Effects of the diuretic agent indapamide on Na+, transient outward, and delayed rectifier currents in canine atrial myocytes.
The diuretic agent indapamide has been reported to block the slow component of the delayed rectifier K+ current (IKs) without altering the rapid component (IKr) or the inward rectifier current and has been used as a pharmacological probe for IKs; however, the effects of indapamide on Na+ (INa), L-type Ca2+ (ICa), and transient outward K+ (Ito) currents have not been determined. We applied tight-seal, whole-cell, patch-clamp techniques to assess the effects of indapamide on INa, Ito, ICa, and IKs in canine atrial myocytes. Indapamide inhibited INa, Ito, and IKs in a concentration-dependent and reversible way, without altering ICa. Block increased with depolarization, with the 50% blocking concentration (EC50) decreasing from 129 +/- 26 micromol/L (at -60 mV) to 79 +/- 17 micromol/L (at -10 mV) for INa, from 174 +/- 19 micromol/L (at + 10 mV) to 98 +/- 7 micromol/L (at +60 mV) for Ito and from 148 +/- 28 micromol/L (at +10 mV) to 86 +/- 18 micromol/L (at +60 mV) for IKs. Significant inhibition was seen at concentrations as low as 10 micromol/L for all 3 currents. In addition, indapamide effectively inhibited the ultrarapid delayed rectifier current in a voltage-independent way, with an EC50 of 138 +/- 7 micromol/L at +10 mV. Standard microelectrode experiments showed the effects of indapamide on the action potential to be consistent with the ionic actions seen. We conclude that in addition to its well-recognized IKs-blocking action, indapamide also inhibits INa and Ito effectively and with similar potency. Thus, indapamide is not a reliable pharmacological probe with which to study the specific effects of IKs blockade, and INa and Ito block may contribute to the potential profile of cardiac actions of the compound.
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Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec, Canada.
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Wang
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Nattel
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D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D051668:Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels; D004232:Diuretics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004285:Dogs; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D007190:Indapamide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects*; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000187:drug effects*; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D015220:Calcium Channels; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D051668:Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels; D004232:Diuretics; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D015222:Sodium Channels; C059983:potassium channel protein I(sk); D012964:Sodium; D007190:Indapamide; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium