SPECIES-DIFFERENCES IN THE ACTIVITY OF THE NA+-CA2+ EXCHANGER IN MAMMALIAN CARDIAC MYOCYTES
SPECIES-DIFFERENCES IN THE ACTIVITY OF THE NA+-CA2+ EXCHANGER IN MAMMALIAN CARDIAC MYOCYTES
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1995.sp020995
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发表时间:
1995-11-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
MORAD, M
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作者:
SHAM, JSK;HATEM, SN;MORAD, M
1. Species differences in the activity of the exchanger were evaluated in isolated myocytes from rat, guinea-pig, hamster ventricles and human atria. Fluorescence measurements using fura-2 were carried out in conjunction with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique for simultaneous recording of membrane currents and intracellular Ca2+ concentration.2. Ca2+ release from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) induced either by rapid application of caffeine or by Ca2+ current elicited inward Na+-Ca2+ exchange currents (I-Na-Ca). The magnitude of I-Na-Ca was largest in hamster, smallest in rat, with guinea-pig and human myocytes having intermediate values. The ratio of caffeine-induced exchanger current densities, normalized with respect to the peak Ca2+ release, was 4:2:1.5:1 for hamster > guinea-pig greater than or equal to human greater than or equal to rat myocytes.3. The rates of Ca2+ removal in the presence of caffeine, which reflect primarily the Ca2+ extruding activity of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger, followed the same order of hamster > guinea-pig greater than or equal to human greater than or equal to rat.4. The kinetics of I-Na-Ca vs. Ca2+ transients sr ere different among species. In rat myocytes, the kinetics of the I-Na-Ca and the Ca2+ transients mere similar, with I-Na-Ca linearly proportional to intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](i)). In hamster myocytes, the time course of I-Na-Ca tracked only the declining phase of the Ca2+ transient with I-Na-Ca having faster kinetics during the Ca2+ release. These findings suggest that the Ca2+ concentrations in the vicinity of the exchanger were significantly higher than those of the cytosol during Ca2+ release in hamster myocytes.5. We concluded that there are significant species differences in the exchanger activity of cardiac myocytes, arising from differences in exchanger densities, their modulation and/or their spatial distribution with respect to the ryanodine receptors of cardiac myocytes.