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Measuring Fast Calcium Fluxes in Cardiomyocytes
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La regulación simpática de la corriente de calcio cardíaco se debe exclusivamente a la fosforilación dependiente de
H C Hartzell1, P F Méry, R Fischmeister
1Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Nature
|June 13, 1991
Resumen
El sistema nervioso simpático.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Cardiología Cardiología.
- Farmacología Molecular Farmacología Molecular
- Fisiología celular Fisiología celular.
Sus antecedentes:
- La estimulación del sistema nervioso simpático aumenta la contractilidad cardíaca a través de la corriente de calcio impulsada por voltaje (ICa).
- Este efecto se atribuye tradicionalmente a la activación de los receptores beta-adrenérgicos y a la fosforilación de la proteína quinasa A (PKA) dependiente de la AMP cíclica (cAMP) de los canales de calcio.
- Una hipótesis alternativa propuso una vía de proteína G directa, delimitada por la membrana, para la modulación rápida del ICa.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el papel de una vía directa de la proteína G frente a la fosforilación dependiente de la cAMP en la estimulación beta-adrenérgica del ICa cardíaco.
- Determinar el mecanismo subyacente al efecto inotrópico positivo del sistema nervioso simpático sobre la contractilidad cardíaca.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizó electrofisiología de pinza de parche de células enteras para medir el ICa en miocitos ventriculares aislados de ranas, ratas y conejillos de indias.
- Los experimentos incluyeron estimulación con isoproterenol, un agonista beta-adrenérgico.
- Se evaluaron los efectos de los inhibidores de la fosforilación dependientes de la cAMP, y los cambios en la ICa se correlacionaron con las mediciones de la fuerza contráctil.
Principales resultados:
- El isoproterenol indujo un aumento lento y monofásico en el ICa en todas las especies probadas.
- Este aumento fue completamente eliminado por los inhibidores de la fosforilación dependiente de la cAMP.
- El curso temporal de la elevación del ICa reflejó el aumento de la fuerza de contracción cardíaca.
Conclusiones:
- La regulación del ICa cardíaco por el sistema nervioso simpático está mediada exclusivamente por la fosforilación dependiente de la cAMP.
- Estos hallazgos refutan la existencia de una vía directa de proteína G delimitada por la membrana para la estimulación de ICa en los miocitos ventriculares.
- Los resultados aclaran los mecanismos moleculares que rigen el control simpático de la contractilidad cardíaca.
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