title: The effects of volatile anesthetics on L- and T-type calcium channel currents in canine cardiac Purkinje cells.
abstract: The effects of halothane (0.45 and 0.9 mM, equivalent to 0.7 and 1.5%, respectively), isoflurane (0.54 and 1.23 mM, equivalent to 0.9 and 2.0%, respectively) and enflurane (0.65 and 1.48 mM, equivalent to 1.2 and 2.5%, respectively) on macroscopic L- and T-type Ca2+ channel currents were compared in single canine cardiac Purkinje cells using the whole-cell voltage-clamp technique. Cells were dialyzed with pipette solution containing CsCl and superfused with an external solution containing 10 mM BaCl2 and tetraethylammonium chloride. The long-lasting (L) and transient (T)-type Ca2+ channel currents were measured by depolarizing the membrane from different holding potentials (HPs). Voltage steps from an HP of either -80 or -70 mV elicited a low threshold, rapidly inactivating inward current at -40 to -30 mV, which maximally activated at -14 +/- 0.9 mV. This current was reduced by Ni2+ (100 microM) but not by nifedipine (1 microM), therefore resembling T-type Ca2+ channel current. In contrast, depolarizing steps from an HP of -40 mV elicited a sustained inward current that maximally activated at +4.1 +/- 0.8 mV and was nifedipine-sensitive, showing the characteristics of an L-type Ca2+ channel current. Halothane, isoflurane, and enflurane produced a concentration-dependent suppression of total Ca2+ channel current in every cell studied. Separation of Ca2+ channel types showed that both L- and T-type Ca2+ channel currents were depressed to a similar extent by anesthetic administration. These agents reduced peak L- and T-type current elicited at each pulse potential but did not shift the current-voltage (I-V) relationship for either T- or L-type current activation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eskinder
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Rusch
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Supan
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; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004285:Dogs; D004737:Enflurane / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006221:Halothane / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007530:Isoflurane / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011690:Purkinje Fibers / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004737:Enflurane; D007530:Isoflurane; D006221:Halothane