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Comparison of the effects of antiarrhythmic drugs flecainide and verapamil on fKv1.4?N channel currents in Xenopus oocytes.

ABSTRACT: AIM: To study the effects of Na(+) channel blocker flecainide and L-type Ca(2+) channel antagonist verapamil on the voltage-gated fKv1.4?N channel, an N-terminal-deleted mutant of the ferret Kv1.4 K(+) channel. METHODS: fKv1.4?N channels were stably expressed in Xenopus oocytes. The K(+) currents were recorded using a two-electrode voltage-clamp technique. The drugs were administered through superfusion. RESULTS: fKv1.4?N currents displayed slow inactivation, with a half-inactivation potential of -41.74 mV and a slow recovery from inactivation (?=1.90 s at -90 mV). Flecainide and verapamil blocked the currents with IC(50) values of 512.29 ± 56.92 and 260.71 ± 18.50 ?mol/L, respectively. The blocking action of the drugs showed opposite voltage-dependence: it was enhanced with depolarization for flecainide, and was attenuated with depolarization for verapamil. Both the drugs exerted state-dependent blockade on fKv1.4?N currents, but verapamil showed a stronger use-dependent blockage compared with flecainide. Flecainide accelerated the C-type inactivation rate without affecting the recovery kinetics and the steady-state activation. Verapamil also accelerated the inactivation kinetics of the currents, but unlike flecainide, it affected both the recovery and the steady-state activation, causing slower recovery of fKv1.4?N channel and a depolarizing shift of the steady-state activation curve. CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate that widely used antiarrhythmic drugs flecainide and verapamil substantially inhibit fKv1.4?N channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes by binding to the open state of the channels. Therefore, caution should be taken when these drugs are administered in combination with K(+) channel blockers to treat arrhythmia.

SUBMITTER: Chen H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4011620 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Comparison of the effects of antiarrhythmic drugs flecainide and verapamil on fKv1.4ΔN channel currents in Xenopus oocytes.

Chen Hui H Zhang Dong D Chao Sheng-ping SP Ren Jiang-hua JH Xu Lin L Jiang Xue-jun XJ Wang Shi-min SM

Acta pharmacologica Sinica 20121203 2

<h4>Aim</h4>To study the effects of Na(+) channel blocker flecainide and L-type Ca(2+) channel antagonist verapamil on the voltage-gated fKv1.4ΔN channel, an N-terminal-deleted mutant of the ferret Kv1.4 K(+) channel.<h4>Methods</h4>fKv1.4ΔN channels were stably expressed in Xenopus oocytes. The K(+) currents were recorded using a two-electrode voltage-clamp technique. The drugs were administered through superfusion.<h4>Results</h4>fKv1.4ΔN currents displayed slow inactivation, with a half-inact ...[more]

PMID: 23202797

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Comparison of the effects of antiarrhythmic drugs flecainide and verapamil on fKv1.4?N channel currents in Xenopus oocytes.

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Comparison of the effects of antiarrhythmic drugs flecainide and verapamil on fKv1.4ΔN channel currents in Xenopus oocytes.

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