title: Calcium uptake by cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum in human dilated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: To determine the biochemical basis of abnormal diastolic properties in human dilated cardiomyopathy calcium uptake by the sarcoplasmic reticulum in ventricular homogenates of biopsy specimens from 21 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy was compared with that in nine normal controls. As a group, patients with cardiomyopathy had considerably lower calcium uptake rates (3.3(0.6) nmol.mg-1.min-1 vs 6.5(0.5) nmol.mg-1.min-1, p less than 0.01). Calcium uptake rates correlated modestly with resting haemodynamic values and significantly with plasma noradrenaline concentrations but not with plasma renin activity. These results show that sarcoplasmic reticulum function is impaired in human dilated cardiomyopathy and that this impairment is related both to the severity of haemodynamic dysfunction and to the extent of sympathetic nervous system activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Limas
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Olivari
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Benditt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012083:Renin; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine