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Journal articles on the topic "Osmolarity; Cell swelling; Cardiac injury"

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Tseng, G. N. "Cell swelling increases membrane conductance of canine cardiac cells: evidence for a volume-sensitive Cl channel." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 262, no. 4 (April 1, 1992): C1056—C1068. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1992.262.4.c1056.

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Cardiac cell swelling occurs under abnormal conditions. Currents through volume-sensitive channels, if present in heart, will affect the cardiac electrical activity. Single canine ventricular myocytes were voltage clamped under conditions that largely suppressed Na, K, and Ca channel currents and currents generated by electrogenic transport systems. Cell width and membrane conductance were monitored continuously. Swelling was induced by increasing the osmolarity of the pipette solution or by decreasing the osmolarity of the external solution. During cell swelling, the cell widened and membrane conductance increased. This increase in membrane conductance was sensitive to Cl channel blockers and to external Cl removal, suggesting that a major component was provided by a Cl channel. The current-voltage relationship of the swelling-induced current displayed an outward rectification, with an average zero-current voltage of -60 mV. The activation of the swelling-induced current did not seem to depend on external or internal Ca and was not sensitive to a protein kinase inhibitor (H-8). Shape-altering agents chlorpromazine decreased while dipyridamole and trinitrophenol increased the membrane conductance without osmotic perturbations, suggesting that changes in tension in the cell membrane may play a role in opening and closing of the swelling-induced channels.
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Whalley, D. W., P. D. Hemsworth, and H. H. Rasmussen. "Regulation of intracellular pH in cardiac muscle during cell shrinkage and swelling in anisosmolar solutions." American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 266, no. 2 (February 1, 1994): H658—H669. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.1994.266.2.h658.

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The effect on intracellular pH (pHi) of exposure to solutions of progressively increasing osmolarity from 418 to 620 mosM and to hyposmolar solutions (240 mosM) was examined in guinea pig ventricular muscle using ion-selective microelectrodes. Exposure of tissue to 418 mosM Tyrode solution (100 mM sucrose added) produced an intracellular alkalosis of approximately 0.1 U, whereas exposure to 620 mosM solution (300 mM sucrose added) caused an intracellular acidosis of approximately 0.1 U. The maximal rate of recovery of pHi from acidosis induced by an NH4Cl prepulse increased progressively as extracellular osmolarity was raised from 310 to 620 mosM. This suggests that the acidosis observed at steady state in 620 mosM solution is not due to inhibition of the Na(+)-H+ exchanger. In the presence of 10 microM ryanodine, exposure to 620 mosM solution produced a sustained intracellular alkalosis. We suggest that the decrease in pHi during exposure to 620 mosM solution is due, at least in part, to the acidifying influence of Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. This decrease in pHi is expected to contribute to the negative inotrop reported in studies of cardiac contractility in markedly hyperosmolar solutions. There was no change in pHi when tissue was exposed to hyposmolar solution. However, the maximal rate of recovery of pHi from acidosis was slower in hyposmolar than in isosmolar solution, despite a concomitant decrease in the intracellular buffer capacity. This suggests that osmotic cell swelling results in inhibition of the sarcolemmal Na(+)-H+ exchanger.
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Kajimoto, Katsuya, Dan Shao, Hiromitsu Takagi, Gregorio Maceri, Daniela Zablocki, Hideyuki Mukai, Yoshitaka Ono, and Junichi Sadoshima. "Hypotonic swelling-induced activation of PKN1 mediates cell survival in cardiac myocytes." American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 300, no. 1 (January 2011): H191—H200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00232.2010.

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Hypotonic cell swelling in the myocardium is induced by pathological conditions, including ischemia-reperfusion, and affects the activities of ion transporters/channels and gene expression. However, the signaling mechanism activated by hypotonic stress (HS) is not fully understood in cardiac myocytes. A specialized protein kinase cascade, consisting of Pkc1 and MAPKs, is activated by HS in yeast. Here, we demonstrate that protein kinase N1 (PKN1), a serine/threonine protein kinase and a homolog of Pkc1, is activated by HS (67% osmolarity) within 5 min and reaches peak activity at 60 min in cardiac myocytes. Activation of PKN1 by HS was accompanied by Thr774 phosphorylation and concomitant activation of PDK1, a potential upstream regulator of PKN1. HS also activated RhoA, thereby increasing interactions between PKN1 and RhoA. PP1 (10−5 M), a selective Src family tyrosine kinase inhibitor, significantly suppressed HS-induced activation of RhoA and PKN1. Constitutively active PKN1 significantly increased the transcriptional activity of Elk1-GAL4, an effect that was inhibited by dominant negative MEK. Overexpression of PKN1 significantly increased ERK phosphorylation, whereas downregulation of PKN1 inhibited HS-induced ERK phosphorylation. Downregulation of PKN1 and inhibition of ERK by U-0126 both significantly inhibited the survival of cardiac myocytes in the presence of HS. These results suggest that a signaling cascade, consisting of Src, RhoA, PKN1, and ERK, is activated by HS, thereby promoting cardiac myocyte survival.
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Askenasy, N., A. Vivi, M. Tassini, and G. Navon. "Cardiac energetics, cell volumes, sodium fluxes, and membrane permeability: NMR studies of cold ischemia." American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 269, no. 3 (September 1, 1995): H1056—H1064. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.1995.269.3.h1056.

