Mice with the R176Q Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor Mutation Exhibit Catecholamine-Induced Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiomyopathy

Mutations in the cardiac ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) have been associated with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and a form of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. To study the relationship between RyR2 function and these phenotypes, we developed knockin mice with the human disease-associated RyR2 mutation R176Q. Histologic analysis of hearts from $RyR2^{R176Q/+}$ mice revealed no evidence of fibrofatty infiltration or structural abnormalities characteristic of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, but right ventricular end-diastolic volume was decreased in $RyR2^{R176Q/+}$ mice compared with controls, indicating subtle functional impairment due to the presence of a single mutant allele. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) was observed after caffeine and epinephrine injection in $RyR2^{R176Q/+}$, but not in WT, mice. Intracardiac electrophysiology studies with programmed stimulation also elicited VT in $RyR2^{Rl76Q/+}$ mice. Isoproterenol administration during programmed stimulation increased both the number and duration of VT episodes in $RyR2^{Rl76Q/+}$ mice, but not in controls. Isolated cardiomyocytes from $RyR2^{Rl76Q/+}$ mice exhibited a higher incidence of spontaneous Ca²⁺ oscillations in the absence and presence of isoproterenol compared with controls. Our results suggest that the R176Q mutation in RyR2 predisposes the heart to catecholamine-induced oscillatory calcium-release events that trigger a calcium-dependent ventricular arrhythmia..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2006

Erschienen:

2006

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:103

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kannankeril, Prince J. [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, Brett M. [VerfasserIn]
Goonasekera, Sanjeewa A. [VerfasserIn]
Chelu, Mihail G. [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Sood, Subeena [VerfasserIn]
Kearney, Debra L. [VerfasserIn]
Danila, Cristina I. [VerfasserIn]
De Biasi, Mariella [VerfasserIn]
Wehrens, Xander H. T. [VerfasserIn]
Pautler, Robia G. [VerfasserIn]
Roden, Dan M. [VerfasserIn]
Taffet, George E. [VerfasserIn]
Dirksen, Robert T. [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Mark E. [VerfasserIn]
Hamilton, Susan L. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
Biological sciences
Calcium-release channel
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
Health sciences
Physical sciences
Research-article

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JST06950380X