Electrical stimulation of the gastrocnemius muscle in the spontaneously hypertensive rat increases the pain threshold: role of different serotonergic receptors

1990 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. HOFFMANN ◽  
J. O. SKARPHEDINSSON ◽  
M. DELLE ◽  
P. THORÉN
1980 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 403-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
KENJI MIZUNO ◽  
SHUICHI SHIGETOMI ◽  
JUN-ICHIROH MATSUI ◽  
SOITSU FUKUSHI

2007 ◽  
Vol 293 (4) ◽  
pp. H2409-H2417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Chen-Izu ◽  
Christopher W. Ward ◽  
Wayne Stark ◽  
Tamas Banyasz ◽  
Marius P. Sumandea ◽  
...  

As a critical step toward understanding the role of abnormal intracellular Ca2+ release via the ryanodine receptor (RyR2) during the development of hypertension-induced cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure, this study examines two questions: 1) At what stage, if ever, in the development of hypertrophy and heart failure is RyR2 hyperphosphorylated at Ser2808? 2) Does the spatial distribution of RyR2 clusters change in failing hearts? Using a newly developed semiquantitative immunohistochemistry method and Western blotting, we measured phosphorylation of RyR2 at Ser2808 in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) at four distinct disease stages. A major finding is that hyperphosphorylation of RyR2 at Ser2808 occurred only at late-stage heart failure in SHR, but not in age-matched controls. Furthermore, the spacing between RyR2 clusters was shortened in failing hearts, as predicted by quantitative model simulation to increase spontaneous Ca2+ wave generation and arrhythmias.


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