Research Article

Proinflammatory Cytokines Are Soluble Mediators Linked with Ventricular Arrhythmias and Contractile Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Metabolic Syndrome

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Cytosolic Ca2+ transients of control cardiomyocytes after 24 hrs of exposure to MS rat serum. Ca2+ transients were recorded for cells from healthy rats after 24 hrs of exposure to control rat serum (control) or MS rat serum (MS), under basal conditions and upon β-adrenergic stimulation (100 nM ISO). (a) Representative recording of Ca+2 transient for both groups. (b) Pooled data for fractional shortening (%). (c) Pooled data for normalized Ca2+ transient amplitude. (d) Pooled data for Ca2+ transient time to 50% decay (T50%). (Black, control group; white, MS group) versus control; # versus ISO. Basal conditions: cells/3 animals; 100 nM ISO: cells/3 animals.
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