title: Electrophysiological effects of Ro 22-9194, a new antiarrhythmic agent, on guinea-pig ventricular cells.
abstract: 1. Cardiac effects of Ro 22-9194 were examined in papillary muscles and single ventricular myocytes isolated from guinea-pigs and compared with those of moricizine. 2. In papillary muscles, both Ro 22-9194 (> or = 10 microM) and moricizine (> or = 1 microM) caused a significant dose-dependent decrease in the maximum upstroke velocity (Vmax) and a shortening of the action potential duration. 3. In the presence of either drug, trains of stimuli at rates > or = 0.2 Hz led to an exponential decline in Vmax. This use-dependent block was enhanced at higher stimulation frequencies. A time constant (tau R) for Vmax recovery from the use-dependent block was 9.3 s for Ro 22-9194 and 26.4 s for moricizine. 4. The curves relating membrane potential and Vmax in single myocytes were shifted by Ro 22-9194 (30 microM) or by moricizine (3 microM) in a hyperpolarizing direction by 8.4 mV and 8.0 mV respectively. 5. In myocytes treated with Ro 22-9194 (30 microM), a 10 ms conditioning clamp to 0 mV caused a significant decrease in Vmax of the subsequent test action potential; further prolongation of the clamp pulse duration resulted in a modest enhancement of the Vmax inhibition. In the presence of moricizine (3 microM), a similar conditioning clamp > 200 ms caused a significant Vmax reduction; the longer the clamp pulse duration, the greater the Vmax reduction. 6. Ro 22-9194 > or = 30 microM caused a slight decrease of calcium inward current (ICa) of myocytes without affecting the delayed rectifier potassium current (IK). 7. These findings suggest that the primary electrophysiological effect of Ro 22-9194 as an antiarrhythmicagent is, like moricizine, a use- and voltage-dependent inhibition of sodium channels. From the onset and offset kinetics of the use-dependent block, Ro 22-9194 belongs to the intermediate kinetic Class I drugs, while moricizine is a slow kinetic drug. From the state-dependence of sodium channel block, Ro 22-9194 may belong to activated channel blockers, while moricizine belongs to inactivated channel blockers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Circulation, Nagoya University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Anno
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toyama
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects*; D016293:Moricizine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000187:drug effects; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D011725:Pyridines; C066993:Ro 22-9194; D016293:Moricizine; D002118:Calcium