Energetics of Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchange in resting cardiac muscle.

Biophys J

Laboratorios de Metabolismo y Energética Cardíaca, Instituto de Investigaciones Cardiológicas, Facultad de Medicina, UBA, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Published: December 1999

The energetic effect of extracellular Na(+) removal and readmission (in a nominally Ca(2+)-free perfusate) in Langendorff-perfused ventricles of transgenic mice (TM), which overexpress the sarcolemmal Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger; normal mice (NM); young (7-12 days old) rats (YR); and older (13-20 days old) rats (OR) was studied. In all heart muscles, extracellular Na(+) removal induced an increase in heat production (H(1)). Na(+) readmission further increased heat production to a peak value (H(2)) followed by a decrease toward initial values. These effects were more marked in the YR and TM as compared with the OR and NM groups, respectively. Caffeine (1 mM), ryanodine (0.2 microM), and verapamil (1 microM) decreased H(1) and H(2) in both rat groups. EGTA (1 mM) decreased H(1) and H(2) in the YR but not in the OR group. Thapsigargin (1 microM) decreased H(1) and H(2) in all four hearts preparations. A possible interpretation is that Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchange acts as an energy-saving mechanism to prevent Ca(2+) accumulation at the junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum zone (JSR) and thus prevents further release of Ca(2+). Extracellular Na(+) removal lead to Ca(2+) accumulation in the JSR inducing further SR-Ca(2+) release and increased energy release. Na(+) readmission removes the accumulated Ca(2+) at the JSR (cleft) zone by exchanging Ca(2+) with Na(+) producing a transitory increase in energy release due to Na(+)-K pump activation.

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