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Chronic heart failure slows late sodium current in human and canine ventricular myocytes: implications for repolarization variability.

ABSTRACT: Late Na(+) current (I(NaL)) in human and dog hearts has been implicated in abnormal repolarization associated with heart failure (HF). HF slows inactivation gating of late Na(+) channels, which could contribute to these abnormalities.To test how altered gating affects I(NaL) time course, Na(+) influx, and action potential (AP) repolarization.I(NaL) and AP were measured by patch clamp in left ventricular cardiomyocytes from normal and failing hearts of humans and dogs. Canine HF was induced by coronary microembolization.I(NaL) decay was slower and I(NaL) density was greater in failing hearts than in normal hearts at 24 degrees C (human hearts: tau=659+/-16 vs. 529+/-21 ms; n=16 and 4 hearts, respectively; mean+/-SEM; p<0.002; dog hearts: 561+/-13 vs. 420+/-17 ms; and 0.307+/-0.014 vs. 0.235+/-0.019 pA/pF; n=25 and 14 hearts, respectively; p<0.005) and at 37 degrees C this difference tended to increase. These I(NaL) changes resulted in much greater (53.6%) total Na(+) influx in failing cardiomyocytes. I(NaL) was sensitive to cadmium but not to cyanide and exhibited low sensitivity to saxitoxin (IC(50)=62 nM) or tetrodotoxin (IC(50)=1.2 muM), tested in dogs. A 50% I(NaL) inhibition by toxins or passing current opposite to I(NaL), decreased beat-to-beat AP variability and eliminated early afterdepolarizations in failing cardiomyocytes.Chronic HF leads to larger and slower I(NaL) generated mainly by the cardiac-type Na(+) channel isoform, contributing to larger Na(+) influx and AP duration variability. Interventions designed to reduce/normalize I(NaL) represent a potential cardioprotective mechanism in HF via reduction of related Na(+) and Ca(2+) overload and improvement of repolarization.

SUBMITTER: Maltsev VA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1847560 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Chronic heart failure slows late sodium current in human and canine ventricular myocytes: implications for repolarization variability.

Maltsev Victor A VA Silverman Norman N Sabbah Hani N HN Undrovinas Albertas I AI

European journal of heart failure 20061024 3

<h4>Background</h4>Late Na(+) current (I(NaL)) in human and dog hearts has been implicated in abnormal repolarization associated with heart failure (HF). HF slows inactivation gating of late Na(+) channels, which could contribute to these abnormalities.<h4>Aims</h4>To test how altered gating affects I(NaL) time course, Na(+) influx, and action potential (AP) repolarization.<h4>Methods</h4>I(NaL) and AP were measured by patch clamp in left ventricular cardiomyocytes from normal and failing hearts ...[more]

PMID: 17067855

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Chronic heart failure slows late sodium current in human and canine ventricular myocytes: implications for repolarization variability.

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Chronic heart failure slows late sodium current in human and canine ventricular myocytes: implications for repolarization variability.

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