Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Despa, S; Kockskämper, J; Blatter, LA; Bers, DM.
Na/K pump-induced Na(i) gradients in rat ventricular myocytes measured with two-photon microscopy.
Biophys J. 2004; 87(2):1360-1368
Doi: 10.1529/biophysj.103.037895
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- Via the Na/Ca and Na/H exchange, intracellular Na concentration ([Na](i)) is important in regulating cardiac Ca and contractility. Functional data suggest that [Na](i) might be heterogeneous in myocytes that are not in steady state, but little direct spatial information is available. Here we used two-photon microscopy of SBFI to spatially resolve [Na](i) in rat ventricular myocytes. In vivo calibration yielded an apparent K(d) of 27 +/- 2 mM Na. Similar resting [Na](i) was found using two-photon or single-photon ratiometric measurements with SBFI (10.8 +/- 0.7 vs. 11.1 +/- 0.7 mM). To assess longitudinal [Na](i) gradients, Na/K pumps were blocked at one end of the myocyte (locally pipette-applied K-free extracellular solution) and active in the rest of the cell. This led to a marked increase in [Na](i) at sites downstream of the pipette (where Na enters the myocyte and Na/K pumps are blocked). [Na](i) rise was smaller at upstream sites. This resulted in sustained [Na](i) gradients (up to approximately 17 mM/120 microm cell length). This implies that Na diffusion in cardiac myocytes is slow with respect to trans-sarcolemmal Na transport rates, although the mechanisms responsible are unclear. A simple diffusion model indicated that such gradients require a Na diffusion coefficient of 10-12 microm(2)/s, significantly lower than in aqueous solutions.
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