title: Effects of diabetes on ryanodine receptor Ca release channel (RyR2) and Ca2+ homeostasis in rat heart.
abstract: The defects identified in the mechanical activity of the hearts from type 1 diabetic animals include alteration of Ca2+ signaling via changes in critical processes that regulate intracellular Ca2+ concentration. These defects result partially from a dysfunction of cardiac ryanodine receptor calcium release channel (RyR2). The present study was designed to determine whether the properties of the Ca2+ sparks might provide insight into the role of RyR2 in the altered Ca2+ signaling in cardiomyocytes from diabetic animals when they were analyzed together with Ca2+ transients. Basal Ca2+ level as well as Ca2+-spark frequency of cardiomyoctes isolated from 5-week streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats significantly increased with respect to aged-matched control rats. Ca2+ transients exhibited significantly reduced amplitude and prolonged time courses as well as depressed Ca2+ loading of sarcoplasmic reticulum in diabetic rats. Spatio-temporal properties of the Ca2+ sparks in cardiomyocytes isolated from diabetic rats were also significantly altered to being almost parallel to the changes of Ca2+ transients. In addition, RyR2 from diabetic rat hearts were hyperphosphorylated and protein levels of both RyR2 and FKBP12.6 depleted. These data show that STZ-induced diabetic rat hearts exhibit altered local Ca2+ signaling with increased basal Ca2+ level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nazmi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yaras
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ugur
authors.forename: Semir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gurdal
authors.forename: Nuhan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Purali
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lacampagne
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vassort
authors.forename: Belma
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006706:Homeostasis; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D002110:Caffeine; D002118:Calcium