title: Changes in intracellular Ca2+ concentration of rabbit coronary artery smooth muscle cell during ischemic cardioplegic period.
abstract: To elucidate the possibility whether an elevation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in rabbit coronary artery myocytes during ischemic cardioplegic period may serve as one of the mechanisms of the "no-reflow' phenomenon or not, the changes in [Ca2+]i were measured under ischemic cardioplegia conditions using a fluorescent Ca2+ indicator, fura 2/AM. When single cells were perfused with cardioplegic or ischemic cardioplegic solutions, [Ca2+]i was significantly increased and the degree of [Ca2+]i elevation was further augmented by the ischemic cardioplegic solution. Pretreatment of a sarcoplasmic reticulum emptying agent, 20 mM caffeine, had no effect on ischemic cardioplegia-induced [Ca2+]i changes, but application of a Ca2+ channel blocker, 5 x 10 (-1)M nifedipine, or an antagonist of Na+/Ca2+ exchange, 5 mM Ni2+, significantly inhibited the [Ca2+]i elevation, respectively. The magnitude of ischemic cardioplegia-induced [Ca2+]i elevation was dependent on the Ca2+ concentration of perfusate in the range of 0 and 25 mM. When Ni2+ was added to the reperfusion solution, recovery of ischemic cardioplegia-induced [Ca2+]i elevation was very rapid compared with the controls. It is concluded that ischemic cardioplegia-induced [Ca2+]i elevation may serve as one of the mechanisms of the "no-reflow' phenomenon in rabbit coronary artery smooth muscle cells. We propose that Na+/Ca2+ exchange may serve as a key function in ischemic cardioplegia-induced [Ca2+]i elevation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium