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The mechanisms leading to delayed afterdepolarizations in AF patients have not been defined.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods and Results\u2014<\/jats:title>\n \n Protein levels (Western blot), membrane currents and action potentials (patch clamp), and [Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n ]\n i<\/jats:sub>\n (Fluo-3) were measured in right atrial samples from 76 sinus rhythm (control) and 72 chronic AF (cAF) patients. Diastolic [Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n ]\n i<\/jats:sub>\n and SR Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n content (integrated I\n NCX<\/jats:sub>\n during caffeine-induced Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n transient) were unchanged, whereas diastolic SR Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n leak, estimated by blocking ryanodine receptors (RyR2) with tetracaine, was \u224850% higher in cAF versus control. Single-channel recordings from atrial RyR2 reconstituted into lipid bilayers revealed enhanced open probability in cAF samples, providing a molecular basis for increased SR Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n leak. Calmodulin expression (60%), Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n \/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase-II (CaMKII) autophosphorylation at Thr287 (87%), and RyR2 phosphorylation at Ser2808 (protein kinase A\/CaMKII site, 236%) and Ser2814 (CaMKII site, 77%) were increased in cAF. The selective CaMKII blocker KN-93 decreased SR Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n leak, the frequency of spontaneous Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n release events, and RyR2 open probability in cAF, whereas protein kinase A inhibition with H-89 was ineffective. Knock-in mice with constitutively phosphorylated RyR2 at Ser2814 showed a higher incidence of Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n sparks and increased susceptibility to pacing-induced AF compared with controls. The relationship between [Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n ]\n i<\/jats:sub>\n and I\n NCX<\/jats:sub>\n density revealed I\n NCX<\/jats:sub>\n upregulation in cAF. Spontaneous Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n release events accompanied by inward I\n NCX<\/jats:sub>\n currents and delayed afterdepolarizations\/triggered activity occurred more often and the sensitivity of resting membrane voltage to elevated [Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n ]\n i<\/jats:sub>\n (diastolic [Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n ]\n i<\/jats:sub>\n \u2013voltage coupling gain) was higher in cAF compared with control.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions\u2014<\/jats:title>\n \n Enhanced SR Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n leak through CaMKII-hyperphosphorylated RyR2, in combination with larger I\n NCX<\/jats:sub>\n for a given SR Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n release and increased diastolic [Ca\n 2+<\/jats:sup>\n ]\n i<\/jats:sub>\n -voltage coupling gain, causes AF-promoting atrial delayed afterdepolarizations\/triggered activity in cAF patients.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1161\/circulationaha.111.067306","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,29]],"date-time":"2012-03-29T03:18:43Z","timestamp":1332991123000},"page":"2059-2070","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":609,"title":["Enhanced Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca\n 2+<\/sup>\n Leak and Increased Na\n +<\/sup>\n -Ca\n 2+<\/sup>\n Exchanger Function Underlie Delayed Afterdepolarizations in Patients With Chronic Atrial Fibrillation"],"prefix":"10.1161","volume":"125","author":[{"given":"Niels","family":"Voigt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Division of Experimental Cardiology (N.V., I.A.-T., Q.S., D.D.) and Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (T.W.), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; 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