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Diastolic intracellular calcium-membrane voltage coupling gain and postshock arrhythmias: role of purkinje fibers and triggered activity.

ABSTRACT: Recurrent ventricular arrhythmias after initial successful defibrillation are associated with poor clinical outcome.We tested the hypothesis that postshock arrhythmias occur because of spontaneous sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca release, delayed afterdepolarization (DAD), and triggered activity (TA) from tissues with high sensitivity of resting membrane voltage (V(m)) to elevated intracellular calcium (Ca(i)) (high diastolic Ca(i)-voltage coupling gains).We simultaneously mapped Ca(i) and V(m) on epicardial (n=14) or endocardial (n=14) surfaces of Langendorff-perfused rabbit ventricles. Spontaneous Ca(i) elevation (SCaE) was noted after defibrillation in 32% of ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation at baseline and in 81% during isoproterenol infusion (0.01 to 1 micromol/L). SCaE was reproducibly induced by rapid ventricular pacing and inhibited by 3 mumol/L of ryanodine. The SCaE amplitude and slope increased with increasing pacing rate, duration, and dose of isoproterenol. We found TAs originating from 6 of 14 endocardial surfaces but none from epicardial surfaces, despite similar amplitudes and slopes of SCaEs between epicardial and endocardial surfaces. This was because DADs were larger on endocardial surfaces as a result of higher diastolic Ca(i)-voltage coupling gain, compared to those of epicardial surfaces. Purkinje-like potentials preceded TAs in all hearts studied (n=7). I(K1) suppression with CsCl (5 mmol/L, n=3), BaCl(2) (3 micromol/L, n=3), and low extracellular potassium (1 mmol/L, n=2) enhanced diastolic Ca(i)-voltage coupling gain and enabled epicardium to also generate TAs.Higher diastolic Ca(i)-voltage coupling gain is essential for genesis of TAs and may underlie postshock arrhythmias arising from Purkinje fibers. I(K)(1) is a major factor that determines the diastolic Ca(i)-voltage coupling gain.

SUBMITTER: Maruyama M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2818796 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diastolic intracellular calcium-membrane voltage coupling gain and postshock arrhythmias: role of purkinje fibers and triggered activity.

Maruyama Mitsunori M Joung Boyoung B Tang Liang L Shinohara Tetsuji T On Young-Keun YK Han Seongwook S Choi Eue-Keun EK Kim Dae-Hyeok DH Shen Mark J MJ Weiss James N JN Lin Shien-Fong SF Chen Peng-Sheng PS

Circulation research 20091119 2

<h4>Rationale</h4>Recurrent ventricular arrhythmias after initial successful defibrillation are associated with poor clinical outcome.<h4>Objective</h4>We tested the hypothesis that postshock arrhythmias occur because of spontaneous sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca release, delayed afterdepolarization (DAD), and triggered activity (TA) from tissues with high sensitivity of resting membrane voltage (V(m)) to elevated intracellular calcium (Ca(i)) (high diastolic Ca(i)-voltage coupling gains).<h4>Methods ...[more]

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