CaMKII in Sinus Node Physiology and Disease

$371,250R01FY2012HLNIH

University Of Iowa, Iowa City IA

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Abstract

Abstract Exciting recent evidence supports a view that sinoatrial node (SAN) cardiac pacemaker cells cause heart rate increases by enhancement of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release and augmentation of depolarizing inward current carried by the sarcolemmal Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX). Proteins dedicated to excitation-contraction coupling and cellular Ca2+ cycling in contracting cardiomyocytes are preserved in SAN cells, and our studies show SAN cells and ventricular myocytes have similar SR Ca2+ content, indexed for cell membrane capacitance, despite the fact that SAN cells exhibit minimal mechanical activity. The multifunctional Ca2+ and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a serine- threonine kinase that regulates the SR-associated Ca2+ homeostatic proteins, phospholamban (PLN) and ryanodine receptors (RyR). Our new data support a view that CaMKII plays a central role in ¿ adrenergic receptor (¿AR) mediated SAN 'fight or flight' physiological responses. Furthermore, under conditions of excessive, pathological ¿AR stimulation, CaMKII inhibition enhances SAN cell survival and protects against SAN arrhythmias. We hypothesize that 1) CaMKII regulates SR Ca2+ uptake and release as part of a cellular mechanism for physiological SAN responses to ¿AR stimulation; 2) CaMKII inhibition protects against SAN arrhythmias, SAN cell death and hypertrophy by preventing SR Ca2+ overload and reducing SR Ca2+ leak; 3) inward NCX current is the major sarcolemmal target activated by SR Ca2+ release, leading to enhanced phase 4 cell membrane depolarization and faster heart rates. Our laboratory has adapted and developed new methods for reliably isolating mouse and rabbit SAN cells, and performing in vivo viral gene transfer to the SAN and in vitro viral gene transfer to cultured SAN cells. These innovative approaches will allow us to comprehensively test the role of CaMKII, SR Ca2+ and NCX in cardiac pacing.

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