Cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure caused by high blood pressure
were studied in single myocytes taken from hypertensive rats (Dahl
SS/Jr) and SH-HF rats in heart failure. Confocal microscopy and
patch-clamp methods were used to examine excitation-contraction (EC)
coupling, and the relation between the plasma membrane calcium current
(ICa) and evoked calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum
(SR), which was visualized as "calcium sparks." The ability of ICa
to trigger calcium release from the SR in both hypertrophied and
failing hearts was reduced. Because ICa density and SR calcium-release
channels were normal, the defect appears to reside in a change in
the relation between SR calcium-release channels and sarcolemmal
calcium channels. beta-Adrenergic stimulation largely overcame the
defect in hypertrophic but not failing heart cells. Thus, the same
defect in EC coupling that develops during hypertrophy may contribute
to heart failure when compensatory mechanisms fail.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Gome_1997_800
%A G�mez, A. M.
%A Valdivia, H. H.
%A Cheng, H.
%A Lederer, M. R.
%A Santana, L. F.
%A Cannell, M. B.
%A McCune, S. A.
%A Altschuld, R. A.
%A Lederer, W. J.
%D 1997
%J Science
%K 9157553 Adrenergic Animals, Blockers, Calcium Calcium, Cardiomegaly, Cell Channel Channel, Channels, Confocal, Congestive, Contraction, Failure, Gov't, Heart Hypertension, Inbred Isoproterenol, L-Type, Membrane, Microscopy, Muscle Myocardial Myocardium, Nifedipine, Non-U.S. P.H.S., Patch-Clamp Proteins, Rats, Receptor Release Research Reticulum, Ryanodine Sarcoplasmic Strains, Support, Techniques, U.S. beta-Agonists,
%N 5313
%P 800-6
%T Defective excitation-contraction coupling in experimental cardiac
hypertrophy and heart failure.
%U http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/276/5313/800
%V 276
%X Cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure caused by high blood pressure
were studied in single myocytes taken from hypertensive rats (Dahl
SS/Jr) and SH-HF rats in heart failure. Confocal microscopy and
patch-clamp methods were used to examine excitation-contraction (EC)
coupling, and the relation between the plasma membrane calcium current
(ICa) and evoked calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum
(SR), which was visualized as "calcium sparks." The ability of ICa
to trigger calcium release from the SR in both hypertrophied and
failing hearts was reduced. Because ICa density and SR calcium-release
channels were normal, the defect appears to reside in a change in
the relation between SR calcium-release channels and sarcolemmal
calcium channels. beta-Adrenergic stimulation largely overcame the
defect in hypertrophic but not failing heart cells. Thus, the same
defect in EC coupling that develops during hypertrophy may contribute
to heart failure when compensatory mechanisms fail.
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were studied in single myocytes taken from hypertensive rats (Dahl
{SS}/Jr) and {SH}-HF rats in heart failure. Confocal microscopy and
patch-clamp methods were used to examine excitation-contraction (EC)
coupling, and the relation between the plasma membrane calcium current
(ICa) and evoked calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum
(SR), which was visualized as "calcium sparks." The ability of ICa
to trigger calcium release from the SR in both hypertrophied and
failing hearts was reduced. Because ICa density and SR calcium-release
channels were normal, the defect appears to reside in a change in
the relation between SR calcium-release channels and sarcolemmal
calcium channels. beta-Adrenergic stimulation largely overcame the
defect in hypertrophic but not failing heart cells. Thus, the same
defect in EC coupling that develops during hypertrophy may contribute
to heart failure when compensatory mechanisms fail.},
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keywords = {9157553 Adrenergic Animals, Blockers, Calcium Calcium, Cardiomegaly, Cell Channel Channel, Channels, Confocal, Congestive, Contraction, Failure, Gov't, Heart Hypertension, Inbred Isoproterenol, L-Type, Membrane, Microscopy, Muscle Myocardial Myocardium, Nifedipine, Non-U.S. P.H.S., Patch-Clamp Proteins, Rats, Receptor Release Research Reticulum, Ryanodine Sarcoplasmic Strains, Support, Techniques, U.S. beta-Agonists,},
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timestamp = {2009-06-03T11:21:13.000+0200},
title = {Defective excitation-contraction coupling in experimental cardiac
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url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/276/5313/800},
volume = 276,
year = 1997
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