Targeted antioxidant treatment decreases cardiac alternans associated with chronic myocardial infarction.
Targeted antioxidant treatment decreases cardiac alternans associated with chronic myocardial infarction.
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10.1161/circep.114.001789
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2015-02
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Laurita KR
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Plummer BN;Liu H;Wan X;Deschênes I;Laurita KR
In myocardial infarction (MI), repolarization alternans is a potent arrhythmia substrate that has been linked to Ca2+ cycling proteins, such as SERCA2a, located in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). MI is also associated with oxidative stress and increased xanthine oxidase (XO) activity, an important source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the SR that may reduce SERCA2a function. We hypothesize that in chronic MI, XO mediated oxidation of SERCA2a is a mechanism of cardiac alternans. Male Lewis rats underwent ligation of the LAD (n=54) or sham procedure (n=24). At 4 weeks, optical mapping of intracellular Ca2+ and ROS were performed. ECG T-wave alternans (ECG ALT) and Ca2+ transient alternans (Ca2+ALT) were induced by rapid pacing (300–120ms) before and after the XO inhibitor allopurinol (ALLO, 50μmol/L). In MI, ECG ALT (2.32±0.41%) and Ca2+ ALT (22.3±4.5%) were significantly greater compared to sham (0.18±0.08%, p<0.001; 0.79±0.32%, p<0.01). Additionally, ROS was increased by 137% (p<0.01) and oxidation of SERCA2a by 30% (p<0.05) in MI compared to sham. Treatment with ALLO significantly decreased ECG ALT (−77±9%, p<0.05) and Ca2+ ALT (−56±7%, p<0.05) and, importantly, reduced ROS (−65%, p<0.01) and oxidation of SERCA2a (−38%, p<0.05). CaMKII inhibition and general antioxidant treatment had no effect on ECG ALT and Ca2+ ALT. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that in MI increased ROS from XO is a significant cause of repolarization alternans. This suggests that targeting XO ROS production may be effective at preventing arrhythmia substrates in chronic MI.