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Intracellular sodium accumulation, cellular swelling, and energy deficiency are ischemia-associated processes that participate in the transition to irreversible ischemic injury. This study aims to determine the relationship among these parameters in intact rat hearts during global ischemia at 4 degrees C. High-energy phosphates were determined by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance, intracellular sodium accumulation was measured by 23Na spectroscopy with the shift reagent dysprosium triethyl tetraaminohexaacetic acid [Dy(TTHA)3(-)], and cell volumes were measured by 59Co and 1H spectroscopy with use of the extracellular marker Co(CN)3-(6). Intracellular sodium flux rates were 1.53 +/- 0.17, 0.17 +/- 0.05, and 0.30 +/- 0.06 mumol.g dry wt-1.min-1 at 0-1.5, 2-7, and 9-12 h, respectively. Sodium influx resulted in accumulation of the ion: 10% after 4 h, 16% after 10 h, and 29% after 12 h. Water followed sodium into the cells at two constant molar ratios (Na+/H2O): 3.80 +/- 0.15 x 10(-3) during the first 8 h of ischemia and 7.8 x 10(-3) at 8-12 h. Relative to initial intracellular volume, cells swelled by 38% after 8 h and 46% after 12 h; reperfusion reduced cellular swelling to 25 and 36%, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Dick, Gregory M., Karri K. Bradley, Burton Horowitz, Joseph R. Hume, and Kenton M. Sanders. "Functional and molecular identification of a novel chloride conductance in canine colonic smooth muscle." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 275, no. 4 (October 1, 1998): C940—C950. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1998.275.4.c940.

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Swelling-activated or volume-sensitive Cl− currents are found in numerous cell types and play a variety of roles in their function; however, molecular characterization of the channels is generally lacking. Recently, the molecular entity responsible for swelling-activated Cl−current in cardiac myocytes has been identified as ClC-3. The goal of our study was to determine whether such a channel exists in smooth muscle cells of the canine colon using both molecular biological and electrophysiological techniques and, if present, to characterize its functional and molecular properties. We hypothesized that ClC-3 is present in colonic smooth muscle and is regulated in a manner similar to the molecular entity cloned from heart. Indeed, the ClC-3 gene was expressed in colonic myocytes, as demonstrated by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction performed on isolated cells. The current activated by decreasing extracellular osmolarity from 300 to 250 mosM was outwardly rectifying and dependent on the Cl− gradient. Current magnitude increased and reversed at more negative potentials when Cl− was replaced by I− or Br−. Tamoxifen ([Z]-1-[p-dimethylaminoethoxy-phenyl]-1,2-diphenyl-1-butene; 10 μM) and DIDS (100 μM) inhibited the current, whereas 25 μM niflumic acid, 10 μM nicardipine, and Ca2+ removal had no effect. Current was inhibited by 1 mM extracellular ATP in a voltage-dependent manner. Cl− current was also regulated by protein kinase C, as phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (300 nM) decreased Cl− current magnitude, while chelerythrine chloride (30 μM) activated it under isotonic conditions. Our findings indicate that a current activated by hypotonic solution is present in colonic myocytes and is likely mediated by ClC-3. Furthermore, we suggest that the ClC-3 may be an important mechanism controlling depolarization and contraction of colonic smooth muscle under conditions that impose physical stress on the cells.
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Horvath, Csaba, Megan Young, Izabela Jarabicova, Lucia Kindernay, Kristina Ferenczyova, Tanya Ravingerova, Martin Lewis, M. Saadeh Suleiman, and Adriana Adameova. "Inhibition of Cardiac RIP3 Mitigates Early Reperfusion Injury and Calcium-Induced Mitochondrial Swelling without Altering Necroptotic Signalling." International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 15 (July 26, 2021): 7983. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22157983.

