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银杏苦内酯B对缺血豚鼠心室肌动作电位、L-型钙电流和延迟整流钾电流的作用 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
目的:研究银杏苦内酯B对正常和缺血心室肌细胞动作电位(action potential,AP),L-型钙电流(L-type calcium current,ICa-L)、延迟整流钾电流(Delayed Rectifier Currennt,IK)的影响.方法:用常规细胞内微电极方法记录豚鼠心室肌细胞动作电位,用全细胞膜片钳技术记录游离心室肌细胞离子流.结果:①在生理条件下,银杏苦内酯B可缩短心室肌细胞动作电位时程 (action potential duration,APD),但对AP其他参数无影响,银杏苦内酯B可增大IK,呈浓度依赖性,但对ICa-L无显著作用;②在缺血条件下,APD50、APD90明显缩短,RP、APA减小,Vmax减慢,而银杏苦内酯B则可延缓和减轻缺血所引起上述参数的变化;3.在缺血条件下,IK和ICa-L均受到抑制,但加入银杏苦内酯B后可逆转缺血所造成这两种离子流的减小.结论:银杏苦内酯B可对抗心肌缺血所引起的心肌电生理的变化,提示银杏苦内酯B可预防心律失常的发生. 相似文献
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The voltage-gated L-type calcium channel (LTCC) is essential for multiple cellular processes. In the heart, calcium influx through LTCC plays an important role in cardiac electrical excitation. Mutations in LTCC genes, including CACNA1C, CACNA1D, CACNB2 and CACNA2D, will induce the dysfunctions of calcium channels, which result in the abnormal excitations of cardiomyocytes, and finally lead to cardiac arrhythmias. Nevertheless, the newly found mutations in LTCC and their functions are continuously being elucidated. This review summarizes recent findings on the mutations of LTCC, which are associated with long QT syndromes, Timothy syndromes, Brugada syndromes, short QT syndromes, and some other cardiac arrhythmias. Indeed, we describe the gain/loss-of-functions of these mutations in LTCC, which can give an explanation for the phenotypes of cardiac arrhythmias. Moreover, we present several challenges in the field at present, and propose some diagnostic or therapeutic approaches to these mutation-associated cardiac diseases in the future. 相似文献
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目的 :探讨柯萨奇B3病毒 (coxsackievirusB3,CVB3)对大鼠心肌细胞离子通道的影响 ,以了解病毒感染导致细胞电生理活动异常的机理。方法 :酶消化法获得单个心肌细胞后利用膜片钳全细胞电流记录技术观察CVB3对L型钙通道电流、钠通道电流、外向钾电流和内向整流性钾电流的影响。结果 :CVB3感染使L型钙通道电流、外向钾电流增加 ,内向整流性钾电流减小 ,对钠通道电流无明显影响。结论 :CVB3对L型钙通道电流、外向钾电流和内向整流性钾电流的影响可能是病毒感染后细胞损伤和产生异常电活动的原因。 相似文献
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慢性低氧对豚鼠右室心肌细胞钙、钾电流的影响 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
采用全细胞膜片箝技术,分别记录并比较正常对照组与慢性低氧组豚鼠单个右室心肌细胞的膜电容、L型钙电流和延迟整流钾电流峰值和电流-电压关系曲线,以探讨慢性低氧对豚鼠右室心肌细胞L型钙电流和延迟整流钾电流的影响。结果表明,上述两组细胞膜电容分别为(155±13.2)pF、(179±14,8)pF,低氧组显著大于正常对照组(P<0.01);L型钙电流峰值分别为(1.07±0.21)nA和(0.99±0.17)nA,两组之间无显著差异;在-20mV至+20mV,慢性低氧组L型钙电流密度较正常对照组显著下降(P<0.05)。在+月mV至+60mV之间,慢性低氧组豚鼠右室心肌细胞延迟整流钾电流幅度均小于正常对照组;在-20mV至+60mV之间,慢性低氧组豚鼠右室心肌细胞延迟整流钾电流密度明显低于正常对照组。可见慢性低氧能使豚鼠右室心肌细胞膜电容增加,L型钙电流幅度不变,但L型钙电流密度下降;同时慢性低氧降低豚鼠右室心肌细胞延迟整流钾电流幅度和密度。 相似文献
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目的:研究1-磷酸鞘氨醇(S1P)对豚鼠心室肌细胞延迟整流钾电流(IK)、内向整流钾电流(IK1)的作用。方法:实验用胶原酶酶解法急性分离豚鼠心室肌细胞,利用全细胞膜片钳的方法记录心室肌细胞的延迟整流钾电流(IK)、内向整流钾电流(IK1)。结果:①应用S1P(1.1μmol/L)后IK从(1.24±0.26)nA降至(0.95±0.23)以(P〈0.01,n=6),而S1P(2.2μmol/L)组IK从(1.43±0.31)nA下降到(1.02±0.28)nA,统计学有显著性差异(P〈0.01,H=6).而S1P(1.1μmol/L)+苏拉明(Summin)(200μmol/L)组与对照相比,IK峰值从(1.29±0.26)nA下降(1.26±0.37)nA,统计学无显著性差异(P〉0.05,n=6).②应用S1P(1.1μmol/L,2.2μmol/L)后与对照组比较,S1P(1.1μmol/L,2.2μmol/L)分别使内向整流钾电流(IK1)峰值从(-8.94±2.01)nA和(-8.81±1.55)nA下降到(18.86±1.59)nA和(-8.55±1.39)nA,统计学无显著性差异(P〉0.05,n=6).结论:S1P可降低豚鼠心室肌细胞延迟整流钾电流(IK)的幅值,同时S1P对豚鼠心室肌细胞内向整流钾通道(IK1)没有作用。 相似文献
