression levels within the heart as well as differences between equivalent cardiac tissues in different species. These region- and species-dependent differences in channel expression are established by regulatory evolution, evolution of the regulatory mechanisms that control channel expression levels. Ion channel auxiliary subunits are obvious targets for regulatory evolution, in order to change channel expression levels and/or modify channel function. This review focuses on the transmural gradients of ion channel expression in the heart and the role that regulation of auxiliary subunit expression plays in generating and shaping these gradients.
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- David McKinnon
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, NY, USA; Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA; Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, NY, USA; Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA.
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Khandekar A, Springer S, Wang W, Hicks S, Weinheimer C, Diaz-Trelles R, Nerbonne JM, Rentschler S. Notch-Mediated Epigenetic Regulation of Voltage-Gated Potassium Currents. Circ Res 2016; 119:1324-1338. [PMID: 27697822 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.116.309877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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RATIONALE Ventricular arrhythmias often arise from the Purkinje-myocyte junction and are a leading cause of sudden cardiac death. Notch activation reprograms cardiac myocytes to an induced Purkinje-like state characterized by prolonged action potential duration and expression of Purkinje-enriched genes. OBJECTIVE To understand the mechanism by which canonical Notch signaling causes action potential prolongation. METHODS AND RESULTS We find that endogenous Purkinje cells have reduced peak K+ current, Ito, and IK,slow when compared with ventricular myocytes. Consistent with partial reprogramming toward a Purkinje-like phenotype, Notch activation decreases peak outward K+ current density, as well as the outward K+ current components Ito,f and IK,slow. Gene expression studies in Notch-activated ventricles demonstrate upregulation of Purkinje-enriched genes Contactin-2 and Scn5a and downregulation of K+ channel subunit genes that contribute to Ito,f and IK,slow. In contrast, inactivation of Notch signaling results in increased cell size commensurate with increased K+ current amplitudes and mimics physiological hypertrophy. Notch-induced changes in K+ current density are regulated at least in part via transcriptional changes. Chromatin immunoprecipitation demonstrates dynamic RBP-J (recombination signal binding protein for immunoglobulin kappa J region) binding and loss of active histone marks on K+ channel subunit promoters with Notch activation, and similar transcriptional and epigenetic changes occur in a heart failure model. Interestingly, there is a differential response in Notch target gene expression and cellular electrophysiology in left versus right ventricular cardiac myocytes. CONCLUSIONS In summary, these findings demonstrate a novel mechanism for regulation of voltage-gated potassium currents in the setting of cardiac pathology and may provide a novel target for arrhythmia drug design.
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- Aditi Khandekar
- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.,Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.,Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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Ieda M. Heart Development, Diseases, and Regeneration - New Approaches From Innervation, Fibroblasts, and Reprogramming. Circ J 2016; 80:2081-8. [PMID: 27599529 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-16-0815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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It is well known that cardiac function is tightly controlled by neural activity; however, the molecular mechanism of cardiac innervation during development and the relationship with heart disease remain undetermined. My work has revealed the molecular networks that govern cardiac innervation and its critical roles in heart diseases such as silent myocardial ischemia and arrhythmias. Cardiomyocytes proliferate during embryonic development, but lose their proliferative capacity after birth. Cardiac fibroblasts are a major source of cells during fibrosis and induce cardiac hypertrophy after myocardial injury in the adult heart. Despite the importance of fibroblasts in the adult heart, the role of fibroblasts in embryonic heart development was previously not determined. I demonstrated that cardiac fibroblasts play important roles in myocardial growth and cardiomyocyte proliferation during embryonic development, and I identified key paracrine factors and signaling pathways. In contrast to embryonic cardiomyocytes, adult cardiomyocytes have little regenerative capacity, leading to heart failure and high mortality rates after myocardial infarction. Leveraging the knowledge of developmental biology, I identified cardiac reprogramming factors that can directly convert resident cardiac fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes for heart regeneration. These findings greatly improved our understanding of heart development and diseases, and provide a new strategy for heart regenerative therapy. (Circ J 2016; 80: 2081-2088).
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- Masaki Ieda
- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine
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Habecker BA, Anderson ME, Birren SJ, Fukuda K, Herring N, Hoover DB, Kanazawa H, Paterson DJ, Ripplinger CM. Molecular and cellular neurocardiology: development, and cellular and molecular adaptations to heart disease. J Physiol 2016; 594:3853-75. [PMID: 27060296 DOI: 10.1113/jp271840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The nervous system and cardiovascular system develop in concert and are functionally interconnected in both health and disease. This white paper focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie neural-cardiac interactions during development, during normal physiological function in the mature system, and during pathological remodelling in cardiovascular disease. The content on each subject was contributed by experts, and we hope that this will provide a useful resource for newcomers to neurocardiology as well as aficionados.
