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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Parks, Randi J.
• Bogachev, Oleg
• Mackasey, Martin
• Ray, Gibanananda
• Rose, Robert A.
• Howlett, Susan E.

Titel

The impact of ovariectomy on cardiac excitation-contraction coupling is mediated through cAMP/PKA-dependent mechanisms

Ist Teil von

• Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2017-10, Vol.111, p.51-60

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Ovariectomy (OVX) promotes sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ overload in ventricular myocytes. We hypothesized that the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)/protein kinase A (PKA) pathway contributes to this Ca2+ dysregulation. Myocytes were isolated from adult female C57BL/6 mice following either OVX or sham surgery (surgery at ≈1mos). Contractions, Ca2+ concentrations (fura-2) and ionic currents were measured simultaneously (37°C, 2Hz) in voltage-clamped myocytes. Intracellular cAMP levels were determined with an enzyme immunoassay; phosphodiesterase (PDE) and adenylyl cyclase (AC) isoform expression was examined with qPCR. Ca2+ currents were similar in myocytes from sham and OVX mice but Ca2+ transients, excitation-contraction (EC)-coupling gain, SR content and contractions were larger in OVX than sham cells. To determine if the cAMP/PKA pathway mediated OVX-induced alterations in EC-coupling, cardiomyocytes were incubated with the PKA inhibitor H-89 (2μM), which abolished baseline differences. While basal intracellular cAMP did not differ, levels were higher in OVX than sham in the presence of a non-selective PDE inhibitor (300μM IBMX), or an AC activator (10μM forskolin). This suggests the production of cAMP by AC and its breakdown by PDE were enhanced by OVX. Consistent with this, mRNA levels for both AC5 and PDE4A were higher in OVX in comparison to sham. Differences in Ca2+ homeostasis and contractions were abolished when sham and OVX cells were dialyzed with patch pipettes containing the same concentration of 8-bromoadenosine-cAMP (50μM). Interestingly, selective inhibition of PDE4 increased Ca2+ current only in OVX cells. Together, these findings suggest that estrogen suppresses SR Ca2+ release and that this is regulated, at least in part, by the cAMP/PKA pathway. These changes in the cAMP/PKA pathway may promote Ca2+ dysregulation and cardiovascular disease when ovarian estrogen levels fall. These results advance our understanding of female-specific cardiomyocyte mechanisms that may affect responses to therapeutic interventions in older women. •OVX enhances contraction, SR Ca2+ content & release with no effect on Ca2+ current.•These effects are abolished by PKA inhibition or dialysis with similar cAMP levels.•OVX cells respond to AC activation or PDE inhibition with enhanced cAMP production.•Effects are consistent with the higher expression of AC5 & PDE4A in OVX ventricles.•Low estrogen may disrupt EC-coupling via dysregulation of cAMP/PKA pathways.