title: Effects of platelet activating factor on action potentials and potassium channels in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.
abstract: This study was designed to investigate the effects of platelet activating factor (PAF) on the action potential and potassium currents in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes. Whole cell patch clamp techniques were used. With 5 mmol/L ATP in the pipette electrode(mimic normal condition), 1 micromol/L PAF increased APD(90) from 225.8+/-23.3 to 352.8+/-29.8 ms (n=5, P<0.05), decreased I(K1) and I(K) tail currents from -6.1+/-1.3 to -5.6+/-1.1 nA (n=5, P<0.05) at -120 mV and from 173.5+/-16.7 to 152.1+/-11.5 pA (P<0.05, n=4) at +30 mV, respectively. But PAF had no effect on I(K1) at potentials within the normal range of membrane potentials (between -90 mV and +20 mV). In the contrary, without ATP in the pipette electrode by which I(K.ATP) was activated (mimic ischemic condition), 1 micro mol/L PAF shortened APD(90) from 153+/-24.6 to 88.2+/-19.4 ms (n=5, P<0.01). Incubation of myocytes with 1 micro mol/L glibenclamide, a blocker of I(K.ATP ) could restore prolongation of APD induced by PAF. In conclusion, in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes, with 5 mmol/L ATP in the pipette PAF could prolong APD partly due to the inhibition of I(K); while with 0 mmol/L ATP in the pipette, PAF could induce an activation of I(K.ATP), hence a decrease in APD. It is suggested that PAF may amplify the heterogeneity between ischemic and normal cardiac myocytes during ischemia /reperfusion, which may play a vital role in the pathogenesis of the arrhythmias induced by ischemia /reperfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
authors.forename: Yi-Mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Chang-Jin
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qin-Mei
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.forename: Hong-Yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xin-Wu
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D015221:Potassium Channels; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005905:Glyburide