Spatial and temporal inhomogeneities during Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in pig ventricular myocytes
Spatial and temporal inhomogeneities during Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in pig ventricular myocytes
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.0000045940.67060.dd
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发表时间:
2002-11-29
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Sipido, KR
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作者:
Heinzel, FR;Bito, V;Sipido, KR
The [Ca2+](i) transient of ventricular myocytes during normal excitation-contraction coupling is the summation of primary Ca2+ release events, which originate at the junction of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. (SR) and the T-tubular system. Studies in small mammals have shown a high density of release sites, but little is known of larger mammals. We have studied the spatial distribution of SR Ca2+ release in pig ventricular myocytes using a confocal microscopy. In 69 of 107 cells, large inhomogeneities of Ca2+ release were observed along the longitudinal scan line. Areas where the increase of [Ca2+](i) was delayed (time to 50% of peak F/F-o [where F indicates fluorescence intensity, and F-o indicates F at rest] was 26 +/- 1 ms in delayed areas versus 11 +/- 2 ms in early areas) and smaller (peak F/F-o was 2.27 +/- 0.10 for delayed areas versus 2.69 +/- 0.13 for early areas; n=13 cells, P