Author:
Shen Jian-Bing,Shutt Robin,Agosto Mariela,Pappano Achilles,Liang Bruce T.
Abstract
Binary cardiac transgenic (Tg) overexpression of P2X4 receptors (P2X4R) improved the survival of the cardiomyopathic calsequestrin (CSQ) mice. Here we studied the mechanism of rescue using binary P2X4R/CSQ Tg and CSQ Tg mice as models. Cellular and intact heart properties were determined by simultaneous sarcomere shortening (SS) and Ca2+ transients in vitro and echocardiography in vivo. Similar to a delay in death, binary mice exhibited a slowed heart failure progression with a greater left ventricular (LV) fractional shortening (FS) and thickness and a concomitant lesser degree of LV dilatation in both systole and diastole at 8 or 12 wk. By 16 wk, binary hearts showed similarly depressed FS and thinned out LV and equal enlargement of LV as did 12-wk-old CSQ hearts. Binary cardiac myocytes showed higher peak basal cell shortening (CS) and SS as well as greater basal rates of shortening and relaxation than did the CSQ myocytes at either 8 or 12 wk. Similar data were obtained in comparing the Ca2+ transient. At 16 wk, binary myocytes were like the 12-wk-old CSQ myocytes with equally depressed CS, SS, and Ca2+ transient. CSQ myocytes were longer than myocytes from wild-type and binary mice at 12 wk of age. At 16 wk, the binary myocyte length increased to that of the 12-wk-old CSQ myocyte, parallel to LV dilatation. The data suggest a unique mechanism, which involves a reversal of cardiac myocyte dysfunction and a delay in heart failure progression. It represents an example of targeting the abnormal failing myocyte in treating heart failure.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology
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