title: In situ SR function in postinfarction myocytes.
abstract: Previous studies have shown lower systolic intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca(2+)](i)) and reduced sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)-releasable Ca(2+) contents in myocytes isolated from rat hearts 3 wk after moderate myocardial infarction (MI). Ca(2+) entry via L-type Ca(2+) channels was normal, but that via reverse Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange was depressed in 3-wk MI myocytes. To elucidate mechanisms of reduced SR Ca(2+) contents in MI myocytes, we measured SR Ca(2+) uptake and SR Ca(2+) leak in situ, i.e., in intact cardiac myocytes. For sham and MI myocytes, we first demonstrated that caffeine application to release SR Ca(2+) and inhibit SR Ca(2+) uptake resulted in a 10-fold prolongation of half-time (t(1/2)) of [Ca(2+)](i) transient decline compared with that measured during a normal twitch. These observations indicate that early decline of the [Ca(2+)](i) transient during a twitch in rat myocytes was primarily mediated by SR Ca(2+)-ATPase and that the t(1/2) of [Ca(2+)](i) decline is a measure of SR Ca(2+) uptake in situ. At 5.0 mM extracellular Ca(2+), systolic [Ca(2+)](i) was significantly (P </= 0.05) lower (337 +/- 11 and 416 +/- 18 nM in MI and sham, respectively) and t(1/2) of [Ca(2+)](i) decline was significantly longer (0.306 +/- 0.014 and 0.258 +/- 0.014 s in MI and sham, respectively) in MI myocytes. The 19% prolongation of t(1/2) of [Ca(2+) ](i) decline was associated with a 23% reduction in SR Ca(2+)-ATPase expression (detected by immunoblotting) in MI myocytes. SR Ca(2+) leak was measured by a novel electrophysiological technique that did not require assigning empirical constants for intracellular Ca(2+) buffering. SR Ca(2+) leak rate was not different between sham and MI myocytes: the time constants of SR Ca(2+) loss after thapsigargin were 290 and 268 s, respectively. We conclude that, independent of decreased SR filling by Ca(2+) influx, the lower SR Ca(2+) content in MI myocytes was due to reduced SR Ca(2+) uptake and SR Ca(2+)-ATPase expression, but not to enhanced SR Ca(2+) leak.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
authors.forename: X Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Musch
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002110:Caffeine; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium