胍丁胺抑制兔房室结细胞的自发活动(英文)

目的:研究胍丁胺(Agm)对兔房室结细胞自发活动的影响及其作用机制.方法:应用玻璃微电极方法.结果:Agm不仅剂量依赖地抑制兔房室结细胞自发活动的V_(max),APA和VDD,RSF;而且延长APD_(90);idazoxan能明显抑制Agm的作用;而L-NAME不能影响Agm的作用;提高灌流液中的Ca~(2 )浓度可对抗Agm的作用;ATP-敏感性钾通道开放剂(lemakalim)可拮抗Agm延长APD_(90)的作用.结论:Agm对房室结细胞自发活动的抑制作用由咪唑啉受体和/或肾上腺素α_2-受体介导,并与Ca~(2 )内流和K~ 外流减少有关.

Inhibition by agmatine on spontaneous activity of rabbit atrioventricular node cells

AIM: To study the effects of agmatine on spontaneous activity of atrioventricular (AV) node and its action mechanisms. METHODS: Action potentials in AV node cells were recorded using intracellular microelectrode technique. RESULTS: Agmatine not only reduced the amplitude of action potential (APA), maximal rate of depolarization (Vmax), velocity of diastolic (phase 4) depolarization (VDD), and rate of spontaneous firing (RSF), but also prolonged 90% duration of action potential (APD90) in a concentration-dependent manner. The effects of agmatine (10 mmol/L) could be blocked completely by pretreatment with idazoxan (0.1 mmol/L), an imidazoline receptor (IR) and alpha 2-adrenergic receptor (alpha 2-AR) antagonist. Pretreatment with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 0.5 mmol/L), a nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, did not affect the effects of agmatine on AV node cells. Elevation of Ca2+ concentration (5 mmol/L) in perfusate antagonized the effects of agmatine (10 mmol/L). Lemakalim (30 mumol/L), an ATP-sensitive potassium channel opener, inhibited the prolonging effects of agmatine on repolarization. CONCLUSION: The inhibitory effects of agmatine on spontaneous activity of AV node cells in rabbits were likely mediated by IR and/or alpha 2-AR, and were related to the reduction in calcium influx and potassium efflux.