title: Origin of complex behaviour of spatially discordant alternans in a transgenic rabbit model of type 2 long QT syndrome.
abstract: Enhanced dispersion of repolarization has been proposed as an important mechanism in long QT related arrhythmias. Dispersion can be dynamic and can be augmented with the occurrence of spatially out-of-phase action potential duration (APD) alternans (discordant alternans; DA). We investigated the role of tissue heterogeneity in generating DA using a novel transgenic rabbit model of type 2 long QT syndrome (LQT2). Littermate control (LMC) and LQT2 rabbit hearts (n = 5 for each) were retrogradely perfused and action potentials were mapped from the epicardial surface using di-4-ANEPPS and a high speed CMOS camera. Spatial dispersion (Delta APD and Delta slope of APD restitution) were both increased in LQT2 compared to LMC (Delta APD: 34 +/- 7 ms vs. 23 +/- 6 ms; Delta slope: 1.14 +/- 0.23 vs. 0.59 +/- 0.19). Onset of DA under a ramp stimulation protocol was seen at longer pacing cycle length (CL) in LQT2 compared to LMC hearts (206 +/- 24 ms vs. 156 +/- 5 ms). Nodal lines between regions with APD alternans out of phase from each other were correlated with conduction velocity (CV) alternation in LMC but not in LQT2 hearts. In LQT2 hearts, larger APD dispersion was associated with onset of DA at longer pacing CL. At shorter CLs, closer to ventricular fibrillation induction (VF), nodal lines in LQT2 (n = 2 out of 5) showed persistent complex beat-to-beat changes in nodal line formation of DA associated with competing contribution from CV restitution and tissue spatial heterogeneity, increasing vulnerability to conduction block. In conclusion, tissue heterogeneity plays a significant role in providing substrate for ventricular arrhythmia in LQT2 rabbits by facilitating DA onset and contributing to unstable nodal lines prone to reentry formation.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
authors.forename: Ohad
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ziv
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Yoon-kyu
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xuwen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Katja E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Odening
authors.forename: Alfred E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Buxton
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karma
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koren
authors.forename: Bum-Rak
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D000072237:ERG1 Potassium Channel; D004569:Electroencephalography; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena; D056149:Epicardial Mapping; D051638:Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels / Q000235:genetics; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D029593:Jervell-Lange Nielsen Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000072237:ERG1 Potassium Channel; D051638:Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
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