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Receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIP3) is a convergence point of multiple signalling pathways, including necroptosis, inflammation and oxidative stress; however, it is completely unknown whether it underlies acute myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Langendorff-perfused rat hearts subjected to 30 min ischemia followed by 10 min reperfusion exhibited compromised cardiac function which was not abrogated by pharmacological intervention of RIP3 inhibition. An immunoblotting analysis revealed that the detrimental effects of I/R were unlikely mediated by necroptotic cell death, since neither the canonical RIP3–MLKL pathway (mixed lineage kinase-like pseudokinase) nor the proposed non-canonical molecular axes involving CaMKIIδ–mPTP (calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIδ–mitochondrial permeability transition pore), PGAM5–Drp1 (phosphoglycerate mutase 5–dynamin-related protein 1) and JNK–BNIP3 (c-Jun N-terminal kinase–BCL2-interacting protein 3) were activated. Similarly, we found no evidence of the involvement of NLRP3 inflammasome signalling (NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3) in such injury. RIP3 inhibition prevented the plasma membrane rupture and delayed mPTP opening which was associated with the modulation of xanthin oxidase (XO) and manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD). Taken together, this is the first study indicating that RIP3 regulates early reperfusion injury via oxidative stress- and mitochondrial activity-related effects, rather than cell loss due to necroptosis.
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Wang, Yuan, Shan Zhu, Hongtao Liu, Wen Wei, Yi Tu, Chuang Chen, Junlong Song, et al. "Thyroxine Alleviates Energy Failure, Prevents Myocardial Cell Apoptosis, and Protects against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiac Injury and Cardiac Dysfunction via the LKB1/AMPK/mTOR Axis in Mice." Disease Markers 2019 (December 18, 2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7420196.

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Background. Previous studies have demonstrated that energy failure is closely associated with cardiac injury. Doxorubicin (DOX) is a commonly used clinical chemotherapy drug that can mediate cardiac injury through a variety of mechanisms. Thyroxine is well known to play a critical role in energy generation; thus, this study is aimed at investigating whether thyroxine can attenuate DOX-induced cardiac injury by regulating energy generation. Methods. First, the effect of DOX on adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) ratios in mice was assessed. In addition, thyroxine was given to mice before they were treated with DOX to investigate the effects of thyroxine on DOX-induced cardiac injury. Furthermore, to determine whether the liver kinase b1 (LKB1)/adenosine 5′-monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) axis mediated the effect of thyroxine on DOX-induced cardiac injury, thyroxine was given to DOX-treated LKB1 knockout (KO) mice. Results. DOX treatment time- and dose-dependently increased the ADP/ATP ratio. Thyroxine treatment also reduced lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and creatine kinase myocardial band (CK-MB) levels in both serum and heart tissue and alleviated cardiac dysfunction in DOX-treated mice. Furthermore, thyroxine reversed DOX-induced reductions in LKB1 and AMPK phosphorylation; mitochondrial complex I, III, and IV activity; and mitochondrial swelling and reversed DOX-induced increases in mTOR pathway phosphorylation and myocardial cell apoptosis. These effects of thyroxine on DOX-treated mice were significantly attenuated by LKB1 KO. Conclusions. Thyroxine alleviates energy failure, reduces myocardial cell apoptosis, and protects against DOX-induced cardiac injury via the LKB1/AMPK/mTOR axis in mice. Thyroxine may be a new agent for the clinical prevention of cardiac injury in tumor patients undergoing chemotherapy with DOX.
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Halestrap, A. P. "Calcium, mitochondria and reperfusion injury: a pore way to die." Biochemical Society Transactions 34, no. 2 (March 20, 2006): 232–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bst0340232.

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When mitochondria are exposed to high Ca2+ concentrations, especially when accompanied by oxidative stress and adenine nucleotide depletion, they undergo massive swelling and become uncoupled. This occurs as a result of the opening of a non-specific pore in the inner mitochondrial membrane, known as the MPTP (mitochondrial permeability transition pore). If the pore remains open, cells cannot maintain their ATP levels and this will lead to cell death by necrosis. This article briefly reviews what is known of the molecular mechanism of the MPTP and its role in causing the necrotic cell death of the heart and brain that occurs during reperfusion after a long period of ischaemia. Such reperfusion injury is a major problem during cardiac surgery and in the treatment of coronary thrombosis and stroke. Prevention of MPTP opening either directly, using agents such as cyclosporin A, or indirectly by reducing oxidative stress or Ca2+ overload, provides a protective strategy against reperfusion injury. Furthermore, mice in which a component of the MPTP, CyP-D (cyclophilin D), has been knocked out are protected against heart and brain ischaemia/reperfusion. When cells experience a less severe insult, the MPTP may open transiently. The resulting mitochondrial swelling may be sufficient to cause release of cytochrome c and activation of the apoptotic pathway rather than necrosis. However, the CyP-D-knockout mice develop normally and show no protection against a range of apoptotic stimuli, suggesting that the MPTP does not play a role in most forms of apoptosis.
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Zohar, Ron, Baoqian Zhu, Peter Liu, Jaro Sodek, and C. A. McCulloch. "Increased cell death in osteopontin-deficient cardiac fibroblasts occurs by a caspase-3-independent pathway." American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 287, no. 4 (October 2004): H1730—H1739. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00098.2004.

