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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
Heart failure leading to ventricular arrhythmogenesis is a major cause of clinical mortality and has been associated with a leak of sarcoplasmic reticular Ca(2+) into the cytosol due to increased open probabilities in cardiac ryanodine receptor Ca(2+)-release channels. Caffeine similarly increases such open probabilities, and so we explored its arrhythmogenic effects on intact murine hearts. A clinically established programmed electrical stimulation protocol adapted for studies of isolated intact mouse hearts demonstrated that caffeine (1 mM) increased the frequency of ventricular tachycardia from 0 to 100% yet left electrogram duration and latency unchanged during programmed electrical stimulation, thereby excluding slowed conduction as a cause of arrhythmogenesis. We then used fluorescence measurements of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration in isolated mouse ventricular cells to investigate parallel changes in Ca(2+) homeostasis associated with these arrhythmias. Both caffeine (1 mM) and FK506 (30 microM) reduced electrically evoked cytosolic Ca(2+) transients yet increased the frequency of spontaneous Ca(2+)-release events. Diltiazem (1 microM) but not nifedipine (1 microM) pretreatment suppressed these increases in frequency. Identical concentrations of diltiazem but not nifedipine correspondingly suppressed the arrhythmogenic effects of caffeine in whole hearts. These findings thus directly implicate spontaneous Ca(2+) waves in triggered arrhythmogenesis in intact hearts.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
289
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H1584-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-8-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Caffeine, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Calcium Channel Blockers, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Diltiazem, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Homeostasis, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Myocytes, Cardiac, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Nifedipine, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Perfusion, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Tachycardia, Ventricular, pubmed-meshheading:15923307-Tacrolimus
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Caffeine-induced arrhythmias in murine hearts parallel changes in cellular Ca(2+) homeostasis.
pubmed:affiliation
Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Downing St., Cambridge, CB2 3EG, U.K. rnb25@cam.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't