title: Effects of halothane and isoflurane on calcium and potassium channel currents in canine coronary arterial cells.
abstract: The effects of halothane (0.75% and 1.5%) and isoflurane (2.6%) on macroscopic Ca2+ and K+ channel currents (ICa and IK, respectively) were investigated in voltage-clamped vascular muscle cells from the canine coronary artery. Single coronary arterial cells were dialyzed with K+ glutamate solution and superfused with Tyrode's solution for measurement of IK (n = 45). Stepwise depolarization from a holding potential of -60 mV to beyond -30 mV elicited an outward, slowly inactivating IK that had a macroscopic slope conductance of 18 nS. IK was reduced 75% by 10 mM 4-aminopyridine, a K+ channel antagonist. Compared to 4-aminopyridine, halothane at 0.75% and 1.5% reduced peak IK amplitude only by 14 +/- 2% and 36 +/- 3%, respectively. At approximately equianesthetic concentrations, 2.6% isoflurane suppressed IK less than did 1.5% halothane, reducing peak amplitude by 15 +/- 3%. In other sets of experiments, cells were dialyzed with 120 Cs(+)-glutamate solution and superfused with 10 mM BaCl2 or CaCl2 solutions to isolate ICa (n = 39) pharmacologically. Under these conditions, progressive depolarizing steps from -60 mV elicited a small inward current, which was potentiated 3.4-fold by equimolar substitution of Ba2+ for Ca2+ in the external solution and was blocked by 1 microM nifedipine. This inward current, which resembled L-type ICa, was blocked 37 +/- 4% and 70 +/- 4% in the presence of 0.75% and 1.5% halothane, respectively. Isoflurane (2.6%) also decreased ICa by 55 +/- 5%. It appears that while halothane and isoflurane suppress both IK and ICa, these anesthetics preferentially reduce ICa.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buljubasic
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Rusch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marijic
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kampine
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Bosnjak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004285:Dogs; D006221:Halothane / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007530:Isoflurane / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D015221:Potassium Channels; D007530:Isoflurane; D006221:Halothane