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Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange function underlying contraction frequency inotropy in the cat myocardium.

Martín G Vila Petroff1, Julieta Palomeque, Alicia R Mattiazzi

  • 1Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. mvila@atlas.med.nlp.edu.ar

The Journal of Physiology
|August 27, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Increased stimulation frequency enhances heart contractility through mechanisms not solely dependent on sodium-calcium exchanger (NCX) activity related to sodium levels. Reduced NCX calcium efflux due to shorter relaxation times, not sodium influx, primarily drives this positive inotropic effect.

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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Physiology
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • The positive inotropic effect of increased stimulation frequency (ISF) in mammals is linked to enhanced calcium (Ca2+) transients.
  • The role of the sodium-calcium exchanger (NCX) in this phenomenon, particularly concerning intracellular sodium ([Na+]i) and calcium ([Ca2+]i) levels, requires further elucidation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the specific contribution of the NCX to the positive inotropic effect of ISF in mammalian ventricular myocytes.
  • To determine if NCX function is altered by frequency-induced [Na+]i changes, affecting Ca2+ influx (reverse mode) or efflux (forward mode).

Main Methods:

  • Isolated cat ventricular myocytes were utilized, employing [Ca2+]i- and [Na+]i-sensitive probes.
  • The effects of ISF on contractility, [Na+]i, [Ca2+]i, and NCX activity (both forward and reverse modes) were assessed.

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  • Pharmacological inhibition of NCX reverse mode using KB-R7943 was performed.

    • Main Results:

    • The positive inotropic effect of ISF was temporally dissociated from significant [Na+]i increases and unaffected by NCX reverse mode inhibition.
    • While ISF to 50 bpm reduced NCX forward mode activity and increased [Na+]i, these changes occurred after the peak inotropic effect.
    • ISF increased diastolic [Ca2+]i despite enhanced relaxation, independent of detected [Na+]i elevations.

    Conclusions:

    • The positive inotropic effect of ISF is primarily mediated by a decrease in NCX-mediated Ca2+ efflux due to shortened diastolic intervals, not by [Na+]i-dependent mechanisms.
    • NCX activity's contribution to frequency-induced inotropy is linked to reduced time for Ca2+ extrusion rather than altered NCX mode function driven by elevated intracellular sodium.