Deborah Peana1, Luis Polo-Parada1,2, Timothy L Domeier1. 1. Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA. 2. Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
Abstract
AIMS: Cardiomyocyte Ca2+ homoeostasis is altered with ageing and predisposes the heart to Ca2+ intolerance and arrhythmia. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is an osmotically activated cation channel with expression in cardiomyocytes of the aged heart. The objective of this study was to examine the role of TRPV4 in Ca2+ handling and arrhythmogenesis following ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R), a pathological scenario associated with osmotic stress. METHODS AND RESULTS: Cardiomyocyte membrane potential was monitored prior to and following I/R in Langendorff-perfused hearts of Aged (19-28 months) male and female C57BL/6 mice ± TRPV4 inhibition (1 μM HC067047, HC). Diastolic resting membrane potential was similar between Aged and Aged HC at baseline, but following I/R Aged exhibited depolarized diastolic membrane potential vs. Aged HC. The effects of TRPV4 on cardiomyocyte Ca2+ signalling following I/R were examined in isolated hearts of Aged cardiac-specific GCaMP6f mice (±HC) using high-speed confocal fluorescence microscopy, with cardiomyocytes of Aged exhibiting an increased incidence of pro-arrhythmic Ca2+ signalling vs. Aged HC. In the isolated cell environment, cardiomyocytes of Aged responded to sustained hypoosmotic stress (250mOsm) with an increase in Ca2+ transient amplitude (fluo-4) and higher incidence of pro-arrhythmic diastolic Ca2+ signals vs. Aged HC. Intracardiac electrocardiogram measurements in isolated hearts following I/R revealed an increased arrhythmia incidence, an accelerated time to ventricular arrhythmia, and increased arrhythmia score in Aged vs. Aged HC. Aged exhibited depolarized resting membrane potential, increased pro-arrhythmic diastolic Ca2+ signalling, and greater incidence of arrhythmia when compared with Young (3-5 months). CONCLUSION: TRPV4 contributes to pro-arrhythmic cardiomyocyte Ca2+ signalling, electrophysiological abnormalities, and ventricular arrhythmia in the aged mouse heart. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
AIMS: Cardiomyocyte Ca2+ homoeostasis is altered with ageing and predisposes the heart to Ca2+ intolerance and arrhythmia. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is an osmotically activated cation channel with expression in cardiomyocytes of the aged heart. The objective of this study was to examine the role of TRPV4 in Ca2+ handling and arrhythmogenesis following ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R), a pathological scenario associated with osmotic stress. METHODS AND RESULTS: Cardiomyocyte membrane potential was monitored prior to and following I/R in Langendorff-perfused hearts of Aged (19-28 months) male and female C57BL/6 mice ± TRPV4 inhibition (1 μM HC067047, HC). Diastolic resting membrane potential was similar between Aged and Aged HC at baseline, but following I/R Aged exhibited depolarized diastolic membrane potential vs. Aged HC. The effects of TRPV4 on cardiomyocyte Ca2+ signalling following I/R were examined in isolated hearts of Aged cardiac-specific GCaMP6f mice (±HC) using high-speed confocal fluorescence microscopy, with cardiomyocytes of Aged exhibiting an increased incidence of pro-arrhythmic Ca2+ signalling vs. Aged HC. In the isolated cell environment, cardiomyocytes of Aged responded to sustained hypoosmotic stress (250mOsm) with an increase in Ca2+ transient amplitude (fluo-4) and higher incidence of pro-arrhythmic diastolic Ca2+ signals vs. Aged HC. Intracardiac electrocardiogram measurements in isolated hearts following I/R revealed an increased arrhythmia incidence, an accelerated time to ventricular arrhythmia, and increased arrhythmia score in Aged vs. Aged HC. Aged exhibited depolarized resting membrane potential, increased pro-arrhythmic diastolic Ca2+ signalling, and greater incidence of arrhythmia when compared with Young (3-5 months). CONCLUSION: TRPV4 contributes to pro-arrhythmic cardiomyocyte Ca2+ signalling, electrophysiological abnormalities, and ventricular arrhythmia in the aged mouse heart. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
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