雌二醇抑制豚鼠心室肌细胞内向整流和延迟整流钾通道电流

研究雌二醇对心室肌细胞动作电位,内向整流钾通道电流及延迟整流钾通道电流的影响。方法：全细胞膜片箝技术。结果：ＥＳＴ１０μｍｏｌ．Ｌ＾－１使豚鼠心室肌细胞ＡＰ时程明显缩短,ＡＰＤ５０由给药前（４７４±７１）ｍｓ缩短至（３３０±７５）ｍｓ（Ｐ〈０．０５）,Ｅｓｔ１００μｍｏｌ．Ｌ＾－１使ＡＰＤ５０缩短至（２２９±６７）ｍｓ,ＡＰＤ９０由（５８７±６０）ｍｓ缩短至（４１８±７９）ｍｓ,Ｅｓｔ浓度依赖性地     

雌二醇抑制豚鼠心室肌细胞内向整流和延迟整流钾通道电流

目的:研究雌二醇(Estradiol,Est)对心室肌细胞动作电位(AP)、内向整流钾通道电流(I_(K1))及延迟整流钾通道电流(I_K)的影响。方法:全细胞膜片箝技术。结果:EST 10μmol·L~(-1)使豚鼠心室肌细胞AP时程明显缩短,APD_(50)由给药前(474±71)ms缩短至(330±75)ms(P<0.05),Est 100μmol·L~(-1)使APD_(50)缩短至(229±67)ms(P<0.01),使APD_(90)由(587±60)ms缩短至(418±79)ms(P<0.05)。Est浓度依赖性地抑制I_K尾电流(I_K·tail),10μmol·L~(-1)浓度下,I_K·tail减少53％(P<0.05),100μmol·L~(-1)浓度下,I_K·tail减少80％(P<0.05)。10μmol·L~(-1)以上浓度Est明显抑制I_(K1),在-100mV刺激电压下,内向电流最大抑制为49％(P<0.01);在-40mV刺激电压下,外向电流最大抑制为72％(P<0.01)。同时,Est使I_(K1)翻转电位向负电位方向移位(由-70mV变为-76mV)。结论:Est对豚鼠心室肌细胞I_(K1)和I_K通道具有明显的抑制作用。     

甲基苯丙胺对豚鼠心室肌细胞动作电位及延迟整流钾电流的影响(英文)

目的研究甲基苯丙胺对心血管系统的毒性作用及其机制。方法分离豚鼠心室肌细胞,采用全细胞膜片钳技术获取并分析心室肌细胞延迟整流钾电流(IK)及动作电位(AP)水平。结果甲基苯丙胺0.5mmol·L-1使豚鼠心室肌细胞AP幅值从121.6mV降至106.0mV,能延长动作电位时程(APD),但不改变静息电位水平。其中动作电位复极10%,25%,50%,75%及90%时程(APD10,APD25,APD50,APD75,APD90)分别延长179.0%,88.7%,47.7%,43.4%和31.9%(P<0.05)。甲基苯丙胺0.5mmol·L-1使快速激活延迟整流钾电流(IKr)和缓慢激活延迟整流钾电流(IKs)的膜电位水平降低,电流-电压曲线下移,但曲线形状不变,冲洗后能部分恢复。用含甲基苯丙胺0.01,0.1,0.5,1.0和3.0mmol·L-1的细胞外液分别灌流细胞5min,甲基苯丙胺对IKr尾电流幅度呈浓度依赖性的阻断作用,冲洗后能部分恢复。甲基苯丙胺对IKs尾电流的影响也非常显著(P<0.05)。结论甲基苯丙胺对豚鼠心室肌细胞的IK及AP都有不同程度的影响,这可能是甲基苯丙胺造成心脏损伤的电生理机制之一。     

Olanzapine prolongs cardiac repolarization by blocking the rapid component of the delayed rectifier potassium current

