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  • Title: Histamine induced or enhanced delayed afterdepolarization and triggered activity in guinea-pig papillary muscles. A preliminary study.
    Author: Tajima T, Dohi Y.
    Journal: Jpn Heart J; 1985 Nov; 26(6):985-92. PubMed ID: 3007798.
    Abstract:
    We used standard microelectrode techniques to study the histamine induced or enhanced delayed afterdepolarization (DAD) and triggered activity (TA) of guinea-pig papillary muscle superfused with low-potassium Tyrode's solution. Before histamine, a series of driven action potentials did not induce DAD and TA. Immediately after histamine (10(-5)M), DAD was induced and, finally, TA was induced after high rate pacing (150/min to 300/min). The effect of histamine was antagonized by cimetidine (5 X 10(-6) to 5 X 10(-5)M) but not by diphenhydramine. Also, the amplitude of DAD decreased after verapamil (10(-7) to 3 X 10(-6)M) and lidocaine (4 X 10(-5) to 8 X 10(-5)M). To investigate indirect evidence of increased cyclic AMP mediation in this histamine induced DAD, we studied the effects of a phosphodiesterase inhibitor (papaverine 10(-5)M) or activator (N-methylimidazole 20 mM) on the histamine induced or enhanced DAD. The former enhanced and the latter depressed the histamine-induced (or enhanced) DAD. Thus, histamine may induce or enhance the DAD and TA by increasing the slow inward current. This mechanism may be mediated by histamine H2-receptors and the adenylate cyclase system in the cardiac ventricular muscle.
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