Attenuated inhibition of L-type calcium currents by troglitazone in fructose-fed rat cardiac ventricular myocytes
Attenuated inhibition of L-type calcium currents by troglitazone in fructose-fed rat cardiac ventricular myocytes
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DOI:
10.1097/00005344-200407000-00015
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发表时间:
2004-07-01
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3
通讯作者:
Saikawa, T
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作者:
Arikawa, M;Takahashi, N;Saikawa, T
We recently reported that troglitazone, an insulin-sensitizing agent, inhibited L-type Ca2+ current (I-Ca,I-L) more effectively in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic ventricular myocytes than in age-matched control myocytes. However, whether this agent would effectively inhibit I-Ca,I-L in an animal model of hyperinsulinemia is unknown. Using whole-cell voltage-clamp techniques, I-Ca,I-L was measured in ventricular myocytes isolated from 12 to 16 weeks on fructose-enriched feeding and age-matched control rats. Under control conditions, fructose-fed myocytes did not differ from control myocytes in membrane capacitance, current density, or voltage-dependent properties of I-Ca,I-L. Troglitazone inhibited I-Ca,I-L in both control and fructose-fed myocytes in a concentration-dependent manner. However, this inhibition was less in fructose-fed than in control myocytes-1 the half-maximum inhibitory concentrations of troglitazone measured at a holding potential of -50 mV were 16.9 and 9.8 mumol/L, respectively. Contrary to the STZ-induced diabetic rat, the suppressive effect of troglitazone on cardiac ventricular I-Ca,I-L was attenuated in fructose-fed rats. Persistent elevation of plasma insulin concentration may play a role in these processes.