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- Title
Spinal Cord Injury Blunted Effects of Endothelin-1 on Ca<sup>2</sup>Transients and Calcium Current in Isolated Rat Cardiomyocytes.
- Authors
Guo, Y.-F.; Ren, A.-J.; Chen, D.- Y.; Yuan, W.; Chen, Y.; Gou, S.-H.; Jia, L.-S.; Yuan, W.-J.; Liu, Y.
- Abstract
Plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels are elevated in spinal cord injury (SCI), and ET-1 may be involved in the pathophysiology of this condition. However, its effects on contractile function of the heart of SCI rats are still unknown. To define more clearly the possiblel role of ET-1 following SCI, we investigated the effect of ET-1 on the contraction, calcium transients and L-type calcium current (ICa,L) in the cardiomyocytes of control and SCI rats. Sixteen Sprague-Dawley male rats aged 80-100 days and weighing 250-350 g were randomized into control and SCI groups. Fourteen days following compression injury to the spinal cord, effects of ET-1 on the contraction, calcium transients and ICa,L were studied in the cardiomyocytes of control and SCI rats by the technique of simultaneous measurement of intracellular Ca2+ and contraction and by whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. In myocytes from control rats, ET-1 significantly increased contraction, the magnitude of Ca2+ transients and the peak amplitude of ICa,L. However, ET-1 had little effect on the amplitude of contraction, calcium transients and ICa,L in myocytes from SCI rats. These results suggest that the positive inotropic effects of ET-1 on control myocardial contraction may be altered in pathological states such as SCI.
- Subjects
MUSCLE cells; ENDOTHELINS; SPINAL cord injuries; HEART cells; LABORATORY rats
- Publication
Physiological Research, 2010, Vol 59, Issue 2, p195
- ISSN
0862-8408
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33549/physiolres.931720