The effect of Sirt1 deficiency on Ca2+ and Na+ regulation in mouse ventricular myocytes
Open Access
- 1 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Vol. 24 (12), 6762-6772
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.15327
Abstract
This study addressed the hypothesis that cardiac Sirtuin 1 (Sirt1) deficiency alters cardiomyocyte Ca2+ and Na+ regulation, leading to cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmogenesis. We used mice with cardiac-specific Sirt1 knockout (Sirt1(-/-)). Sirt1(flox/flox) mice were served as control. Sirt1(-/-) mice showed impaired cardiac ejection fraction with increased ventricular spontaneous activity and burst firing compared with those in control mice. The arrhythmic events were suppressed by KN93 and ranolazine. Reduction in Ca2+ transient amplitudes and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ stores, and increased SR Ca2+ leak were shown in the Sirt1(-/-) mice. Electrophysiological measurements were performed using patch-clamp method. While L-type Ca2+ current (I-Ca,I- L) was smaller in Sirt1(-/-) myocytes, reverse-mode Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) current was larger compared with those in control myocytes. Late Na+ current (I-Na,I- L) was enhanced in the Sirt1(-/-) mice, alongside with elevated cytosolic Na+ level. Increased cytosolic and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) were shown in Sirt1(-/-) mice. Sirt1(-/-) cardiomyocytes showed down-regulation of L-type Ca2+ channel alpha 1c subunit (Cav1.2) and sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase 2a (SERCA2a), but up-regulation of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and NCX. In conclusions, these findings suggest that deficiency of Sirt1 impairs the regulation of intracellular Ca2+ and Na+ in cardiomyocytes, thereby provoking cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmogenesis.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST108–2314‐B‐016‐050, MOST‐107‐2314‐B‐063‐MY3)
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