Caffeine stimulates the reverse mode of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in ferret ventricular muscle
- 19 May 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Physiologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 172 (1), 27-37
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-201x.2001.00819.x
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of caffeine on the sarcolemmal mechanisms involved in intracellular calcium control. Ferret cardiac preparations were treated with ryanodine and thapsigargin in order to eliminate the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) function. This treatment abolished caffeine contracture irreversibly in normal solution. The perfusion with K-free medium that blocked the Na+--K+ pump resulted in a recovery of slow relaxing caffeine contractures similar to Na-free contractures. The amplitude of caffeine contractures was dependent on the bathing [caffeine]o and [Ca2+]o. Divalent cations Ni2+ and Cd2+, which have an inhibitory effect on the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, produced dose-dependent inhibition of caffeine responses with apparent Ki of 780 +/- 19 and 132 +/- 5 microM, respectively. Caffeine also caused dose-dependent inhibition of Na-free contractures (Ki=4.62 +/- 1.5 mM), and the reduction or removal of [Na+]o exerted an inhibitory effect on caffeine contractures (Ki=73.5 +/- 17.12 mM). These experiments indicate that the increase in resting tension following exposure to caffeine was mediated by Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, which represents an additional element of complexity in caffeine action on cardiac muscle.Keywords
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