Differential effects of the transient outward K⁺ current activator NS5806 in the canine left ventricle

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• 作者：Kirstine Calloe ; Ewa Soltysinska ; Thomas Jespersen ; Alicia Lundby ; Charles Antzelevitch ; Sø ; ren-Peter Olesen ; Jonathan M. Cordeiro
• 关键词：Ventricular muscle ; Transient outward K⁺ channel ; Repolarization ; Heterogeneity ; Kv4.3 ; KChIP2 ; NS5806
• 刊名：Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：January 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：48
• 期：1
• 页码：191-200
• 全文大小：1337 K

文摘

To examine the electrophysiological and molecular properties of the transient outward current (I_to) in canine left ventricle using a novel I_to activator, NS5806, I_to was measured in isolated epicardial (Epi), midmyocardial (Mid) and endocardial (Endo) cells using whole-cell patch-clamp techniques. NS5806 activation of K_v4.3 current was also studied in CHO-K1 cells and Xenopus laevis oocytes. In CHO-K1 cells co-transfected with K_v4.3 and KChIP2, NS5806 (10 μM) caused a 35 % increase in current amplitude and a marked slowing of current decay with τ increasing from 7.0 ± 0.4 to 10.2 ± 0.3 ms. In the absence of KChIP2, current decay was unaffected by NS5806. In ventricular myocytes, NS5806 increased I_to density by 80 % , 82 % , and 16 % in Epi, Mid, and Endo myocytes, respectively (at + 40 mV) and shifted steady-state inactivation to negative potentials. NS5806 also significantly slowed decay of I_to, increasing total charge to 227 % , 192 % and 83 % of control in Epi, Mid and Endo cells, respectively (+ 40 mV, p < 0.05). Quantification of K_v4.3 and KChIP2 mRNA in the 3 ventricular cell types revealed that levels of K_v4.3 message was uniform but those of KChIP2 were significantly greater in Epi and Mid cells. The KChIP2 gradient was confirmed at the protein level by Western blot. Our results suggest that NS5806 augments I_to by increasing current density and slowing decay and that both depend on the presence of KChIP2. I_to and its augmentation by NS5806 are greatest in Epi and Mid cells because KChIP2 levels are highest in these cell types.