Mechanisms contributing to pulsus alternans in pressure-overload cardiac hypertrophy

Author:

Kotsanas G.1,Holroyd S. M.1,Young R.1,Gibbs C. L.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria,Australia.

Abstract

The mechanisms underlying pulsus alternans in pressure-over-load (POL) cardiac hypertrophy were investigated. Simultaneous measurements of force and intracellular Ca2+ (using fura 2) in right ventricular papillary muscles under conditions that produced mechanical alternans, revealed alternation of the amplitude of the Ca2+ transient together with alternation of force in some POL muscles. Instances when alternation of force occurred without any apparent alternation of the Ca2+ transient were also observed. Exposure of muscles to 5 microM ryanodine significantly attenuated mechanical alternans, thereby implicating a role for the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in this process. The time course of restitution of force and the intracellular Ca2+ transient were, however, unchanged in POL hearts, indicating that SR Ca2+ cycling was not appreciably slowed. The fraction of Ca2+ recirculated intracellularly was derived from studies of postextrasystolic potentiation and was significantly reduced in the POL hearts, suggesting additional differences in cellular Ca2+ regulation. We conclude that changes in Ca2+ handling play an important role in the onset of mechanical alternans in POL hypertrophy, but that additional factors, most likely a slowing of crossbridge cycling rate, are also likely to be important.

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Subject

Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology

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