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Assessment of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Reserve and Intracellular Diastolic Calcium Removal in Isolated Ventricular Cardiomyocytes
Published on: September 18, 2017
[Calcium induced calcium release from liver mitochondria of spontaneously hypertensive rats]
Background:
Disturbances of ionic homeostasis of cells and recently discovered cellular energy deficiency due to reduced ATP-synthesizing ability of mitochondria are the most important components of pathogenesis of primary hypertension. Therefore it is essential to elucidate relationship between functioning of ionic transport systems especially that of calcium transport and ATP-synthesizing ability of mitochondria.
Aim:
To study calcium induced calcium release from liver mitochondria of spontaneously hypertensive rats at various initial calcium concentrations in medium.
Results:
We observed 30% lowering of maximal level of calcium uptake from the medium with unchanged rate of calcium uptake. Under conditions of calcium overload the rate of calcium release into the medium was 30% higher than in control.
Interpretation:
These results evidenced for changes of functioning of mitochondrial permeability transition pores (MPT-pores) during calcium overload appearing as acceleration of their switch to high conductance mode and equilibration of all ionic gradients on internal mitochondrial membrane. This can negatively affect ATP-synthesizing ability of mitochondria. Thus the presence of linkage between disturbance of ionic homeostasis and intracellular energy deficit was confirmed.
