Inhibition of Rac1 reduces store overload-induced calcium release and protects against ventricular arrhythmia

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• 作者：Lili Zhang ; Xiangru Lu ; Le Gui ; Yan Wu ; Stephen M. Sims ; Guoping Wang and Qingping Feng
• 刊名：Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：August 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：20
• 期：8
• 页码：1513-1522
• 全文大小：642K
• ISSN：1582-4934

文摘

Rac1 is a small GTPase and plays key roles in multiple cellular processes including the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, whether Rac1 activation during myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion (I/R) contributes to arrhythmogenesis is not fully understood. We aimed to study the effects of Rac1 inhibition on store overload-induced Ca²⁺ release (SOICR) and ventricular arrhythmia during myocardial I/R. Adult Rac1^f/f and cardiac-specific Rac1 knockdown (Rac1^ckd) mice were subjected to myocardial I/R and their electrocardiograms (ECGs) were monitored for ventricular arrhythmia. Myocardial Rac1 activity was increased and ventricular arrhythmia was induced during I/R in Rac1^f/f mice. Remarkably, I/R-induced ventricular arrhythmia was significantly decreased in Rac1^ckd compared to Rac1^f/f mice. Furthermore, treatment with Rac1 inhibitor NSC23766 decreased I/R-induced ventricular arrhythmia. Ca²⁺ imaging analysis showed that in response to a 6 mM external Ca²⁺ concentration challenge, SOICR was induced with characteristic spontaneous intracellular Ca²⁺ waves in Rac1^f/f cardiomyocytes. Notably, SOICR was diminished by pharmacological and genetic inhibition of Rac1 in adult cardiomyocytes. Moreover, I/R-induced ROS production and ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) oxidation were significantly inhibited in the myocardium of Rac1^ckd mice. We conclude that Rac1 activation induces ventricular arrhythmia during myocardial I/R. Inhibition of Rac1 suppresses SOICR and protects against ventricular arrhythmia. Blockade of Rac1 activation may represent a new paradigm for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia in ischaemic heart disease.