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  • Title: Effects of combined use of class I antiarrhythmic agents on Vmax of guinea-pig ventricular muscles.
    Author: Toyama J, Kawamura T, Kodama I.
    Journal: Cardiovasc Drugs Ther; 1991 Aug; 5 Suppl 4():801-4. PubMed ID: 1931757.
    Abstract:
    The effects of the combined use of class-I antiarrhythmic drugs on the resting potentials (RP), amplitude of action potential (AMP), and Vmax of the action potential were investigated in guinea-pig ventricular papillary muscles that were superfused with oxygenated Krebs-Ringer solution at 35 degrees C. Disopyramide (40 microM) reduced Vmax to 68.6 +/- 3.1% (mean +/- SE, n = 5) of the control with minimal changes in RP and AMP when preparations were stimulated at 1 Hz. The addition of mexiletine (20 microM) to the solution containing disopyramide (40 microM) caused a minimal reduction of Vmax (less than 5%) for the stimulation of 1 Hz, but a significant reduction of Vmax (13% p less than 0.05) when stimulation was increased to 2 Hz. This amount of the reduction is compatible with that obtained by mexiletine alone, suggesting a simple additive Na+ channel inhibition by this drug combination. This additive effect was also observed in the recovery process of Vmax from the use-dependent block induced by train stimuli at 1 Hz. Flecainide (5 microM) reduced Vmax to 58.6 +/- 13.3% (n = 5). The addition of mexiletine to the superfusate with flecainide produced a further depression of 14 +/- 2.6% of Vmax, even at 1 Hz. This depression was larger than that produced by mexiletine, suggesting a synergistic action of the two drugs on the Na+ channel. Such information about the interaction of the class I drug combinations with the Na+ channel may be clinically important.
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