Recording of calcium transient and analysis of calcium removal mechanisms in cardiac myocytes from rats and ground squirrels |
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Authors: | Shiqiang Wang Zengquan Zhou Hong Qian |
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Affiliation: | (1) College of Life Sciences, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China;(2) Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081 Beijing, China |
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Abstract: | With confocal microscopy, we recorded calcium transients and analyzed calcium removal rate at different temperatures in cardiac myocytes from the rat, a non-hibernator, and the ground squirrel, a hibernator. The results showed a remarkable increase of the diastolic level of calcium transients in the rat but no detectable change in the ground squirrel. Calcium transient of the ground squirrel, compared with that of the rat at the same temperature, had a shorter duration and showed a faster calcium removal. As indicated by the pharmacological effect of cyclopiazonic acid, calcium uptake by sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) was the major mechanism of calcium removal, and was faster in the ground squirrel than in the rat. Our results confirmed the essential role of SR in hypothermia-tolerant adaptation, and negated the importance of Na-Ca exchange. We postulated the possibility to improve hypothermia-tolerance of the cardiac tissue of non-hibernating mammals. |
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Keywords: | cardiac cells calcium transient calcium removal sarcoplasmic reticulum hibernation hypothermia confocal laser-scanning microscopy. |
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