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Reperfusion-induced oxidative injury to the myocardium promotes activation and proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts and repair by scar formation. Osteopontin (OPN) is a proinflammatory cytokine that is upregulated after reperfusion. To determine whether OPN enhances fibroblast survival after exposure to oxidants, cardiac fibroblasts from wild-type (WT) or OPN-null (OPN−/−) mice were treated in vitro with H2O2to model reperfusion injury. Within 1 h, membrane permeability to propidium iodide (PI) was increased from 5 to 60% in OPN−/−cells but was increased to only 20% in WT cells. In contrast, after 1–8 h of treatment with H2O2, the percent of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-stained cells was more than twofold higher in WT than OPN−/−cells. Electron microscopy of WT cells treated with H2O2showed chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation, and cytoplasmic and nuclear shrinkage, which are consistent with apoptosis. In contrast, H2O2-treated OPN−/−cardiac fibroblasts exhibited cell and nuclear swelling and membrane disruption that are indicative of cell necrosis. Treatment of OPN−/−and WT cells with a cell-permeable caspase-3 inhibitor reduced the percentage of TUNEL staining by more than fourfold in WT cells but decreased staining in OPN−/−cells by ∼30%. Although the percentage of PI-permeable WT cells was reduced threefold, the percent of PI-permeable OPN−/−cells was not altered. Restoration of OPN expression in OPN−/−fibroblasts reduced the percentage of PI-permeable cells but not TUNEL staining after H2O2treatment. Thus H2O2-induced cell death in OPN-deficient cardiac fibroblasts is mediated by a caspase-3-independent, necrotic pathway. We suggest that the increased expression of OPN in the myocardium after reperfusion may promote fibrosis by protecting cardiac fibroblasts from cell death.
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Akhmedov, Alexander, Fabrizio Montecucco, Sarah Costantino, Daria Vdovenko, Ariane Schaub Clerigué, Daniel S. Gaul, Fabienne Burger, et al. "Cardiomyocyte-Specific JunD Overexpression Increases Infarct Size following Ischemia/Reperfusion Cardiac Injury by Downregulating Sirt3." Thrombosis and Haemostasis 120, no. 01 (December 13, 2019): 168–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-3400299.

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AbstractIschemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in acute myocardial infarction activates several deleterious molecular mechanisms. The transcription factor JunD regulates pathways involved in oxidative stress as well as in cellular proliferation, differentiation, and death. The present study investigated the potential role of JunD as a modulator of myocardial injury pathways in a mouse model of cardiac I/R injury. Infarct size, systemic and local inflammation, and production of reactive oxygen species, as well as cytosolic and mitochondrial apoptotic pathways were investigated in adult males after myocardial I/R. In wild-type (WT) mice, 30 minutes after ischemia and up to 24 hours following reperfusion, cardiac JunD messenger ribonucleic acid expression was reduced while JunB increased. Cardiac-specific JunD overexpressing mice (JunDTg/0 ) displayed larger infarcts compared with WT. However, postischemic inflammatory or oxidative responses did not differ. JunD overexpression reduced Sirt3 transcription by binding to its promoter, thus leading to mitochondrial dysfunction, myocardial cell death, and increased infarct size. On the other hand, JunD silencing reduced, while Sirt3 silencing increased infarct size. In human myocardial autopsy specimens, JunD-positive areas within the infarcted left ventricle staining corresponded to undetectable Sirt3 areas in consecutive sections of the same heart. Cardiac-specific JunD overexpression increases myocardial infarct size following I/R. These effects are mediated via Sirt3 transcriptional repression, mitochondrial swelling, and increased apoptosis, suggesting that JunD is a key regulator of myocardial I/R injury. The present data set the stage for further investigation of the potential role of Sirt3 activation as a novel target for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Osmolarity; Cell swelling; Cardiac injury"

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Befroy, Douglas Eugene. "Osmotic shock : modulation of contractile function, pH←i and ischaemic damage in the perfused guinea-pig heart." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326024.

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