Relationship between Na+-Ca2+-exchanger protein levels and diastolic function of failing human myocardium |
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Authors: | G Hasenfuss W Schillinger SE Lehnart M Preuss B Pieske LS Maier J Prestle K Minami H Just |
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Affiliation: | Zentrum Innere Medizin, Abteilung Kardiologie und Pneumologie, Universit?t G?ttingen, Germany. hasenfus@med.uni-goettingen.de |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: In the failing human heart, sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium handling is impaired, and therefore, calcium elimination and diastolic function may depend on the expression of sarcolemmal Na+-Ca2+ exchanger. METHODS AND RESULTS: Force-frequency relations were studied in ventricular muscle strip preparations from failing human hearts (n=29). Protein levels of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger and SR Ca2+-ATPase were measured in the same hearts. Hearts were divided into 3 groups by discriminant analysis according to the behavior of diastolic function when stimulation rate of muscle strips was increased from 30 to 180 min-1. At 180 compared with 30 min-1, diastolic force was increased by 160%, maximum rate of force decline was decreased by 46%, and relaxation time was unchanged in group III. In contrast, in group I, diastolic force and maximum rate of force decline did not change, and relaxation time decreased by 20%. Na+-Ca2+ exchanger was 66% higher in group I than in group III. Na+-Ca2+ exchanger was inversely correlated with the frequency-dependent rise of diastolic force when stimulation rate was increased (r=-0.74; P<0.001). Compared with nonfailing human hearts (n=6), SR Ca2+-ATPase was decreased and Na+-Ca2+ exchanger unchanged in group III, whereas Na+-Ca2+ exchanger was increased and SR Ca2+-ATPase unchanged in group I. Results with group II hearts were between those of group I and group III hearts. CONCLUSIONS: By discriminating failing human hearts according to their diastolic function, we identified different phenotypes. Disturbed diastolic function occurs in hearts with decreased SR Ca2+-ATPase and unchanged Na+-Ca2+ exchanger, whereas increased expression of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger is associated with preserved diastolic function. |
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