Late sodium current contributes to diastolic cell Ca2+ accumulation in chronic heart failure
- 19 May 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in The Journal of Physiological Sciences
- Vol. 60 (4), 245-257
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12576-010-0092-0
Abstract
We elucidate the role of late Na+ current (INaL) for diastolic intracellular Ca2+ (DCa) accumulation in chronic heart failure (HF). HF was induced in 19 dogs by multiple coronary artery microembolizations; 6 normal dogs served as control. Ca2+ transients were recorded in field-paced (0.25 or 1.5 Hz) fluo-4-loaded ventricular myocytes (VM). INaL and action potentials were recorded by patch-clamp. Failing VM, but not normal VM, exhibited (1) prolonged action potentials and Ca2+ transients at 0.25 Hz, (2) substantial DCa accumulation at 1.5 Hz, and (3) spontaneous Ca2+ releases, which occurred after 1.5 Hz stimulation trains in ~31% cases. Selective INaL blocker ranolazine (10 μM) or the prototypical Na+ channel blocker tetrodotoxin (2 μM) reversibly improved function of failing VM. The DCa accumulation and the beneficial effect of INaL blockade were reproduced in silico using an excitation-contraction coupling model. We conclude that INaL contributes to diastolic Ca2+ accumulation and spontaneous Ca2+ release in HF.Keywords
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