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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 272: H1876-H1885, 1997;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 4 1876-H1885, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Modulation of SERCA2 expression by thyroid hormone and norepinephrine in cardiocytes: role of contractility

A. Muller, M. J. Zuidwijk, W. S. Simonides and C. van Hardeveld
Laboratory for Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Decreased expression of the cardiac slow-twitch sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-adenosinetriphosphatase (SERCA2), a major determinant of Ca2+ homeostasis, contributes to the abnormal intracellular Ca2+ handling in the failing heart. We investigated the contractility dependence of the effects of norepinephrine (NE) and thyroid hormone (T3) on SERCA2 expression in cultured neonatal heart cells under serum-free conditions. NE and T3 are associated with pathological and physiological forms of hypertrophy, respectively, whereas both hormones increase contractility. In contracting cultures, T3 increased SERCA2 protein and mRNA levels by 35 and 110%, respectively. The same stimulatory effects of T3 on SERCA2 expression were found in contraction-arrested cells. In contracting cultures, NE induced a decrease of SERCA2 protein and mRNA levels by 40 and 60%, respectively. In contrast, SERCA2 protein and mRNA levels were not decreased by NE in contraction-arrested cells, indicating that contractility is a prerequisite for the negative influence of NE on SERCA2 expression. Electrical stimulation at a fixed frequency in the presence and absence of NE demonstrated that the NE-induced increase in contraction frequency is unlikely to account for the decreased SERCA2 expression induced by NE. The results suggest that the effect of contractility on SERCA2 expression depends on the signal transduction pathways that are activated by NE and T3.


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