Journal
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 656-668Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200011000-00016
Keywords
angiotensin-converting enzyme; captopril; ryanodine receptors; nitric oxide; reactive disulfide compounds; sarcoplasmic reticulum; canine and human SR; cardiac ischemia
Funding
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 59614, R01 HL 57929] Funding Source: Medline
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We tested the hypothesis that ischemia alters sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ transport by oxidizing regulatory thiols on ryanodine receptors (RyRs), and that membrane-permeable sulfhydryl-containing angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors protect against ischemia-induced oxidation and explain in part, the therapeutic actions of captopril. Ca2+ uptake and adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity was measured from SR vesicles isolated from control or ischemic dog and human ventricles and compared with or without sulfhydryl reductants. The rate and amount of Ca2+ uptake was lower for canine ischemic SR compared with control (6.5 +/- 0.2 --> 18.5 +/- 1.1 nmol Ca2+/mg/min and 123.1 +/- 4.7 --> 235.0 +/- 17.3 nmol Ca2+/mg; n = g each). Captopril, dithiothreitol (DTT), glutathione (GSH), and L-cysteine increased the rate and amount of Ca2+ uptake by canine and human ischemic SR vesicles by similar to 50%. Reducing agents had no effect on Ca2+-ATPase activity in either canine control or ischemic (similar to 40% less than control) SR. Captopril was as potent as DTT at reversing the oxidation of skeletal and cardiac RyRs induced by reactive disulfides (RDSs) or nitric oxide (NO). In neonatal rat myocytes, RDSs or NO triggered SR Ca2+ release and increased cytosolic Ca2+, an effect reversed by captopril and DTT but not GSH or cysteine. Pretreatment of myocytes with captopril (exposure and then wash) inhibited Ca2+ elevation elicited by RDSs or NO, indicating that captopril is an effective, membrane-permeable intracellular reducing agent. Thus, net SR Ca2+ accumulation is reduced by ischemia in part due to the oxidation of thiols that gate RyRs, an effect reversed by captopril.
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