Na+-dependent SR Ca2+ overload induces arrhythmogenic events in mouse cardiomyocytes with a human CPVT mutation.

AIMS Mutations in the cardiac ryanodine receptor Ca(2+) release channel, RyR2, underlie catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), an inherited life-threatening arrhythmia. CPVT is triggered by spontaneous RyR2-mediated sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) release in response to SR Ca(2+) overload during beta-adrenergic stimulation. However, whether elevated SR Ca(2+) content--in the absence of protein kinase A activation--affects RyR2 function and arrhythmogenesis in CPVT remains elusive. METHODS AND RESULTS Isolated murine ventricular myocytes harbouring a human RyR2 mutation (RyR2(R4496C+/-)) associated with CPVT were investigated in the absence and presence of 1 micromol/L JTV-519 (RyR2 stabilizer) followed by 100 micromol/L ouabain intervention to increase cytosolic [Na(+)] and SR Ca(2+) load. Changes in membrane potential and intracellular [Ca(2+)] were monitored with whole-cell patch-clamping and confocal Ca(2+) imaging, respectively. At baseline, action potentials (APs), Ca(2+) transients, fractional SR Ca(2+) release, and SR Ca(2+) load were comparable in wild-type (WT) and RyR2(R4496C+/-) myocytes. Ouabain evoked significant increases in diastolic [Ca(2+)], peak systolic [Ca(2+)], fractional SR Ca(2+) release, and SR Ca(2+) content that were quantitatively similar in WT and RyR2(R4496C+/-) myocytes. Ouabain also induced arrhythmogenic events, i.e. spontaneous Ca(2+) waves, delayed afterdepolarizations and spontaneous APs, in both groups. However, the ouabain-induced increase in the frequency of arrhythmogenic events was dramatically larger in RyR2(R4496C+/-) when compared with WT myocytes. JTV-519 greatly reduced the frequency of ouabain-induced arrhythmogenic events. CONCLUSION The elevation of SR Ca(2+) load--in the absence of beta-adrenergic stimulation--is sufficient to increase the propensity for triggered arrhythmias in RyR2(R4496C+/-) cardiomyocytes. Stabilization of RyR2 by JTV-519 effectively reduces these triggered arrhythmias.

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