MODIFICATION OF THE TRANSIENT OUTWARD CURRENT OF RAT ATRIAL MYOCYTES BY METABOLIC INHIBITION AND OXIDANT STRESS
MODIFICATION OF THE TRANSIENT OUTWARD CURRENT OF RAT ATRIAL MYOCYTES BY METABOLIC INHIBITION AND OXIDANT STRESS
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019863
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发表时间:
1993-10-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
ROBERTS, ML
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作者:
PIKE, GK;BRETAG, AH;ROBERTS, ML
1. A putative function of the transient outward current (I(TO)) in cardiac myocytes is to modulate the shape of the action potential and, consequently, cardiac contractility. In addition, it has been suggested that this current may help protect against arrhythmias during periods of cardiac ischaemia. In our investigation of the possible anti-arrhythmic action of I(TO), we have examined its response to metabolic inhibition and oxidant stress.2. Whole-cell recordings were obtained from rat atrial myocytes using standard patch-clamp techniques. Inhibition of metabolism, using 10 mm 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) to block glycolysis with or without the addition of 2 mm cyanide to block oxidative phosphorylation, led to inhibition of I(TO) at a holding potential of - 70 mV. Shifting the holding potential to - 80 mV restored -I(TO), suggesting that metabolic inhibition had shifted the inactivation curve of I(TO) in a negative direction.3. Quasi steady-state inactivation curves revealed a shift in I(TO) inactivation induced by complete metabolic inhibition with 2-DG and cyanide. Myocytes typically contracted shortly after the shift was observed. In the presence of Ruthenium Red, contraction was delayed and myocytes could undergo several exposures to the metabolic inhibitors, each time displaying a shift in I(TO) inactivation. The shifts ranged between - 7 and - 20 mV.4. Recovery from inactivation was determined using a two-pulse protocol. The time constant of recovery at a holding potential of - 80 mV reversibly shifted from 48 +/- 8 to 129 +/- 21 ms during metabolic inhibition (n = 4).5. The activation of I(TO) from a holding potential of - 100 mV shifted in a negative direction during metabolic inhibition, from a half-activation voltage of 0.3 +/- 3-0 to - 14.7 +/- 2.5 mV (n = 5). Such a - 15 mV shift increases the amplitude of I(TO) by approximately 30 % at 0 mV.6. A shift in I(TO) inactivation similar to that produced by metabolic inhibition could be shown when myocytes were subjected to oxidant stress induced by either 1 mm t-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) or the photoactivation of 100 nM Rose Bengal. Furthermore, an increase in pipette concentration of free Ca2+ from 20 to 200 nm also shifted I(TO) inactivation in a negative direction.7. These results raise the possibility that the rise in intracellular [Ca2+] occurring during both metabolic inhibition and oxidant stress modifies activation and inactivation of I(TO). Such a sensitivity to cytosolic Ca2+ may influence I(TO) during the action potential in the normal heart as well as under abnormal conditions where [Ca2+]i rises. The depression of I(TO) resulting from the shift in inactivation would lead to an elevation of the plateau potential and widening of the action potential.