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目的 :比较和探讨L型钙流 [ICa(L) ]和反向钠—钙交换 (NCX)在触发豚鼠心室肌细胞兴奋—收缩偶联中的作用。方法 :以分离的豚鼠单个心室肌细胞为对象 ,采用膜片钳和单细胞收缩测量技术 ,给予 35℃的各种含药物细胞外液快速灌流 ,同时记录ICa(L) 和细胞收缩。结果 :①在 +10mV的钳制电压 ,使用硝苯地平 (Nif) 10~ 10 0 μmol/L和Nif 30 μmol/L +Cd2 +30 μmol/L ,阻滞ICa(L) 越多 ,细胞收缩被阻滞得越多 ,呈线性相关。②在 +5 0mV的钳制电压 ,Nif 10 0 μmol/L以及Nif 30 μmol/L +Cd2 +3 0 μmol/L仅能抑制部分细胞收缩 ,但剩余的细胞收缩起始时间明显延迟 ,且能被 5mmol/LNi2 +所阻滞。③在 +10 0mV的钳制电压 ,细胞收缩起始时间较 +5 0mV明显延迟 ,且不能被Nif 10 0 μmol/L和Nif 30 μmol/L +Cd2 +30 μmol/L所阻滞。结论 :在生理条件下 ,ICa(L) 是触发心室肌细胞兴奋—收缩偶联的主要途径 ,但在膜电位 >+5 0mV时 ,反向NCX也参与兴奋—收缩偶联。 相似文献
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J Magyar CE Kiper G Sievert W Cai GX Shi SM Crump L Li S Niederer N Smith DA Andres J Satin 《Channels (Austin, Tex.)》2012,6(3):166-173
Rationale: The L-type calcium channels (LTCC) are critical for maintaining Ca ( 2+) -homeostasis. In heterologous expression studies, the RGK-class of Ras-related G-proteins regulates LTCC function; however, the physiological relevance of RGK-LTCC interactions is untested. Objective: In this report we test the hypothesis that the RGK protein, Rem, modulates native Ca ( 2+) current (ICa,L) via LTCC in murine cardiomyocytes. Methods and Results: Rem knockout mice (Rem (-/-) ) were engineered, and ICa,L and Ca ( 2+) -handling properties were assessed. Rem (-/-) ventricular cardiomyocytes displayed increased ICa,L density. ICa,L activation was shifted positive on the voltage axis, and β-adrenergic stimulation normalized this shift compared with wild-type ICa,L. Current kinetics, steady-state inactivation, and facilitation was unaffected by Rem (-/-) . Cell shortening was not significantly different. Increased ICa,L density in the absence of frank phenotypic differences motivated us to explore putative compensatory mechanisms. Despite the larger ICa,L density, Rem (-/-) cardiomyocyte Ca ( 2+) twitch transient amplitude was significantly less than that compared with wild type. Computer simulations and immunoblot analysis suggests that relative dephosphorylation of Rem (-/-) LTCC can account for the paradoxical decrease of Ca ( 2+) transients. Conclusions: This is the first demonstration that loss of an RGK protein influences ICa,L in vivo in cardiac myocytes. 相似文献
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《Channels (Austin, Tex.)》2013,7(3):166-173
Rationale: The L-type calcium channels (LTCC) are critical for maintaining Ca2+-homeostasis. In heterologous expression studies, the RGK-class of Ras-related G-proteins regulates LTCC function; however, the physiological relevance of RGK–LTCC interactions is untested. Objective: In this report we test the hypothesis that the RGK protein, Rem, modulates native Ca2+ current (ICa,L) via LTCC in murine cardiomyocytes. Methods and Results: Rem knockout mice (Rem?/?) were engineered, and ICa,L and Ca2+-handling properties were assessed. Rem?/? ventricular cardiomyocytes displayed increased ICa,L density. ICa,L activation was shifted positive on the voltage axis, and β-adrenergic stimulation normalized this shift compared with wild-type ICa,L. Current kinetics, steady-state inactivation, and facilitation was unaffected by Rem?