Remodelling of human atrial K + currents but not ion channel expression by chronic β-blockade

Gillian E. Marshall, Julie A. Russell, James O. Tellez, Pardeep S. Jhund, Susan Currie, John Dempster, Mark R. Boyett, Kathleen A. Kane, Andrew C. Rankin, Antony J. Workman

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    Abstract

    Chronic β-adrenoceptor antagonist (β-blocker) treatment in patients is associated with a potentially antiarrhythmic prolongation of the atrial action potential duration (APD), which may involve remodelling of repolarising K +currents. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of chronic β-blockade on transient outward, sustained and inward rectifier K + currents (I TO, I KSUS and I K1) in human atrial myocytes and on the expression of underlying ion channel subunits. Ion currents were recorded from human right atrial isolated myocytes using the whole-cell-patch clamp technique. Tissue mRNA and protein levels were measured using real time RT-PCR and Western blotting. Chronic β-blockade was associated with a 41% reduction in ITO density: 9.3±0.8 (30 myocytes, 15 patients) vs 15.7±1.1 pA/pF (32, 14), p
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)537-548
    Number of pages11
    JournalPflügers Archiv European Journal of Physiology
    Volume463
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2012

    Keywords

    • β adrenoceptor
    • Action potential
    • Atrial myocyte
    • Human
    • Ion channel
    • Ion current

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