Abstract
The inotropic effect of Pr3+ and La3+ ions on the heart muscle of frog Rana ridibunda, as well as the influence of the ions on respiration, swelling, and the potential (ΔΨmito) on the inner membrane of Ca2+- loaded rat heart mitochondria, energized by glutamate and malate or succinate in the presence of rotenone were studied. It was found that 2 mM Pr3+ in Ringer’s solution reduces the force of spontaneous contractions and those induced by electrical stimulation in the heart; it had a negative chronotropic effect, decreasing the frequency of spontaneous contractions. Pr3+ and La3+ prevented a decrease in the 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP)- uncoupled respiration of energized rat heart mitochondria, swelling of these organelles in salt media, and a reduction in ΔΨmito on the inner mitochondrial membrane that were induced by Ca2+ ions. Retardation by Pr3+ and La3+ ions of these calcium-induced effects may suggest that in the inner mitochondrial membrane these metals inhibit the opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore caused by Ca2+ overload of mitochondria. The data we obtained are important for a better understanding of the mechanisms of the damaging action of rare-earth elements on Ca2+-dependent processes in the vertebrate myocardium.
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