Archived Seminar: Understanding the regulation of cardiac contractility by Transient Outward Potassium Channels: How to make an efficient pump
Special Seminar presented by the Center for Vascular and Heart Research and the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Archived Seminar: Understanding the regulation of cardiac contractility by Transient Outward Potassium Channels: How to make an efficient pump
Date: May 19, 2021
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
About this Seminar
Dr. Backx will discuss how the timing of the outward currents produced by Transient Outward Potassium (Ito) channels control the timing of calcium release from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum. This phenomenon leads to the synchronization of contraction across the wall of the ventricle, which is otherwise inherently heterogeneous due to conduction delays from the Purkinje Fibers to the working myocardium. The impact of the Ito Channels on calcium release is mediated by its effects on early repolarization of the action potential (i.e., called Phase 1 or the Cardiac Notch). Changes in early repolarization, in turn, directly control the reverse-mode activity of the Sodium-Calcium Exchanger, thereby driving inward movement of calcium with (energetically efficient) outward sodium movement. Dr. Backx will also discuss work in his lab on cellular mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and the use of cardiomyocytes obtained from patient-derived induced-Pluripotent Stem Cells to understand cardiomyopathies associated with mutations in selected cardiac sodium channels.
You May Also Be Interested In...
-
Home Item
Suicide by Firearm in the United States: A Collaborative Path for Prevention , homeMarch 6, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Marian Betz, M.D., M.P.H. Professor, Departments of Epidemiology and Emergency Medicine, Deputy Director, Injury & Violence Prevention Center, University of Colorado School of Public Health; Member, National Academy of Medicine | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
-
Home Item
Thinking the Right Thoughts , homeNathaniel Daw, Ph.D., Professor, Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Princeton University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Human Neuroscience Research
-
Home Item
The Emergence of Network Activity Patterns - An Early Window to Autism Spectrum Disorder , homeMarch 14, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Natalia De Marco Garcia, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Neurobiology Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
-
Home Item
Integration of Sensory, Metabolic and Neural Signals in the Determination of Food Choices and How Dysregulation of These Systems Contributes to Obesity, Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment , homeMarch 21, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Dana M. Small, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director, Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center, Yale School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Health Behaviors Research and the Addiction Recovery Research Center, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
-
Home Item
Social Learning in Borderline Personality Disorder , homeApril 4, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Sarah Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Human Neuroscience Research
Peter Backx, Ph.D., DVM
Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, York University
Senior Scientist, Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Division of Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto