Journal
PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 472, Issue 12, Pages 1719-1732Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-020-02476-0
Keywords
TRPM4; Fibroblast; Atria; Fibrosis; Electrophysiology
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- (RIN ENTRAC) of Region Normandie, France
- Region Normandie, France
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Cardiac fibroblasts play an important role in cardiac matrix turnover and are involved in cardiac fibrosis development. Ca(2+)is a driving belt in this phenomenon. This study evaluates the functional expression and contribution of the Ca2+-activated channel TRPM4 in atrial fibroblast phenotype. Molecular and electrophysiological investigations were conducted in human atrial fibroblasts in primary culture and in atrial fibroblasts obtained from wild-type and transgenic mice with disruptedTrpm4gene (Trpm4(-/-)). A typical TRPM4 current was recorded on human cells (equal selectivity for Na(+)and K+, activation by internal Ca2+, voltage sensitivity, conductance of 23.2 pS, inhibition by 9-phenanthrol (IC50 = 6.1 x 10(-6) mol L-1)). Its detection rate was 13% on patches at days 2-4 in culture but raised to 100% on patches at day 28. By the same time, a cell growth was observed. This growth was smaller when cells were maintained in the presence of 9-phenanthrol. Similar cell growth was measured on wild-type mice atrial fibroblasts during culture. However, this growth was minimized onTrpm4(-/-)mice fibroblasts compared to control animals. In addition, the expression of alpha smooth muscle actin increased during culture of atrial fibroblasts from wild-type mice. This was not observed inTrpm4(-/-)mice fibroblasts. It is concluded that TRPM4 participates in fibroblast growth and could thus be involved in cardiac fibrosis.
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