Ca2+ signaling in mouse cardiomyocytes with ablated S100A1 protein
Ca2+ signaling in mouse cardiomyocytes with ablated S100A1 protein
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DOI:
10.4149/gpb_2009_04_371
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发表时间:
2009-12-01
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
Niggli, Ernst
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作者:
Gusev, Konstantin;Ackermann, Gabriele E.;Niggli, Ernst
S100A1 is a Ca2+-binding protein expressed at high levels in the myocardium. It is thought to modulate the Ca2+ sensitivity of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release channels (ryanodine receptors or RyRs) and its expression has been shown to be down regulated in various heart diseases. In this study we used S100A1 knock-out (KO) mice to investigate the consequences of chronic S100A1 deficiency on Ca2+ cycling in ventricular cardiomyocytes. Confocal Ca2+ imaging showed that field-stimulated KO myocytes had near normal Ca2+ signaling under control conditions but a blunted response to beta-adrenergic stimulation with 1 mu mol/l isoproterenol (ISO). Voltage-clamp experiments revealed that S100A1-deficient cardiomyocytes have elevated I-Ca under basal conditions. This larger Ca2+ influx was accompanied by augmented Ca2+ transients and elevated SR Ca2+ content, without changes in macroscopic excitation-contraction coupling gain, which suggests impaired fractional Ca2+ release. Exposure of KO and WT cells to ISO led to similar maximal I-Ca. Thus, the stimulation of the I-Ca was less pronounced in KO cardiomyocytes, suggesting that changes in basal I-Ca could underlie the reduced P-adrenergic response. Taken together, our findings indicate that chronic absence of S100A1 results in enhanced L-type Ca2+ channel activity combined with a blunted SR Ca2+ release amplification. These findings may have implications in a variety of cardiac pathologies where abnormal RyR Ca2+ sensitivity or reduced S100A1 levels have been described.