title: Acute effects of repetitive depolarization on sodium current in chick myocytes.
abstract: Acute effects of repetitive depolarization on the inward Na+ current (INa) of cultured embryonic chick atrial cells were studied using the whole cell patch-clamp technique. Stimulation rates of 1 Hz or greater produced a progressive decrement of peak INa. With depolarizations to 0 mV of 150-ms duration, applied at 2 Hz from a holding potential of -100 mV, the steady-state decrement was approximately 20%. The magnitude of this effect increased with stimulation frequency and with test potential depolarization and decreased with membrane hyperpolarization. Analysis of INa kinetics revealed that reactivation was sufficiently slow to preclude complete recovery from inactivation with interpulse intervals less than 1,000 ms. Moreover, reactivation accelerated markedly with membrane hyperpolarization, in parallel with the response to repetitive stimulation. The multiexponential time course of recovery of peak INa from repetitive depolarization was similar to that observed after single stimuli; however, there was a shift toward a greater proportion of current recovering with the slower of two time constants. It is concluded that incomplete recovery from inactivation is responsible for the decrement in INa observed with short interpulse intervals.
authors.affiliation: Anesthesia Research Laboratories, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Strichartz
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004553:Electric Conductivity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015222:Sodium Channels; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium