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- Title
The Effects of Aging on the Regulation of T-Tubular ICa by Caveolin in Mouse Ventricular Myocytes.
- Authors
Kong, Cherrie H. T.; Bryant, Simon M.; Watson, Judy J.; Gadeberg, Hanne C.; Roth, David M.; Patel, Hemal H.; Cannell, Mark B.; Orchard, Clive H.; James, Andrew F.
- Abstract
Aging is associated with diminished cardiac function in males. Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling in ventricular myocytes involves Ca influx via the Ca current (ICa) and Ca release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, which occur predominantly at t-tubules. Caveolin-3 regulates t-tubular ICa, partly through protein kinase A (PKA), and both ICa and caveolin-3 decrease with age. We therefore investigated ICa and t-tubule structure and function in cardiomyocytes from male wild-type (WT) and caveolin-3-overexpressing (Cav-3OE) mice at 3 and 24 months of age. In WT cardiomyocytes, t-tubular ICa-density was reduced by ~50% with age while surface ICa density was unchanged. Although regulation by PKA was unaffected by age, inhibition of caveolin-3-binding reduced t-tubular ICa at 3 months, but not at 24 months. While Cav-3OE increased cardiac caveolin-3 protein expression ~2.5-fold at both ages, the age-dependent reduction in caveolin-3 (WT ~35%) was preserved in transgenic mice. Overexpression of caveolin-3 reduced t-tubular ICa density at 3 months but prevented further ICa loss with age. Measurement of Ca release at the t-tubules revealed that the triggering of local Ca release by t-tubular ICa was unaffected by age. In conclusion, the data suggest that the reduction in ICa density with age is associated with the loss of a caveolin-3-dependent mechanism that augments t-tubular ICa density.
- Subjects
AGING; CARDIAC contraction; SARCOPLASMIC reticulum; HEART cells; CAVEOLINS; LABORATORY mice
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 2018, Vol 73, Issue 6, p711
- ISSN
1079-5006
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/gerona/glx242