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- Beth A Habecker
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Department of Biology, Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35-Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Disease and Immunity, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35-Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
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Gardner RT, Ripplinger CM, Myles RC, Habecker BA. Molecular Mechanisms of Sympathetic Remodeling and Arrhythmias. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2016; 9:e001359. [PMID: 26810594 DOI: 10.1161/circep.115.001359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Ryan T Gardner
- From the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (R.T.G., B.A.H.); Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis (C.M.R.); and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom (R.C.M.)
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (R.T.G., B.A.H.); Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis (C.M.R.); and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom (R.C.M.)
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (R.T.G., B.A.H.); Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis (C.M.R.); and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom (R.C.M.)
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- From the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (R.T.G., B.A.H.); Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis (C.M.R.); and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom (R.C.M.).
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Multiple types of voltage-gated K(+) and non-voltage-gated K(+) currents have been distinguished in mammalian cardiac myocytes based on differences in time-dependent and voltage-dependent properties and pharmacologic sensitivities. Many of the genes encoding voltage-gated K(+) (Kv) and non-voltage-gated K(+) (Kir and K2P) channel pore-forming and accessory subunits are expressed in the heart, and a variety of approaches have been, and continue to be, used to define the molecular determinants of native cardiac K(+) channels and to explore the molecular mechanisms controlling the diversity, regulation, and remodeling of these channels in the normal and diseased myocardium.
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- Jeanne M Nerbonne
- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University Medical School, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8086, St Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University Medical School, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Heidecker B, Kittleson MM, Kasper EK, Wittstein IS, Champion HC, Russell SD, Baughman KL, Hare JM. Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies the Effect of Beta-Blocking Agents on a Molecular Pathway of Contraction in the Heart and Predicts Response to Therapy. JACC Basic Transl Sci 2016; 1:107-121. [PMID: 30167508 PMCID: PMC6113163 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Over the last decades, beta-blockers have been a key component of heart failure therapy. However, currently there is no method to identify patients who will benefit from beta-blocking therapy versus those who will be unresponsive or worsen. Furthermore, there is an unmet need to better understand molecular mechanisms through which heart failure therapies, such as beta-blockers, improve cardiac function, in order to design novel targeted therapies. Solving these issues is an important step towards personalized medicine. Here, we present a comprehensive transcriptomic analysis of molecular pathways that are affected by beta-blocking agents and a transcriptomic biomarker to predict therapy response.
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Key Words
- AR, adrenergic receptor
- EF, ejection fraction
- EMB, endomyocardial biopsy
- GO, gene ontology
- HF, heart failure
- MYH, myosin heavy chain
- MiPP, Misclassified Penalized Posteriors
- SAM, significance analysis of microarrays
- SERCA, sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium-dependent ATPase
- TBB, transcriptomic-based biomarker
- beta-blocking agents
- biomarker
- gene expression
- heart failure
- transcriptomics
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- University of Miami, Miami, Florida
- Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Joshua M. Hare, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Biomedical Research Building, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Room, 910 P.O. Box 016960 (R-125), Miami, Florida 33136.
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Dubó S, Gallegos D, Cabrera L, Sobrevia L, Zúñiga L, González M. Cardiovascular Action of Insulin in Health and Disease: Endothelial L-Arginine Transport and Cardiac Voltage-Dependent Potassium Channels. Front Physiol 2016; 7:74. [PMID: 27014078 PMCID: PMC4791397 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Impairment of insulin signaling on diabetes mellitus has been related to cardiovascular dysfunction, heart failure, and sudden death. In human endothelium, cationic amino acid transporter 1 (hCAT-1) is related to the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) and insulin has a vascular effect in endothelial cells through a signaling pathway that involves increases in hCAT-1 expression and L-arginine transport. This mechanism is disrupted in diabetes, a phenomenon potentiated by excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which contribute to lower availability of NO and endothelial dysfunction. On the other hand, electrical remodeling in cardiomyocytes is considered a key factor in heart failure progression associated to diabetes mellitus. This generates a challenge to understand the specific role of insulin and the pathways involved in cardiac function. Studies on isolated mammalian cardiomyocytes have shown prolongated action potential in ventricular repolarization phase that produces a long QT interval, which is well explained by attenuation in the repolarizing potassium currents in cardiac ventricles. Impaired insulin signaling causes specific changes in these currents, such a decrease amplitude of the transient outward K(+) (Ito) and the ultra-rapid delayed rectifier (IKur) currents where, together, a reduction of mRNA and protein expression levels of α-subunits (Ito, fast; Kv 4.2 and IKs; Kv 1.5) or β-subunits (KChIP2 and MiRP) of K(+) channels involved in these currents in a MAPK mediated pathway process have been described. These results support the hypothesis that lack of insulin signaling can produce an abnormal repolarization in cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, the arrhythmogenic potential due to reduced Ito current can contribute to an increase in the incidence of sudden death in heart failure. This review aims to show, based on pathophysiological models, the regulatory function that would have insulin in vascular system and in cardiac electrophysiology.
