Effect of sepsis on the action potential and cardiac serotonin response in rats.
Exp Ther Med
; 18(3): 2207-2212, 2019 Sep.
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The current study aimed to investigate the effect of sepsis on rat serotonin (5-HT) responses and cardiac action potentials. A total of 20 rats were randomly divided into a sepsis and control group (each, n=10). Rat hearts were harvested and perfused using the Langendorff method 18-h after the induction of sepsis, which was assessed using cecal puncture. Cardiac action potential was subsequently measured using a multichannel electrophysiology instrument. Immunohistochemistry and quantitative analysis were performed to identify the effect of sepsis on myocardial 5-HT expression. The results revealed that mitochondrial changes were present in septic rat hearts. Heart rate (361.10±12.29 bpm vs. 348.60±12.38 bpm; P<0.05) was significantly higher, atrial action potential duration (106.40±2.95 ms vs. 86.60±4.12 ms; P<0.01) was significantly longer and the area (0.62±0.06 µm2 vs. 0.39±0.05 µm2; P<0.05) and number (0.92±0.02/field vs. 0.46±0.01/field; P<0.01) of myocardial cells were significantly higher in the septic compared with the control group. These results demonstrated that 5-HT prolongs the atrial action potential, increases heart rate and aggravates myocardial injury, indicating that it may therefore be one of the factors that leads to cardiac dysfunction in sepsis.
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