Mechanisms of altered excitation-contraction coupling in canine tachycardia-induced heart failure, II: model studies. Winslow, R., Rice, J., Jafri, S., Marban, E., & O'Rourke, B. j-CR, 84(5):571--586, March, 1999.
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@Article{RSM:Win99,
  author =       "R.L. Winslow and J. Rice and S. Jafri and E. Marban
                 and B. O'Rourke",
  title =        "Mechanisms of altered excitation-contraction coupling
                 in canine tachycardia-induced heart failure, {II}:
                 model studies.",
  journal =      j-CR,
  year =         "1999",
  month =        mar,
  volume =       "84",
  number =       "5",
  pages =        "571--586",
  robnote =      "Ca2+ transients measured in failing human ventricular
                 myocytes exhibit reduced amplitude, slowed relaxation,
                 and blunted frequency dependence. In the companion
                 article (O'Rourke B, Kass DA, Tomaselli GF, Kaab S,
                 Tunin R, Marban E. Mechanisms of altered
                 excitation-contraction coupling in canine
                 tachycardia-induced heart, I: experimental studies.
                 Circ Res. 1999;84:562-570), O'Rourke et al show that
                 Ca2+ transients recorded in myocytes isolated from
                 canine hearts subjected to the tachycardia pacing
                 protocol exhibit similar responses. Analyses of protein
                 levels in these failing hearts reveal that both SR Ca2+
                 ATPase and phospholamban are decreased on average by
                 28\% and that Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) protein is
                 increased on average by 104\%. In this article, we
                 present a model of the canine midmyocardial ventricular
                 action potential and Ca2+ transient. The model is used
                 to estimate the degree of functional upregulation and
                 downregulation of NCX and SR Ca2+ ATPase in heart
                 failure using data obtained from 2 different
                 experimental protocols. Model estimates of average SR
                 Ca2+ ATPase functional downregulation obtained using
                 these experimental protocols are 49\% and 62\%. Model
                 estimates of average NCX functional upregulation range
                 are 38\% and 75\%. Simulation of voltage-clamp Ca2+
                 transients indicates that such changes are sufficient
                 to account for the reduced amplitude, altered shape,
                 and slowed relaxation of Ca2+ transients in the failing
                 canine heart. Model analyses also suggest that altered
                 expression of Ca2+ handling proteins plays a
                 significant role in prolongation of action potential
                 duration in failing canine myocytes.",
  bibdate =      "Fri Jul 20 18:14:08 2001",
}

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