期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY
卷 35, 期 10, 页码 1207-1216出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2828(03)00227-X
关键词
alpha(1)-adrenergic receptor; Langendorff; trabeculae; Ca2+; pH; ABKO; myofilament Ca2+-sensitivity; beta-adrenergic receptor
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 31113, HL 54890, HL10422, P01 HL68738, P01 HL068738, HL56257, R01 HL031113] Funding Source: Medline
We used double-knockout mice (ABKO) lacking both predominant myocardial alpha(1)-adrenergic receptor (AR) subtypes (alpha(1A) and alpha(1B)) to determine if alpha(1)-ARs are required for normal myocardial contraction. Langendorff-perfused ABKO hearts had higher developed pressure than wild type (WT) hearts (123 +/- 3 mmHg n = 22 vs. 103 +/- 3 mmHg, n = 38, P < 0.001). Acutely inhibiting alpha(1)-ARs in WT hearts with prazosin did not increase pressure, suggesting that the increased pressure of ABKO hearts was mediated by long-term trophic effects on contraction rather than direct regulatory effects of alpha(1)-AR removal. Similar to perfused hearts, ABKO ventricular trabeculae had higher submaximal force at 2 mM extracellular [Ca2+]than WT (11.4 +/- 1.7 vs. 6.9 +/- 0.6 mN/mm(2), n = 8, P < 0.05); however, the peaks of fura-2 Ca2+ transients were not different (0.79 +/- 0.11 vs. 0.75 +/- 0.16 muM, n = 10-12, P > 0.05), suggesting ABKO myocardium had increased myofilament Ca2+-sensitivity. This conclusion was supported by measuring the Ca2+-force relationship using tetanization. Increased myofilament Ca2+-sensitivity was not explained by intracellular pH, which did not differ between ABKO and WT (7.41 +/- 0.01 vs. 7.39 +/- 0.02, n = 4-6, P > 0.05; from BCECF fluorescence). However, ABKO displayed impaired troponin I phosphorylation, which may have played a role. In contrast to increased submaximal force, ABKO trabeculae had lower maximal force than WT at high extracellular [Ca2+] (29.6 +/- 1.9 vs. 37.6 +/- 1.4 mN/mm(2), n = 7, P < 0.01). However, peak cytosolic [Ca2+] was not different (1.13 +/- 0.15 vs. 1.19 +/- 0.04 muM, n = 6-7, P > 0.05), suggesting ABKO myocardium had impaired myofilament function. Finally, ABKO myocardium had decreased responsiveness to beta-AR stimulation. We conclude: alpha(1)-ARs are required for normal myocardial contraction; alpha(1)-ARs mediate long-term trophic effects on contraction; loss of alpha(1)-AR function causes some of the functional abnormalities that are also found in heart failure. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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