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Rat cardiomyocytes were exposed to H2O2 (1–100 μmol/L) for 10 min with washout for 10 min. Intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) was measured using fluo-3. [Ca2+]i increased with 100 μmol/L H2O2 and further increased during washout, causing irreversible contracture in one-half of the cells. The increase in [Ca2+]i with 10 μmol/L H2O2 was modest with few cells showing irreversible contracture and attenuated by caffeine, and [Ca2+]i gradually decreased during washout and this decrease was accelerated by a calcium-free solution, while 1 μmol/L H2O2 did not have any effects on [Ca2+]i or cell viability. Ca2+ overload caused during exposure to 100 μmol/L H2O2 was attenuated by caffeine with improved cellular viability but not by chelerythrine, KB-R7943 or nifedipine. With 100 μmol/L H2O2 calcium-free solution attenuated the increase during exposure and washout while KB-R7943 or chelerythrine partly attenuated further increase during washout but not improved cell viability, but chelerythrine did not have additional effect on calcium-free treatment. Catalase abolished the effects of H2O2. We concluded that the increased [Ca2+]i during exposure to 100 μmol/L H2O2 was caused both by release of Ca2+ from the intracellular store sites including the sarcoplasmic reticulum and by influx through route(s) other than the voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels or Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, although the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger or protein kinase C-mediated mechanism was partly responsible for a further increase during washout.
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Received: 1 February 2001, Returned for revision: 19 February 2001, Revision received: 11 April 2001, Accepted: 11 April 2001
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Gen, W., Tani, M., Takeshita, J. et al. Mechanisms of Ca2+ overload induced by extracellular H2O2 in quiescent isolated rat cardiomyocytes. Basic Res Cardiol 96, 623–629 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003950170014
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