Using patch clamp whole cell recording techiques, we examined the effects ofIQ_23, a benzyl-isoquinoline derivative with antiarrhythmic activities, on the action potential (AP) andpotassium currents in single guinea p...Using patch clamp whole cell recording techiques, we examined the effects ofIQ_23, a benzyl-isoquinoline derivative with antiarrhythmic activities, on the action potential (AP) andpotassium currents in single guinea pig ventricular myocytes. The results showed that IQ_23 at 10, 30and 100 μmol ·L_-1 slowed the repolarization in AP dose-dependently. The APD_90 were prolonged by15%, 28% and 31% respectively. This effect did not depend on the extracellular Ca^2+. In voltageclamp mode, IQ_23 effectively blocked both the components of the delayed rectifier potassium current(I_k), i.e., I_ks and I_kr. At concentrations of 30 and 100 μmol· L^-1, IQ_23 suppressed I_ks by 21% and 26%and suppressed I_kr by 67% and 86% respectively. But even at 100 μmol·L^-1, IQ_23 had little effect onthe inward rectifier potassium current (I_k1). It is concluded: 1. IQ_23 can dose-dependently prolongAPD in the ventriculas myocytes of guinea pig, the effect does not depend on the extracellular Ca^2+; 2.IQ_23 blocks both I_ks and Ikr in the ventricular myocytes without obvious specificities between them.展开更多
文摘Using patch clamp whole cell recording techiques, we examined the effects ofIQ_23, a benzyl-isoquinoline derivative with antiarrhythmic activities, on the action potential (AP) andpotassium currents in single guinea pig ventricular myocytes. The results showed that IQ_23 at 10, 30and 100 μmol ·L_-1 slowed the repolarization in AP dose-dependently. The APD_90 were prolonged by15%, 28% and 31% respectively. This effect did not depend on the extracellular Ca^2+. In voltageclamp mode, IQ_23 effectively blocked both the components of the delayed rectifier potassium current(I_k), i.e., I_ks and I_kr. At concentrations of 30 and 100 μmol· L^-1, IQ_23 suppressed I_ks by 21% and 26%and suppressed I_kr by 67% and 86% respectively. But even at 100 μmol·L^-1, IQ_23 had little effect onthe inward rectifier potassium current (I_k1). It is concluded: 1. IQ_23 can dose-dependently prolongAPD in the ventriculas myocytes of guinea pig, the effect does not depend on the extracellular Ca^2+; 2.IQ_23 blocks both I_ks and Ikr in the ventricular myocytes without obvious specificities between them.