Increasing I(Ks) corrects abnormal repolarization in rabbit models of acquired LQT2 and ventricular hypertrophy |
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Authors: | Xu Xiaoping Salata Joseph J Wang Jixin Wu Ying Yan Gan-Xin Liu Tengxian Marinchak Roger A Kowey Peter R |
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Affiliation: | Main Line Health Heart Center, Suite 558, Medical Office Building East, 100 Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA. xxujwang@aol.com |
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Abstract: | Excessive action potential (AP) prolongation and early afterdepolarizations (EAD) are triggers of malignant ventricular arrhythmias. A slowly activating delayed rectifier K+ current (I(Ks)) is important for repolarization of ventricular AP. We examined the effects of I(Ks) activation by a new benzodiazepine (L3) on the AP of control, dofetilide-treated, and hypertrophied rabbit ventricular myocytes. In both control and hypertrophied myocytes, L3 activated I(Ks) via a negative shift in the voltage dependence of activation and a slowing of deactivation. L3 had no effect on L-type Ca(2+) current or other cardiac K+ currents tested. L3 shortened AP of control, dofetilide-treated, and hypertrophied myocytes more at 0.5 than 2 Hz. Selective activation of I(Ks) by L3 attenuates prolonged AP and eliminated EAD induced by rapidly activating delayed rectifier K+ current inhibition in control myocytes at 0.5 Hz and spontaneous EAD in hypertrophied myocytes at 0.2 Hz. Pharmacological activation of I(Ks) is a promising new strategy to suppress arrhythmias resulting from excessive AP prolongation in patients with certain forms of long QT syndrome or cardiac hypertrophy and failure. |
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