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  • Title: The cardioplegic solution HTK: effects on membrane potential, intracellular K+ and Na+ activities in sheep cardiac Purkinje fibres.
    Author: Krohn E, Stinner B, Fleckenstein M, Gebhard MM, Bretschneider HJ.
    Journal: Pflugers Arch; 1989 Dec; 415(3):269-75. PubMed ID: 2516307.
    Abstract:
    The effects of the cardioplegic solution HTK on membrane potential (EM) and intracellular K and Na activities (aiK, aiNa) were studied in sheep cardiac Purkinje fibres by means of conventional and ion-selective microelectrodes. HTK contains (mM): Na 15, K 10, Ca 0, Mg 4, histidine 180. (1) In control conditions EM was -74.3 +/- 3.3 mV (n = 25), aiK was 116.4 +/- 4.1 mM (n = 7) and aiNa was 8.2 +/- 1.4 mM (n = 15). (2) Exposure to HTK led to a depolarization to -59.7 +/- 3.6 mV (n = 25) which exceeded by about 5-7 mV that induced in a Tyrode solution of 10 mM K and in a modified HTK solution supplemented by 2 mM Ca (n = 6). (3) Addition of 0.5 mM barium eliminated the difference in the steady-state depolarization. (4) HTK superfusion increased aiK to 120.1 +/- 4.4 mM (n = 7) and decreased aiNa to 3.9 +/- 0.9 mM (n = 15). (5) The decrease in aiNa was insensitive to amiloride (1 mM) and to external alkalization but was slightly increased by addition of 2 mM calcium. (6) When the calcium in Tyrode solution was lowered from 2.0 mM to 0.05 mM, aiNa hardly decreased during subsequent exposure to unmodified HTK and it increased in the presence of 0.1 mM dihydroouabain. We propose the hypothesis (1) that the difference in membrane depolarization between HTK and a 10 mM K-Tyrode is caused by a decrease in K conductance by the HTK solution and (2) that the aiNa decline mainly results from a coupled Ca influx via Na-Ca exchange due to a delayed washout of external calcium.
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