title: Modulation of Ca2+ channel-gated Ca2+ release by W-7 in cardiac myocytes.
abstract: Cardiac muscle excitation-contraction coupling is controlled by the Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release mechanism. The present study examines the effects of a calmodulin antagonist W-7 on Ca2+ current (ICa)-induced Ca2+ release in whole cell-clamped rat ventricular myocytes. Exposure of cells to W-7 suppressed ICa, but the intracellular Ca(2+)-transients showed a lesser degree of reduction, suggesting possible enhancement of Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release. The effects of W-7 on the efficacy of Ca2+ release were most prominent at negative potentials. At test potentials of -30 mV, 20 microM W-7 almost completely blocked ICa, but significant Ca(2+)-transients remained, thus causing a four to six-fold increase in the efficacy of Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release. The depolarization-dependent Ca(2+)-transients were eliminated in absence of extracellular Ca2+, blocked by Cd2+, and were absent when the sarcoplasmic reticulum was depleted of Ca2+, implicating dependency on Ca(2+)-signaling between the L-type channel and the ryanodine receptor. W-7 mediated increase in the efficacy of Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release was eliminated when myocytes were dialyzed with the internal solution containing gluathione (5 mM), suggesting the possible role of cellular redox state in the regulation of Ca2+ release by the calmodulin antagonist.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cardiovascular Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007-2197, USA.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D013449:Sulfonamides; D002104:Cadmium; C017967:W 7; D002118:Calcium