Increase in T-type calcium current in atrial myocytes from adult rats with growth hormone-secreting tumors.
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Xu, X P
RESUMO
Growth hormone (GH) has pronounced effects on protein synthesis and cell growth in cardiac muscle from adult animals, although the mechanism of its action is not understood. Because Ca2+ has been implicated as a regulator of mitogenic processes in a number of tissues, we investigated whether GH affects the transmembrane movement of Ca2+ through voltage-activated channels of cardiac myocytes. Atrial and ventricular myocytes were isolated from adult rats with GH-secreting tumors and studied electrophysiologically by using patch-clamp techniques. Tumor-bearing rats re-enter an active growth phase and double their body weight over age-matched controls 8 weeks after introduction of the tumor. Atrial myocytes from tumor-bearing animals showed a 3-fold increase in the density of T-type Ca2+ current compared with cells from control animals, although the voltage dependency of activation and inactivation of T-type current was not altered. The increase in T-current density of atrial myocytes preceded by at least a week any measurable change in heart weight, body weight, or myocyte size. L-type Ca2+ currents in atrial and ventricular cells were not affected. The results suggest that a tumor-derived growth factor, most likely GH, can cause a specific enhancement of T-type Ca2+ current in atrial myocytes.
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