title: Calcium homeostasis in rabbit ventricular myocytes. Disruption by hypochlorous acid and restoration by dithiothreitol.
abstract: Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a toxic oxidant produced by neutrophils at sites of cardiac inflammation. To examine the effect of this oxidant on Ca2+ homeostasis in the heart, isolated rabbit ventricular myocytes were iontophoretically loaded with the Ca2+ indicator fura 2 and superfused with 100 microM HOCl under voltage-clamp conditions. Ca2+ transients and the corresponding Ca2+ currents were elicited by 300-msec depolarizing pulses from -40 to 0 mV. Within 200 seconds after HOCl addition, the amplitude of the Ca2+ transients was reduced from 402 +/- 89 to 82 +/- 29 nM (p less than 0.01) while intracellular free ([Ca2+]i increased from 78 +/- 16 to 265 +/- 48 nM (p less than 0.01). During this time, the amplitude of the slow inward currents increased by 10%, while steady-state holding current remained stable. This sustained steady-state rise in [Ca2+]i occurred even in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ but was virtually abolished by a 20-second preexposure to 10 mM caffeine, suggesting that the major source of this Ca2+ was the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Although washout of HOCl failed to induce recovery, subsequent exposure to the dithiol reducing agent dithiothreitol caused a rapid restoration of both the steady-state [Ca2+]i and Ca2+ transient amplitude. We conclude that 1) HOCl caused a rise of [Ca2+]i by inducing the release of Ca2+ from internal stores and impairing cellular extrusion mechanisms and 2) these effects occur through alteration of protein thiol redox status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Eley
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Korecky
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fliss
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Désilets
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006997:Hypochlorous Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D006997:Hypochlorous Acid; D002118:Calcium; D004229:Dithiothreitol