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Circulation, Vol 85, 1046-1055, Copyright © 1992 by American Heart Association


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Intracellular calcium handling in isolated ventricular myocytes from patients with terminal heart failure

DJ Beuckelmann, M Nabauer and E Erdmann
Department of Medicine I, University of Munich, FRG.

BACKGROUND. Experiments were performed in human ventricular myocytes to investigate properties of excitation-contraction coupling in patients with terminal heart failure. Myocytes were isolated from left ventricular myocardium of patients with cardiac failure caused by dilated or ischemic cardiomyopathy undergoing transplantation. These results were compared with those obtained from cells of healthy donor hearts that for technical reasons were not suitable for transplantation. METHODS AND RESULTS. [Ca2+]i transients and Ca2+ currents were recorded from isolated cells under voltage clamp perfused internally with the Ca2+ indicator fura 2. In cells that were stimulated externally, the cell-permeant form of the indicator, fura 2- AM, was used. When action potentials were to be recorded, cells were stimulated in current clamp mode. Unstimulated Ca2+ current densities were not significantly different in myopathic and control cells. In diseased myocytes, resting [Ca2+]i levels were 165 +/- 61 nmol/l, compared with 95 +/- 47 nmol/l in normal cells. With 5 mmol/l Na+ in the pipette, peak [Ca2+]i transients were 367 +/- 109 and 746 +/- 249 nmol/l, respectively. The decline of [Ca2+]i during diastole was significantly slower in myopathic cells than in control cells. This was a result of a prolongation of the action potential and of a reduced Ca2+ sequestration by the sarcoplasmic reticulum. CONCLUSIONS. These results may partly explain the alterations of contractility in vivo in patients with heart failure.