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- Sebastián Dubó
- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Concepción Concepción, Chile
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- Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción Concepción, Chile
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- Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad de ConcepciónConcepción, Chile; Department of Morphophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Diego PortalesSantiago, Chile
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiago, Chile; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de SevillaSeville, Spain; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), University of QueenslandHerston, QLD, Queensland, Australia
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- Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Talca Talca, Chile
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- Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad de ConcepciónConcepción, Chile; Group of Research and Innovation in Vascular Health (GRIVAS-Health)Chillán, Chile
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Alk7 Depleted Mice Exhibit Prolonged Cardiac Repolarization and Are Predisposed to Ventricular Arrhythmia. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149205. [PMID: 26882027 PMCID: PMC4755580 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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We aimed to investigate the role of activin receptor-like kinase (ALK7) in regulating cardiac electrophysiology. Here, we showed that Alk7-/- mice exhibited prolonged QT intervals in telemetry ECG recordings. Furthermore, Langendorff-perfused Alk7-/- hearts had significantly longer action potential duration (APD) and greater incidence of ventricular arrhythmia (AV) induced by burst pacing. Using whole-cell patch clamp, we found that the densities of repolarizing K+ currents Ito and IK1 were profoundly reduced in Alk7-/- ventricular cardiomyocytes. Mechanistically, the expression of Kv4.2 (a major subunit of Ito carrying channel) and KCHIP2 (a key accessory subunit of Ito carrying channel), was markedly decreased in Alk7-/- hearts. These findings suggest that endogenous expression of ALK7 is necessary to maintain repolarizing K+ currents in ventricular cardiomyocytes, and finally prevent action potential prolongation and ventricular arrhythmia.
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Wu H, Chen X, Cheng J, Qi Y. SUMOylation and Potassium Channels: Links to Epilepsy and Sudden Death. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2015; 103:295-321. [PMID: 26920693 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2015.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Neuronal potassium ion channels play an essential role in the generation of the action potential and excitability of neurons. The dysfunction of ion channel subunits can cause channelopathies, which are associated in some cases with sudden unexplained death in epilepsy SUDEP. The physiological roles of neuronal ion channels have been largely determined, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying neurological channelopathies, especially the determinants of the channels' regulation. SUMO (small ubiquitin-like modifier) proteins covalently conjugate lysine residues in a large number of target proteins and modify their functions. SUMO modification (SUMOylation) has emerged as an important regulatory mechanism for protein stability, function, subcellular localization, and protein-protein interactions. Since SUMO was discovered almost 20 years ago, the biological contribution of SUMOylation has not fully understood. It is until recently that the physiological impacts of SUMOylation on the regulation of neuronal potassium ion channels have been investigated. It is well established that SUMOylation controls many aspects of nuclear function, but it is now clear that it is also a key determinant in the function of potassium channels, and SUMOylation has also been implicated in a wide range of channelopathies, including epilepsy and sudden death.
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- Hongmei Wu
- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China.
