Inhibition of the delayed rectifier K current in guinea-pig cardiomyocytes by thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide.
Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol
; 357(5): 540-7, 1998 May.
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ABSTRACT
We examined effect of thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide on electrophysiological characteristics of single atrial myocytes, obtained by digestion of guinea-pig heart, using collagenase. Membrane potential and ion channel current in the atrial myocytes were recorded by the patch clamp method. Thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide prolonged action potentials at cycle lengths from 250 to 10,000 ms. The degree of thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide-induced prolongation was similar among these cycle lengths. Thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide inhibited the delayed rectifier K+ current, without affecting Ca2+ current and inward-rectifier K+ current. Thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide blocked the delayed rectifier K+ current in voltage- and time-independent manner, indicating that thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide blocked both subtypes of the delayed rectifier K+ current (rapid and slow components). Thiamine, the parent molecule of thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide, blocked the delayed rectifier K+ current only when thiamine was applied intracellularly. Thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide may be converted to thiamine in the cytoplasm, and then may block the the delayed rectifier K+ channel from the intracellular side. Although thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide (or thiamine) has some of the properties of class III antiarrhythmics agents, thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide did not exhibit reverse use-dependent prolongation of action potential.
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Asunto principal:
Tiempo de Reacción
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Bloqueadores de los Canales de Potasio
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Fursultiamina
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Corazón
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Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol
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1998
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