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Short-term desensitization of muscarinic K+ current in the heart.


ABSTRACT: Acetylcholine (ACh) rapidly increases cardiac K(+) currents (IKACh) by activating muscarinic K(+) (KACh) channels followed by a gradual amplitude decrease within seconds. This phenomenon is called short-term desensitization and its precise mechanism and physiological role are still unclear. We constructed a mathematical model for IKACh to examine the conditions required to reconstitute short-term desensitization. Two conditions were crucial: two distinct muscarinic receptors (m2Rs) with different affinities for ACh, which conferred an IKACh response over a wide range of ACh concentrations, and two distinct KACh channels with different affinities for the G-protein ?? subunits, which contributed to reconstitution of the temporal behavior of IKACh. Under these conditions, the model quantitatively reproduced several unique properties of short-term desensitization observed in myocytes: 1), the peak and quasi-steady states with 0.01-100 ?M [ACh]; 2), effects of ACh preperfusion; and 3), recovery from short-term desensitization. In the presence of 10 ?M ACh, the IKACh model conferred recurring spontaneous firing after asystole of 8.9 s and 10.7 s for the Demir and Kurata sinoatrial node models, respectively. Therefore, two different populations of KACh channels and m2Rs may participate in short-term desensitization of IKACh in native myocytes, and may be responsible for vagal escape at nodal cells.

SUBMITTER: Murakami S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3785892 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Short-term desensitization of muscarinic K+ current in the heart.

Murakami Shingo S   Inanobe Atsushi A   Kurachi Yoshihisa Y  

Biophysical journal 20130901 6


Acetylcholine (ACh) rapidly increases cardiac K(+) currents (IKACh) by activating muscarinic K(+) (KACh) channels followed by a gradual amplitude decrease within seconds. This phenomenon is called short-term desensitization and its precise mechanism and physiological role are still unclear. We constructed a mathematical model for IKACh to examine the conditions required to reconstitute short-term desensitization. Two conditions were crucial: two distinct muscarinic receptors (m2Rs) with differen  ...[more]

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