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Late Ca2+ Sparks and Ripples During the Systolic Ca2+ Transient in Heart Muscle Cells.


ABSTRACT: RATIONALE:The development of a refractory period for Ca2+ spark initiation after Ca2+ release in cardiac myocytes should inhibit further Ca2+ release during the action potential plateau. However, Ca2+ release sites that did not initially activate or which have prematurely recovered from refractoriness might release Ca2+ later during the action potential and alter the cell-wide Ca2+ transient. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possibility of late Ca2+ spark (LCS) activity in intact isolated cardiac myocytes using fast confocal line scanning with improved confocality and signal to noise. METHODS AND RESULTS:We recorded Ca2+ transients from cardiac ventricular myocytes isolated from rabbit hearts. Action potentials were produced by electric stimulation, and rapid solution changes were used to modify the L-type Ca2+ current. After the upstroke of the Ca2+ transient, LCSs were detected which had increased amplitude compared with diastolic Ca2+ sparks. LCS are triggered by both L-type Ca2+ channel activity during the action potential plateau, as well as by the increase of cytosolic Ca2+ associated with the Ca2+ transient itself. Importantly, a mismatch between sarcoplasmic reticulum load and L-type Ca2+ trigger can increase the number of LCS. The likelihood of triggering an LCS also depends on recovery from refractoriness that appears after prior activation. Consequences of LCS include a reduced rate of decline of the Ca2+ transient and, if frequent, formation of microscopic propagating Ca2+ release events (Ca2+ ripples). Ca2+ ripples resemble Ca2+ waves in terms of local propagation velocity but spread for only a short distance because of limited regeneration. CONCLUSIONS:These new types of Ca2+ signaling behavior extend our understanding of Ca2+-mediated signaling. LCS may provide an arrhythmogenic substrate by slowing the Ca2+ transient decline, as well as by amplifying maintained Ca2+ current effects on intracellular Ca2+ and consequently Na+/Ca2+ exchange current.

SUBMITTER: Fowler ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5796647 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Late Ca<sup>2+</sup> Sparks and Ripples During the Systolic Ca<sup>2+</sup> Transient in Heart Muscle Cells.

Fowler Ewan D ED   Kong Cherrie H T CHT   Hancox Jules C JC   Cannell Mark B MB  

Circulation research 20171227 3


<h4>Rationale</h4>The development of a refractory period for Ca<sup>2+</sup> spark initiation after Ca<sup>2+</sup> release in cardiac myocytes should inhibit further Ca<sup>2+</sup> release during the action potential plateau. However, Ca<sup>2+</sup> release sites that did not initially activate or which have prematurely recovered from refractoriness might release Ca<sup>2+</sup> later during the action potential and alter the cell-wide Ca<sup>2+</sup> transient.<h4>Objective</h4>To investigat  ...[more]

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