项目名称: 晚钠电流触发细胞凋亡致心脏传导疾病的机理研究
项目编号: No.81200134
项目类型: 青年科学基金项目
立项/批准年度: 2013
项目学科: 医学一处
项目作者: 吴晶晶
作者单位: 华中科技大学
项目金额: 23万元
中文摘要: 心律失常如病窦综合症(SSS)等,常伴有心脏结构异常。具体机制尚未完全明确。SCN5A 基因突变和许多遗传性心律失常包括SSS有关。我们通过Scn5a+/ΔKPQ基因修饰小鼠发现晚钠电流 (INa,L)增大导致窦房结功能低下和心脏传导障碍。另有研究也证实 SCN5A 突变和心脏组织结构重构有关,这提示SCN5A 可能同时影响心电活动和组织结构。我们提出INa,L增大可能通过胞内钙超载诱导细胞凋亡,该信号传导通路是导致心肌重构和传导异常的病理生理机制;INa,L抑制剂对INa,L导致的传导异常有一定治疗作用。我们使用Scn5a+/ΔKPQ基因修饰小鼠模型,结合使用电生理和分子生物学技术来研究胞内钙稳态、凋亡相关的传导通路、心肌重构等及晚钠电流抑制剂雷诺嗪潜在的治疗价值。
中文关键词: 晚钠电流;钙超载;凋亡;传导;
英文摘要: Cardiac arrhythmic diseases, such as sick sinus syndrome (SSS), are often associated with myocardial structural abnormalities. The underlying mechanisms for this are unclear. Mutations in SCN5A have been associated with several familial cardiac arrhythmic syndromes including SSS. We have recently showed that an increase in persistent late sodium current (INa,L) in the heart in mice with heterozygous knock-in KPQ-deletion (Scn5a+/ΔKPQ) resulted in the alterations in sinus node function and intracranial conduction. Other studies also showed the mutations in SCN5A are associated both electrical remodeling and tissue degeneration, suggesting the role of SCN5A in both cardiac electrophysiology and tissue integrity. In the present proposal, we hypothesize that enhanced INa,L induced activation of apoptotic signalling via secondary intracellular Ca2+ overload as a key mechanism for myocardial structural abnormalities and the pathogenesis of cardiac conduction diseases, we suggest that inhibition of INa,L can be a novel therapeutic approach for cardiac conduction disease associated INa,L. Using both wild type and Scn5a+/ΔKPQ mice, we will test this hypothesis by studying cellular Ca2+ homeostasis, apoptosis and associated signalling pathways, and tissue structural remodelling in the cardiac conduction system without and
英文关键词: persistent late sodium current;calcium overload;apoptosis;conduction;