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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
In the cardiac dyad, sarcolemmal L-type Ca(2+) channels (LCCs) and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) release channels (RyR) are structurally in close proximity. This organization provides for an efficient functional coupling, tuning SR Ca(2+) release for optimal contraction of the myocyte. Given that LCC are regulated by the prevailing [Ca(2+)], this structural organization is the setting for feedback mechanisms and crosstalk. A defective coupling of Ca(2+) influx via LCC to activation of RyR has been implicated in reduced SR Ca(2+) release in heart failure. Both functional changes in LCC properties and structural re-organization of LCC in T-tubules could be involved. LCC are regulated by cytosolic Ca(2+), and crosstalk with SR Ca(2+) handling occurs on a long-term basis, i.e. during steady-state changes in heart rate, on an intermediate-term basis, i.e. on a beat-to-beat basis during sudden rate changes, and on a very short- or immediate-term basis, i.e. during a single heartbeat. We review the properties and consequences of these different feedback mechanisms and the changes in heart failure and cardiac hypertrophy that have thus far been studied.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0008-6363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
315-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Crosstalk between L-type Ca2+ channels and the sarcoplasmic reticulum: alterations during cardiac remodelling.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Experimental Cardiology, University of Leuven, KUL Campus Gasthuisberg O/N 7th floor, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't