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Effects of Na$^+$-Ca$^2+$ exchange expression on excitation-contraction coupling in genetically modified mice.

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Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., (June 2005)
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1341.011

Abstract

We have created genetically altered mice to investigate how expression of the Na$^+$-Ca$^2+$ exchange protein alters excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling. Whereas low levels of exchanger overexpression have minimal effects on E-C coupling properties, high levels of overexpression in homozygous animals results in susceptibility to hypertrophy and heart failure, along with a significant reduction in E-C coupling gain. While global knockout of the exchanger in mice is embryonic-lethal, conditional knockout mice live to adulthood. Cardiac function is surprisingly normal in seven-week-old mice, but E-C coupling gain is apparently increased. Thus, genetic modification of exchanger expression has a major influence on E-C coupling.

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