Dog left ventricular midmyocardial myocytes for assessment of drug-induced delayed repolarization: short-term variability and proarrhythmic potential
Dog left ventricular midmyocardial myocytes for assessment of drug-induced delayed repolarization: short-term variability and proarrhythmic potential
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00338.x
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
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7.3
通讯作者:
Pollard, Chris E.
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作者:
Abi-Gerges, Najah;Valentin, Jean-Pierre;Pollard, Chris E.
Background and purpose: Evaluation of the potential for delayed ventricular repolarization and proarrhythmia by new drugs is essential. We investigated if dog left ventricular midmyocardial myocytes (LVMMs) that can be used as a preclinical model to assess drug effects on action potential duration (APD) and whether in these cells, short-term variability (STV) or triangulation could predict proarrhythmic potential.Experimental approach: Beagle LVMMs and Purkinje fibres (PFs) were used to record APs. Effects of six reference drugs were assessed on APD at 50% (APD(50)) and 90% (APD(90)) of repolarization, STV(APD), triangulation (ratio APD(90)/APD(50)) and incidence of early afterdepolarizations (EADs) at 1 and 0.5 Hz.Key results: LVMMs provided stable recordings of AP, which were not affected by four sequential additions of dimethyl sulphoxide. Effects of dofetilide, d-sotalol, cisapride, pinacidil and diltiazem, but not of terfenadine, on APD in LVMMs were found to be comparable with those recorded in PFs. LVMMs, but not PFs, exhibited a proarrhythmic response to I-Kr blockers. Incidence of EADs was not related to differences in AP prolongation or triangulation, but corresponded to beat-to-beat variability of repolarization, here quantified as STV of APD.Conclusions and implications: LVMMs provide a suitable preclinical model to assess the effects of new drugs on APD and also yield additional information about putative indicators of proarrhythmia that add value to an integrated QT/TdP risk assessment. Our findings support the concept that increased STV(APD) may predict drug-induced proarrhythmia. British Journal of Pharmacology (2010) 159, 77-92; doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00338.x; published online 6 August 2009