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Cholesterol depletion does not alter the capacitance or Ca handling of the surface or t‐tubule membranes in mouse ventricular myocytes

DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13500

Keywords: Cholesterol, methyl‐β‐cyclodextrin, t‐tubules

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Cholesterol is a key component of the cell plasma membrane. It has been suggested that the t‐tubule membrane of cardiac ventricular myocytes is enriched in cholesterol and that this plays a role in determining t‐tubule structure and function. We have used methyl‐β‐cyclodextrin (Mβ CD) to deplete cholesterol in intact and detubulated mouse ventricular myocytes to investigate the contribution of cholesterol to t‐tubule structure, membrane capacitance, and the distribution of Ca flux pathways. Depletion of membrane cholesterol was confirmed using filipin; however, di‐8‐ANEPPS staining showed no differences in t‐tubule structure following Mβ CD treatment. Mβ CD treatment had no significant effect on the capacitance:volume relationship of intact myocytes or on the decrease in capacitance:volume caused by detubulation. Similarly, Ca influx and efflux were not altered by Mβ CD treatment and were reduced by a similar amount following detubulation in untreated and Mβ CD‐treated cells. These data show that cholesterol depletion has similar effects on the surface and t‐tubule membranes and suggest that cholesterol plays no acute role in determining t‐tubule structure and function

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