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1 Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
2 CV Therapeutics, Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: songy{at}medicine.ufl.edu.
This study determined the role of a slowly-inactivating component of sodium current, late INa, to induce delayed afterdepolarizations (DADs) and triggered activity. We hypothesized that an increase of late INa may induce not only early afterdepolarizations (EADs), but also intracellular calcium overload and DADs. Guinea pig atrial myocytes were studied using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. ATX-II (5-10 nmol/L) was used to enhance late INa. Ranolazine (10 µmol/L) and TTX (2 µmol/L) were applied to block ATX-II-induced late INa. ATX-II prolonged action potential duration and induced EADs. In the continuous presence of ATX-II, following the appearance of EADs, both DADs and sustained triggered activity occurred. Triggered activity was abolished and DADs were reduced by either ranolazine or TTX. Consistent with induction of DADs, ATX-II induced the transient inward current (ITI). The amplitude of ITI was significantly reduced by ranolazine. ATX-II induced only EADs, but no DADs, in the presence of the sodium-calcium exchange inhibitor KB-R7943 or the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release channel inhibitor ryanodine, or when the calcium chelator EGTA or BAPTA was included in the pipette solution. In conclusion, an increase of late INa, in addition to inducing EADs, can cause cellular calcium overload and induce DADs and sustained triggered activity in atrial myocytes. The data reveal that an increase of late INa is a novel mechanism for initiation of atrial arrhythmic activity.
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