1. Triggered activity in atrial myocytes is influenced by Na+/Ca2+ exchanger activity in genetically altered mice
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Bögeholz, N, Pauls, P, Kaese, S, Schulte, JS, Lemoine, MD, Dechering, DG, Frommeyer, G, Goldhaber, JI, Seidl, MD, Kirchhefer, U, Eckardt, L, Müller, FU, and Pott, C
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Medical Physiology ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Heart Disease ,Cardiovascular ,Action Potentials ,Animals ,Calcium ,Calcium Signaling ,Female ,Gene Expression ,Heart Atria ,Male ,Membrane Potentials ,Mice ,Mice ,Transgenic ,Myocardial Contraction ,Myocardium ,Myocytes ,Cardiac ,Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ,Sodium-Calcium Exchanger ,Na+/Ca2+ exchanger ,Afterdepolarizations ,Atrial fibrillation ,Atrial myocytes ,Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger ,Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology ,Cardiovascular System & Hematology ,Biochemistry and cell biology ,Cardiovascular medicine and haematology ,Medical physiology - Abstract
AimsIn atrial fibrillation, increased function of the Na+/Ca2+-exchanger (NCX) is one among several electrical remodeling mechanisms.Methods/resultsUsing the patch-clamp- and Ca2+ imaging-methods, we investigated atrial myocytes from NCX-homozygous-overexpressor (OE)- and heterozygous-knockout (KO)-mice and their corresponding wildtypes (WTOE; WTKO). NCX mediated Ca2+ extrusion capacity was reduced in KO and increased in OE. There was no evidence for structural or molecular remodeling. During a proarrhythmic pacing-protocol, the number of low amplitude delayed afterdepolarizations (DADs) was unaltered in OE vs. WTOE and KO vs. WTKO. However, DADs triggered full spontaneous action potentials (sAP) significantly more often in OE vs. WTOE (ratio sAP/DAD: OE:0.18±0.05; WTOE:0.02±0.02; p
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- 2016