title: Diminished effect of cAMP on Ca2+ accumulation in skinned fibers of hypertrophied rat heart.
abstract: Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ uptake is reduced in the hypertrophied ventricle. To determine whether events initiated by beta-adrenergic stimulation are involved, we compared the effects of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) on SR Ca2+ uptake between normal and pressure-overloaded hypertrophied hearts using saponin-skinned rat left ventricular muscles. Left ventricular pressure overload was induced by partial ligation of the abdominal aorta for 4-6 wk before study. Age-matched normal rats served as controls. Pressure overload increased the left ventricular weight-to-body weight ratio 60.8%. The SR was loaded by exposing the muscles to 10(-6) M Ca2+ solution; SR Ca2+ release was induced by 5 or 25 mM caffeine, and the amount of Ca2+ released from the SR was estimated by the area under the caffeine-induced transient contraction. Concomitant exposure to 10(-4) M cAMP did not influence caffeine-induced Ca2+ release in either normal or hypertrophied fibers. When 10(-4) M cAMP was applied during the Ca(2+)-loading periods, the amount of Ca2+ accumulated by the SR increased in both normal and hypertrophied fibers. However, the extent of increase was significantly smaller in hypertrophied fibers than in normal fibers [10.9 +/- 1.7 and 27.4 +/- 5.3% in 1 min of Ca2+ loading (P < 0.05), 12.2 +/- 3.2 and 24.7 +/- 3.8% in 4 min of Ca2+ loading (P < 0.05), respectively]. cAMP (10(-4) M) shifted the force-pCa relationship to the right similarly in normal and hypertrophied muscles, and there was no difference in the force-pCa relationship between the two groups either with or without cAMP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bassett
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Myerburg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012016:Reference Values; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002110:Caffeine; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium