A voltage clamp study of the effects of AR-L 115 BS on the pacemaker current of cardiac Purkinje fibres.
Basic Res Cardiol
; 77(5): 536-51, 1982.
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The new cardiotonic agent AR-L 115 BS was investigated by means of the double-micro-electrode voltage clamp technique on sheep cardiac Purkinje fibres. Clinical and pharmacological studies show that AR-L 115 BS increases heart rate as a side effect at medium to high therapeutic doses. The classical analysis of the pacemaker current was therefore performed to study the possible mechanism of this effect at a cellular level. The kinetic parameter s infinity and the reversal potential of the pacemaker current were shifted in the depolarizing direction after exposure to AR-L 115 BS. Peak values of the fully activated pacemaker current were either increased or diminished, while potassium leakage was slightly increased. These results are not related to the action of AR-L 115 BS on beta-adrenergic receptors but possibly due to enhanced intracellular calcium (see third paper in this series). Despite its tendency to increase heart rate, high concentrations of AR-L 115 BS should not be expected to promote arrhythmias in the Purkinje system since the electrophysiological effects tend to counteract each other.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Ramos Subendocárdicos
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Sistema de Conducción Cardíaco
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Imidazoles
Límite:
Animals
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En
Revista:
Basic Res Cardiol
Año:
1982
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Article
Pais de publicación:
Alemania