Author:
Yatani Atsuko,Kim Song-Jung,Kudej Raymond K.,Wang Qian,Depre Christophe,Irie Keiichi,Kranias Evangelia G.,Vatner Stephen F.,Vatner Dorothy E.
Abstract
Mammalian hibernators exhibit remarkable resistance to low body temperature, whereas nonhibernating (NHB) mammals develop ventricular dysfunction and arrhythmias. To investigate this adaptive change, we compared contractile and electrophysiological properties of left ventricular myocytes isolated from hibernating (HB) woodchucks ( Marmota monax) and control NHB woodchucks. The major findings of this study were the following: 1) the action potential duration in HB myocytes was significantly shorter than in NHB myocytes, but the amplitude of peak contraction was unchanged; 2) HB myocytes had a 33% decreased L-type Ca2+current ( ICa) density and twofold faster ICainactivation but no change in the current-voltage relationship; 3) there were no changes in the density of inward rectifier K+current, transient outward K+current, or Na+/Ca2+exchange current, but HB myocytes had increased sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+content as estimated from caffeine-induced Na+/Ca2+exchange current values; 4) expression of the L-type Ca2+channel α1C-subunit was decreased by 30% in HB hearts; and 5) mRNA and protein levels of sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase 2a (SERCA2a), phospholamban, and the Na+/Ca2+exchanger showed a pattern that is consistent with functional measurements: SERCA2a was increased and phospholamban was decreased in HB relative to NHB hearts with no change in the Na+/Ca2+exchanger. Thus reduced Ca2+channel density and faster ICainactivation coupled to enhanced sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+release may underlie shorter action potentials with sustained contractility in HB hearts. These changes may account for natural resistance to Ca2+overload-related ventricular dysfunction and point to an important cardioprotective mechanism during true hibernation.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology
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