Phospholamban knockout breaks arrhythmogenic Ca²⁺ waves and suppresses catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in mice.
Phospholamban knockout breaks arrhythmogenic Ca²⁺ waves and suppresses catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in mice.
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DOI:
10.1161/circresaha.113.301678
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发表时间:
2013-08-16
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Chen SR
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作者:
Bai Y;Jones PP;Guo J;Zhong X;Clark RB;Zhou Q;Wang R;Vallmitjana A;Benitez R;Hove-Madsen L;Semeniuk L;Guo A;Song LS;Duff HJ;Chen SR
Phospholamban (PLN) is an inhibitor of cardiac sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2a). PLN knockout (PLN-KO) enhances sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ load and Ca2+ leak. Conversely, PLN-KO accelerates Ca2+ sequestration and aborts arrhythmogenic spontaneous Ca2+ waves (SCWs). An important question is whether these seemingly paradoxical effects of PLN-KO exacerbate or protect against Ca2+-triggered arrhythmias. We investigate the impact of PLN-KO on SCWs, triggered activities, and stress-induced ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTs) in a mouse model of cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2)-linked catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). We generated a PLN-deficient, RyR2 mutant mouse model (PLN−/−/RyR2-R4496C+/−) by crossbreeding PLN-KO mice with CPVT-associated RyR2-R4496C mutant mice. Ca2+ imaging and patch-clamp recording revealed cell-wide propagating SCWs and triggered activities in RyR2-R4496C+/− ventricular myocytes during SR Ca2+ overload. PLN-KO fragmented these cell-wide SCWs into mini-waves and Ca2+ sparks, and suppressed triggered activities evoked by SR Ca2+ overload. Importantly, these effects of PLN-KO were reverted by partially inhibiting SERCA2a with 2,5-Di-tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ). However, Bay K, caffeine, or Li+ failed to convert mini-waves to cell-wide SCWs in PLN−/−/RyR2-R4496C+/− ventricular myocytes. Furthermore, ECG analysis showed that PLN-KO mice are not susceptible to stress-induced VTs. On the contrary, PLN-KO protected RyR2-R4496C mutant mice from stress-induced VTs. Our results demonstrate that despite severe SR Ca2+ leak, PLN-KO suppresses triggered activities and stress-induced VTs in a mouse model of CPVT. These data suggest that breaking up cell-wide propagating SCWs by enhancing Ca2+ sequestration represents an effective approach for suppressing Ca2+-triggered arrhythmias.