β-adrenergic effects on cardiac myofilaments and contraction in an integrated rabbit ventricular myocyte model.

A five-state model of myofilament contraction was integrated into a well-established rabbit ventricular myocyte model of ion channels, Ca(2+) transporters and kinase signaling to analyze the relative contribution of different phosphorylation targets to the overall mechanical response driven by β-adrenergic stimulation (β-AS). β-AS effect on sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) handling, Ca(2+), K(+) and Cl(-) currents, and Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase properties was included based on experimental data. The inotropic effect on the myofilaments was represented as reduced myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity (XBCa) and titin stiffness, and increased cross-bridge (XB) cycling rate (XBcy). Assuming independent roles of XBCa and XBcy, the model reproduced experimental β-AS responses on action potentials and Ca(2+) transient amplitude and kinetics. It also replicated the behavior of force-Ca(2+), release-restretch, length-step, stiffness-frequency and force-velocity relationships, and increased force and shortening in isometric and isotonic twitch contractions. The β-AS effect was then switched off from individual targets to analyze their relative impact on contractility. Preventing β-AS effects on L-type Ca(2+) channels or phospholamban limited Ca(2+) transients and contractile responses in parallel, while blocking phospholemman and K(+) channel (IKs) effects enhanced Ca(2+) and inotropy. Removal of β-AS effects from XBCa enhanced contractile force while decreasing peak Ca(2+) (due to greater Ca(2+) buffering), but had less effect on shortening. Conversely, preventing β-AS effects on XBcy preserved Ca(2+) transient effects, but blunted inotropy (both isometric force and especially shortening). Removal of titin effects had little impact on contraction. Finally, exclusion of β-AS from XBCa and XBcy while preserving effects on other targets resulted in preserved peak isometric force response (with slower kinetics) but nearly abolished enhanced shortening. β-AS effects on XBCa and XBcy have greater impact on isometric and isotonic contraction, respectively.

Negroni JA ，Morotti S ，Lascano EC ，Gomes AV ，Grandi E ，Puglisi JL ，Bers DM ... -  《-》

Polydatin modulates Ca(2+) handling, excitation-contraction coupling and β-adrenergic signaling in rat ventricular myocytes.

Polydatin (PD), a resveratrol glucoside, has recently been suggested to have cardioprotective effects against heart diseases, including ischemia-reperfusion injury and pressure-overload induced ventricular remodeling. However, the mechanisms are poorly understood. This study aims to investigate the direct effects of PD on cardiac Ca(2+) handling and excitation-contraction (EC) coupling to explore the potential role of which in PD-mediated cardioprotection. We found that micromolar PD decreased action potential-elicited Ca(2+) transient, but slightly increased cell shortening. The contradictory response could be attributed to PD increasing myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity. Exploring the activities of the two types of Ca(2+) channels, L-type Ca(2+) channels (LCCs) and ryanodine receptors (RyRs), reveals that PD dose-dependently decreased LCC current (I(Ca)), but increased frequency of spontaneous Ca(2+) sparks, the elementary Ca(2+) releasing events reflecting RyR activity in intact cells. PD dose-dependently increased the gain of EC coupling. In contrast, PD dose-dependently decreased SR Ca(2+) content. Furthermore, PD remarkably negated β-adrenergic receptor (AR) stimulation-induced enhancement of I(Ca) and Ca(2+) transients, but did not inhibit β-AR-mediated inotropic effect. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) with L-NAME abolished PD regulation of I(Ca) and Ca(2+) spark rate, and significantly inhibited the alteration of Ca(2+) transient and myocyte contractility stimulated by PD. These results collectively indicate that PD modulated cardiac EC coupling mainly by inversely regulating LCC and RyR activity and increasing myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity through increasing intracrine NO, resulting in suppression of Ca(2+) transient without compromising cardiac contractility. The unique regulation of PD on cardiac EC coupling and responsiveness to β-AR signaling implicates that PD has potential cardioprotective effects against Ca(2+) mishandling related heart diseases.

Deng J ，Liu W ，Wang Y ，Dong M ，Zheng M ，Liu J ... -  《-》

Phospholamban overexpression in rabbit ventricular myocytes does not alter sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca transport.

Waggoner JR ，Ginsburg KS ，Mitton B ，Haghighi K ，Robbins J ，Bers DM ，Kranias EG ... -  《-》

S100A1: a regulator of myocardial contractility.

Most P ，Bernotat J ，Ehlermann P ，Pleger ST ，Reppel M ，Börries M ，Niroomand F ，Pieske B ，Janssen PM ，Eschenhagen T ，Karczewski P ，Smith GL ，Koch WJ ，Katus HA ，Remppis A ... -  《-》

Insulin inhibits beta-adrenergic action in ischemic/reperfused heart: a novel mechanism of insulin in cardioprotection.

Yu QJ ，Si R ，Zhou N ，Zhang HF ，Guo WY ，Wang HC ，Gao F ... -  《APOPTOSIS》