The pacemaker current If in single human atrial myocytes and the effect of β‐adrenoceptor and A1‐adenosine receptor stimulation
The pacemaker current If in single human atrial myocytes and the effect of β‐adrenoceptor and A1‐adenosine receptor stimulation
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.bjp.0701473
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发表时间:
1997-11
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7.3
通讯作者:
F. Porciatti;B. Pelzmann;E. Cerbai;P. Schaffer;R. Pino;E. Bernhart;B. Koidl;A. Mugelli
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作者:
F. Porciatti;B. Pelzmann;E. Cerbai;P. Schaffer;R. Pino;E. Bernhart;B. Koidl;A. Mugelli
1We used single human atrial myocytes to studyIfoccurrence, properties and pharmacological modulation. Cells were obtained by chunk enzymatic digestion from samples of right atrial appendages of patients undergoing corrective cardiac surgery.2Patch‐clamped cells in the whole‐cell configuration were superfused with a modified Tyrode solution to reduce contamination by interfering currents and to amplifyIf. The average cell membrane capacitance was 85.06±2.41 pF (n=531). Data were consistent with the geometrical dimensions of the cells (length 94.2±1.89 μm, width 17.9±0.42 μm,n=126).3When hyperpolarizing to −120 mV from a holding potential of −40 mV, 252 of 306 tested cells (82%) expressed a hyperpolarization‐activated inward current (Ifdensity =3.77±0.25 pA pF−1); the current was considered to be present in a given cell if its density at −120 mV was larger than 0.5 pA pF−1.4Current activation was sigmoidal and fitted a Boltzmann model; the average activation curve (n=25) showed a maximum current amplitude of 205.97±19.94 pA, corresponding to 3.87±0.63 pA pF−1, voltage of half‐maximal activation (V1/2) at −86.68±2.19 mV and a slope of −11.39±0.69 mV. The reversal potential ofIfmeasured by tail‐current analysis was −13.07±1.92 mV (n=6). The addition of CsCl (5 mM) fully and reversibly blocked the current.5In the presence of the β‐adrenoceptor agonist isoprenaline (Iso, 1 μM), V1/2was significantly shifted toward less negative potentials by 6.06±1.96 mV (n=16,P=0.0039). The selective A1‐adenosine receptor agonist cyclopentyladenosine (CPA, 1 μM) caused a statistically significant shift of V1/2toward more negative potentials with respect to the control curve, both in the absence (−7.37±1.83 mV,P=0.0005,n=11) and in the presence of 1 μMIso (−4.97±1.78,P=0.031,n=6).6These results demonstrate that a current with the properties ofIfdescribed in cardiac primary and secondary pacemakers occurs in the majority of human atrial cells. While the pathophysiological relevance ofIfin human atrial tissue remains to be defined, our data clearly show that it is modulated through stimulation of β‐adrenoceptors and A1‐adenosine receptors.British Journal of Pharmacology(1997)122, 963–969; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0701473