title: Effect of isoprenaline, carbachol, and Cs+ on Na+ activity and pacemaker potential in rabbit SA node cells.
abstract: Effects of isoprenaline, carbachol, and Cs+ on intracellular Na+ activity (a(i)Na) and spontaneous action potentials were studied in multicellular and single cell preparations isolated from rabbit sinoatrial (SA) nodes. a(i)Na was measured with double-barreled Na+-selective microelectrodes and the fluorescent Na+-indicator sodium-binding benzofuran isophthalate (SBFI). In spontaneously beating cells, aiNa measured with Na+-selective microelectrodes and SBFI were 4.5 +/- 1.2 mM (means +/- SD, n = 21) in multicellular preparations and 4.0 +/- 1.1 mM (n = 16) in single cells, respectively. Measurements of a(i)Na with microelectrodes showed that isoprenaline increased a(i)Na from 4.7 +/- 1.2 to 5.5 +/- 1.6 mM (n = 16, P < 0.01) and shortened the action potential cycle length (ACL) from 338 +/- 46 to 269 +/- 35 ms (n = 16, P < 0.01). However, increasing the action potential rate by pacing produced a much smaller increase in a(i)Na. Changes in a(i)Na and ACL produced by isoprenaline were blocked by Cs+. The selective hyperpolarization-activated inward current (If) blocker ZD-7288 decreased a(i)Na from 5.2 +/- 1.0 to 4.6 +/- 1.3 mM (n = 4, P < 0.01) and prolonged ACL from 394 +/- 20 to 553 +/- 68 ms (n = 4, P < 0.01). The If blocker substantially inhibited the increase in a(i)Na produced by isoprenaline. Carbachol and Cs+ decreased aiNa from 4.6 +/- 1.4 to 3.9 +/- 1.2 mM (n = 15, P < 0.01) and from 4.9 +/- 1.0 to 3.9 +/- 1.3 mM (n = 18, P < 0.01), respectively. In addition, carbachol and Cs+ prolonged ACL from 345 +/- 44 to 587 +/- 100 ms (n = 15, P < 0.01) and from 353 +/- 30 to 464 +/- 87 ms (n = 18, P < 0.01), respectively. However, carbachol and Cs+ almost did not change a(i)Na when SA node cells became quiescent in a 25.4 mM extracellular K+ concentration. The results suggest that isoprenaline, ZD-7288, carbachol, or Cs+ might have changed a(i)Na and action potential rate by possibly stimulating or inhibiting If carried by Na+. Measurements of a(i)Na with SBFI showed that isoprenaline, carbachol, and Cs+ produced a(i)Na changes that were similar to those measured with the microelectrodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002586:Cesium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D012849:Sinoatrial Node / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; C082246:ICI D2788; D002586:Cesium; D002217:Carbachol; D012964:Sodium; D007545:Isoproterenol