Discrepant electrophysiological characteristics and calcium homeostasis of left atrial anterior and posterior myocytes
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Kazuyoshi Suenari Yao-Chang Chen Yu-Hsun Kao Chen-Chuan Cheng Yung-Kuo Lin Yi-Jen Chen Shih-Ann Chen
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
The left atrial (LA) posterior wall has been demonstrated to have regional electrophysiological differences with a higher arrhythmogenic potential leading to atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the ionic characteristics and calcium regulation in the LA anterior and posterior myocytes have not been fully elucidated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the electrical characteristics of the LA anterior and posterior myocytes. Whole-cell patchclamp techniques and the indo-1 fluorimetric ratio technique were used to investigate the characteristics of the ionic currents, action potentials, and intracellular calcium in single isolated rabbit myocytes in the LA anterior and posterior walls. The expression of the Na?–Ca2? exchanger (NCX) and ryanodine receptor (RyR) were evaluated by a Western blot. The LA posterior myocytes (n = 15) had a higher incidence (53 vs. 19%, P\0.05) of delayed afterdepolarizations than the LA anterior myocytes (n = 16). The LA posterior myocytes had larger sodium currents and late sodium currents, but smaller inward rectifier potassium currents than the LA anterior myocytes. The LA posterior myocytes had larger intracellular Ca2? transient and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2? contents as compared with the LA anterior myocytes. However, the NCX currents in the LA posterior myocytes were smaller than those in the LA anterior myocytes. The LA posterior myocytes had a smaller protein expression of NCX, but a larger protein expression of RyR than the LA anterior myocytes. In conclusion, LA posterior myocytes contain a high arrhythmogenic potential and distinctive electrophysiological characteristics, which may contribute to the pathophysiology of AF
Basic Res Cardiol (2011) 106:65–74 Received: 6 April 2010 / Revised: 13 October 2010 / Accepted: 22 October 2010 / Published online: 12 November 2010
