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Adenoviral SERCA1a gene transfer to adult rat ventricular myocytes induces physiological changes in calcium handling
aINSERM U 460, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, 16 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France
bCNRS UMR 1582, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
cCNRS URA 1131, Université de Paris XI, Orsay, France
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +33-1-4485-6158; fax: +33-1-4485-6157 jjmercadier{at}wanadoo.fr
Objective: We examined the functional consequences of expressing adult rabbit fast skeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA1a) in isolated adult rat ventricular myocytes. Methods: Myocytes were infected with a recombinant adenovirus harboring SERCA1a. Then 2 days after myocyte infection, protein expression was estimated using Western blot and SDS–PAGE analysis. We also measured the ATP-dependent oxalate-facilitated Ca2+ uptake of myocyte homogenates and monitored Ca2+ transient in myocytes loaded with the Ca2+ dye, indo-1. Results: SERCA1a gene expression resulted in a 36% increase in the total SERCA protein level in infected myocytes compared to controls (P<0.01), while SERCA2 and phospholamban levels did not change. This increase was associated with a 42% rise in SR Ca2+ uptake (P<0.01), while
(the time constant of Ca2+ transient decay), and the time to peak fell by 32% (P<0.01) and 38% (P<0.001), respectively. Increasing the frequency of stimulation from 0.2 to 2 Hz decreased
in both cell types (P<0.01). However, the decrease was much smaller in infected (P<0.01) than in uninfected cells (P<0.001). Isoproterenol (1 µM) further decreased
in infected myocytes by 23% (P<0.05). In these cells, the diastolic [Ca2+]i decreased by 50% (P<0.05) while the systolic [Ca2+]i increased by 19% (P<0.05). No difference was found in the speed of SR Ca2+ reloading after caffeine washout between the two cell types. Conclusion: Adenovirus-mediated SERCA1a gene transfer to adult rat ventricular myocytes enhances SR Ca2+ handling to a degree similar to that observed following physiological stimulation.
KEYWORDS Gene therapy; Myocytes; Ca-pump; SR (function); Cell culture/isolation
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