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Dysregulated intracellular Ca2+ handling involving altered Ca2+ release from intracellular stores via RyR channels underlies both arrhythmias and reduced function in heart failure (HF). Mechanisms linking RyR dysregulation and disease are not fully established. Studies in animals support a role for InsP3 receptor Ca2+ channels (InsP3R) in pathological alterations in cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling but whether these findings translate to the divergent physiology of human cardiomyocytes during heart failure is not determined. Using electrophysiological and Ca2+ recordings in human ventricular cardiomyocytes, we uncovered that Ca2+ release via InsP3Rs facilitated Ca2+ release from RyR and induced arrhythmogenic delayed after depolarisations and action potentials. InsP3R–RyR crosstalk was particularly increased in HF at RyR clusters isolated from the T-tubular network. Reduced SERCA activity in HF further facilitated the action of InsP3. Nanoscale imaging revealed co-localisation of InsP3Rs with RyRs in the dyad, which was increased in HF, providing a mechanism for augmented Ca2+ channel crosstalk. Notably, arrhythmogenic activity dependent on InsP3Rs was increased in tissue wedges from failing hearts perfused with AngII to promote InsP3 generation. These data indicate a central role for InsP3R–RyR Ca2+ signalling crosstalk in the pro-arrhythmic action of GPCR agonists elevated in HF and the potential for their therapeutic targeting.
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This work was supported by the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders and KULeuven. Specifically, FWO projects G.0918.15 to KRS, G0C7319N to KRS and FR, FWO Project grant G08861N and FWO Odysseus Project 90663 to HLR, FWO postdoctoral fellowships to ED and GG and FWO PhD fellowship to MA. We also acknowledge support from the FWO for the STED Abberior microscope (Cell & tissue Imaging Cluster, CIC) (FWO Hercules funding I001918N to PVB, HLR et al.). We thank Annemie Biesmans for technical assistance, the transplant team of UZ Leuven for help in providing human explanted hearts, and Prof J Van Cleemput, head of the HF clinic for support in the research program. This work was supported by Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (G.0617.09).
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Jin, X., Amoni, M., Gilbert, G. et al. InsP3R–RyR Ca2+ channel crosstalk facilitates arrhythmias in the failing human ventricle. Basic Res Cardiol 117, 60 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00395-022-00967-y
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