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  • Title: Hypertension augments ethanol-induced depression of cell shortening and intracellular Ca(2+) transients in adult rat ventricular myocytes.
    Author: Ren J, Brown RA.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1999 Jul 22; 261(1):202-8. PubMed ID: 10405346.
    Abstract:
    Ethanol, a risk factor for myocardial dysfunction, depresses myocardial contraction. This study was to determine whether ethanol-induced myocardial depression is affected by hypertension. Mechanical properties of ventricular myocytes isolated from both normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats were evaluated using a video edge-detection system. Myocytes were electrically stimulated to contract at 0.5 Hz. Contractile properties analyzed include peak twitch amplitude (PTA), time-to-PTA (TPS), time-to-90% relengthening (TR(90)), and maximal velocities of shortening/relengthening (+/-dL/dt). Intracellular Ca(2+) transients were measured as fura-2 fluorescence intensity (DeltaFFI) changes. Acute ethanol exposure (80-640 mg/dl) caused a concentration-dependent inhibition of PTA and DeltaFFI in both WKY and SHR myocytes. The extent of maximal inhibition of PTA and FFI was significantly greater in SHRs (53.7 and 38.9%) compared to the WKY group (21.0 and 25.4%). Ethanol did not affect TPS but shortened TR(90) and slowed +/-dL/dt at high concentration ranges. Interestingly, the augmented ethanol-induced inhibition of cell shortening in hypertension was greatly attenuated by Ca(2+) channel opener BayK 8644 (1 microM). These results suggest that ethanol-induced myocardial depression may be augmented in hypertension, possibly due to mechanism(s) involving sarcolemmal Ca(2+) channels.
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