Effect of intracellular Ca2+ and action potential duration on L-type Ca2+ channel inactivation and recovery from inactivation in rabbit cardiac myocytes
Effect of intracellular Ca2+ and action potential duration on L-type Ca2+ channel inactivation and recovery from inactivation in rabbit cardiac myocytes
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.00469.2006
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发表时间:
2007-07-01
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4.8
通讯作者:
Bers, Donald M.
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作者:
Altamirano, Julio;Bers, Donald M.
Ca2+ current (I-Ca) recovery from inactivation is necessary for normal cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. In normal hearts, increased stimulation frequency increases force, but in heart failure (HF) this force-frequency relationship (FFR) is often flattened or reversed. Although reduced sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase function may be involved, decreased ICa availability may also contribute. Longer action potential duration (APD), slower intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](i)) decline, and higher diastolic [Ca2+](i) in HF could all slow ICa recovery from inactivation, thereby decreasing ICa availability. We measured the effect of different diastolic [Ca2+](i) on ICa inactivation and recovery from inactivation in rabbit cardiac myocytes. Both ICa and Ba2+ current (I-Ba) were measured. ICa decay was accelerated only at high diastolic [Ca2+](i) (600 nM). IBa inactivation was slower but insensitive to [Ca2+](i). Membrane potential dependence of ICa or IBa availability was not affected by [Ca2+](i)