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Biophys J, October 1999, p. 2114-2122, Vol. 77, No. 4

Formation of Planar and Spiral Ca2+ Waves in Isolated Cardiac Myocytes

Hideyuki Ishida,* Chokoh Genka,* Yuki Hirota,# Hiroe Nakazawa,* and William H. Barry§

 *Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan; the  #Electro-Chemical and Cancer Institute, Kokuryo-cho, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan; and the  §Division of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132 USA

A novel Nipkow-type confocal microscope was applied to image spontaneously propagating Ca2+ waves in isolated rat ventricular myocytes by means of fluo-3. The sarcolemma was imaged with di-8-ANEPPS and the nucleus with SYTO 11. Full frame images in different vertical sections were obtained at video frame rate by means of an intensified CCD camera. Three types of Ca2+ waves were identified: spherical waves, planar waves, and spiral waves. Both spherical waves and spiral waves could initiate a planar wave, and planar waves were not influenced by the presence of a nucleus. Spiral waves, however, were consistently found adjacent to a nucleus and displayed a slower propagation rate and slower rate of increase in Ca2+ concentration in the wave front than did spherical and planar waves. The planar waves were apparent throughout the vertical axis of the cell, whereas spiral waves appeared to have a vertical height of approximately 3 µm, less than the maximum thickness of the nucleus (5.0 ± 0.3 µm). These results provide experimental confirmation of previous modeling studies which predicted an influence of the nucleus on spiral-type Ca2+ waves. When a spontaneous Ca2+ wave is small relative to the size of the nucleus, it appears that the Ca2+ buffering by the nucleus is sufficient to slow the rate of spontaneous propagation of the Ca2+ wave in close proximity to the nucleus. These findings thus support the idea that the nucleus can influence complex behavior of Ca2+ waves in isolated cardiac myocytes.

Biophys J, October 1999, p. 2114-2122, Vol. 77, No. 4
© 1999 by the Biophysical Society   0006-3495/99/10/2114/09  $2.00


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