title: DDPH inhibited L-type calcium current and sodium current in single ventricular myocyte of guinea pig.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of 1-(2, 6-dimethylphenoxy)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl-ethylamino)propane hydrochloride (DDPH) on L-type calcium current (ICa) and sodium current (INa), and to compare its inhibitory potency with verapamil and mexiletine.
  
  
  METHODS
  Whole-cell patch clamp technique was used to record ICa and INa in a single ventricular myocytes of guinea pig.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (1) DDPH (3 - 300 micromol . L-1) decreased ICa at 0 mV in a concentration-dependent manner with an IC50 value of 28.5 micromol . L-1 (95 % confidence limits: 14.3 - 42.7 micromol . L-1, n = 8 cells from 8 guinea pigs). Verapamil (0.3 - 30 micromol . L-1) reduced ICa with an IC50 value of 1.8 micromol . L-1 (95 % confidence limits: 1.3 - 2.3 micromol . L-1, n = 6 cells from 6 guinea pigs). Mexiletine 100 micromol . L-1 did not affect ICa (n = 5 cells from 5 guinea pigs, P > 0.05). The degree of use-dependent blocking effect of DDPH 30 micromol/L on ICa was 58 % +/- 13 % (n = 5 cells from 5 guinea pigs, P < 0.01) at 1 Hz and 76 % +/- 11 % (n = 5 cells from 5 guinea pigs, P < 0.01) at 3 Hz. (2) DDPH (20 - 320 micromol . L-1) could also block INa in a concentration-dependent manner with an IC50 value of 89.0 micromol . L-1 (95 % confidence limits: 68.7 - 109.3 micromol . L-1, n = 9 cells from 9 guinea pigs). The IC50 value of mexiletine was 32.2 micromol . L-1 (95 % confidence limits: 11.7 - 52.7 micromol . L-1, n = 5 cells from 5 guinea pigs). Verapamil at the concentration of 10 micromol . L-1 did not affect INa (n = 5 cells from 5 guinea pigs, P > 0.05). The blocking effect of DDPH 80 micromol/L on INa was non use-dependent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  DPH exhibited inhibitory effects on both ICa and INa, but its inhibitory effect on ICa was weaker than verapamil, and on INa was weaker than mexiletine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
authors.forename: X D
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002469:Cell Separation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008801:Mexiletine / Q000494:pharmacology; D032342:Muscle Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D010627:Phenethylamines; D015222:Sodium Channels; C057485:1-(2,6-dimethylphenoxy)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenylethylamino)propane; D008801:Mexiletine; D014700:Verapamil