Activation of contraction in cat ventricular myocytes: effects of low Cd(2+) concentration and temperature.
Activation of contraction in cat ventricular myocytes: effects of low Cd(2+) concentration and temperature.
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猫心室肌细胞收缩的激活:低 Cd(2) 浓度和温度的影响。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.2.h488
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1999
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Vites,AM
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Wasserstrom,JA;Vites,AM
The effects of Cd2+(20 μM) and different bath temperatures were used to study the contributions of two separate triggering mechanisms, L-type Ca2+current (ICa) and reverse mode Na+/Ca2+exchange, to excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling in cat ventricular myocytes. Ionic currents and cell shortening were studied with patch pipettes filled with K+-containing internal solution and discontinuous (“switch”) voltage clamp. Superfusion with Cd2+blocked cell shortening that closely mirrored the block ofICa; the voltage dependence of Cd2+-induced reduction in contraction was bell-shaped, displaying minima at test potentials below −10 mV and above +50 mV and a maximum at about +20 mV. Cd2+-insensitive cell shortening was blocked by ryanodine (10 μM) and Ni2+(4–5 mM). When an action potential was used as the command waveform for the voltage clamp (action potential clamp), Cd2+reduced contraction to ∼60 ± 7% of control cell shortening (n= 7). The remaining contraction was blocked by ryanodine and Ni2+. Superfusion with nifedipine (10 μM) caused nearly identical effects to Cd2+. The voltage dependence of contraction was sigmoidal at temperatures above 34°C but bell-shaped below 30°C. When Cd2+was added to superfusate, contraction was abolished at 25°C (to 6 ± 3% of control) but reduced only modestly at 34°C (to 65 ± 13% of control, test potential +10 mV,n= 4,P< 0.01). These results indicate that1) there is a component of contraction that is sensitive toICaantagonists, and the block is equivalent with either organic or inorganic antagonists;2) the contribution of Na+/Ca2+exchange to triggering of contraction under our experimental conditions is fairly linear throughout the entire voltage range tested;3) the contribution ofICais superimposed on this background component contributed by the Na+/Ca2+exchanger; and4) triggering via the exchanger is temperature-dependent, providing a major contribution at physiological temperatures but failing at temperatures below 30°C in a nearly all-or-none fashion.