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2. Intracellular dyssynchrony of diastolic cytosolic [Ca²⁺] decay in ventricular cardiomyocytes in cardiac remodeling and human heart failure.
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Hohendanner F, Ljubojević S, MacQuaide N, Sacherer M, Sedej S, Biesmans L, Wakula P, Platzer D, Sokolow S, Herchuelz A, Antoons G, Sipido K, Pieske B, and Heinzel FR
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- Aniline Compounds pharmacology, Animals, Calcium Signaling drug effects, Calcium-Transporting ATPases antagonists & inhibitors, Calcium-Transporting ATPases metabolism, Colforsin pharmacology, Cytosol metabolism, Diastole, Electric Stimulation, Etiocholanolone analogs & derivatives, Etiocholanolone pharmacology, Humans, Hypertrophy, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular physiopathology, Indoles pharmacology, Mice, Mitochondria, Heart drug effects, Mitochondria, Heart metabolism, Myocardial Ischemia physiopathology, Myocytes, Cardiac drug effects, Myocytes, Cardiac pathology, Phenyl Ethers pharmacology, Ruthenium Compounds pharmacology, Sarcomeres ultrastructure, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum drug effects, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum enzymology, Sodium-Calcium Exchanger antagonists & inhibitors, Sodium-Calcium Exchanger genetics, Sus scrofa, Swine, Calcium Signaling physiology, Heart Failure physiopathology, Heart Ventricles cytology, Myocytes, Cardiac physiology, Ventricular Remodeling physiology
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Rationale: Synchronized release of Ca²⁺ into the cytosol during each cardiac cycle determines cardiomyocyte contraction., Objective: We investigated synchrony of cytosolic [Ca²⁺] decay during diastole and the impact of cardiac remodeling., Methods and Results: Local cytosolic [Ca²⁺] transients (1-µm intervals) were recorded in murine, porcine, and human ventricular single cardiomyocytes. We identified intracellular regions of slow (slowCaR) and fast (fastCaR) [Ca²⁺] decay based on the local time constants of decay (TAUlocal). The SD of TAUlocal as a measure of dyssynchrony was not related to the amplitude or the timing of local Ca²⁺ release. Stimulation of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ ATPase with forskolin or istaroxime accelerated and its inhibition with cyclopiazonic acid slowed TAUlocal significantly more in slowCaR, thus altering the relationship between SD of TAUlocal and global [Ca²⁺] decay (TAUglobal). Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger inhibitor SEA0400 prolonged TAUlocal similarly in slowCaR and fastCaR. FastCaR were associated with increased mitochondrial density and were more sensitive to the mitochondrial Ca²⁺ uniporter blocker Ru360. Variation in TAUlocal was higher in pig and human cardiomyocytes and higher with increased stimulation frequency (2 Hz). TAUlocal correlated with local sarcomere relengthening. In mice with myocardial hypertrophy after transverse aortic constriction, in pigs with chronic myocardial ischemia, and in end-stage human heart failure, variation in TAUlocal was increased and related to cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and increased mitochondrial density., Conclusions: In cardiomyocytes, cytosolic [Ca²⁺] decay is regulated locally and related to local sarcomere relengthening. Dyssynchronous intracellular [Ca²⁺] decay in cardiac remodeling and end-stage heart failure suggests a novel mechanism of cellular contractile dysfunction.
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- 2013
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3. Remodeling of T-tubules and reduced synchrony of Ca2+ release in myocytes from chronically ischemic myocardium.
