The effects of hydrogen peroxide on intracellular calcium handling and contractility in the rat ventricular myocyte

Greensmith, DJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6459-523X, Eisner, DA and Nirmalan, M 2010, 'The effects of hydrogen peroxide on intracellular calcium handling and contractility in the rat ventricular myocyte' , Cell Calcium, 48 (6) , pp. 341-51.

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Abstract

Elevations in reactive oxygen species are implicated in many disease states and cause systolic and diastolic myocardial dysfunction. To understand the underlying cellular dysfunction, we characterised the effects of H₂O₂ on [Ca(2+)](i) handling and contractility in the rat ventricular myocyte. This was achieved using patch clamping, [Ca(2+)](i) measurement using Fluo-3, video edge detection and confocal microscopy. All experiments were performed at 37°C. 200 μM H₂O₂ resulted in a 44% decrease in the [Ca(2+)](i) transient amplitude, a 30% increase in diastolic [Ca(2+)](i) and an 18% decrease in the rate of systolic Ca(2+) removal. This was associated with a 61% reduction in systolic shortening, a contracture of 3 μm and a 42% increase in relaxation time respectively. The decrease in the [Ca(2+)](i) transient amplitude could be explained by a 27% decrease in SR Ca(2+) content. This, in turn results from a 22% decrease of SERCA activity. The decreased SR Ca(2+) content also provides a mechanism for a reduction in [Ca(2+)](i) spark frequency with no evidence for a Ca(2+) independent modification of ryanodine receptor open probability. We conclude that decreased SERCA activity is the major factor responsible for the changes of the systolic [Ca(2+)](i) transient.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Health and Wellbeing Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > School of Environment and Life Sciences
Journal or Publication Title:	Cell Calcium
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	1532-1991
Related URLs:	Publication
Funders:	British Heart Foundation
Depositing User:	D Greensmith
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2015 18:05
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2022 16:05
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/33353

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