/?. Cell shortening was not significantly different. Increased ICa,L density in the absence of frank phenotypic differences motivated us to explore putative compensatory mechanisms. Despite the larger ICa,L density, Rem?/? cardiomyocyte Ca2+ twitch transient amplitude was significantly less than that compared with wild type. Computer simulations and immunoblot analysis suggests that relative dephosphorylation of Rem?/? LTCC can account for the paradoxical decrease of Ca2+ transients. Conclusions: This is the first demonstration that loss of an RGK protein influences ICa,L in vivo in cardiac myocytes. 相似文献
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工频磁场是人类生活中接触最多的一类磁场,其引起的生物效应与人类健康的关系备受关注.本文选用1 mT、5 mT及10 mT工频磁场照射急性分离的小鼠皮层神经元(15 min),应用全细胞膜片钳技术离线记录通道电流,研究了工频磁场对神经元延迟整流钾通道特性的影响.结果显示,1 mT、5 mT及10 mT 3个强度的工频磁场对Ik均有抑制作用,但随着去极化电压的增加,发现1 mT和5 mT工频磁场的抑制率几乎不变,抑制率分别为(30 ± 4.2)%和(20 ± 2.2)%,而10 mT工频磁场的抑制率增加,最大抑制率为43.4%.另外,1 mT和5 mT工频磁场影响了延迟整流钾通道的激活特性,通道的半数激活电压变大,斜率因子不变.而10 mT工频磁场对通道的激活特性没有影响,半数激活电压和斜率因子均不改变.研究表明,工频磁场可能影响了细胞膜上离子通道蛋白质的结构和功能,并且不同强度工频磁场对通道的影响不同,存在强度窗口效应. 相似文献
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Nikmaram MR Liu J Abdelrahman M Dobrzynski H Boyett MR Lei M 《Progress in biophysics and molecular biology》2008,96(1-3):452-464
AIMS: To characterize the effects of inhibition of Ryanodine receptor (RyR), TTX-sensitive neuronal Na+ current (iNa), "rapidly activating" delayed rectifier K+ current (iKr) and ultrarapid delayed rectifier potassium current (IKur) on the pacemaker activity of the sinoatrial node (SAN) and the atrioventricular node (AVN) in the mouse. METHODS: The structure of mouse AVN was studied by histology and immunolabelling of Cx43 and hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-binding channels (HCN). The effects of Ryanodine, TTX, E-4031 and 4-AP on pacemaker activities recorded from mouse intact SAN and AVN preparations have been investigated. RESULTS: Immuno-histological characterization delineated the structure of the AVN showing the similar molecular phenotype of the SAN. The effects of these inhibitors on the cycle length (CL) of the spontaneous pacemaker activity of the SAN and the AVN were characterized. Inhibition of RyR by 0.2 and 2 microM Ryanodine prolonged CL by 42+/-12.3% and 64+/-18.1% in SAN preparations by 163+/-72.3% and 241+/-91.2% in AVN preparations. Inhibition of TTX-sensitive iNa by 100 nM TTX prolonged CL by 22+/-6.0% in SAN preparations and 53+/-13.6% in the AVN preparations. Block of iKr by E-4031 prolonged CL by 68+/-12.5% in SAN preparations and 28+/-3.4% in AVN preparations. Inhibition of iKur by 50 microM 4-AP prolonged CL by 20+/-3.4% in SAN preparations and 18+/-3.0% in AVN preparations. CONCLUSION: Mouse SAN and AVN showed distinct different response to the inhibition of RyR, TTX-sensitive INa, IKr and iKur, which reflects the variation in contribution of these currents to the pacemaker function of the cardiac nodes in the mouse. Our data provide valuable information for developing virtual tissue models of mouse SAN and AVN. 相似文献