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Soler F, Fernández-Belda F, Pérez-Schindler J, Hernández-Cascales J. Single inhibition of either PDE3 or PDE4 unmasks β2-adrenoceptor-mediated inotropic and lusitropic effects in the left but not right ventricular myocardium of rat. Eur J Pharmacol 2015; 765:429-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Xie Y, Mai JT, Wang F, Lin YQ, Yuan WL, Luo NS, Fang MC, Wang JF, Chen YX. Effects of C-reactive protein on K(+) channel interaction protein 2 in cardiomyocytes. Am J Transl Res 2015; 7:922-931. [PMID: 26175853 PMCID: PMC4494143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Several studies have found that C-reactive protein (CRP) was associated with QTc interval prolongation and ventricular arrhythmia. However, little is known about the mechanisms involved. K(+) channel interaction protein 2 (KChIP2) is a necessary subunit for the formation of transient outward potassium current (Ito.f) which plays a critical role in early repolarization and QTc interval of heart. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of CRP on KChIP2 and Ito.f in cardiomyocytes and to explore the potential mechanism. The neonatal mice ventricular cardiomyocytes were cultured and treated with CRP at different concentrations. The expression of KChIP2 was detected by real time quantitative PCR and Western blot. In addition, Ito.f current density was evaluated by whole cell patch clamp techniques. Our results showed that CRP significantly decreased the mRNA and protein expression of KChIP2 in time and doses dependent manners (P < 0.05), and also reduced the current density of Ito.f (P < 0.05). In addition, CRP increased the expression of NF-κB and decreased IκBα expression without significant influence on the expression of ERK1/2 and JNK. Meanwhile, the NF-κB inhibitor PDTC significantly attenuated the effects of CRP on KChIP2 and Ito.f current density. In conclusion, CRP could significantly down-regulate KChIP2 expression and reduce current density of Ito.f partly through NF-κB pathway, suggesting that CRP may directly or indirectly influence QTc interval and arrhythmia via influencing KChIP2 expression and Ito.f current density of cardiomyocytes.
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- Yong Xie
- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou 510120, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and ElectrophysiologyGuangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou 510120, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and ElectrophysiologyGuangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou 510120, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and ElectrophysiologyGuangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou 510120, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and ElectrophysiologyGuangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou 510120, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and ElectrophysiologyGuangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou 510120, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and ElectrophysiologyGuangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou 510120, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and ElectrophysiologyGuangzhou 510120, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou 510120, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and ElectrophysiologyGuangzhou 510120, China
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Chen SF, Wei TZ, Rao LY, Xu MG, Dong ZL. CT-1-CP-induced ventricular electrical remodeling in mice. JOURNAL OF HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. MEDICAL SCIENCES = HUA ZHONG KE JI DA XUE XUE BAO. YI XUE YING DE WEN BAN = HUAZHONG KEJI DAXUE XUEBAO. YIXUE YINGDEWEN BAN 2015; 35:21-27. [PMID: 25673188 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-015-1383-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Revised: 12/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The chronic effects of carboxyl-terminal polypeptide of Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1-CP) on ventricular electrical remodeling were investigated. CT-1-CP, which contains 16 amino acids in sequence of the C-terminal of Cardiotrophin-1, was selected and synthesized, and then administered to Kunming mice (aged 5 weeks) by intraperitoneal injection (500 ng·g⁻¹·day⁻¹) (4 groups, n=10 and female: male=1:1 in each group) for 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks, respectively. The control group (n=10, female: male=1:1) was injected by physiological saline for 4 weeks. The epicardial monophasic action potential (MAP) was recorded by using a contact-type MAP electrode placed vertically on the left ventricular (LV) epicardium surface, and the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal in lead II was monitored synchronously. ECG intervals (RR, PR, QRS and QT) and the amplitude of MAP (Am), the maximum upstroke velocity (Vmax), as well as action potential durations (APDs) at different repolarization levels (APD30, APD50, APD70, and APD90) of MAP were determined and analyzed in detail. There were no significant differences in RR and P intervals between CT-1-CP-treated groups and control group, but the PR segment and the QRS complex were greater in the former than in the latter (F=2.681 and 5.462 respectively, P<0.05). Though QT interval and the corrected QT interval (QTc) were shorter in CT-1-CP-treated groups than in control group, the QT dispersion (QTd) of them was greater in the latter than in the former (F=3.090, P<0.05) and increased with the time. The ECG monitoring synchronously with the MAP showed that the compression of MAP electrode on the left ventricular epicardium induced performance similar to myocardium ischemia. As compared with those before chest-opening, the PR segment and QT intervals remained basically unchanged in control group, but prolonged significantly in all CT-1-CP-treated groups and the prolongation of QT intervals increased gradually along with the time of exposure to CT-1-CP. The QRS complex had no significant change in control group, one-week and three-week CT-1-CP-treated groups, but prolonged significantly in two-week and four-week CT-1-CP-treated groups. Interestingly, the QTd after chest-opening was significantly greater than that before chest-opening in control group (t=5.242, P<0.01), but decreased along with the time in CT-1-CP-treated groups. The mean MAP amplitude, Vmax and APD were greater in CT-1-CP-treated groups than those in control group, and became more obvious along with the time. The APD in four CT-1-CP-treat groups was prolonged mainly in middle to final repolarization phase. The difference among these groups became significant in middle phase (APD50) (F=6.076, P<0.01) and increased furthermore in late and final phases (APD70: F=10.054; APD90: F=18.691, P<0.01) along with the time of injection of CT-1-CP. The chronic action of CT-1-CP might induce the adapting alteration in cardiac conductivity and ventricular repolarization. The amplitude and the Vmax of the anterior LV epicardial MAP increased obviously, and the APD prolonged mainly in late and final phase of repolarization.