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Heinzel FR, Bito V, Biesmans L, Wu M, Detre E, von Wegner F, Claus P, Dymarkowski S, Maes F, Bogaert J, Rademakers F, D'hooge J, and Sipido K
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- Animals, Calcium analysis, Cardiomyopathies metabolism, Cardiomyopathies pathology, Coronary Stenosis metabolism, Coronary Stenosis pathology, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases metabolism, Fluorescent Dyes chemistry, Fluorescent Dyes pharmacology, Heart Ventricles metabolism, Heart Ventricles pathology, Humans, Myocardial Infarction pathology, Myocytes, Cardiac pathology, Pyridinium Compounds chemistry, Pyridinium Compounds pharmacology, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum pathology, Sus scrofa, Time Factors, Calcium metabolism, Myocardial Infarction metabolism, Myocytes, Cardiac metabolism, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum metabolism
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In ventricular cardiac myocytes, T-tubule density is an important determinant of the synchrony of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release and could be involved in the reduced SR Ca2+ release in ischemic cardiomyopathy. We therefore investigated T-tubule density and properties of SR Ca2+ release in pigs, 6 weeks after inducing severe stenosis of the circumflex coronary artery (91+/-3%, N=13) with myocardial infarction (8.8+/-2.0% of total left ventricular mass). Severe dysfunction in the infarct and adjacent myocardium was documented by magnetic resonance and Doppler myocardial velocity imaging. Myocytes isolated from the adjacent myocardium were compared with myocytes from the same region in weight-matched control pigs. T-tubule density quantified from the di-8-ANEPPS (di-8-butyl-amino-naphthyl-ethylene-pyridinium-propyl-sulfonate) sarcolemmal staining was decreased by 27+/-7% (P<0.05). Synchrony of SR Ca2+ release (confocal line scan images during whole-cell voltage clamp) was reduced in myocardium myocytes. Delayed release (ie, half-maximal [Ca2+]i occurring later than 20 ms) occurred at 35.5+/-6.4% of the scan line in myocardial infarction versus 22.7+/-2.5% in control pigs (P<0.05), prolonging the time to peak of the line-averaged [Ca2+]i transient (121+/-9 versus 102+/-5 ms in control pigs, P<0.05). Delayed release colocalized with regions of T-tubule rarefaction and could not be suppressed by activation of protein kinase A. The whole-cell averaged [Ca2+]i transient amplitude was reduced, whereas L-type Ca2+ current density was unchanged and SR content was increased, indicating a reduction in the gain of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release. In conclusion, reduced T-tubule density during ischemic remodeling is associated with reduced synchrony of Ca2+ release and reduced efficiency of coupling Ca2+ influx to Ca2+ release.
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- 2008
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4. Early exercise training normalizes myofilament function and attenuates left ventricular pump dysfunction in mice with a large myocardial infarction.
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de Waard MC, van der Velden J, Bito V, Ozdemir S, Biesmans L, Boontje NM, Dekkers DH, Schoonderwoerd K, Schuurbiers HC, de Crom R, Stienen GJ, Sipido KR, Lamers JM, and Duncker DJ
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- Animals, Blotting, Western, Cyclic AMP metabolism, Female, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Myocardial Contraction, Myocardial Infarction mortality, Myocytes, Cardiac metabolism, Permeability, Phosphorylation, Proteins metabolism, Severity of Illness Index, Time Factors, Ventricular Function, Left, Ventricular Remodeling, Actin Cytoskeleton metabolism, Myocardial Infarction physiopathology, Physical Conditioning, Animal, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left physiopathology
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The extent and mechanism of the cardiac benefit of early exercise training following myocardial infarction (MI) is incompletely understood, but may involve blunting of abnormalities in Ca(2+)-handling and myofilament function. Consequently, we investigated the effects of 8-weeks of voluntary exercise, started early after a large MI, on left ventricular (LV) remodeling and dysfunction in the mouse. Exercise had no effect on survival, MI size or LV dimensions, but improved LV fractional shortening from 8+/-1 to 12+/-1%, and LVdP/dt(P30) from 5295+/-207 to 5794+/-207 mm Hg/s (both P<0.05), and reduced pulmonary congestion. These global effects of exercise were associated with normalization of the MI-induced increase in myofilament Ca(2+)-sensitivity (DeltapCa(50)=0.037). This effect of exercise was PKA-mediated and likely because of improved beta(1)-adrenergic signaling, as suggested by the increased beta(1)-adrenoceptor protein (48%) and cAMP levels (36%; all P<0.05). Exercise prevented the MI-induced decreased maximum force generating capacity of skinned cardiomyocytes (F(max) increased from 14.3+/-0.7 to 18.3+/-0.8 kN/m(2) P<0.05), which was associated with enhanced shortening of unloaded intact cardiomyocytes (from 4.1+/-0.3 to 7.0+/-0.6%; P<0.05). Furthermore, exercise reduced diastolic Ca(2+)-concentrations (by approximately 30%, P<0.05) despite the unchanged SERCA2a and PLB expression and PLB phosphorylation status. Importantly, exercise had no effect on Ca(2+)-transient amplitude, indicating that the improved LV and cardiomyocyte shortening were principally because of improved myofilament function. In conclusion, early exercise in mice after a large MI has no effect on LV remodeling, but attenuates global LV dysfunction. The latter can be explained by the exercise-induced improvement of myofilament function.
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- 2007
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