Decreased expression of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-pump ATPase in congestive heart failure due to myocardial infarction |
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Authors: | Zarain-Herzberg Angel Afzal Nasir Elimban Vijayan Dhalla Naranjan S |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, University of Manitoba, 351 Tache Avenue, R2H 2A6 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;(2) Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 351 Tache Avenue, R2H 2A6 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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Abstract: | Myocardial infarction in rats induced by occluding the left coronary artery for 4, 8 and 16 weeks has been shown to result in congestive heart failure (CHF) characterized by hypertrophy of the viable ventricular myocardial tissue. We have previously demonstrated a decreased calcium transport activity in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of post-myocardial infarction failing rat hearts. In this study we have measured the steady state levels of the cardiac SR Ca2+-pump ATPase (SERCA2) mRNA using Northern blot and slot blot analyses. The relative amounts of SERCA2 mRNA were decreased with respect to GAPDH mRNA and 28 S rRNA in experimental failing hearts at 4 and 8 weeks post myocardial infarction by about 20% whereas those at 16 weeks declined by about 35% of control values. The results obtained by Western blot analysis, revealed that the immunodetectable levels of SERCA2 protein in 8 and 16 weeks postinfarcted animals were decreased by about 20% and 30%, respectively. The left ventricular SR Ca2+-pump ATPase specific activity was depressed in the SR preparations of failing hearts as early as 4 weeks post myocardial infarction and declined by about 65% at 16 weeks compared to control. These results indicate that the depressed SR Ca2+-pump ATPase activity in CHF may partly be due to decreased steady state amounts of SERCA2 mRNA and SERCA2 protein in the failing myocardium. |
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Keywords: | Ca2+-pump ATPase cardiac SERCA2 myocardial infarction congestive heart failure cardiac SR |
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