AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 273, Issue 3 1096-H1106, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Ito1 dictates behavior of ICl(Ca) during early repolarization of canine ventricle

A. C. Zygmunt, D. C. Robitelle and G. T. Eddlestone
Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, New York 13501-1787, USA.

The contributions of the 4-aminopyridine (4-AP)-sensitive transient outward potassium conductance (Ito1) and the calcium-activated chloride conductance (ICl(Ca)] to cardiac action potentials were investigated in canine ventricular myocytes. Action potentials or currents were recorded at 37 degrees C using standard whole cell or amphotericin B perforated-patch-clamp techniques. Inhibition of Ito1 by 1 mM 4-AP prolonged phase 1 repolarization, elevated the action potential notch, and depressed the plateau. Action potential voltage clamp revealed that 4-AP blocked a rapidly decaying outward current during phase 1 without affecting plateau or diastolic currents. These results suggested that depression of the plateau was not a direct result of Ito1 inhibition but followed from delayed phase 1 repolarization. Calcium current (ICa) at the peak of the action potential dome was reduced 60 +/- 4% when the rate of phase 1 repolarization was reduced. ICl(Ca) measured by action potential clamp reversed over the course of the action potential. Chloride fluxes associated with outward and inward components of the 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid-sensitive current were +130 +/- 17 and -184 +/- 20 (pA.ms)/pF, respectively. The effects of selective inhibition of ICl(Ca) on the action potential were dependent on the rate of early repolarization and the prominence of the notch. Inhibition of ICl(Ca) elevated the plateau and slightly abbreviated action potential duration when the notch was prominent. When repolarization was prolonged and the notch was shallow, inhibition of ICl(Ca) elevated the notch and the plateau and abbreviated duration. We have shown that Ito1 and ICl(Ca) contribute to canine ventricular action potentials. The extent of overlap between Ito1 and ICl(Ca) during the action potential is largely determined by the amplitude of Ito1 and the depth of the notch. Regional differences in the density of Ito1, or interventions that moderate phase 1 repolarization by reducing this current, will have considerable effect on the time course of ICa and calcium-dependent conductances.

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