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Dynamic Kv4.3-CaMKII unit in heart: an intrinsic negative regulator for CaMKII activation.


ABSTRACT:

Aims

Reduction of transient outward current (I(to)) and excessive activation of Ca(2+)/Calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) are general features of ventricular myocytes in heart failure. We hypothesize that alterations of I(to) directly regulate CaMKII activation in cardiomyocytes.

Methods and results

A dynamic coupling of I(to) channel subunit Kv4.3 and inactive CaMKII was discovered in cardiomyocytes with the membrane predominant distribution by co-immunoprecipitation and fluorescence resonance energy transfer techniques. CaMKII dissociation from Kv4.3-CaMKII units caused a significant increase in CaMKII autophosphorylation and L-type calcium current (I(Ca)) facilitation. I(Ca) facilitation was blunted by the compartmental Ca²(+) chelator BAPTA but unaffected by bulk Ca²(+) chelator EGTA, implicating membrane-localized CaMKII. Kv4.3 overexpression reduced basal CaMKII autophosphorylation in myocytes and eliminated Ca²(+)-induced CaMKII activation. Kv4.3 blocks CaMKII activation by binding to the calmodulin binding sites, whereas Kv4.3 uncoupling releases these sites and leads to a substantial CaMKII activation.

Conclusion

Our results uncovered an important mechanism that regulates CaMKII activation in the heart and implicate I(to) channel alteration in pathological CaMKII activation.

SUBMITTER: Keskanokwong T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3031792 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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