Prolongation of the QT interval has been observed during treatment with olanzapine, a thienobenzodiazepine antipsychotic agent. Our objectives were 1) to characterize the effects of olanzapine on cardiac repolarization and 2) to evaluate effects of olanzapine on the major time-dependent outward potassium current involved in cardiac repolarization, namely I(Kr) (I(Kr): rapid component of the delayed rectifier potassium current).Isolated, buffer-perfused guinea pig hearts (n = 40) were stimulated at different pacing cycle lengths (150-250 msec) and exposed to olanzapine at concentrations ranging from 1 to 100 microM. Olanzapine increased monophasic action potential duration measured at 90% repolarization (MAPD90) in a concentration-dependent manner by 6.7 +/- 0.7 msec at 3 microM but by 26.0 +/- 4.3 msec at 100 microM (250 msec cycle length). Increase in MAPD(90) was also reverse frequency dependent; 30 microM olanzapine increased MAPD90 by 28.0 +/- 6.2 msec at a pacing cycle length of 250 msec but by only 18.9 +/- 2.2 msec at a pacing cycle length of 150 msec. Experiments in HERG-transfected (HERG: human ether-a-gogo-related gene) HEK293 cells (n = 36) demonstrated concentration-dependent block of the rapid component (I(Kr)) of the delayed rectifier potassium current: tail current was decreased 50% at olanzapine 3.8 microM.Olanzapine possesses direct cardiac electrophysiological effects similar to those of class III anti-arrhythmic drugs. These effects were observed at concentrations that can be measured in patients under conditions of impaired drug elimination such as renal or hepatic insufficiency, during co-administration of other CYP1A2 substrates/inhibitors or after drug overdose. These results offer a new potential explanation for QT prolonging effects observed during olanzapine treatment in patients.     

Risperidone prolongs cardiac repolarization by blocking the rapid component of the delayed rectifier potassium current

Cases of QT prolongation and sudden death have been reported with risperidone, a neuroleptic agent increasingly prescribed worldwide. Although hypokalemia was present in some of these events, we hypothesized that risperidone may have unsuspected electrophysiologic effects predisposing patients to proarrhythmia. In six isolated guinea pig hearts, risperidone elicited prolongation of cardiac repolarization: action potential duration increased from a baseline value of 128 ms +/- 5 to 147 ms +/- 5 (15%) with risperidone 1 microM during pacing at 250-ms cycle length, whereas the increase was only 10%, from 101 ms +/- 2 to 111 ms +/- 4, with pacing at a cycle length of 150 ms. In human ether-a-go-go (HERG)-transfected Chinese hamster ovary cells (n = 16), risperidone caused concentration-dependent block of the rapid component (I(Kr)) of the delayed rectifier potassium current with an IC(50) for tail block of 261 nM. Risperidone did not block I(Ks). Risperidone exerts cardiac electrophysiologic effects similar to those of Class III antiarrhythmic drugs. These effects are observed at clinically relevant concentrations. Because risperidone is metabolized primarily by CYP2D6, these actions likely enhance risk for risperidone-related QT prolongation and proarrhythmia in specific patient subsets (e.g., poor metabolizers and those taking interacting drugs).     

Increase in action potential duration and inhibition of the delayed rectifier outward current IK by berberine in cat ventricular myocytes.

1. In the present work, the effects of the antiarrhythmic drug, berberine, on action potential and ionic currents of cat ventricular myocytes were studied. 2. Berberine prolonged action potential duration in cat ventricular myocytes without altering other variables of the action potential. 3. The drug at concentrations of 0.3-30 microM blocked only the delayed rectifier (IK) current with an IC50 = 4.1 microM. Berberine produced a tonic block and a phasic block that was increased with the duration of the depolarizing pulse. The blocking effect on IK was use-dependent, but not frequency-dependent. 4. In cardiac preparations two delayed rectifier currents have been found: a rapid (IKr) current and a slow (IKs) current. In the present work it has been found that berberine at the concentrations used, selectively blocked IKr. 5. At concentrations higher than 10 microM it also decreased the transient outward (Ito1) current. The drug did not have effects on the inward rectifier (IK1) or the high threshold calcium current (Ica-L). 6. These results show that berberine is a specific potassium channel blocker. The increase in action potential duration induced by berberine can be explained mainly by its blocking effects on IK.     

