Spinal Cord Injury Blunted Effects of Endothelin-1 on Ca2+ Transients and Calcium Current in Isolated Rat Cardiomyocytes
| Autor: | Gou Sh, Yuan Wj, Yuan W, Chen Y, Jia Ls, Chen Dy, Liu Y, Yong-fei Guo, Ren Aj |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Inotrope medicine.medical_specialty Patch-Clamp Techniques Contraction (grammar) Calcium Channels L-Type Physiology chemistry.chemical_element Calcium Calcium current Rats Sprague-Dawley Internal medicine medicine Animals Myocyte Myocytes Cardiac Patch clamp Spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Injuries Dose-Response Relationship Drug Endothelin-1 Chemistry General Medicine medicine.disease Myocardial Contraction Endothelin 1 Rats Endocrinology Anesthesia |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central |
| ISSN: | 1802-9973 0862-8408 |
| DOI: | 10.33549/physiolres.931720 |
| Popis: | Plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels are elevated in spinal cord injury (SCI), and ET-1 may be involved in the pathophysiology of this condition. However, its effects on contractile function of the heart of SCI rats are still unknown. To define more clearly the possiblel role of ET-1 following SCI, we investigated the effect of ET-1 on the contraction, calcium transients and L-type calcium current (ICa,L) in the cardiomyocytes of control and SCI rats. Sixteen Sprague-Dawley male rats aged 80-100 days and weighing 250-350 g were randomized into control and SCI groups. Fourteen days following compression injury to the spinal cord, effects of ET-1 on the contraction, calcium transients and ICa,L were studied in the cardiomyocytes of control and SCI rats by the technique of simultaneous measurement of intracellular Ca2+ and contraction and by whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. In myocytes from control rats, ET-1 significantly increased contraction, the magnitude of Ca2+ transients and the peak amplitude of ICa,L. However, ET-1 had little effect on the amplitude of contraction, calcium transients and ICa,L in myocytes from SCI rats. These results suggest that the positive inotropic effects of ET-1 on control myocardial contraction may be altered in pathological states such as SCI. |
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