Cellular Mechanism of Action of Cardiac Glycosides
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1 loa lacc Vol. 5. No.5 May 1985:IOA-15A Cellular Mechanism of Action of Cardiac Glycosides HARRY A. FOZZARD, MD, FACC, MICHAEL F. SHEETS, MD Chicago. Illinois It has long been known that cardiac glycosides can inhibit the membrane sodium-potassium (Na+-K+) pump, raising intracellular Na", However, at clinical concentrations of cardiac g1ycosides, a change in intracellular Na + that correlates with a change in cardiac contraction has been very difficult to demonstrate. The recent use of Na+ -sensitive microelectrodes in the experimental laboratory has made intracellular Na+ measurements possible. A doubling of contraction strength in vitro is associated with a change of only approximately 1 mm intracellular Na + Another membrane transport system, the Na+ _Ca 2 + exchange system, exchanges extracellular Na+ for intracellular Ca 2 + Ifthis system is responsible for regulating intracellular Ca2+, then it would be very sensitive to the transmembrane Na+ concentration gradient. This influence of intracellular Na+ on Na+-Ca2+ exchange is thought to be the cellular basis of the positive inotropic action of digitalis. However, a number of issues remain unresolved, such as the extent of Na+ -K+ pump inhibition by the level of cardiac glycoside achieved clinically. (J Am Coil CardioI1985;5:10A-15A) William Withering in 1785 described the use of digitalis in his book, An Account of the Foxglove and Some of Its Medical Uses: With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases. Since that publication, digitalis preparations have been used medically for the control of supraventricular tachycardias and treatment of congestive heart failure. Even though the most frequent use of digitalis is to increase the strength of cardiac contraction, only recently has the possible mechanism of its action been elucidated. However, there still exists some controversy as to all the actions of digitalis on the heart. In this article we will discuss in detail the generally accepted mechanism of positive inotropic action of digitalis, and we will comment only briefly on the controversies. Another article in this series on cardiac glycosides (1) discusses the interaction of the transmembrane SOdium-potassium (Na + -K +) pump and digitalis. Although this interaction is complex, it is clear that in some doses digitalis inhibits the Na"-K+ pump (2), producing an increase in the level of intracellular sodium activity a~a' But if intracellular sodium ion concentration (Na +) increases during the clinical use of digitalis, how does it lead to increased contraction strength? We conclude that a~a is increased during clinical use of digitalis, and that the increase of a~a acts to load the cardiac cell with calcium through an effect on From the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, the Departments of Medicine and the Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Address for reprints: Harry A. Fozzard, MD, Box 249, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois by the American College of Cardiology the membrane Na + -Ca2+ exchange system. The increase in cell calcium ion (Ca 2 +) then leads to greater contraction strength. In this discussion, we review briefly the underlying physiologic processes thought to control cardiac contraction strength and the possible methods of action of digitalis on these mechanisms. We then address the question whether a~a is increased during clinical action of digitalis. Next, we offer a description of the Na + -Ca 2 + exchange hypothesis and its experimental support. Finally, we identify some of the unresolved questions regarding the cellular metabolic actions of cardiac glycosides. Mechanism of Contraction The normal sequence of contraction in a cardiac cell can be divided into three components: 1) the action potential that triggers release of Ca2+ into the cytoplasm, 2) the sarcoplasmic reticulum that stores Ca 2 + in the cell, and 3) the contractile proteins that use Ca 2 + and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to generate force. It will become apparent that the two major issues to be addressed are control of cytoplasmic Ca 2 + and sensitivity of the contractile proteins to Ca 2 +. The action potential and calcium current. Cardiac contraction is initiated by an action potential. This is a depolarization of the surface membrane of the cell for 200 to 400 ms from its level at rest near - 80 mv. The action potential in atrial and ventricular muscle is generated by movement of Na + into the cell down a steep electrochemical /85/$3.30
2 JACC Vol. 5, No.5 May 1985:lOA-15A lia gradient, through membrane Na + channels, which cause a fast inward Na + current (INa)' The consequent depolarization has two effects: it transiently opens Ca z + channels, letting some Ca z + into the cell (Ica), and it slowly opens K + channels, which are responsible for the final return to resting membrane potential. The Na + electrochemical gradient will be an important concept later in the discussion of Ca' + metabolism, so it will be described in greater detail. The extracellular concentration of Na + is 150 to 160 mm. At the ionic strength of physiologic solutions, this is about 115 mmna + activity (a~.). The intracellular activity of Na + (a~.) is 6 to 7 mm. This low activity is maintained by the membrane Na + -K + pump (3). The remainder of the intracellular cation is K +, and the cell resting potential (Y r ) is about - 80 my. The total Na + electrochemical gradient is the sum of the chemical and electrical gradients acting on Na +. The easiest way to estimate the electrochemical gradient is to measure the difference between EN. and Y" where EN. is the membrane potential at which the chemical and electrical gradients acting on Na + would be equal, described by the Nernst equation: RT a~. EN. = -In...,-. F al-l. The total gradient favoring Na + entry (EN. - Y r ) is about 160 my. A similar estimate can be made for Ca2+. Cytoplasmic Ca2+ is low (around 100 om) and z (Ec - Y r ) is about 400 my (where z = 2 is the valance of Ca z +) (4). The sarcoplasmic reticulum. The action potential, probably acting through its Ic., triggers the release of Caz + from its store in the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The mechanism by which Ic triggers release of Ca" + from the sarcoplasmic reticulum is not entirely clear. It has been studied in skinned cardiac fibers (cells from which the surface membrane has been mechanically or chemically removed) by Fabiato (5). He was able to simulate the increase in Ca? + concentration to be expected from Ic and to show a proportional release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Recently, it has been possible to measure the transient increase in ~. by its interaction with the injected bioluminescent molecule aequorin (6). These studies show that a normal action potential can trigger release of Caz + to cytoplasmic levels as high as 10 p.,m, which is also the level that produces maximal contraction (5). The sarcoplasmic reticulum is also an important factor in relaxation by pumping Caz+ from the cytoplasm back into the sarcoplasmic reticulum space. This is accomplished by an ATP-dependent calcium pump, which can lower ~. back to its level at rest. The contractile proteins. The transient increase in cytoplasmic Ca? + allows for the interaction of Caz + with the contractile proteins. These proteins are a very complex system for translating chemical energy into mechanical energy, and they can be described only briefly here. The two principal components are actin and myosin, which are organized into separate filaments. When these filaments interact with each other, they cause movement of one filament relative to the other, or they produce force proportional to the interaction. In the relaxed state, the actin and myosin do not interact because the regulatory proteins tropomyosin and troponin are present. The interaction is initiated by binding of Ca' + to a site on troponin, which removes the inhibition by tropomyosin. ATP is used during the interaction cycle, and in heart muscle it is consumed at a rate largely determined by the force developed. Calcium balance. It is perhaps obvious from the preceding discussion that the central factor in control of cardiac contraction is the cell metabolism of Ca2+. We described Ca z + entry through the fast inward Ca z + current (Ic.), and its cyclical release and uptake by the sarcoplasmic reticulum. However, for the cell to maintain a steady state, there must be some means for removing Caz + from the cell at a rate equal to its entry. Two mechanisms for Caz+ efflux have been identified. One is the cell surface membrane Caz + -pump, similar to (but not identical with) the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pump. Its transport capacity seems to be rather small, and its role is not yet clear (7). The other mechanism is a Na + -CaZ+ exchange system in the surface membrane (8). This system uses the energy of the Na + gradient to move two to three Na + ions into the cell in exchange for movement of one CaZ+ ion out of the cell. We will discuss this large capacity system later. Possible Mechanisms of Digitalis Action The normal contraction cycle is initiated by an action potential. This permits a small Ca2+ current into the cell, which triggers release of a large amount of Caz + from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Cytoplasmic Ca2+ transiently rises from 100 om to 10 p.,m and binds to troponin. The inhibition of the actin-myosin interaction is removed and the two types of filaments interact, using ATP. CaZ+ then dissociates from troponin and is taken back up into the sarcoplasmic reticulum, leading to relaxation. The amount of force developed by the muscle normally depends on: I) the size of Ic.; 2) the amount of Caz + stored in and released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum; and 3) the sensitivity of the contractile proteins to CaZ +. For digitalis to strengthen cardiac contraction, it must influence one or more of these mechanisms. The calcium current question. One of the most effective ways to increase contraction strength is to increase the inward calcium current (lc.). This is the mechanism of the positive inotropic effect of beta-adrenergic agonists (9). Activation of the beta-receptor initiates a series of intracellular events, including an increase in cyclic adenosine monophosphate (camp) that results in phosphorylation of membrane components. Probably the Caz + channel itself is phosphorylated, altering its kinetic properties and increasing Ic
3 12A FOZZARD ANDSHEETS JACC Vol. 5. No.5 May 1985:IOA-15A (10,11). This increased lea is clearly the mechanism of increasing the contraction strength. Efforts to show a similar increase in lea by cardiac glycosides have had mixed results (12). Recently, Marban and Tsien (13) showed that there is a small effect of digitalis on lea, that may follow rather than lead an increase in cytoplasmic Ca 2 +. It seems unlikely that a change in lea is the explanation of the clinical effect of digitalis. However, it remains possible that effects on lea may playa role in the alteration of the action potential duration and the QT interval (14). Digitalis could affect lea indirectly if it caused release of catecholamines from cardiac nerves (15). At this point, the evidence in favor of this mechanism for the positive inotropic effect of digitalis is not substantial, but it could be a factor in digitalis-induced arrhythmias. Intracellular calcium. Measurement of the amount of Ca 2 + in the cell that is available for contraction has been technically difficult, and no method is free from criticism. However, most chemical studies indicate that coincident with the positive inotropic effect of digitalis, there is an increase in the " rapidly exchangeable Ca2+ pool" (16), often with an increase in both Ca2+ influx and Ca2+ efflux. The aequorin method for monitoring transient changes in intracellular calcium activity (ab) has clearly shown that digitalis causes an increase in the Ca 2 + transient (6,17). Measurement of the diastolic level of Ca 2 + with aequorin has been much more difficult, but definite elevations can be seen with toxic doses of digitalis (6). Calcium-sensitive microelectrode measurements do not accurately reflect the transient changes in Ca 2 + during the contraction, but they are sensitive enough to measure levels at rest. Sheu and Fozzard (4) and Lee and Dagostino (18) showed that ab does increase in an amount roughly proportional to the positive inotropic effect. Recently, Sheu et al. (19) used a new intracellular Ca 2 + optical indicator called "Quin 2" and also found an increase in diastolic ~a' Calcium sensitivity of the contractile proteins. A change in sensitivity of the contractile proteins to Ca 2 + has been shown for caffeine (20,21). However, Fabiato and Fabiato (22) exposed skinned cardiac fibers to cardiac glycoside and saw no effect on contraction. This probably rules out a direct effect of the cardiac glycoside on the contractile proteins, although it is possible to imagine some long-term effects that could not be seen in the short-term experiments of Fabiato and Fabiato. Is Intracellular Sodium Increased? Although large doses of cardiac glycoside. which would be expected to be toxic, are always associated with increased intracellular levels of Na + regardless of the measurement method, it has been very difficult to measure small intracellular sodium activity (a~ a) changes at more therapeutic levels. Chemical methods for measuring intracellular Na + are both destructive and insensitive. Unidirectional isotopic fluxes are more sensitive. An example of such a flux experiment in intact dogs receiving long-term doses of digoxin is the study by Somberg et al. (23). They found that a 25% reduction of active Rb + uptake (Na + -K + pump inhibition) was associated with a 20% increase in contraction strength, measured by dp/dtmax' Sodium-sensitive microelectrode measurements. A more precise and sensitive method for measuring intracellular sodium activity (a~ a) directly is by use of Na + -sensitive microelectrodes. They have the advantage of permitting continuous monitoring of a~a with an accuracy of about 0.2 tumduring drug exposure, but the disadvantage is that they can only be used for in vitro experiments. Ellis (24) was the first to apply this technique to the effects of cardiac glycosides, showing dose-dependent increases in a~ a from control levels of 6 to 7 tum to maximal levels of 25 to 35 tum. He failed to measure tension changes to correlate with the changes in a~a' Subsequently two other laboratories (18,25) have simultaneously measured a~a and tension changes in response to cardiac glycoside exposure. These studies showed that an increase of 1 to 2 tum in the physiologic range of a~a is sufficient to double contraction strength, which is remarkable sensitivity. There are several questions derived from these in vitro experiments. Is the increased contraction strength seen after exposure to cardiac glycoside caused by the increase in a~a, or are these events the result of two separate actions of the drug? Second, is the dose of drug at which the two effects occur in vitro applicable to clinical action? Other interventions that change a~a' Another experimental approach used to determine whether the change in intracellular sodium activity (a~a) is causal of the increased contraction strength is to see whether equivalent changes in a~a produced by other means have the same effect on contraction. Intracellular sodium activity could be altered by other interventions that inhibit the Na + -K + pump or by varying the passive leak of Na + into the cell. Both approaches have been explored. Low extracellular K + also inhibits the Na + -K + pump and increases a~a' Eisner et al. (26) examined the relation between a~a and tension during the increase in a~a seen on exposure to low K + and found a close relation between increases in a~a and increases in tension, similar to that seen with cardiac glycoside. These experiments were expanded by 1m and Lee (27) by inclusion of other interventions that increased a~a' The other approach employed by 1m and Lee (27) to decrease a ~a was to reduce Na + entry into the cell by tetrodotoxin or high extracellular K +. (High extracellular K + probably does not lower a~ a by stimulating the pump, but by reducing Na + entry [28].) As was expected if a~ a was an important determinant of contraction strength, lowering