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- Central Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570102, China
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- Department of Cardiology Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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- Department of Cardiology Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Physiology, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571101, China
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- Department of Physiology, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571101, China
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Autocrine A2 in the T-system of ventricular myocytes creates transmural gradients in ion transport: a mechanism to match contraction with load? Biophys J 2015; 106:2364-74. [PMID: 24896115 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Transmural heterogeneities in Na/K pump current (IP), transient outward K(+)-current (Ito), and Ca(2+)-current (ICaL) play an important role in regulating electrical and contractile activities in the ventricular myocardium. Prior studies indicated angiotensin II (A2) may determine the transmural gradient in Ito, but the effects of A2 on IP and ICaL were unknown. In this study, myocytes were isolated from five muscle layers between epicardium and endocardium. We found a monotonic gradient in both Ip and Ito, with the lowest currents in ENDO. When AT1Rs were inhibited, EPI currents were unaffected, but ENDO currents increased, suggesting endogenous extracellular A2 inhibits both currents in ENDO. IP- and Ito-inhibition by A2 yielded essentially the same K0.5 values, so they may both be regulated by the same mechanism. A2/AT1R-mediated inhibition of IP or Ito or stimulation of ICaL persisted for hours in isolated myocytes, suggesting continuous autocrine secretion of A2 into a restricted diffusion compartment, like the T-system. Detubulation brought EPI IP to its low ENDO value and eliminated A2 sensitivity, so the T-system lumen may indeed be the restricted diffusion compartment. These studies showed that 33-50% of IP, 57-65% of Ito, and a significant fraction of ICaL reside in T-tubule membranes where they are transmurally regulated by autocrine secretion of A2 into the T-system lumen and activation of AT1Rs. Increased AT1R activation regulates each of these currents in a direction expected to increase contractility. Endogenous A2 activation of AT1Rs increases monotonically from EPI to ENDO in a manner similar to reported increases in passive tension when the ventricular chamber fills with blood. We therefore hypothesize load is the signal that regulates A2-activation of AT1Rs, which create a contractile gradient that matches the gradient in load.
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Trpm4 gene invalidation leads to cardiac hypertrophy and electrophysiological alterations. PLoS One 2014; 9:e115256. [PMID: 25531103 PMCID: PMC4274076 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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RATIONALE TRPM4 is a non-selective Ca2+-activated cation channel expressed in the heart, particularly in the atria or conduction tissue. Mutations in the Trpm4 gene were recently associated with several human conduction disorders such as Brugada syndrome. TRPM4 channel has also been implicated at the ventricular level, in inotropism or in arrhythmia genesis due to stresses such as ß-adrenergic stimulation, ischemia-reperfusion, and hypoxia re-oxygenation. However, the physiological role of the TRPM4 channel in the healthy heart remains unclear. OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate the role of the TRPM4 channel on whole cardiac function with a Trpm4 gene knock-out mouse (Trpm4-/-) model. METHODS AND RESULTS Morpho-functional analysis revealed left ventricular (LV) eccentric hypertrophy in Trpm4-/- mice, with an increase in both wall thickness and chamber size in the adult mouse (aged 32 weeks) when compared to Trpm4+/+ littermate controls. Immunofluorescence on frozen heart cryosections and qPCR analysis showed no fibrosis or cellular hypertrophy. Instead, cardiomyocytes in Trpm4-/- mice were smaller than Trpm4+/+with a higher density. Immunofluorescent labeling for phospho-histone H3, a mitosis marker, showed that the number of mitotic myocytes was increased 3-fold in the Trpm4-/-neonatal stage, suggesting hyperplasia. Adult Trpm4-/- mice presented multilevel conduction blocks, as attested by PR and QRS lengthening in surface ECGs and confirmed by intracardiac exploration. Trpm4-/-mice also exhibited Luciani-Wenckebach atrioventricular blocks, which were reduced following atropine infusion, suggesting paroxysmal parasympathetic overdrive. In addition, Trpm4-/- mice exhibited shorter action potentials in atrial cells. This shortening was unrelated to modifications of the voltage-gated Ca2+ or K+ currents involved in the repolarizing phase. CONCLUSIONS TRPM4 has pleiotropic roles in the heart, including the regulation of conduction and cellular electrical activity which impact heart development.
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