Methylglyoxal induces cardiac dysfunction through mechanisms involving altered intracellular calcium handling in the rat heart
Abstract
Methylglyoxal (MGO) is an endogenous, highly reactive dicarbonyl metabolite generated under hyperglycaemic conditions. MGO plays a role in developing pathophysiological conditions, including diabetic cardiomyopathy. However, the mechanisms involved and the molecular targets of MGO in the heart have not been elucidated. In this work, we studied the exposure-related effects of MGO on cardiac function in an isolated perfused rat heart ex vivo model. The effect of MGO on calcium homeostasis in cardiomyocytes was studied in vitro by the fluorescence indicator of intracellular calcium Fluo-4. We demonstrated that MGO induced cardiac dysfunction, both in contractility and diastolic function. In rat heart, the effects of MGO treatment were significantly limited by aminoguanidine, a scavenger of MGO, ruthenium red, a general cation channel blocker, and verapamil, an L-type voltage-dependent calcium channel blocker, demonstrating that this dysfunction involved alteration of calcium regulation. MGO induced a significant concentration-dependent increase of intracellular calcium in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, which was limited by aminoguanidine and verapamil. These results suggest that the functionality of various calcium channels is altered by MGO, particularly the L-type calcium channel, thus explaining its cardiac toxicity. Therefore, MGO could participate in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy through its impact on calcium homeostasis in cardiac cells.
Keywords
Calcium channels
Cardiac myocytes
Diabetic Cardiomyopathies
Isolated heart perfusion
L-type Ca 2+ channels
Methylglyoxal
Ventricular dysfunction
pyruvaldehyde cardiac myocytes isolated heart preparation ventricular dysfunction diabetic cardiomyopathies calcium channels
L-type
pyruvaldehyde
cardiac myocytes
isolated heart preparation
ventricular dysfunction
diabetic cardiomyopathies
calcium channels
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