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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
The excitation-contraction coupling cycle in cardiac muscle is initiated by an influx of Ca2+ through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. Ca2+ influx induces a release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum and myocyte contraction. To maintain Ca2+ homeostasis, Ca2+ entry is balanced by efflux mediated by the sarcolemmal Na+-Ca2+ exchanger. In the absence of Na+-Ca2+ exchange, it would be expected that cardiac myocytes would overload with Ca2+. Using Cre/loxP technology, we generated mice with a cardiac-specific knockout of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger, NCX1. The exchanger is completely ablated in 80% to 90% of the cardiomyocytes as determined by immunoblot, immunofluorescence, and exchange function. Surprisingly, the NCX1 knockout mice live to adulthood with only modestly reduced cardiac function as assessed by echocardiography. At 7.5 weeks of age, measures of contractility are decreased by 20% to 30%. We detect no adaptation of the myocardium to the absence of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger as measured by both immunoblots and microarray analysis. Ca2+ transients of isolated myocytes from knockout mice display normal magnitudes and relaxation kinetics and normal responses to isoproterenol. Under voltage clamp conditions, the current through L-type Ca2+ channels is reduced by 50%, although the number of channels is unchanged. An abbreviated action potential may further reduce Ca2+ influx. Rather than upregulate other Ca2+ efflux mechanisms, the myocardium appears to functionally adapt to the absence of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger by limiting Ca2+ influx. The magnitude of Ca2+ transients appears to be maintained by an increased gain of sarcoplasmic reticular Ca2+ release. The myocardium of the NCX1 knockout mice undergoes a remarkable adaptation to maintain near normal cardiac function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1524-4571
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
604-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Adaptation, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Fetal Heart, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Gene Targeting, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Integrases, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Myocardial Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Myocytes, Cardiac, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Sarcoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Sodium-Calcium Exchanger, pubmed-meshheading:15308581-Viral Proteins
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional adult myocardium in the absence of Na+-Ca2+ exchange: cardiac-specific knockout of NCX1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1760, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't