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Plasmalemmal K sub(ATP) channels shape triggered calcium transients in metabolically impaired rat atrial myocytes
The relative role of plasmalemmal and mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K super(+) (K sub(ATP)) channels in calcium homeostasis of the atrium is little understood. Electrically triggered (1 Hz) cytoplasmic calcium transients were measured by 340-to-380-nm wavelength fura 2 emission ratios in cultured rat...
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Published in: | American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2002-12, Vol.283 (6), p.H2296-H2305 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | The relative role of plasmalemmal and mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K super(+) (K sub(ATP)) channels in calcium homeostasis of the atrium is little understood. Electrically triggered (1 Hz) cytoplasmic calcium transients were measured by 340-to-380-nm wavelength fura 2 emission ratios in cultured rat atrial myocytes. CCCP, a mitochondrial protonophore (100-400 nmol/l), dose dependently reduced the transient amplitude by up to 85%, caused a slow rise in baseline calcium, and reduced the recovery time constant of the transient from 143 to 91 ms (P < 0.05). However, neither 5-hydroxydecanoate, a mitochondrial K sub(ATP) channel blocker, nor diazoxide (500 mu mol/l) affected the amplitude, baseline, or time constant in CCCP-treated cells. HMR-1098 (30 mu mol/l), a plasmalemmal K sub(ATP) channel blocker, and glibenclamide (1 mu mol/l) increased the amplitude in CCCP-treated myocytes by 69-82%, sharply elevated the calcium baseline, and prolonged the recovery time constant to 181-193 ms (P < 0.01). Thus opening of plasmalemmal but not mitochondrial K sub(ATP) channels reduces the calcium overload in metabolically compromised but otherwise intact atrial myocytes. Mitochondrial K sub(ATP) channels probably operate through a different mechanism to afford ischemic protection. |
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ISSN: | 0363-6135 |
DOI: | 10.1152/ajpheart.00393.2002 |