title: Oxidants increase intracellular free Zn2+ concentration in rabbit ventricular myocytes.
abstract: Oxidative stress may alter cardiac function by affecting intracellular free Zn2+ concentrations ([Zn2+]i). Rabbit ventricular myocytes loaded with fura 2 were used to fluorometrically measure resting [Zn2+]i (0.23 +/- 0.03 nM) and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) (36 +/- 7 nM). Fluorescence quenching by the heavy metal chelator N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine was used to quantitate [Zn2+]i. The thiol-reactive oxidants hypochlorous acid (0.1 mM) and selenite (1 mM) increased [Zn2+]i to 7.7 +/- 1.7 and 6.1 +/- 1.7 nM, respectively, within 5 min. Dithiothreitol (0.5 mM), a disulfide-reducing agent, rapidly restored normal [Zn2+]i. The oxidants did not affect [Ca2+]i. However, depolarization-induced Ca2+ transients and Ca2+ currents were zinc dependent. [Zn2+]i-associated fluorescence was substantial and, if ignored, it led to overestimation of [Ca2+]i by approximately twofold before oxidant treatment and by approximately eightfold after oxidants. The results demonstrate that [Zn2+]i 1) can be greatly increased by thiol-reactive oxidants; 2) may contribute to oxidant-induced alterations of excitation-contraction coupling; and 3) has strong fura 2 fluorescence which, if overlooked, can lead to significant overestimation of [Ca2+]i.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fliss
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Désilets
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology; D006997:Hypochlorous Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D016877:Oxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011817:Rabbits; D018038:Sodium Selenite / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D016877:Oxidants; D006997:Hypochlorous Acid; D018038:Sodium Selenite; D015032:Zinc; D002118:Calcium