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目的:通过建立右室流出道室速(RVOT-VT)的动物模型,以L型钙通道α1c蛋白作为观察指标,观察RVOT-VT时对L型钙通道α1c蛋白表达的影响,旨在探讨L型钙通道在RVOT-VT中的作用。方法:健康新西兰大耳白兔30只,随机分三组,分别为对照组(10只)、室速组(10只)、室速加维拉帕米干预组(10只)。采用免疫组织化学的方法对三组实验动物的右室流出道心肌组织进行L型钙通道cdc蛋白表达的检测。结果:1、高频刺激主动脉与肺动脉交界处均诱发了起源于右室流出道部位的室速,且室速持续时间均大于4小时。2、室速组L型钙通道α1c蛋白表达量明显下降;干预组L型钙通道α1cc蛋白的表达下降,但与对照组比较无显著差异。结论:1、室速组的心肌L型钙通道α1c蛋白表达发生了重构。2、维拉帕米可以改善心肌L型钙通道α1c蛋白的重构。3、L型钙通道在RVOT-VT发生、持续中起重要作用。 相似文献
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Nobuo Kato Yoshichika Arakawa Tsuyoshi Sugiyama Hideo Ito Setsuko Naito Nobuo Kido Michio Ohta Kyoyu Sasaki 《Microbiology and immunology》1994,38(8):629-637
Various chemotypes (Re, Rd2, Rd1P–, Rd1, RcP–, Rc, Rb3, Rb2, Rb1, and Ra) of R-form lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) of Salmonella spp. were crystallized by treatment with 70% ethanol containing 250 mM MgCl2, and crystals of the LPSs were observed electron microscopically and analyzed by electron diffraction and synchrotron X-ray diffraction. All the LPSs tested formed three-dimensional crystals showing very similar shapes; hexagonal plate, solid column, discoid, square or rectangular plate, lozenge plate and truncated hexangular or rectangular pyramid forms. Electron diffraction patterns from the hexagonal plate crystals of all these LPSs obtained by electron irradiation from the direction perpendicular to the basal plane showed that they consist of hexagonal lattices with the lattice constant of 4.62 Å. The crystals of all the LPSs thus formed gave ring-like X-ray diffraction patterns because of their small sizes. The long-axis values were calculated from the X-ray diffraction patterns from crystals of all the LPSs in the low-angle region and they corresponded roughly to the length of the proposed primary chemical structures of the R cores of the LPSs. The volume occupied by a single molecule of all the LPSs were calculated from the molecular weights based on the proposed structures and the crystallographic data obtained by electron diffraction, X-ray diffraction, and density determination. 相似文献
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乳酸左氧氟沙星对豚鼠心肌细胞电生理的影响 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
目的了解乳酸左氧氟沙星(LVFX)对豚鼠心室肌细胞电生理的影响.方法经腹腔注射不同剂量的LVFX,记录并分析注药后5~360 min豚鼠Ⅱ导联心电图的QT间期,以及校正的QT间期(QTc).采用全细胞膜片钳技术,记录不同浓度LVFX对体外单个心室肌细胞的延迟整流钾电流(IK)的作用.结果①LVFX给药量为200 mg/kg时,心电图QT间期延长19.38%±3.15%(P<0.05);在50 mg/kg和100 mg/kg等较低剂量时,QT间期延长不明显(P>0.05).②LVFX抑制IK电流,且抑制作用呈现电压依赖性和浓度依赖性.结论LVFX可能通过抑制心肌细胞IK电流引起心脏QT间期延长,临床应谨慎使用. 相似文献
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目的:观察银杏酮酯(GBE50)对模拟缺血豚鼠心室肌细胞延迟整流钾电流(IK)的影响,探讨GBE50抗心肌缺血的机制。方法:采用标准膜片钳全细胞记录方法观察GBE50对正常及模拟缺血豚鼠心室肌细胞IK的影响。结果:在细胞外液中分别加入25,50,100mg/L GBE50灌流,仅100mg/L GBE50对正常心室肌细胞IK有影响(P0.05),使IK电流密度减小,I-V曲线下移;模拟缺血液灌流20minIK减小,I-V曲线下移,在模拟缺血液中分别加入25,50,100mg/L GBE50后,仅25mg/L无效,50,100mg/LGBE50灌流20min后IK稍减小,I-V曲线稍有下移,与缺血前相比无显著性差异(P0.05)。结论:100mg/LGBE50可减少正常豚鼠心室肌细胞IK;在模拟缺血条件下豚鼠心室肌细胞IK受到明显的抑制,GBE50可明显逆转缺血所致IK的抑制效应,这可能是GBE50产生心肌保护作用的重要机制之一。 相似文献
