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Assessment of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Reserve and Intracellular Diastolic Calcium Removal in Isolated Ventricular Cardiomyocytes
Published on: September 18, 2017
Interleukin-1β, Oxidative Stress, and Abnormal Calcium Handling Mediate Diabetic Arrhythmic Risk
Hong Liu1, Yang Zhao2, An Xie1
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Abstract:
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with increased arrhythmia. Type 2 DM (T2DM) mice showed prolonged QT interval and increased ventricular arrhythmic inducibility, accompanied by elevated cardiac interleukin (IL)-1β, increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mitoROS), and oxidation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release channel (ryanodine receptor 2 [RyR2]). Inhibiting IL-1β and mitoROS reduced RyR2 oxidation and the ventricular arrhythmia in DM. Inhibiting SR Ca2+ leak by stabilizing the oxidized RyR2 channel reversed the diabetic arrhythmic risk. In conclusion, cardiac IL-1β mediated the DM-associated arrhythmia through mitoROS generation that enhances SR Ca2+ leak. The mechanistic link between inflammation and arrhythmias provides new therapeutic options.
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