title: Effects of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids on the cardiac sodium channels in isolated rat ventricular myocytes.
abstract: 1. Whole-cell Na+ currents (holding potential, -80 mV; test potential, -30 mV) in rat myocytes were inhibited by 8, 9-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (8,9-EET) in a dose-dependent manner with 22+/-4% inhibition at 0.5 microM, 48+/-5% at 1 microM, and 73+/-5% at 5 microM (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 10, P<0.05 for each dose vs. control). Similar results were obtained with 5,6-, 11,12-, and 14,15-EETs, while 8,9-dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid (DHET) was 3-fold less potent and arachidonic acid was 10- to 20-fold less potent. 2. 8,9-EET produced a dose-dependent, hyperpolarized shift in the steady-state membrane potential at half-maximum inactivation (V ), without changing the slope factor. 8,9-EET had no effect on the steady-state activation of Na+ currents. 3. Inhibition of Na+ currents by 8,9-EET was use dependent, and channel recovery was slowed. The effects of 8,9-EET were greater at depolarized potentials. 4. Single channel recordings showed 8,9-EET did not change the conductance or the number of active Na+ channels, but markedly decreased the probability of Na+ channel opening. These results were associated with a decrease in the channel open time and an increase in the channel closed times. 5. Incubation of cultured cardiac myocytes with 1 microM [3H]8,9-EET showed that 25% of the radioactivity was taken up by the cells over a 2 h period, and most of the uptake was incorporated into phospholipids, principally phosphatidylcholine. Analysis of the medium after a 2 h incubation indicated that 86% of the radioactivity remained as [3H]8,9-EET while 13% was converted into [3H]8,9-DHET. After a 30 min incubation, 1-2% of the [3H]8,9-EET uptake by cells remained as unesterified EET. 6. These results demonstrate that cardiac cells have a high capacity to take up and metabolize 8,9-EET. 8,9-EET is a potent use- and voltage-dependent inhibitor of the cardiac Na+ channels through modulation of the channel gating behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, The Veteran Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. hon-chi-lee@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Weintraub
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: VanRollins
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Spector
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D015222:Sodium Channels; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; C046783:11,12-epoxy-5,8,14-eicosatrienoic acid; C040776:5,6-epoxy-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid; C050715:8,9-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid; C046782:14,15-epoxy-5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid; D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid