Profound regulation of Na/K pump activity by transient elevations of cytoplasmic calcium in murine cardiac myocytes

Small changes of Na/K pump activity regulate internal Ca release in cardiac myocytes via Na/Ca exchange. We now show conversely that transient elevations of cytoplasmic Ca strongly regulate cardiac Na/K pumps. When cytoplasmic Na is submaximal, Na/K pump currents decay rapidly during extracellular K...

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Main Authors: Fang-Min Lu, Christine Deisl, Donald W Hilgemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-09-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/19267