Effects of platelet activating factor on action potentials and potassium channels in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.
- Author:
Yi-Mei DU
1
;
Ming TANG
;
Chang-Jin LIU
;
Qin-Mei KE
;
Hong-Yan LUO
;
Xin-Wu HU
Author Information
1. Department of Physiology, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Action Potentials;
drug effects;
Adenosine Triphosphate;
pharmacology;
Animals;
Glyburide;
pharmacology;
Guinea Pigs;
Heart Ventricles;
cytology;
metabolism;
Myocytes, Cardiac;
metabolism;
physiology;
Patch-Clamp Techniques;
Platelet Activating Factor;
pharmacology;
Potassium Channels;
drug effects
- From:
Acta Physiologica Sinica
2004;56(3):282-287
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
This study was designed to investigate the effects of platelet activating factor (PAF) on the action potential and potassium currents in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes. Whole cell patch clamp techniques were used. With 5 mmol/L ATP in the pipette electrode(mimic normal condition), 1 micromol/L PAF increased APD(90) from 225.8+/-23.3 to 352.8+/-29.8 ms (n=5, P<0.05), decreased I(K1) and I(K) tail currents from -6.1+/-1.3 to -5.6+/-1.1 nA (n=5, P<0.05) at -120 mV and from 173.5+/-16.7 to 152.1+/-11.5 pA (P<0.05, n=4) at +30 mV, respectively. But PAF had no effect on I(K1) at potentials within the normal range of membrane potentials (between -90 mV and +20 mV). In the contrary, without ATP in the pipette electrode by which I(K.ATP) was activated (mimic ischemic condition), 1 micro mol/L PAF shortened APD(90) from 153+/-24.6 to 88.2+/-19.4 ms (n=5, P<0.01). Incubation of myocytes with 1 micro mol/L glibenclamide, a blocker of I(K.ATP ) could restore prolongation of APD induced by PAF. In conclusion, in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes, with 5 mmol/L ATP in the pipette PAF could prolong APD partly due to the inhibition of I(K); while with 0 mmol/L ATP in the pipette, PAF could induce an activation of I(K.ATP), hence a decrease in APD. It is suggested that PAF may amplify the heterogeneity between ischemic and normal cardiac myocytes during ischemia /reperfusion, which may play a vital role in the pathogenesis of the arrhythmias induced by ischemia /reperfusion.
