We tried to simulate Ca2+ activated Cl– current in isolated single cardiocytes in pulmonary vein. We could record the transiently activated current by the application three step voltage pulses (holding potential : -40 mV, -80 mV for 50 ms, 30 mV for 5 ms, 10 mV steps from -70 mV to 60 mV) and found this transient current was a Ca2+-activated Cl–-current. For the simulation of this current, all information of the cellular geometry, the intracellular Ca2+-regulation and the membrane ionic current systems must be exactly specified. The mean capacitance, length, width and depth are 39.4±3.3 pF (n=30), 116.56±3.7 μm, 10.61±0.34 μm and 6.15±0.24 μm, respectively (mean±S.E.M, n=37), which suggested no existence of t-tubular system and a similar geometry to atrial myocytes (Hüser et al, 1996). Cytosolic application of 1 μM Ca2+ did not activate the Ca2+-activated Cl–-current, which suggested that the cytosolic Ca2+ is probably compartmentalized. Na+-Ca2+ exchange current amplitude was used to calculate the required subsarcolemmal Ca2+ concentration. Two releasable sites of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in atrial myocytes such as junctional SR and central SR were identified (Kockskämper et al., 2001). From those structural data, we composed six compartments for Ca2+ regulation such as cytosolic, subsarcolemmal, junctional, junctional SR, central SR and network SR. We incorporated the kinetics of ryanodine sensitive Ca2+ release channel based on the report (Fill et al. 2000; Györke & Györke, 1996) with the modification of the kinetics. The L-type Ca2+ current kinetics were reconstructed based on our data and the modified version of Shirokov et al. (1993) by Matsuoka et al. (2003). The Na+-Ca2+ exchange current kinetics and SERCA kinetics were incorporated Matsuoka et al. (2003). We adjusted the amplitude of all related components and successfully simulated Ca2+-activated Cl–-current. From the simulation, we found the junctional [Ca2+] can increase up to hundreds μM and the subsarcolemmal [Ca2+] can increase up to several tens μM. The Km value of Ca2+-activated Cl–-current for Ca2+ may be over 50 μM.
University of Oxford (2004) J Physiol 561P, PC10
Communications: THE SIMULATION OF CA2+-ACTIVATED CL- CURRENT OF CARDIOCYTES IN RABBIT PULMONARY VEIN
Seong,Hyeon Chan ; Kim,Won Tae ; Choe,Han ; Jang,Yeon Jin ; Park,Chun Sik ; Youm,Jae Boum ; Leem,Chae Hun ;
1. Department of Physiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. 2. Department of Physiology, University College of Medicine, Pusan, South Korea.
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