Two components of delayed rectifier K^＋ current in heart： molecular basis, functional diversity, and contribution to repolarization

Delayed rectifier K^ current (IK) is the major outward current responsible for ventricular repolarization. Two components of IK (IKr and/Ks) have been identified in many mammalian species including humans. IKr plays a pivotal role in normal ventricular repolarization. A prolongation of action potential duration (APD) under a variety of conditions would favor the activation of IKs so that to prevent excessive repolarization delay causing early afterdepolarization. The pore-forming α subunits of IKr and IKs are composed of HERG (KCNH2) and KvLQT1(KCNQ1), respectively. KvLQT1 is associated with a function-altering β subunit, minK to form IKs. HERG may be associated with minK (KCNE1) and/or minK-related protein (MiRP1) to form IKr, but the issue remains to be established. IKs is enhanced, whereas IKr is usually attenuated by β-adrenergic stimulation via cyclic adenosine 3‘,5‘-monophosphate (cAMP)/protein kinase A-dependent pathways. There exist regional differences in the density of IKr and IKs transmurally (endo-epicardial) and along the apico-basal axis, contributing to the spatial heterogeneity of ventricular repolarization. A decrease of IKr or IKs by mutations in either HERG, KvLQT1, or KCNE family results in inherited long QT syndrome (LQTS) with high risk for Torsades de pointes (TdP)-type polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. As to the pharmacological treatment and prevention of ventricular tachyarrhythmias, selectively block of IKs is expected to be more beneficial than selectively block of IKr in terms of homogeneous prolongation of refractoriness at high heart rates especially in diseased hearts including myocardial ischemia.     

Caffeine-induced decreases in the inward rectifier potassium and the inward calcium currents in rat ventricular myocytes.

The effects of high (20 mM) concentrations of caffeine were studied on the transmembrane voltage and currents in rat single ventricular myocytes by the whole cell configuration of the patch clamp technique. Rapid application of caffeine released Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum and induced a Ni(2+)-sensitive transient inward current with concomitant change of the transmembrane voltage from -72.6 +/- 0.4 to -68.0 +/- 0.6 mV (n = 4). Maintained application of caffeine lengthened the action potential duration (APD90) from 66.7 +/- 16.9 to 135.1 +/- 34.1 ms (n = 4) and depressed the amplitude of both the inward rectifier potassium and the inward calcium currents. It is concluded that these effects of caffeine should be recognized when it is used as a tool to study electromechanical coupling.     

丙基丁基多巴胺对心肌内向整流钾电流的抑制作用

研究丙基丁基多巴胺对内向整流钾电流的影响。方法：应用缓慢斜坡去极化脉冲程序测定离体豚鼠心室肌细胞准稳态电流－电压关系曲线。结果：ＰＢＤＡ５,５０和１００μｍｏｌ．Ｌ＾－１浓度依赖性地降低了心肌内向整流钾电流,表明该药对ＩＫ１具有抑制作用。     

Monophasic action potential in anaesthetized guinea pigs as a biomarker for prediction of liability for drug-induced delayed ventricular repolarization

INTRODUCTION: Drug-induced QT interval prolongation has been one of the critical issues for developing new chemical entities and pharmaceutical companies need to evaluate the risk early in the development stage. At such stage, guinea pigs are appropriate due to their small size requiring only small amounts of test drugs. The purpose of this study was to determine the utility of guinea pig monophasic action potential (MAP) using 12 reference drugs in order to clarify prediction of the QT interval prolonging risk. METHODS: Male guinea pigs were anaesthetized with pentobarbital (40 mg/kg, i.p.). Parameters analyzed were epicardial MAP duration (MAP(90)) at sinus rhythm (MAP(90(sinus))) and MAP(90) during atrial pacing (MAP(90(pacing))). Test drugs were administered to animals intravenously and cumulatively. RESULTS: Vehicle control did not affect the parameters tested. All 8 QT-prolonging drugs prolonged MAP(90(sinus)) and MAP(90(pacing)) dose-dependently, whereas all 4 non-QT-prolonging drugs showed no or very slight prolongations of these MAP(90) parameters. Rank order potency of MAP(90(pacing)) prolongations by the QT-prolonging drugs tended to correspond to clinical plasma concentrations associated with QT interval prolongations or Torsades de Pointes but showed less of a link with hERG inhibition activities. CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrates that the MAP model using anaesthetized guinea pigs could predict the liability of drugs for QT interval prolongation with high accuracy. QT assessment using the combination of the hERG assay with high sensitivity and the current in vivo assay would be desirable for early risk assessment within drug development.     

