title: Concentration- and rate-dependent electrophysiological effects of restacorin on isolated canine Purkinje fibres.
abstract: The cellular electrophysiological effects of restacorin, a new antiarrhythmic agent were studied using conventional microelectrode techniques in isolated dog cardiac Purkinje fibres. Restacorin (1-30 mumol/l) decreased the maximum rate of rise of the action potential upstroke and action potential amplitude while action potential duration measured at 90% of repolarization was shortened in a concentration-dependent manner during pacing at a constant basic cycle length of 500 ms. The effect of 10 mumol/l restacorin on maximal rate of rise of the action potential upstroke and on action potential duration measured at 90% of repolarization were also studied while varying the constant pacing cycle length between 300 and 5000 ms. The results of these studies indicated a rate-dependent effect of restacorin on the action potential characteristics examined. After abrupt changes in cycle length, 10 mumol/l restacorin slowed the fast component of the relation for restitution of action potential duration from 155.3 +/- 5.2 ms (control, n = 6) to 217.1 +/- 17.8 ms (n = 6, P less than 0.05). In the presence of restacorin (10 mumol/l), a second slow component for recovery of maximal action potential upstroke rising velocity was expressed having a time constants of 8.5 +/- 1.2 s. The range of premature action potential durations was significantly decreased (by 57.1%, P less than 0.01) by 10 mumol/l restacorin. These results indicate that the cellular electrophysiological effects produced by restacorin in dog cardiac Purkinje fibres best resemble those produced by recognized class Ic antiarrhythmic drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnatti College of Medicine, OH.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varrò
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Knilans
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Nànàsi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rabloczky
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lathrop
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003971:Diastole / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D006146:Guanidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D011690:Purkinje Fibers / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D006146:Guanidines; C059816:restacorin; D013779:Tetrodotoxin