title: [Electrophysiologic characteristics of Ito in myocytes from cardiac Koch triangle].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the electrophysiologic characteristics of Ito in myocytes from cardiac Koch triangle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patch clamp technique was employed to investigate the I-V and D-V relation, steady-state activation and inactivation kinetics of Ito from myocytes in Koch triangle of rabbit hearts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (1) The maximum peak current (pA) and peak current density (pA/pF) at +20 mV in PC (pacing cell), TC (transitonal cell) alpha,beta, AC (atrial cell) and PL (purkinje-like cell) cells were different from each other (P < 0. 05); The cells also had different current density (P < 0.05) except between TCalpha, TCbeta and PL cells (P > 0.05). (2) The half activation potential (V(mIto1/2), mV) of steady state activation among PC, TCalpha, TCbeta, AC and PL were significantly different (P < 0.05); The paired comparison between TCalpha and TCbeta, AC and PL, and TCbeta and PC showed significant difference (P < 0.05); but the differences between TCa and PC, TCbeta and AC, and TCbeta and PL were not significant (P > 0.05). (3) The half inactivation potential (V5(hIto1/2), mV) of steady state inactivation between TCalpha and PC, TCa and PL, TCbeta and PC, and TCbeta and PL demonstrated significant differences(P < 0.05). The differences of K(hIto) between TCalpha and TCbeta, PC and PL, TCbeta and PC, and AC and PL were significant (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ito of cardiac cells from Koch triangle in rabbit hearts are heterogeneous, but relatively specified and distributed in different groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, College of Medicine, Xi'an 710004, China.
authors.forename: Fu-Xian
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Xiao-Lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Zhen-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.forename: Feng-Dong
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Shi-Sheng
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ya-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels