期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
卷 293, 期 6, 页码 H3301-H3310出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00259.2007
关键词
heart failure; action potential; L-type Ca2+ channel; ryanodine receptor
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 071865, K25 HL 068704] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [R03 AG031944-03, R03 AG031944-02, R03 AG031944-01A1, R03 AG031944] Funding Source: Medline
Hypertension is a major risk factor for developing cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Previous studies show that hypertrophied and failing hearts display alterations in excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling. However, it is unclear whether remodeling of the E-C coupling system occurs before or after heart disease development. We hypothesized that hypertension might cause changes in the E-C coupling system that, in turn, induce hypertrophy. Here we tested this hypothesis by utilizing the progressive development of hypertensive heart disease in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) to identify a window period when SHR had just developed hypertension but had not yet developed hypertrophy. We found the following major changes in cardiac E-C coupling during this window period. 1) Using echocardiography and hemodynamics measurements, we found a decrease of left ventricular ejection fraction and cardiac output after the onset of hypertension. 2) Studies in isolated ventricular myocytes showed that myocardial contraction was also enhanced at the same time. 3) The action potential became prolonged. 4) The E-C coupling gain was increased. 5) The systolic Ca2+ transient was augmented. These data show that profound changes in E-C coupling already occur at the onset of hypertension and precede hypertrophy development. Prolonged action potential and increased E-C coupling gain synergistically increase the Ca2+ transient. Functionally, augmented Ca2+ transient causes enhancement of myocardial contraction that can partially compensate for the greater workload to maintain cardiac output. The increased Ca2+ signaling cascade as a molecular mechanism linking hypertension to cardiac hypertrophy development is also discussed.
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