4 lacc Vol. 5, No.5 May 1985:lOA-15A 13A a~a reduced contraction strength by the expected amount. Several antiarrhythmic drugs decrease INa during the upstroke of the action potential, and they also have negative inotropic actions. Fozzard and Wasserstrom (29) found that lidocaine and encainide both decrease a~a and tension as expected. Another method to increase a~a of heart muscle is to change the stimulation rate. Each action potential upstroke is associated with some Na + entry, and more action potentials should load the cell with more Na +. Cohen et al. (30) found that increasing the stimulation rate in the physiologic range caused substantial increases in a~a, and associated with these increases were increases in contraction strength. Subsequently, Lado et al. (31) showed that these stimulation-induced increases in a~a were associated with increases. i m a<::a. The dosage problem. A major worry with these in vitro experiments is that the dose of cardiac glycoside used is large compared with what is thought to be the therapeutic dose in human subjects. Efforts to study lower doses of digitalis in vitro have either failed to show increases in ana, or in some cases have even shown decreases (24,32,33). We have also occasionally seen a decrease in ana with low doses of cardiac glycoside, but it has been impossible to achieve reproducibly. Recently, Sheu et al. (34) reported that this occasional event is associated with a decreased contraction, rather than a stronger one. At this point in its investigation, it seems likely that the decrease in ana may be a laboratory artifact, because there is no clinical evidence of a negative inotropic effect of digitalis at low doses. How does a small increase in intracellular sodium activity increase contraction? One of the major objections to accepting inhibition of the Na +-K + pump as the principal therapeutic action of digitalis has been the lack of any clear explanation for how a small increase in ana could increase contraction so much. Indeed, the recent direct measurement that the increase in a~a with low doses of cardiac glycoside is only 0.5 to I rum underlines this concern. Either the contractile system is very sensitive to Na + or there is some indirect effect of Na" on Ca 2+ metabolism (35). The latter possibility, an effect of Na + on Ca 2 + metabolism, has received strong support in the last few years. The support involves a mechanism called Na +-Ca 2+ exchange, and it provides a possible means for the small increase in ana to have a large effect on cellular Ca 2 ". We will first describe Na +-Ca 2 + exchange, and then discuss the evidence that it plays a role in digitalis action. The Na"-Ca'" exchange system. Sodium-calcium exchange was discovered in heart muscle by Reuter and Seitz (36) while they were looking for a calcium pump in cardiac cell membranes. They found that isotopic Ca 2+ fluxes were strikingly affected by extracellular Na + and proposed that Ca 2+ efflux occurred in exchange for Na + influx. This mechanism is called exchange because it requires Na + to enter the cell through the same transporter that moves Cal + from the cell. Because the electrochemical energy gradient for Ca2+ is strongly in favor of Cal + entry, a great deal of energy is needed to move Cal + outward against the gradient. The energy in the Na +-Ca l+ exchange system is derived froin Na + moving down its gradient (ENa - V r ). The most thorough investigation of Na +-Cal + exchange has been achieved using a special nerve cell, the intracellularly perfused squid giant axon (37). These studies show that probably three Na + ions must move into the cell to move one Cal + ion out of the cell. Studies in the squid axon also have shown that the exchange is sensitive to the membrane potential, probably because unequal charges are moved across the cell membrane (3 ions in to 2 ions out). It has also been possible to isolate this exchange system in fragmented cardiac membrane vesicles and to show that it is one transport system which does not consume ATP (38). Although the stoichiometry of the exchange is not exactly known, and may not be exactly 3: I, we will discuss qualitatively how the system works using that coupling ratio as our example. One possible description of the Na +-Cal + exchange system is that it is a protein in the cell membrane with one site for Ca2+ and three sites for Na". When the sites are filled, the carrier will transport the Na + ions one way across the membrane and the Cal + ion the other way. Also, when all the carrier sites are full, there is one net positive charge on it, making it responsive to the membrane potential. (For completeness, it should be pointed out that the carrier presumably can move Cal + in exchange for another Cal +, or three Na + in exchange for three Na +. We are not concerned with this self-exchange for our discussion because it would not affect contraction, but it is an important source of error for isotopic studies of the exchange system.) Because the outside solution has a high concentration of Na +, the outside sites are easily saturated with that ion, so the transporter usually operates