Myofibroblasts induce ectopic activity in cardiac tissue.

Abstract:

:Focal ectopic activity in cardiac tissue is a key factor in the initiation and perpetuation of tachyarrhythmias. Because myofibroblasts as present in fibrotic remodeled myocardia and infarct scars depolarize cardiomyocytes by heterocellular electrotonic interactions via gap junctions in vitro, we investigated using strands of cultured ventricular cardiomyocytes coated with myofibroblasts, whether this interaction might give rise to depolarization-induced abnormal automaticity. Whereas uncoated cardiomyocyte strands were invariably quiescent, myofibroblasts induced synchronized spontaneous activity in a density dependent manner. Activations appeared at spatial myofibroblast densities >15.7% and involved more than 80% of the preparations at myofibroblast densities of 50%. Spontaneous activity was based on depolarization-induced automaticity as evidenced by: (1) suppression of activity by the sarcolemmal K(ATP) channel opener P-1075; (2) induction of activity in current-clamped single cardiomyocytes undergoing depolarization to potentials similar to those induced by myofibroblasts in cardiomyocyte strands; and (3) induction of spontaneous activity in cardiomyocyte strands coated with connexin 43 transfected Hela cells but not with communication deficient HeLa wild-type cells. Apart from unveiling the mechanism underlying the hallmark of monolayer cultures of cardiomyocytes, ie, spontaneous electromechanical activity, these findings open the perspective that myofibroblasts present in structurally remodeled myocardia following pressure overload and infarction might contribute to arrhythmogenesis by induction of ectopic activity.

journal_name

Circ Res

journal_title

Circulation research

authors

Miragoli M,Salvarani N,Rohr S

doi

10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.160549

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-10-12 00:00:00

pages

755-8

issue

8

eissn

0009-7330

issn

1524-4571

pii

CIRCRESAHA.107.160549

journal_volume

101

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