title: Block of Na+ channel by bepridil in isolated guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.
abstract: The effects of bepridil, a potent antiarrhythmic agent, on the Na+ current (INa) of single guinea-pig ventricular myocytes were studied using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Bepridil inhibited INa in a dose-dependent manner without causing any change in the I-V. relationship for INa. Bepridil suppressed INa with Kd values of 342 and 40 microM when cells were clamped to holding potentials of -140 and -90 mV, respectively. 10 microM bepridil shifted the steady-state inactivation curve for INa toward more negative potentials by 7.7 mV (n = 6). Bepridil also produced marked use-dependent block with a rapid onset. Recovery of INa from inactivation was retarded (time constant 290 ms) at a holding potential of -140 mV in the presence of 10 microM bepridil. When the onset of INa block was studied in experiments using a double-pulse protocol, bepridil blocked INa by 11.5% after a 4-ms pre-pulse, but significantly blocked it after pre-pulses longer than 16 ms. These results suggest that: (1) bepridil has a higher affinity for the inactivated state than the resting state of Na+ channel; (2) the drug also produces an open channel block; and (3) the drug shows a lidocaine-like fast kinetic block of Na+ current.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015764:Bepridil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015222:Sodium Channels; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D015764:Bepridil