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Cardiac contractile dysfunction in J2N-k cardiomyopathic hamsters is associated with impaired SR function and regulation

¹Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, and Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2H 2A6; and ²Department of General Medicine, Aoto Hospital, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 125-8506, Japan

Submitted 24 March 2004 ; accepted in final form 4 June 2004

Although dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is known to result in cardiac contractile dysfunction, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is the main regulator of intracellular Ca²⁺ required for cardiac contraction and relaxation. We therefore hypothesized that abnormalities in both SR function and regulation will contribute to cardiac contractile dysfunction of the J2N-k cardiomyopathic hamster, an appropriate model of DCM. Echocardiographic assessment indicated contractile dysfunction, because the ejection fraction, fractional shortening, cardiac output, and heart rate were all significantly reduced in J2N-k hamsters compared with controls. Depressed cardiac function was associated with decreased cardiac SR Ca²⁺ uptake in the cardiomyopathic hamsters. Reduced SR Ca²⁺ uptake could be further linked to a decrease in the expression of the SR Ca²⁺-ATPase and cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA)-mediated phospholamban (PLB) phosphorylation at serine-16. Depressed PLB phosphorylation was paralleled with a reduction in the activity of SR-associated PKA, as well as an elevation in protein phosphatase activity in J2N-k hamster. The results of this study suggest that an alteration in SR function and its regulation contribute to cardiac contractile dysfunction in the J2N-k cardiomyopathic hamster.

sarcoplasmic reticulum; cardiomyopathy; cAMP-dependent protein kinase; Ca²⁺/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase; sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum ATPase; phospholamban

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