title: Sarcoplasmic reticular and mitochondrial calcium transport in cardiac hypertrophy.
abstract: To evaluate changes in Ca2+ transport activities in the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (microsomes) and mitochondria, cardiac hypertrophy was induced in rabbits by constricting the abdominal aorta. The animals showed a stable non-failing left heart hypertrophy between 16-22 weeks after the operation. ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake and Ca2+ binding activities were depressed in microsomes from hypertrophied rabbits in comparison with sham-operated controls (P less than 0.05). These changes were seen at different concentrations of free Ca2+ (10(-7) to 10(-4)M) and were accompanied by alterations in the phospholipid content of the microsomal fraction. Mitochondrial Ca2+ transport activities and phospholipid content remained unchanged in the hypertrophied heart. The results of this study identify a specific lesion in the sarcotubular membrane and suggest that the depressed Ca2+ transport activity in the microsomal fraction from the hypertrophied myocardium may be due to changes in its phospholipid composition.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010743:Phospholipids; D002118:Calcium