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| Title: | Cardiac Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity in patients with end-stage heart failure |
| Creators Name: | Reinecke, H., Studer, R., Vetter, R., Holtz, J. and Drexler, H. |
| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to investigate the functional activity and expression of the sarcolemmal Na+/Ca2+-exchanger in the failing human heart. METHODS: Left ventricular samples were taken from eleven patients with end-stage heart failure and six organ donors (normal controls). The Na+/Ca2+-exchanger activity was assessed by measuring Na+ gradient-induced 45Ca2+ transport into sarcolemmal vesicles of quantitatively collected crude membrane preparations. The abundance of the Na+/Ca2+-exchanger protein was determined by Western blot analysis using a specific antiserum and the results were normalized to myocyte specific beta-myosin heavy chain protein content. RESULTS: In membrane preparations of failing human hearts, both the Na+ gradient-induced 45Ca2+ transport activity and the level of immunoreactive Na+/Ca2+-exchanger protein were increased (P < 0.01) by 87% and 160% compared to controls, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In human end-stage heart failure the increased sarcolemmal Na+/Ca2+-exchanger activity appears to be due to an elevated expression of this protein. An increase in the expression and activity of the Na+/Ca2+-exchanger in the failing human heart may be of important functional significance: while a resulting increase in Ca2+ extrusion across the sarcolemma may limit diastolic Ca2+ overload, a corresponding influx of Na+ may be associated with membrane depolarization and enhanced arrhythmogenesis if the Na+/Ca2+-exchanger operates primarily in the forward mode. |
| Keywords: | Na+/Ca2+-Exchange, Calcium Fluxes, Heart Failure, Ventricle Human |
| Source: | Cardiovascular Research |
| ISSN: | 0008-6363 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | 48-54 |
| Date: | 1 January 1996 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0008-6363(95)00176-X |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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