title: Compensatory role of CaMKII on ICa and SR function during acidosis in rat ventricular myocytes.
abstract: It has been suggested that the activity of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) increases during acidosis in cardiac muscle. Thus we have investigated the role of CaMKII during acidosis by monitoring intracellular Ca2+ (using fura-2) and ICa (using the perforated patch clamp technique) during acidosis, in the absence and presence of the CaMKII inhibitor KN-93, in rat isolated ventricular myocytes. In the absence of KN-93, acidosis (pH 6.5) increased the amplitude of the fura-2 transient and prolonged its decay, but in the presence of KN-93 acidosis did not alter the amplitude and prolonged the decay more. In the absence of KN-93, acidosis increased the amplitude of the caffeine-induced fura-2 transient but did not alter its amplitude in the presence of KN-93. ICa did not change significantly during acidosis in the absence of KN-93 but decreased during acidosis in the presence of KN-93. These results suggest that activation of CaMKII during acidosis helps to compensate for the direct inhibitory effects of acidosis on sarcoplasmic reticular Ca2+ uptake and ICa.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komukai
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pascarel
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Orchard
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001596:Benzylamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000378:metabolism; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016257:Fura-2; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
chemical_list: D001596:Benzylamines; D002110:Caffeine; D002118:Calcium; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016257:Fura-2; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D013449:Sulfonamides; C072105:KN 93; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides