Heart failure after myocardial infarction -: Altered excitation-contraction coupling
Heart failure after myocardial infarction -: Altered excitation-contraction coupling
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DOI:
10.1161/hc3201.092285
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发表时间:
2001-08-07
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
Lederer, WJ
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作者:
Gómez, AM;Guatimosim, S;Lederer, WJ
Background-Heart failure (HF) frequently follows the occurrence of myocardial infarction (MI). Questions about how HF develops and what cellular defects contribute to this dysfunction led to this study.Methods and Results-MI was induced in rats by coronary artery ligation. Clinical examination of the post-MI (PMI) surviving animals indicated that they were in overt HF by all measures. Cellular examination of the cardiomyocytes by patch-clamp and confocal [Ca2+](i) imaging methods indicated that cellular function was significantly compromised. At the single-cell level, [Ca2+](i) transient amplitudes were reduced and contractions were decreased and slowed, although Ca2+ current (Ic,) remained unchanged. The excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) gain function measured as Delta [Ca2+](i)/I-Ca was significantly decreased. Ouabain, a cardiotonic steroid that blocks the Na+,K -ATPase and activates Ca2+ entry via cardiac Na+ channels, largely alleviated this defect.Conclusions-After MI, 1(Ca) becomes less able to trigger release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. This failure of ECC is a major factor contributing to the development of contractile dysfunction and HF in PMI animals. The improved ECC gain, enhanced Ca2+ entry, and augmented Ca2+ signaling due to cardiotonic steroids contribute to the beneficial effects of these agents.