SK channel blockade prevents hypoxia-induced ventricular arrhythmias through inhibition of Ca 2+/voltage uncoupling in hypertrophied hearts
SK channel blockade prevents hypoxia-induced ventricular arrhythmias through inhibition of Ca 2+/voltage uncoupling in hypertrophied hearts
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SK 通道阻断通过抑制肥大心脏中的 Ca 2 /电压解偶联来预防缺氧引起的室性心律失常
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10.1152/ajpheart.00777.2020
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2021
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Anzai Toshihisa
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Takahashi Masayuki;Yokoshiki Hisashi;Mitsuyama Hirofumi;Watanabe Masaya;Temma Taro;Kamada Rui;Hagiwara Hikaru;Takahashi Yumi;Anzai Toshihisa
Ventricular arrhythmia (VA) is the major cause of death in patients with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and/or acute ischemia. We hypothesized that apamin, a blocker of small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+(SK) channels, alters Ca2+handling and exhibits anti-arrhythmic effects in ventricular myocardium. Spontaneous hypertensive rats were used as a model of LV hypertrophy. A dual optical mapping of membrane potential (Vm) and intracellular calcium (Cai) was performed during global hypoxia (GH) on the Langendorff perfusion system. The majority of pacing-induced VAs during GH were initiated by triggered activities. Pretreatment of apamin (100 nmol/L) significantly inhibited the VA inducibility. Compared with SK channel blockers (apamin and NS8593), non-SK channel blockers (glibenclamide and 4-AP) did not exhibit anti-arrhythmic effects. Apamin prevented not only action potential duration (APD80) shortening (−18.7 [95% confidence interval, −35.2 to −6.05] ms vs. −2.75 [95% CI, −10.45 to 12.65] ms,P= 0.04) but also calcium transient duration (CaTD80) prolongation (14.52 [95% CI, 8.8–20.35] ms vs. 3.85 [95% CI, −3.3 to 12.1] ms,P< 0.01), thereby reducing CaTD80− APD80, which denotes “Cai/Vmuncoupling” (33.22 [95% CI, 22–48.4] ms vs. 6.6 [95% CI, 0–14.85] ms,P< 0.01). The reduction of Cai/Vmuncoupling was attributable to less prolonged Ca2+decay constant and suppression of diastolic Caiincrease by apamin. The inhibition of VA inducibility and changes in APs/CaTs parameters caused by apamin was negated by the addition of ouabain, an inhibitor of Na+/K+pump. Apamin attenuates APD shortening, Ca2+handling abnormalities, and Cai/Vmuncoupling, leading to inhibition of VA occurrence in hypoxic hypertrophied hearts.NEW & NOTEWORTHYWe demonstrated that hypoxia-induced ventricular arrhythmias were mainly initiated by Ca2+-loaded triggered activities in hypertrophied hearts. The blockades of small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+channels, especially “apamin,” showed anti-arrhythmic effects by alleviation of not only action potential duration shortening but also Ca2+handling abnormalities, most notably the “Ca2+/voltage uncoupling.”