苄基四氢巴马汀对心室肌动作电位和延迟整流钾电流的频率依赖性作用

目的　研究BTHP对豚鼠乳头状肌动作电位及单个心室肌细胞延迟整流钾电流影响的频率依赖性。方法　用标准微电极方法在不同基础周长 (BCL)时测定动作电位 ;采用全细胞膜片钳技术测定延迟整流钾电流 (IK:IKr、IKs)。结果　 10 0 μmol·L-1BTHP在BCL为 :2 0 0 0、2 5 0ms时 ,使APD2 0 分别延长 11 35 %和 2 5 5 5 % ;使APD90 分别延长15 97%和 32 5 6 %。 30 μmol·L-1BTHP在刺激频率为 :0 2 5和 2 0Hz时分别使Ikr,tial从 (0 94± 0 .44 ) pA·pF-1和(0 92± 0 31) pA·pF-1降至 (0 6 0± 0 32 ) pA·pF-1和 (0 43± 0 18)pA·pF-1。在刺激频率为 :0 1和 2 0Hz时分别使Iks,tial从 (4 2 2± 0 5 6 ) pA·pF-1和 (5 14± 0 2 8)降至 (2 5 8±0 41)pA·pF-1和 (2 6 2± 0 37)pA·pF-1。结论　BTHP可频率依赖性地阻滞IKr、IKs,其延长动作电位也呈频率依赖性     

Contribution of the monocyte to thrombotic potential.

The circulating monocyte exhibits the capacity to initiate and accelerate the coagulation cascade. We have devised a simple whole blood clotting assay which quantitates the monocyte's contribution of procoagulant (a marker of monocyte activation) to the clotting process and in addition, measures the in vivo activation of the cell. Citrated whole blood is added to saline and the recalcification time (RT) determined without incubation (RT control), with two hours incubation (RT saline), or added to endotoxin with incubation (RT endotoxin). The reduction in value between RT control and RT saline is a measure of monocyte activation in vivo. The reduction in time between RT saline and RT endotoxin is a marker of monocyte activation in vitro. This simple test enables the measurement of monocyte activation and this cells contribution to the hypercoagulability described in many disease states.     

Gender differences in the slow delayed (IKs) but not in inward (IK1) rectifier K+ currents of canine Purkinje fibre cardiac action potential: key roles for IKs, beta-adrenoceptor stimulation, pacing rate and gender

As the beagle dog is a commonly used preclinical species to test the effects of new drugs on cardiac repolarisation and Purkinje fibres have become an established in vitro preparation to assess the effects of these new drugs on action potential duration (APD), the main aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the relative contribution of the inward (I(K1)) and slow delayed (I(Ks)) rectifier cardiac K(+) currents to action potential repolarisation in beagle Purkinje fibres under three different experimental conditions: (i) selective block of I(K1) with BaCl(2), (ii) selective block of I(Ks) with (-) chromanol 293B under basal conditions and (iii) selective block of I(Ks) during beta-adrenoceptor stimulation. Furthermore, the dependence of this contribution on gender and pacing rate was investigated. Microelectrode techniques were employed to measure APD in Purkinje fibres from adult female and male dogs. At stimulation rates of 3.33, 1.0 and 0.2 Hz, the degree of prolongation of APD evoked by BaCl(2) (10 microM) was comparable in fibres from female and male dogs. At the same stimulation rates, 10 microM (-) chromanol 293B did not change the APD in fibres from female and male dogs. During beta-adrenoceptor stimulation with 0.1 microM isoproterenol, an APD prolonging effect of (-) chromanol 293B was detected. In the presence of isoproterenol, action potentials in fibres from male dogs get shorter when changing the stimulation rate from 1.0 to 0.2 Hz, while the opposite is seen in fibres from female dogs. This alteration was completely reversed by (-) chromanol 293B. In conclusion, our findings confirm that beta-adrenoceptor stimulation is one condition where there may be an increased role of I(Ks) in action potential repolarisation. Gender differences in the autonomic modulation of I(Ks) could be a contributing factor to the reported increased susceptibility of female hearts to arrhythmias.     

