TY - JOUR
T1 - Intrinsic Myofilament Alterations Underlying the Decreased Contractility of Stunned Myocardium
T2 - A Consequence of Ca2+-Dependent Proteolysis?
AU - Gao, Wei Dong
AU - Liu, Yongge
AU - Mellgren, Ronald
AU - Marban, Eduardo
PY - 1996/3
Y1 - 1996/3
N2 - We investigated the mechanism of the decreased myofilament Ca2+ responsiveness in stunned myocardium. The steady state force-[Ca2+] relationship was measured before and after skinning in thin ventricular trabeculae from control or stunned (20 minutes of ischemia, 20 minutes of reperfusion) rat hearts. [Ca2+]i was determined using microinjected fura 2 salt in intact muscles, whereas the myofilaments of chemically skinned trabeculae were activated directly with solutions of varied [Ca2+]. Maximal Ca2+-activated force (Fmax) before and after skinning was identical within either the control or stunned groups but was markedly depressed in both groups of stunned trabeculae (P<.001). After ischemia and reperfusion, the [Ca2+] required for 50% of maximal activation (Ca50) was increased in both intact (control, 0.60±0.09 μmol/L; stunned, 0.85±0.09 μmol/L; P<.001) and skinned (control, 1.13±0.24 μmol/L; stunned, 1.39±0.21 μmol/L; P=.0025) trabeculae. These data indicate that the decreased Ca2+ responsiveness of stunned myocardium is due to intrinsic alterations of the myofilaments. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that activation of proteases by reperfusion-induced Ca2+ overload decreases the Ca2+ responsiveness of the cardiac myofilaments. Force-[Ca2+] relations were compared before and 5 to 30 minutes after direct exposure of skinned trabeculae to calpain I (18 μg/mL, 20 minutes at [Ca2+]=10.8 μmol/L), a Ca2+-activated protease that is present in myocardium. Calpain I reduced Fmax from 94.3±8.3 to 56±8.5 mN/mm2 while increasing Ca50 from 0.94±0.11 to 1.36±0.21 μmol/L (P<.01). Calpastatin, a specific calpain inhibitor, prevented the effects of calpain I on skinned trabeculae. The results show that the reduced Ca2+ responsiveness of stunned myocardium reflects alteration of the myofilaments themselves, not of soluble cytosolic factors, which can be faithfully reproduced by exposure to Ca2+-dependent protease.
AB - We investigated the mechanism of the decreased myofilament Ca2+ responsiveness in stunned myocardium. The steady state force-[Ca2+] relationship was measured before and after skinning in thin ventricular trabeculae from control or stunned (20 minutes of ischemia, 20 minutes of reperfusion) rat hearts. [Ca2+]i was determined using microinjected fura 2 salt in intact muscles, whereas the myofilaments of chemically skinned trabeculae were activated directly with solutions of varied [Ca2+]. Maximal Ca2+-activated force (Fmax) before and after skinning was identical within either the control or stunned groups but was markedly depressed in both groups of stunned trabeculae (P<.001). After ischemia and reperfusion, the [Ca2+] required for 50% of maximal activation (Ca50) was increased in both intact (control, 0.60±0.09 μmol/L; stunned, 0.85±0.09 μmol/L; P<.001) and skinned (control, 1.13±0.24 μmol/L; stunned, 1.39±0.21 μmol/L; P=.0025) trabeculae. These data indicate that the decreased Ca2+ responsiveness of stunned myocardium is due to intrinsic alterations of the myofilaments. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that activation of proteases by reperfusion-induced Ca2+ overload decreases the Ca2+ responsiveness of the cardiac myofilaments. Force-[Ca2+] relations were compared before and 5 to 30 minutes after direct exposure of skinned trabeculae to calpain I (18 μg/mL, 20 minutes at [Ca2+]=10.8 μmol/L), a Ca2+-activated protease that is present in myocardium. Calpain I reduced Fmax from 94.3±8.3 to 56±8.5 mN/mm2 while increasing Ca50 from 0.94±0.11 to 1.36±0.21 μmol/L (P<.01). Calpastatin, a specific calpain inhibitor, prevented the effects of calpain I on skinned trabeculae. The results show that the reduced Ca2+ responsiveness of stunned myocardium reflects alteration of the myofilaments themselves, not of soluble cytosolic factors, which can be faithfully reproduced by exposure to Ca2+-dependent protease.
KW - Calpain I
KW - Contractile proteins
KW - Force-[Ca] relation
KW - Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion
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U2 - 10.1161/01.res.78.3.455
DO - 10.1161/01.res.78.3.455
M3 - Article
C2 - 8593704
AN - SCOPUS:0030067221
SN - 0009-7330
VL - 78
SP - 455
EP - 465
JO - Circulation research
JF - Circulation research
IS - 3
ER -