title: Comparison of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase function in human, dog, rabbit, and mouse ventricular myocytes.
abstract: It has been reported that sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) uptake is more rapid in rat than rabbit ventricular myocytes, but little information is available on the relative SR Ca(2+) uptake activity in others species, including humans. We induced Ca(2+) transients with a short caffeine pulse protocol (rapid solution switcher, 10 mM caffeine, 100 ms) in single ventricular myocytes voltage clamped (-80 mV) with pipettes containing 100 microM fluo-3 and nominal 0 Ca(2+), in 0 Na(+)(o)/0 Ca(2+)(o) solution to inhibit Na/Ca exchange. SR in non-paced human, dog, rabbit, and mouse ventricular myocytes could be readily loaded with Ca(2+) under our experimental conditions with a pipette [Ca(2+)] = 100 nM. Resting [Ca(2+)](i) was similar in four types of ventricular myocytes. Activation of the Ca(2+)-release channel with a 100-ms caffeine pulse produced a rise in [caffeine](i) to slightly above 2 mM, the threshold for caffeine activation of Ca(2+) release. This caused a similar initial rate of rise and peak [Ca(2+)](i) in the four types of ventricular myocytes. However, there were significant differences in the duration of the plateau (top 10%) [Ca(2+)](i) transients and the time constant of the [Ca(2+)](i) decline (reflecting activity of the SR Ca(2+)-ATPase), with values for human > dog > rabbit > mouse. In paced myocytes under physiologic conditions, SR Ca(2+) content was greater in mouse than in rabbit myocytes, while peak I(Ca,L) was smaller in mouse. These findings confirm substantial species difference in SR Ca(2+)-ATPase activity, and suggest that the smaller the animal and the more rapid the heart rate, greater the activity of the SR Ca(2+)-ATPase. In addition, it appears that substantial species differences exist in the degree of SR Ca(2+) loading and I(Ca,L) under physiologic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Fenghua
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kenneth W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Spitzer
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Barry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011817:Rabbits; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D002110:Caffeine; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium