title: Sarcolemmal Na+-Ca2+ exchange and Ca2+-pump activities in cardiomyopathies due to intracellular Ca2+-overload.
abstract: In order to identify defects in Na+-Ca2+ exchange and Ca2+-pump systems in cardiomyopathic hearts, the activities of sarcolemmal Na+-dependent Ca2+ uptake, Na+-induced Ca2+ release, ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake and Ca2+-stimulated ATPase were examined by employing cardiomyopathic hamsters (UM-X7.1) and catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy produced by injecting isoproterenol into rats. The rates of Na+-dependent Ca2+ uptake, ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake and Ca2+-stimulated ATPase activities of sarcolemmal vesicles from genetically-linked cardiomyopathic as well as catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathic hearts were decreased without any changes in Na+-induced Ca2+-release. Similar results were obtained in Ca2+-paradox when isolated rat hearts were perfused for 5 min with a medium containing 1.25 mM Ca2+ following a 5 min perfusion with Ca2+-free medium. Although a 2 min reperfusion of the Ca2+-free perfused hearts depressed sarcolemmal Ca2+-pump activities without any changes in Na+-induced Ca2+-release, Na+-dependent Ca2+ uptake was increased. These results indicate that alterations in the sarcolemmal Ca2+-efflux mechanisms may play an important role in cardiomyopathies associated with the development of intracellular Ca2+ overload.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Bonafice General Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Dhalla
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panagia
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Beamish
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006224:Cricetinae; D008647:Mesocricetus; D012508:Sarcolemma / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012964:Sodium; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D002118:Calcium