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Vol. 279, Issue 6, C1963-C1969, December 2000

Species-specific difference in distribution of voltage-gated L-type Ca2+ channels of cardiac myocytes

Yoshiko Takagishi1, Kenji Yasui2, Nicholas J. Severs3, and Yoshiharu Murata1

Departments of 1 Teratology and Genetics and 2 Circulation, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan; and 3 Department of Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom

Ca2+ influx via sarcolemmal voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (L-type Ca2+ channels) is the fundamental step in excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling in cardiac myocytes. Physiological and pharmacological studies reveal species-specific differences in E-C coupling resulting from a difference in the contribution of Ca2+ influx and intracellular Ca2+ release to activation of contraction. We investigated the distribution of L-type Ca2+ channels in isolated cardiac myocytes from rabbit and rat ventricle by correlative immunoconfocal and immunogold electron microscopy. Immunofluorescence labeling revealed discrete spots in the surface plasma membrane and transverse (T) tubules in rabbit myocytes. In rat myocytes, labeling appeared more intense in T tubules than in the surface sarcolemma. Immunogold electron microscopy extended these findings, showing that the number of gold particles in the surface plasma membrane was significantly higher in rabbit than rat myocytes. In rabbit myocyte plasma membrane, the gold particles were distributed as clusters in both regions that were associated with junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum and those that were not. The findings are consistent with the idea that influx of Ca2+ via surface sarcolemmal Ca2+ channels contributes to intracellular Ca2+ to a greater degree in rabbit than in rat myocytes.

rabbit and rat ventricular myocytes; immunoconfocal microscopy; immunoelectron microscopy; excitation-contraction coupling


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