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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 271: H1938-H1946, 1996;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 271, Issue 5 1938-H1946, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Calcium homeostasis in cardiomyocytes isolated from heat-shocked rats

R. N. Cornelussen, L. Ver Donck, G. Verellen, M. Borgers, G. J. van der Vusse, R. S. Reneman and L. H. Snoeckx
Department of Physiology, Institute Maastricht, University of Limburg, The Netherlands.

The cellular mechanism of heat shock-mediated cardioprotection is still under debate. Because heat pretreatment negatively affects the normoxic left ventricular contractile performance in vitro when the extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o) is relatively low (0.65-1.25 mM), the intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis was studied in more detail in cardiomyocytes isolated from adult rats 24 h after heat stress (42 degrees C for 15 min) or anesthesia (control). Sensitivity to Ca2+ overload was assessed by exposure to veratridine (quiescent cells) or to [Ca2+]o ranging from 0.125 to 20 mM in quiescent and paced cardiomyocytes. The fraction of irreversibly hypercontracted cells was not different between groups. The fura-2 fluorescence ratio (I340/I380), which was used as a measure for cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in quiescent cells after exposure to [Ca2+]o (0.5-10 mM), was also not different between groups. Myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity was assessed in paced (0.5 Hz) cells by simultaneous measurement of [Ca2+]i transients and cell shortening. At stepwise increases of [Ca2+]o from 1 to 10 mM, these parameters were comparable between groups. The diastolic cell length shortened progressively and equally in both groups after increasing [Ca2+]o. However, within 2 min of return from 10 to 1 mM [Ca2+]o, cells from heat-shocked rats retained the same length, whereas cells from control rats contracted further (P = 0.05). These data suggest that heat stress improves relaxation after challenge with high [Ca2+]o.


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