Effects of Dantrolene on calcium handling of ventricular myocytes and cardiac function in rats with chronic heart failure
HU Dongdong LIU Tao SHI Shaobo HUANG Yan LIANG Sa HU Dan
Department of Cardiology, People′s Hospital of Wuhan University Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University Hubei Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Hubei Province, Wuhan 430060, China
Abstract:Objective To discuss the effects of Dantrolene (DTL) on calcium handling of ventricular myocytes and cardiac function in rats with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods According to the random number table method, 57 adult male SD rats were assigned to control group, CHF group and intervention group (n = 19), which were given normal saline, Isoproterenol (ISO), and ISO+DTL, for 2 weeks. Two-week later, the hemodynamic parameters and serum B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level were measured. The ventricular myocytes were isolated, then the cell contractility was automatically detected by the video edge-detector system. The calcium transient (CaT) and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium content ([Ca2+]SR) were recorded by loading cardiomyocytes with Fura-2 AM. The protein levels of ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2), SR Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) and phospholamban (PLB) were detected by Western blot. Results Compared with control group, left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP), serum BNP level, diastolic intracellular Ca2+ level ([Ca2+]i) were significantly increased in CHF group (P < 0.01), decay time constant (tau) of CaT, time to peak (TP) of cell contraction, time to 50% cell relaxation (TR50) were significantly extended in CHF group (P < 0.01), while left ventricular end systolic pressure (LVESP), ±dP/dtmax, cell shortening percentage, CaT amplitude, [Ca2+]SR, the protein levels of RyR2 and SERCA2a were significantly decreased in CHF group (P < 0.01). Compared with CHF group, LVEDP, serum BNP level, [Ca2+]i, decay time constant of CaT were significantly decreased in intervention group (P < 0.01), decay time constant of CaT, TP of cell contraction, TR50 were significantly shortened in intervention group (P < 0.01), whereas, LVESP, ±dP/dtmax, cell shortening percentage, CaT amplitude, [Ca2+]SR, the protein level of RyR2 and SERCA2a were markedly increased in intervention group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Conclusion DTL treatment can improve cardiac function in rats with CHF, which may be related to the repair of calcium handling of ventricular myocytes by DTL.
胡冬冬 刘韬 石少波 黄燕 梁飒 胡丹. 丹曲林对慢性心力衰竭大鼠心室细胞钙运转及心功能的影响[J]. 中国医药导报, 2020, 17(17): 4-8.
HU Dongdong LIU Tao SHI Shaobo HUANG Yan LIANG Sa HU Dan. Effects of Dantrolene on calcium handling of ventricular myocytes and cardiac function in rats with chronic heart failure. 中国医药导报, 2020, 17(17): 4-8.