Dog left ventricular midmyocardial myocytes for assessment of drug-induced delayed repolarization: short-term variability and proarrhythmic potential

Background and purpose:

Increased oxidative stress and up-regulation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) may cause structural and functional vascular changes in renovascular hypertension. We examined whether treatment with spironolactone (SPRL), hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) or both drugs together modified hypertension-induced changes in arterial blood pressure, aortic remodelling, vascular reactivity, oxidative stress and MMP levels and activity, in a model of renovascular hypertension.

Experimental approach:

We used the two-kidney,one-clip (2K1C) model of hypertension in Wistar rats. Sham-operated or hypertensive rats were treated with vehicle, SPRL (25 mg·kg⁻¹·day⁻¹), HCTZ (20 mg·kg⁻¹·day⁻¹) or a combination for 8 weeks. Systolic blood pressure was monitored weekly. Aortic rings were isolated to assess endothelium-dependent and -independent relaxations. Morphometry of the vascular wall was carried out in sections of aorta. Aortic NADPH oxidase activity and superoxide production were evaluated. Formation of reactive oxygen species was measured in plasma as thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances. Aortic MMP-2 levels and activity were determined by gelatin and in situ zymography, fluorimetry and immunohistochemistry.

Key results:

Treatment with SPRL, HCTZ or the combination attenuated 2K1C-induced hypertension, and reversed the endothelial dysfunction in 2K1C rats. Both drugs or the combination reversed vascular aortic remodelling induced by hypertension, attenuated hypertension-induced increases in oxidative stress and reduced MMP-2 levels and activity.

Conclusions and implications:

SPRL or HCTZ, alone or combined, exerted antioxidant effects, and decreased renovascular hypertension-induced MMP-2 up-regulation, thus improving the vascular dysfunction and remodelling found in this model of hypertension.     

Tetracycline-regulatable adenovirus vectors: pharmacologic properties and clinical potential.

Stringent control of gene expression in human gene therapy strategies is important for both therapeutic and safety reasons. Replication-defective vectors derived from adenoviruses have been shown to be capable of highly efficient in vivo gene delivery to a wide variety of dividing and nondividing human cells. Here, we review the progress in the development of regulatable adenovirus vectors that allow gene expression to be tightly controlled by low concentrations of tetracyclines. As an example of the potential clinical utility of this technology, we highlight our results obtained in an immunotherapy model for prostate cancer with a tetracycline-regulatable adenovirus vector expressing the cytokine interleukin-12. Recombinant adenovirus vectors with tetracycline-regulatable gene expression provide new opportunities and improved safety for gene therapy applications in humans.     

Trapidil enhances the slowly activating delayed rectifier potassium current and suppresses the transient inward current induced by catecholamine in Guinea pig ventricular myocytes