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Activation of pyk2/Related Focal Adhesion Tyrosine Kinase and Focal Adhesion Kinase in Cardiac Remodeling
J. Biol. Chem., November 15, 2002; 277(47): 45203 - 45210.
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Cardiovasc ResHome page
A. G Schmidt, J. Zhai, A. N Carr, M. J Gerst, J. N Lorenz, P. Pollesello, A. Annila, B. D Hoit, and E. G Kranias
Structural and functional implications of the phospholamban hinge domain: impaired SR Ca2+ uptake as a primary cause of heart failure
Cardiovasc Res, November 1, 2002; 56(2): 248 - 259.
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Circ. Res.Home page
B. Pieske and J. Kockskamper
Alternans Goes Subcellular: A "Disease" of the Ryanodine Receptor?
Circ. Res., October 4, 2002; 91(7): 553 - 555.
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X. Chen, V. Piacentino III, S. Furukawa, B. Goldman, K. B. Margulies, and S. R. Houser
L-Type Ca2+ Channel Density and Regulation Are Altered in Failing Human Ventricular Myocytes and Recover After Support With Mechanical Assist Devices
Circ. Res., September 20, 2002; 91(6): 517 - 524.
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T. Bohle, M. C. Brandt, M. Lindner, and D. J. Beuckelmann
Identification of Gating Modes in Single Native Na+ Channels From Human Atrium and Ventricle
Circ. Res., September 6, 2002; 91(5): 421 - 426.
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CirculationHome page
B. Pieske, L. S. Maier, V. Piacentino III, J. Weisser, G. Hasenfuss, and S. Houser
Rate Dependence of [Na+]i and Contractility in Nonfailing and Failing Human Myocardium
Circulation, July 23, 2002; 106(4): 447 - 453.
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J. Kneller, H. Sun, N. Leblanc, and S. Nattel
Remodeling of Ca2+-handling by atrial tachycardia: evidence for a role in loss of rate-adaptation
Cardiovasc Res, May 1, 2002; 54(2): 416 - 426.
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CirculationHome page
M. Doi, M. Yano, S. Kobayashi, M. Kohno, T. Tokuhisa, S. Okuda, M. Suetsugu, Y. Hisamatsu, T. Ohkusa, M. Kohno, et al.
Propranolol Prevents the Development of Heart Failure by Restoring FKBP12.6-Mediated Stabilization of Ryanodine Receptor
Circulation, March 19, 2002; 105(11): 1374 - 1379.
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CirculationHome page
J. P. Loennechen, U. Wisloff, G. Falck, and O. Ellingsen
Effects of Cariporide and Losartan on Hypertrophy, Calcium Transients, Contractility, and Gene Expression in Congestive Heart Failure
Circulation, March 19, 2002; 105(11): 1380 - 1386.
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Y. Kimura and M. Inui
Reconstitution of the Cytoplasmic Interaction between Phospholamban and Ca2+-ATPase of Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Mol. Pharmacol., March 1, 2002; 61(3): 667 - 673.
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Cardiovasc ResHome page
K. R Sipido, P. G.A Volders, M. A Vos, and F. Verdonck
Altered Na/Ca exchange activity in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure: a new target for therapy?
Cardiovasc Res, March 1, 2002; 53(4): 782 - 805.
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F. del Monte, S. E. Harding, G. W. Dec, J. K. Gwathmey, and R. J. Hajjar
Targeting Phospholamban by Gene Transfer in Human Heart Failure
Circulation, February 26, 2002; 105(8): 904 - 907.
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CirculationHome page
T. D. Gbadebo, R. W. Trimble, M. S.C. Khoo, J. Temple, D. M. Roden, and M. E. Anderson
Calmodulin Inhibitor W-7 Unmasks a Novel Electrocardiographic Parameter That Predicts Initiation of Torsade de Pointes
Circulation, February 12, 2002; 105(6): 770 - 774.
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R. Sah, R. J. Ramirez, and P. H. Backx
Modulation of Ca2+ Release in Cardiac Myocytes by Changes in Repolarization Rate: Role of Phase-1 Action Potential Repolarization in Excitation-Contraction Coupling
Circ. Res., February 8, 2002; 90(2): 165 - 173.
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J. B Sande, I. Sjaastad, I. B Hoen, J. Bokenes, T. Tonnessen, E. Holt, P. K Lunde, and G. Christensen
Reduced level of serine16 phosphorylated phospholamban in the failing rat myocardium: a major contributor to reduced SERCA2 activity
Cardiovasc Res, February 1, 2002; 53(2): 382 - 391.
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O. Gealekman, Z. Abassi, I. Rubinstein, J. Winaver, and O. Binah
Role of Myocardial Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Contractile Dysfunction and {beta}-Adrenergic Hyporesponsiveness in Rats With Experimental Volume-Overload Heart Failure
Circulation, January 15, 2002; 105(2): 236 - 243.
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Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.Home page
K. Brixius, S. Reicke, and R. H. G. Schwinger
Beneficial effects of the Ca2+ sensitizer levosimendan in human myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, January 1, 2002; 282(1): H131 - H137.
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U. Schotten, M. Greiser, D. Benke, K. Buerkel, B. Ehrenteidt, C. Stellbrink, J. F Vazquez-Jimenez, F. Schoendube, P. Hanrath, and M. Allessie
Atrial fibrillation-induced atrial contractile dysfunction: a tachycardiomyopathy of a different sort
Cardiovasc Res, January 1, 2002; 53(1): 192 - 201.
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A. O. Verkerk, M. W. Veldkamp, A. Baartscheer, C. A. Schumacher, C. Klopping, A. C.G. van Ginneken, and J. H. Ravesloot
Ionic Mechanism of Delayed Afterdepolarizations in Ventricular Cells Isolated From Human End-Stage Failing Hearts
Circulation, November 27, 2001; 104(22): 2728 - 2733.
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S. Kaab and M. Nabauer
Diversity of ion channel expression in health and disease
Eur. Heart J. Suppl., September 1, 2001; 3(suppl_K): K31 - K40.
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H. Kubo, K. B. Margulies, V. Piacentino III, J. P. Gaughan, and S. R. Houser
Patients With End-Stage Congestive Heart Failure Treated With {beta}-Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists Have Improved Ventricular Myocyte Calcium Regulatory Protein Abundance
Circulation, August 28, 2001; 104(9): 1012 - 1018.
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G. Munch, B. Bolck, A. Sugaru, K. Brixius, W. Bloch, and R. H.G. Schwinger
Increased Expression of Isoform 1 of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-Release Channel in Failing Human Heart
Circulation, June 5, 2001; 103(22): 2739 - 2744.
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R. Sah, R. J Ramirez, R. Kaprielian, and P. H Backx
Alterations in action potential profile enhance excitation-contraction coupling in rat cardiac myocytes
J. Physiol., May 15, 2001; 533(1): 201 - 214.
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I. A. Hobai and B. O'Rourke
Decreased Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Content Is Responsible for Defective Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Canine Heart Failure
Circulation, March 20, 2001; 103(11): 1577 - 1584.
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M. Periasamy
Adenoviral-Mediated SERCA Gene Transfer Into Cardiac Myocytes : How Much Is Too Much?
Circ. Res., March 2, 2001; 88(4): 373 - 375.
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Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.Home page
A. C. Nicolosi, C. S. Kwok, S. J. Contney, G. N. Olinger, and Z. J. Bosnjak
Gadolinium prevents stretch-mediated contractile dysfunction in isolated papillary muscles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, March 1, 2001; 280(3): H1122 - H1128.
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Y. Wu, R. J. Colbran, and M. E. Anderson
Calmodulin kinase is a molecular switch for cardiac excitation -contraction coupling
PNAS, February 27, 2001; 98(5): 2877 - 2881.
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A Baartscheer
Adenovirus gene transfer of SERCA in heart failure. A promising therapeutic approach ?
Cardiovasc Res, February 1, 2001; 49(2): 249 - 252.
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N. Chossat, F. Griscelli, P. Jourdon, D. Logeart, T. Ragot, M. Heimburger, M. Perricaudet, A.-M. Lompre, S. Hatem, and J.-J. Mercadier
Adenoviral SERCA1a gene transfer to adult rat ventricular myocytes induces physiological changes in calcium handling
Cardiovasc Res, February 1, 2001; 49(2): 288 - 297.
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S. S. Chugh, S. B. Johnson, and D. L. Packer
Altered response to ibutilide in a heart failure model
Cardiovasc Res, January 1, 2001; 49(1): 94 - 102.
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Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.Home page
T. G. Hampton, J.-F. Wang, J. DeAngelis, I. Amende, K. D. Philipson, and J. P. Morgan
Enhanced gene expression of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger attenuates ischemic and hypoxic contractile dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, December 1, 2000; 279(6): H2846 - H2854.
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K. R. Sipido
Local Ca2+ Release in Heart Failure : Timing Is Important
Circ. Res., November 24, 2000; 87(11): 966 - 968.
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N. Satoh, T. M. Suter, R. Liao, and W. S. Colucci
Chronic {alpha}-Adrenergic Receptor Stimulation Modulates the Contractile Phenotype of Cardiac Myocytes In Vitro
Circulation, October 31, 2000; 102(18): 2249 - 2254.
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K. Ito, X. Yan, M. Tajima, Z. Su, W. H. Barry, and B. H. Lorell
Contractile Reserve and Intracellular Calcium Regulation in Mouse Myocytes From Normal and Hypertrophied Failing Hearts
Circ. Res., September 29, 2000; 87(7): 588 - 595.
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