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Both erythromycin and clarithromycin have been reported to cause QT prolongation and the cardiac arrhythmia torsade de pointes in humans, however direct evidence documenting that these drugs produce this effect by blocking human cardiac ion channels is lacking. The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that these macrolide antibiotics significantly block the delayed rectifier current (IKr) encoded by HERG (the human ether-a-go-go-related gene) at drug concentrations, temperature and ionic conditions mimicking those occurring in human subjects. Potassium currents in HEK 293 cells stably transfected with HERG were recorded using a whole cell voltage clamp method. Exposure of cells to erythromycin reduced the HERG encoded potassium current in a concentration dependent manner with an IC50 of 38.9 ± 1.2 M and Hill Slope factor of 0.4 ± 0.1. Clarithromycin produced a similar concentration-dependent block with an IC50 of 45.7 ± 1.1 M and Hill Slope factor of 1.0 ± 0.1. Erythromycin (25–250 M) and clarithromycin (5 or 25 M) also produced a significant decrease in the integral of the current evoked by an action potential shaped voltage clamp protocol. The results of this study document that both erythromycin and clarithromycin significantly inhibit the HERG potassium current at clinically relevant concentrations. 相似文献
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Danielsson BR Johansson A Danielsson C Azarbayjani F Blomgren B Sköld AC 《Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology》2005,73(3):146-153
BACKGROUND: The antiepileptic drug phenytoin (PHT) is a human and animal teratogen. The teratogenicity has been linked to PHT-induced embryonic cardiac arrhythmia and hypoxic damage during a period when regulation of embryonic heart rhythm is highly dependent on a specific K(+) ion current (I(Kr)). PHT has been shown to inhibit I(Kr). The aims of this study were to investigate whether teratogenic doses cause embryonic hypoxia during and after the I(Kr) susceptible period and to further characterize PHT effects on embryonic heart rhythm. METHODS: Pregnant C57BL mice were administered the hypoxia marker pimonidazole followed by PHT or saline (controls) on GD 10 or GD 15. The embryos were fixed and sectioned, and the immunostained sections were analyzed with a computer assisted image analysis. Effects of PHT (0-250 microM) on heart rhythm in GD 10 embryos cultured in vitro were videotaped and then analyzed by using a digitalization technique. RESULTS: PHT dose-dependently increased the hypoxia staining (6- and 11-fold after maternal dosing of 100 and 150 mg/kg, respectively) during the period I(Kr) is expressed and functional (GD 10). In contrast, there were no differences between the PHT doses in hypoxia staining, and much less pronounced hypoxia after this period (GD 15). With increasing PHT concentrations, increased length of the interval (bradycardia) and large variations in length between individual heartbeats (arrhythmia) were recorded. CONCLUSIONS: PHT induced bradycardia/arrhythmia and severe embryonic hypoxia during the I(Kr) susceptible period, supporting the idea of an I(Kr)-arrhythmia-hypoxia-related teratogenic mechanism. 相似文献
