Bradykinin induced a positive chronotropic effect via stimulation of T- and L-type calcium currents in heart cells
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Using Fluo-3 calcium dye confocal microscopy and spontaneously contracting embryonic chick heart cells, bradykinin (10–10M) was found to induce positive chronotropic effects by increasing the frequency of the transient increase of cytosolic and nuclear free Ca2+. Pretreatment of the cells with either B1or B2receptor antagonists (R126 and R817, respectively) completely prevented bradykinin (BK) induced positive chronotropic effects on spontaneously contracting single heart cells. Using the whole-cell voltage clamp technique and ionic substitution to separate the different ionic current species, our results showed that BK (10–6M) had no effect on fast Na+inward current and delayed outward potassium current. However, both L- and T-type Ca2+currents were found to be increased by BK in a dose-dependent manner (10–10–10–7M). The effects of BK on T- and L-type Ca2+currents were partially blocked by the B1receptor antagonist [Leu8]des-Arg9-BK (R592) (10–7M) and completely reversed by the B2receptor antagonist D-Arg[Hyp3,D-Phe7,Leu8]BK (R-588) (10–7M) or pretreatment with pertussis toxin (PTX). These results demonstrate that BK induced a positive chronotropic effect via stimulation of T- and L-type Ca2+currents in heart cells mainly via stimulation of B2receptor coupled to PTX-sensitive G-proteins. The increase of both types of Ca2+current by BK in heart cells may explain the positive inotropic and chronotropic effects of this hormone.Key words: chick heart cells, bradykinin, B1receptor, B2receptor, Ca2+, Na+, K+currents.
- University of Ferrara Italy
- Université de Sherbrooke Canada
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