We examined the electrophysiological effects of trapidil on the ionic currents influencing the repolarization and on the transient inward current (ITi) that can cause triggered arrhythmia using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique in guinea pig ventricular myocytes. Trapidil shortened the action potential duration (APD) and increased the delayed rectifier potassium current (IK) in a concentration-dependent manner. The effect of trapidil on the rapidly and slowly activating components of IK (IKr and IKs, respectively) was studied by the envelope of tails test. Trapidil failed to affect IKr and selectively enhanced IKs. Trapidil increased the amplitude of the L-type Ca2+ current (ICa,L), with an acceleration of its inactivation, whereas isoproterenol, a beta-adrenoceptor agonist, increased the amplitude of the ICa,L in a different manner. Isoproterenol activated ITi; however, trapidil not only failed to facilitate ITi but also suppressed isoproterenol-induced ITi. The inhibitory effect of trapidil on isoproterenol-induced ITi is at least partly via a reduction of Ca2+ overload through an acceleration of ICa,L inactivation and/or a sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca channel modulation. These results suggest that trapidil does not prolong the QT interval and has an antiarrhythmic effect on arrhythmias elicited by triggered activity secondary to Ca2+ overload at much higher concentrations than clinical concentration.     

Involvement of inward rectifier and M-type currents in carbachol-induced epileptiform synchronization

Exposure to cholinergic agonists is a widely used paradigm to induce epileptogenesis in vivo and synchronous activity in brain slices maintained in vitro. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects remain unclear. Here, we used field potential recordings from the lateral entorhinal cortex in horizontal rat brain slices to explore whether two different K⁺ currents regulated by muscarinic receptor activation, the inward rectifier (K_IR) and the M-type (K_M) currents, have a role in carbachol (CCh)-induced field activity, a prototypical model of cholinergic-dependent epileptiform synchronization. To establish whether K_IR or K_M blockade could replicate CCh effects, we exposed slices to blockers of these currents in the absence of CCh. K_IR channel blockade with micromolar Ba²⁺ concentrations induced interictal-like events with duration and frequency that were lower than those observed with CCh; by contrast, the K_M blocker linopirdine was ineffective. Pre-treatment with Ba²⁺ or linopirdine increased the duration of epileptiform discharges induced by subsequent application of CCh. Baclofen, a GABA_B receptor agonist that activates K_IR, abolished CCh-induced field oscillations, an effect that was abrogated by the GABA_B receptor antagonist CGP 55845, and prevented by Ba²⁺. Finally, when applied after CCh, the K_M activators flupirtine and retigabine shifted leftward the cumulative distribution of CCh-induced event duration; this effect was opposite to what seen during linopirdine application under similar experimental conditions. Overall, our findings suggest that K_IR rather than K_M plays a major regulatory role in controlling CCh-induced epileptiform synchronization.     

Self-augmentation of the lengthening of repolarization is related to the shape of the cardiac action potential: implications for reverse rate dependency

Background and purpose:

The aims of the present work were to study the mechanism of the reverse rate dependency of different interventions prolonging cardiac action potential duration (APD).

Experimental approach:

The reverse rate-dependent lengthening effect of APD-prolonging interventions and the possible involvement of I_Kr (rapid component of the delayed rectifier potassium current) and I_K1 (inward rectifier potassium current) were studied by using the standard microelectrode and the whole-cell patch-clamp techniques in dog multicellular ventricular preparations and in myocytes isolated from undiseased human and dog hearts.

Key results:

All applied drugs – dofetilide (1 µmol·L⁻¹), BaCl₂ (10 µmol·L⁻¹), BAY-K-8644 (1 µmol·L⁻¹), veratrine (1 µg·mL⁻¹) – lengthened APD in a reverse rate-dependent manner regardless of their mode of action, suggesting that reverse rate dependency may not represent a specific mechanism of APD prolongation. The E-4031-sensitive current (I_Kr) and the Ba²⁺-sensitive current (I_K1) were recorded during repolarizing voltage ramps having various steepness and also during action potential waveforms with progressively prolonged APD. Gradually delaying repolarization results in smaller magnitude of I_Kr and I_K1 currents at an isochronal phase of the pulses. This represents a positive feedback mechanism, which appears to contribute to the reverse rate-dependent prolongation of action potentials.

Conclusions and implications:

Action potential configuration may influence the reverse rate-dependent APD prolongation due to the intrinsic properties of I_Kr and I_K1 currents. Drugs lengthening repolarization by decreasing repolarizing outward, or increasing depolarizing inward, currents are expected to cause reverse rate-dependent APD lengthening with high probability, regardless of which current they modify.