title: Effect of partial blockade of the Na(+)/Ca(2+)-exchanger on Ca(2+) handling in isolated rat ventricular myocytes.
abstract: SEA0400 is a selective inhibitor of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger having equal potencies to suppress both the forward and reverse mode operation of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger. Present experiments were designed to study the effect of partial blockade of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger on Ca(2+) handling in isolated rat ventricular myocytes. Intracellular Ca(2+) transient and cell shortening were measured in ventricular myocytes loaded with Fura-2-AM fluorescent dye. Partial blockade of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger was induced by superfusion of the cells with SEA0400 at a concentration of 0.3 microM. Amplitude of the intracellular Ca(2+) transient and cell shortening was significantly increased by SEA0400 in both field stimulated and voltage clamped myocytes, without significant elevation of diastolic Ca(2+) level and the decay time constant of the Ca(2+) transient. In patch clamped myocytes the SEA0400 induced increase in the Ca(2+) transient and cell shortening was accompanied by significant reduction of peak L-type Ca(2+) current. These effects can be explained by the autoregulative nature of cardiac Ca(2+) handling, as the reduced Ca(2+) efflux from the cell results in an increased Ca(2+) load to the sarcoplasmic reticulum leading to increased Ca(2+) release, which in turn may decrease the L-type Ca(2+) current by accelaration of Ca(2+) dependent inactivation of L-type Ca(2+) current. Our results suggest that complex changes in the Ca(2+) cycling can occur after selective pharmacological inhibition of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary. acsaik@phcol.szote.u-szeged.hu
authors.forename: Károly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Acsai
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kun
authors.forename: Attila S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Farkas
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fülöp
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balázs
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Szentandrássy
authors.forename: Péter P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Nánási
authors.forename: Julius Gy
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Papp
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varró
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tóth
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010647:Phenyl Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D010647:Phenyl Ethers; C430918:SEA 0400; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger; D002118:Calcium