title: Modulation of the delayed K+ current by histamine in guinea pig ventricular myocytes.
abstract: The effects of histamine on delayed K+ current (IK) were investigated in patch-clamped single guinea pig ventricular myocytes. Histamine increased IK with a maximal fractional response of 2.7 and a kd of 9.4 x 10(-7) mol/l. At a concentration of 10(-8) mol/l, histamine did not increase IK significantly, but increased ICa by 52% +/- 12%. The voltage-dependence of IK activation, the reversal potential and the time course of the IK tail decay were not changed by histamine. Under pretreatment with 10(-4) mol/l of ranitidine, neither histamine (10(-6) mol/l) nor 2-pyridylethylamine (10(-4) mol/l) caused any sizable increase in IK. When the cell was pretreated with a saturating dose of isoproterenol (10(-6) mol/l), histamine did not additively enhance IK. The IK enhancement by 3 x 10(-7) mol/l histamine was partially antagonized by concurrent exposure to 5 x 10(-6) mol/l carbachol. Whereas, use of a higher concentration of histamine (10(-6) mol/l) obscured the inhibitory effect of carbachol. It is concluded that histaminergic action of IK is attributed exclusively to H2 receptor-mediated reactions involving GS protein and adenylate cyclase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayafuji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Habuchi
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D011188:Potassium / Q000502:physiology*; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2 / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2; D006632:Histamine; D002217:Carbachol; D007545:Isoproterenol; D011188:Potassium