Background
We have described an arrhythmic mechanism seen only in cardiomyopathy that involves
increased mitochondrial Ca2+ handling and selective transfer of Ca2+ to the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Modeling suggested that mitochondrial Ca2+ transfer to the SR via type 2a sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) is a crucial element of this arrhythmic mechanism.
Objective
We tested the role of SERCA2a in arrhythmias during ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Methods
Myocardial infarction (MI) was induced in wild-type (Wt) and SERCA2a heterozygous
knockdown (SERCA+/−) mice.
Results
Compared with Wt MI mice, SERCA2a heterozygous knockdown (SERCA+/−) MI mice had a substantially lower mortality after 3 weeks of MI without a significant
change in MI area. Aside from a significant delay of the cytoplasmic Ca2+ transient decay existed in SERCA+/− compared with Wt, SERCA+/− did not affect cardiac systolic and diastolic function at the whole organ or single
cell levels either before or after MI. After MI, SERCA+/− mice had reduced SERCA2a expression in the MI border zone compared with Wt MI mice.
SERCA+/− mice had significantly decreased corrected QT intervals and less ventricular tachycardia
compared with Wt MI mice. SERCA+/− cardiomyocytes from MI mice showed a reduced action potential duration and reduced
triggered activity compared with Wt MI cardiomyocytes. Reduction in arrhythmic risk
was accompanied by reduced diastolic SR Ca2+ sparks, reduced SR Ca2+ content, reduced oxidized ryanodine receptor, and increased calsequestrin 2 in SERCA+/− MI mice.
Conclusion
SERCA2a knockdown was antiarrhythmic after MI without affecting overall systolic performance.
Possible antiarrhythmic mechanisms included reduced SR free Ca2+ and reduced diastolic SR Ca2+ release.
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Published online: August 23, 2022
Footnotes
Funding Sources: This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01 HL106592 and R01 HL104025, to Dr Dudley).
Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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