title: Sprint training normalizes Ca(2+) transients and SR function in postinfarction rat myocytes.
abstract: Previous studies have shown that myocytes isolated from sedentary (Sed) rat hearts 3 wk after myocardial infarction (MI) undergo hypertrophy, exhibit altered intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) dynamics and abnormal contraction, and impaired sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) function manifested as prolonged half-time of [Ca(2+)](i) decline. Because exercise training elicits positive adaptations in cardiac contractile function and myocardial Ca(2+) regulation, the present study examined whether 6-8 wk of high-intensity sprint training (HIST) would restore [Ca(2+)](i) dynamics and SR function in MI myocytes toward normal. In MI rats, HIST ameliorated myocyte hypertrophy as indicated by significant (P </= 0.05) decreases in whole cell capacitances [Sham-Sed 179 +/-12 (n = 20); MI-Sed 226 +/- 7 (n = 20); MI-HIST 183 +/- 11 pF (n = 19)]. HIST significantly (P < 0.0001) restored both systolic [Ca(2+)](i) [Sham-Sed 421 +/- 9 (n = 79); MI-Sed 350 +/- 6 (n = 70); MI-HIST 399 +/- 9 nM (n = 70)] and half-time of [Ca(2+)](i) decline (Sham-Sed 0. 197 +/- 0.005; MI-Sed 0.247 +/- 0.006; MI-HIST 0.195 +/- 0.006 s) toward normal. Compared with Sham-Sed myocytes, SR Ca(2+)-ATPase expression significantly (P < 0.001) decreased by 44% in MI-Sed myocytes. Surprisingly, expression of SR Ca(2+)-ATPase was further reduced in MI-HIST myocytes to 26% of that measured in Sham-Sed myocytes. There were no differences in calsequestrin expression among the three groups. Expression of phospholamban was not different between Sham-Sed and MI-Sed myocytes but was significantly (P < 0.01) reduced in MI-HIST myocytes by 25%. Our results indicate that HIST instituted shortly after MI improves [Ca(2+)](i) dynamics in surviving myocytes. Improvement in SR function by HIST is mediated not by increased SR Ca(2+)-ATPase expression, but by modulating phospholamban regulation of SR Ca(2+)-ATPase activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
authors.forename: L Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Rothblum
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Musch
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D002155:Calsequestrin / Q000032:analysis; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016257:Fura-2; D008297:Male; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology*; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000502:physiology*; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000099211:Phospholamban
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002155:Calsequestrin; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016257:Fura-2; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000099211:Phospholamban