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目的:探讨延迟整流钾通道(Kv)在哮喘患者血清被动致敏的人支气管平滑肌(HBSM)张力调控中的作用。方法:采用等长张力测定法,观察Kv通道阻断剂对正常与哮喘患者血清被动致敏的HBSM静息和收缩张力的影响。结果:①哮喘患者血清被动致敏的HBSM对组胺诱发的收缩反应明显强于对照组。②Kv阻断剂4-氨基吡啶(4-AP)可引起静息状态下两组HBSM产生浓度依赖性收缩反应,且致敏组对4-AP所致收缩的敏感性强于对照组。即量效曲线中被动致敏组达到最大效应的一半时所需浓度的负对数值(PD2)明显升高;但两组的最大收缩强度(Emax)无明显差异;KCa阻断剂四乙基铵(TEA)和KATP阻断剂格列苯脲(Glib)对HBSM静息张力无明显影响。③4~AP预处理标本后,可明显增加对照组支气管环对组胺的收缩反应,即处理后Emax明显高于处理前;但不影响致敏组对组胺的收缩反应,即致敏组4-AP处理前后Emax无明显差异。结论:①Kv参与HBSM静息张力的调控。而KCa、KATP对其无明显影响。②哮喘患者血清被动致敏的HBSM的Kv活性下降,此变化可能是哮喘形成和发病的机制之一。 相似文献
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槲皮素广泛存在于许多药用植物中,属黄酮类化合物,在临床上常用于心血管疾病的治疗。采用四甲基偶氮唑盐比色法(MTT法)及DAPI染色,研究槲皮素(0.5、1、5、10μmol/L)对谷氨酸(10mmol/L)诱导的PC12细胞损伤作用的影响;并进一步研究槲皮素(0.3、3、30μmol/L)对急性分离的海马CA1锥体神经元离子通道的作用。MTT实验结果显示,槲皮素可提高谷氨酸处理组PC12细胞的存活率,并呈现为浓度和时间依赖性(P0.05);而槲皮素(5μmol/L)与谷氨酸(10mmol/L)共孵育PC12细胞后,DAPI染色结果表明槲皮素可减弱谷氨酸对PC12细胞的损伤。对电生理结果显示,槲皮素对瞬时外向钾电流(IA)和延迟整流钾电流(IK)有显著的抑制作用(P0.05),表现为浓度依赖性。以上结果提示,槲皮素可能通过抑制海马锥体神经元的外向钾电流进而对谷氨酸诱导的神经损伤起保护作用,这也说明了槲皮素对缺血样损伤的神经具有保护作用。 相似文献
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由于电子设备的广泛使用,人类已经越来越多地暴露在射频磁场的辐射下,但射频磁场的辐射效应却一直不明确.采用全细胞膜片钳技术,记录2 450 MHz射频磁场辐射对小鼠脑皮层神经元延迟整流钾电流IK的影响.利用Ansoft HFSS软件对6 dB全向天线建模仿真,验证距天线2~3 cm处磁场分布均匀,使用Agilent E5070B网络分析仪经该天线发射出2 450 MHz输出功率为39.81 mW电磁场,对细胞进行刺激.实验发现,2 450 MHz低功率射频磁场暴露5、10和15 min对IK均有明显的抑制作用;显著影响IK激活特性,对照组与磁场暴露组半数激活电压分别为(-1.13±2.32)mV和(19.52±1.03)mV(n=10, P <0.05);斜率因子分别为(23.21±3.29)mV和(13.95±1.27)mV(n=10, P <0.05).结果表明,低功率射频磁场通过减小延迟整流钾通道电流,影响神经元的生理功能,为进一步研究电磁辐射所引发的生物学效应提供了一种新的方法. 相似文献
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CA Martin U Siedlecka K Kemmerich J Lawrence J Cartledge L Guzadhur N Brice AA Grace C Schwiening CM Terracciano CL Huang 《Open biology》2012,2(6):120072
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is associated with ventricular tachycardia originating particularly in the right ventricle (RV). We explore electrophysiological features predisposing to such arrhythmic tendency and their possible RV localization in a heterozygotic Scn5a+/- murine model. Na(v)1.5 mRNA and protein expression were lower in Scn5a+/- than wild-type (WT), with a further reduction in the RV compared with the left ventricle (LV). RVs showed higher expression levels of K(v)4.2, K(v)4.3 and KChIP2 in both Scn5a+/- and WT. Action potential upstroke velocity and maximum Na(+) current (I(Na)) density were correspondingly decreased in Scn5a+/-, with a further reduction in the RV. The voltage dependence of inactivation was shifted to more negative values in Scn5a+/-. These findings are predictive of a localized depolarization abnormality leading to slowed conduction. Persistent Na(+) current (I(pNa)) density was decreased in a similar pattern to I(Na). RV transient outward current (I(to)) density was greater than LV in both WT and Scn5a+/-, and had larger time constants of inactivation. These findings were also consistent with the observation that AP durations were smallest in the RV of Scn5a+/-, fulfilling predictions of an increased heterogeneity of repolarization as an additional possible electrophysiological mechanism for arrhythmogenesis in BrS. 相似文献