title: [Postnatal maturation of excitation-contraction coupling of the heart].
abstract: We have studied the post-natal maturation of excitation-contraction coupling in rat ventricle by means of pharmacological agents that selectively modulate either Ca entry via voltage-dependent sarcolemmal channels (dihydropyridines) or Ca release from sarcoplasmic reticulum (ryanodine). We have investigated the effects of those agents on cardiac contractility, and we have used them as radioligands to examine the properties of their receptors. Our results show that, after birth, dihydropyridine receptors (i.e. voltage-dependent Ca channels) redistribute to transverse tubules, in close proximity of terminal cisternae of sarcoplasmic reticulum. This redistribution favors the mechanism whereby, in adult ventricle, extracellular Ca entry triggers Ca release from sarcoplasmic reticulum.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Université catholique de Louvain-en-Woluwe.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Godfraind
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wibo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000378:metabolism*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004095:Dihydropyridines; D012433:Ryanodine
vernacular_title: Maturation post-natale du couplage excitation-contraction dans le coeur.