to move Na + in and Ca 2 + out. The specific equation for the equilibrium relation is: where Eca and ENa are the membrane potentials at which the chemical and electrical gradients are equal for calcium and sodium, respectively, and n is the coupling ratio that we said is probably 3. Insertion of the appropriate extracellular and intracellular values Into this equation gives the prediction that an increase of ana by I rum above the physiologic range will double the level of aca at rest. Experimental support for the role of Na + -CaZ+ exchange. The prediction of this change in aca with cardiac glycoside was confirmed by Sheu and Fozzard (4) and Lee and Dagostino (18). The implication of this Na+-Ca l+ exchange hypothesis is that contraction should be very sensitive to a~a, which we have already indicated seems to be true. One missing link in the explanation is how the (diastolic) level at rest of Cal + has such a large effect on Con-
5 14A lacc Vol. 5, No.5 May 1985:IOA-15A traction. We previously indicated that the Ca 2 + used for activation of contraction comes from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Either the release of Ca2+ from sarcoplasmic reticulum or the amount stored in it must be a sensitive function of a::a'further study is needed to resolve this question. Digitalis Toxicity Clinical use of cardiac glycosides is sometimes associated with serious supraventricular or ventricular tachyarrhythmias, which are thought to be secondary to transient depolarizations (also called delayed afterdepolarizations) that become sufficiently large to reach threshold and result in ectopic heart beats (39,40). Kass et al. (41) studied the relation of transient depolarizations in cardiac glycoside-treated calf Purkinje fibers under voltage clamp. They found that transient depolarizations result from a oscillatory release of Ca 2 + from an intracellular store (probably the sarcoplasmic reticulum), which causes both aftercontractions and a transient inward current carried by Na + ions. The oscillatory release of Ca 2 + is probably promoted by digitalis indirectly by increasing intracellular Ca 2 +. These transient depolarizations can also be produced experimentally by other interventions that increase a::a, such as when extracellular Ca 2 + is increased. A special membrane channel has been found in cardiac cells that is permeable to Na + and is opened by increased aca (42). Role of potassium. By understanding the relation among digitalis, the inhibition of the Na + -K + pump and the resultant effects of increased intracellular Ca 2 +, other clinical consequences of digitalis therapy may be better understood. The role of increasing serum K + to treat digitalis toxicity is predicted because the increased extracellular K + increases the Na + -K + pump activity that has been inhibited by cardiac glycosides (apparently because of competitive binding). The resulting stimulation of the Na + -K + pump decreases a~a, decreases a::a through the Na + -Ca 2 + exchange and reduces the Ca 2 + overload of the cell that caused the transient depolarizations and the tachyarrhythmias. Similarly, the reason that patients who are treated with digitalis and also have hypokalemia (frequently from concomitant diuretic therapy) more readily develop digitalisinduced arrhythmias becomes obvious. The Na + -K + pump is already partially inhibited by the glycoside and hypokalemia further inhibits the pump, causing intracellular Ca2+ overload with transient depolarizations and cardiac arrhythmias. Action of antiarrhythmic agents. The efficacy of antiarrhythmic therapy such as lidocaine on digitalis-induced arrhythmias may also be partially understood through the relation of a~a, a::a and transient depolarizations. Cohen et al. (30) and January and Fozzard (28) have shown that a~a increases in sheep Purkinje fibers with increasing stimulation rates. This increase in a~a is absent after treatment of the cells with tetrodotoxin (a specific inhibitor of the fast Na + channel), indicating that the increase in a~a results from Na + ions traveling through the Na + channel. The antiarrhythmic drug lidocaine has been shown to decrease INa and therefore a~a' This has been demonstrated in sheep Purkinje fibers (29,43). Furthermore, lidocaine has been shown to also decrease both the magnitude of transient inward current and delayed aftercontraction accompanying transient depolarizations induced by K + -free extracellular solutions (43). However, the actions of antiarrhythmic drugs in treating digitalis-induced arrhythmias probably involve more than an effect on ana, including a shift of the threshold potential for action potentials to more positive values, possible changes in membrane resistance and possible effects of drugs on intracellular organelles. Role of increased vascular tone. Finally, digitalis therapy has been associated with mesenteric ischemia and infarction in some patients. Again, though our understanding of cardiac glycosides and their effect on a~a, a::a and contractility, it is expected that digitalis may increase vascular tone, and occasionally in a patient this may be associated with clinical vascular insufficiency. Conclusions We have discussed the role of the level of intracellular sodium activity (a~a) in regulating a::a through the Na + -Ca 2 + exchange system and the consequent effects on cardiac contraction strength. 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