Cell shortening and calcium dynamics in epicardial and endocardial myocytes from the left ventricle of Goto-Kakizaki type 2 diabetic rats
Author | Smail M. |
Author | Al Kury L. |
Author | Qureshi M.A. |
Author | Shmygol A. |
Author | Oz M. |
Author | Singh J. |
Author | Howarth F.C. |
Available date | 2019-11-04T05:19:29Z |
Publication Date | 2018 |
Publication Name | Experimental Physiology |
Resource | Scopus |
ISSN | 0958-0670 |
Abstract | New Findings: What is the central question of this study? To investigate haemodynamic dysfunction in the type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat, we measured shortening and Ca2+ transport in ventricular myocytes from epicardial (EPI) and endocardial (ENDO) regions. What is the main finding and its importance? EPI and ENDO GK myocytes displayed similar hypertrophy. Time to peak (TPK) and time to half (THALF) relaxation were prolonged in EPI GK myocytes. TPK Ca2+ transient was prolonged and THALF decay of the Ca2+ transient was shortened in EPI GK myocytes. Amplitude of shortening, Ca2+ transient and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ were unaltered in EPI and ENDO myocytes from Goto-Kakizaki compared with control rats. We demostrated regional differences in shortening and Ca2+ transport in Goto-Kakizaki rats. Abstract: Diabetic cardiomyopathy is considered to be one of the major diabetes-associated complications, and the pathogenesis of cardiac dysfunction is not well understood. The electromechanical properties of cardiac myocytes vary across the walls of the chambers. The aim of this study was to investigate shortening and Ca2+ transport in epicardial (EPI) and endocardial (ENDO) left ventricular myocytes in the Goto-Kakizaki (GK) type 2 diabetic rat heart. Shortening and intracellular Ca2+ transients were measured by video edge detection and fluorescence photometry. Myocyte surface area was increased in EPI-GK and ENDO-GK compared with control EPI-CON and ENDO-CON myocytes. Time to peak shortening was prolonged in EPI-GK compared with EPI-CON and in ENDO-CON compared with EPI-CON myocytes. Time to half-relaxation of shortening and time to peak Ca2+ transient were prolonged in EPI-GK compared with EPI-CON myocytes. Time to half-decay of the Ca2+ transient was prolonged in EPI-CON compared with EPI-GK and in EPI-CON compared with ENDO-CON myocytes. The amplitude of shortening and the Ca2+ transient were unaltered in EPI-GK and ENDO-GK compared with their respective controls. Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ and myofilament sensitivity to Ca2+ were unaltered in EPI-GK and ENDO-GK compared with their respective controls. Regional differences in Ca2+ signalling in healthy and diabetic myocytes might account for variation in the dynamics of myocyte shortening. Further studies will be required to clarify the mechanisms underlying regional differences in the time course of shortening and the Ca2+ transient in EPI and ENDO myocytes from diabetic and control hearts. |
Sponsor | The work has been supported by a grant from the College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain and Zayed University, Abu Dhabi. |
Language | en |
Publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
Subject | calcium transport epicardial and endocardial myocytes type 2 diabetes |
Type | Article |
Pagination | 502-511 |
Issue Number | 4 |
Volume Number | 103 |
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