CalTrack defines calcium transient changes caused by the TnnI3R145G/+ hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) variant in paced (0.5 Hz) adult guinea pig cardiomyocytes.
A, Normalized mean calcium transients and calcium decays (B) from wild-type (WT; n=47) or TnnI3R145G/+ (n=88) guinea pig cardiomyocytes. The TnnI3R145G/+ variant does not affect peak fluorescence/baseline fluorescence (Fmax/F0; C), and calcium decay constant (Tau; D). Time to 50% of calcium peak (T50on) is accelerated (E), but time to reach calcium peak (Ton; F), time of 50% calcium decay (T50off; G), time for calcium transient decay (Toff; H), and calcium transient duration (CD; I) are all slowed in comparison to WT. Data presented as mean and SD. Statistical analysis is performed by a 2-tailed Student t test (Ton, Toff, and CD) or by nonparametric Mann-Whitney test (Fmax/F0, Tau, T50on, and T50off) with a significance cutoff of P<0.05. ns indicates nonsignificant. AU indicates arbitrary units.