Cells Expressing Unique Na+/Ca2+ Exchange (Ncx1) Splice Variants Exhibit Different Susceptibilities to Ca2+ Overload.
From: Division of Stroke and Vascular Disease, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2H 2A6.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
- Publish Date: May 2006
- ISSN: 0363-6135
- Volume: 290
- Issue: 5
- Pages: H2155-62
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Hurtado Cecilia, Prociuk Michele, Maddaford Thane G, et al. Cells Expressing Unique Na+/Ca2+ Exchange (Ncx1) Splice Variants Exhibit Different Susceptibilities to Ca2+ Overload.. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. May 2006;290:H2155-62
Abstract
The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) NCX1 exhibits tissue-specific alternative splicing. Such NCX splice variants as NCX1.1 and NCX1.3 are also differentially regulated by Na+ and Ca2+, although the physiological implications of these regulatory characteristics are unclear. On the basis of their distinct regulatory profiles, we hypothesized that cells expressing these different splice variants might exhibit unique responses to conditions promoting Ca2+ overload, such as during exposure to cardiac glycosides or simulated ischemia. NCX1.1 or NCX1.3 was expressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 cells or rat neonatal ventricular cardiomyocytes (NVC), and expression was confirmed by Western blotting and immunocytochemical analyses. HEK-293 cells lacked NCX1 protein before transfection. With use of adenoviral vectors, neonatal cardiomyocytes were induced to overexpress the NCX1.1 splice variant by nearly twofold, whereas the NCX1.3 isoform was expressed on the endogenous NCX1.1 background. Total expression was comparable for NCX1.1 and NCX1.3. Exposure of NVC to ouabain induced a significant increase in cellular Ca2+, an effect that was exaggerated in cells overexpressing NCX1.1, but not NCX1.3. The increase in intracellular Ca2+ was inhibited by 5 microM KB-R7943. Cardiomyocytes overexpressing NCX1.1 also exhibited a greater accumulation of intracellular Ca2+ in response to simulated ischemia than did cells expressing NCX1.3. Similar responses were observed in HEK-293 cells where NCX1.1 was expressed. We conclude that expression of the NCX1.3 splice variant protects against severe Ca2+ overload, whereas NCX1.1 promotes Ca2+ overload in response to cardiac glycosides and ischemic challenges. These results highlight the importance of ionic regulation in controlling NCX1 activity under conditions that promote Ca2+ overload.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Calcium, Cell Hypoxia, Cells, Cultured, DNA, Recombinant, Humans, Kidney, Myocytes, Cardiac, Sodium-Calcium Exchanger, Structure-Activity Relationship
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