2004
DOI: 10.1023/b:mcbi.0000009883.71379.51
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Inhibitors of SERCA and mitochondrial Ca-uniporter decrease velocity of calcium waves in rat cardiomyocytes

Abstract: Spontaneous calcium waves in isolated rat cardiomyocytes were investigated by confocal laser scanning microscopy using the fluorescent Ca(2+)-indicator fluo-4 AM. With increasing calcium overload propagation velocities reinforced. The calcium wavespeed was significantly diminished by drugs which interfere with the calcium uptake of both the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and mitochondria, respectively. Stepwise addition of thapsigargin, a highly specific inhibitor of SERCA, decreased the wavespeed and allowed the… Show more

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“…Ruthenium red, at nano to micromolar concentrations, induces mitochondrial toxicity by disrupting the Ca 2+ uniporter, inactivating Ca 2+ ‐dependent mitochondrial enzymes and impairing complex I activity . Ruthenium compounds have demonstrated significant mitochondrial toxicity adding support to the hypothesis that the ruthenium base of CORM‐2 may be responsible for the impairment of complex I activity observed in this study.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
“…Ruthenium red, at nano to micromolar concentrations, induces mitochondrial toxicity by disrupting the Ca 2+ uniporter, inactivating Ca 2+ ‐dependent mitochondrial enzymes and impairing complex I activity . Ruthenium compounds have demonstrated significant mitochondrial toxicity adding support to the hypothesis that the ruthenium base of CORM‐2 may be responsible for the impairment of complex I activity observed in this study.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
“…; Landgraf et al . ). Similarly, reduction of SERCA2a abundance decreases the propensity for Ca 2+ wave development and ventricular extrasystoles (Stokke et al .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…For example, mitochondrial Ca 2+ retention may be crucially involved within the redistribution of [Ca 2+ ] cyt , to avoid harmful effects while accumulating in very high concentrations in the close proximity of mitochondria and Ca 2+ channels of the cell membrane or EPR/SR [ 109 111 ]. In addition, mitochondrial Ca 2+ cycling may be vital for governing the cytosolic Ca 2+ -waves [ 86 , 112 , 113 ]. To address the latter function of mitochondria within the the intracellular Ca 2+ homeostasis, we assessed the spontaneous Ca 2+ waves by confocal scanning fluorescence microscopy, using fluo-3 as a Ca 2+ sensor in a cell free system (an agarose gel supplemented with isolated SR vesicles, cardiac mitochondria, CK-based ATP regenerating system, and 5 mM ATP) [ 86 ].…”
Section: The Cellular Energetic Depression and Mitochondrial Cell Deamentioning
confidence: 99%