Stage-dependent changes in membrane currents in rats with monocrotaline-induced right ventricular hypertrophy
Stage-dependent changes in membrane currents in rats with monocrotaline-induced right ventricular hypertrophy
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.6.h2833
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发表时间:
1997-06-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Toyama, J
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作者:
Lee, JK;Kodama, I;Toyama, J
Sequential changes in action potential configuration, 4-aminopyridine-sensitive transient outward current (I-to), and L-type calcium current (I-Ca) in association with hypertrophy were investigated in ventricular myocytes from rats with monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary hypertension. The tissue weight ratio of right ventricle (RV) to left ventricle plus septum 14 and 28 days after a subcutaneous injection of MCT increased by 29.7 and 77.2%, respectively. Action potential duration (APD) of RV cells from MCT rats increased progressively, prolonged by 73.2 and 92.2% on days 14 and 28, respectively. The current density of I-to in RV cells from MCT rats on clay 14 (32.5 +/- 4.5 pA/pF, n = 13) was significantly larger than in controls (26.8 +/- 4.5 pA/pF, n = 8; P < 0.05). On day 28, however, It, density in MCT rats (15.3 +/- 4.6 pA/pF, n = 9) was significantly less than in controls (27.3 +/- 4.2 pA/pF, n = 10; P < 0.05). There were no differences in the voltage dependence of steady-state activation and inactivation of I-to between MCT and control rats. I-Ca density in MCT rats on day 14 (15.7 +/- 2.6 pA/pF, n = 10) was significantly larger than in controls (10.0 +/- 2.3 pA/pF, n = 10; P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in I-to density between MCT rats (8.3 +/- 3.7 pA/pF, n = 10) and controls (11.6 +/- 3.0 pA/pF, n = 10) on day 28. These findings suggest that hypertrophy of mammalian hearts may cause stage-dependent changes in I-to and I-Ca, density of ventricular myocytes. The APD prolongation in the early stage of hypertrophy may be caused mainly by an increase in I-Ca density, whereas the APD prolongation in the late stage may be ascribed to a reduction in I-to density.