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  • Title: Effect of tetrodotoxin, lidocaine, and quinidine on the transient inward current of sheep Purkinje fibres.
    Author: Henning B, Zehender M, Meinertz T, Just H.
    Journal: Basic Res Cardiol; 1988; 83(2):176-89. PubMed ID: 3395315.
    Abstract:
    The effect of tetrodotoxin (TTX), lidocaine, and quinidine on the transient inward current (TI) was studied in voltage-clamped sheep cardiac Purkinje fibres. The TI was induced by elevation of extracellular Ca or addition of strophanthidin. Reduction of external Na had a biphasic effect on the steady state TI magnitude; a moderate (less than 50%) reduction of external Na had an enhancing effect on the TI; a further decrease of extracellular Na was accompanied by a decline of TI amplitude. The TI could not be induced in Na-free medium (external Ca less than or equal to 9.0 mM). TTX, lidocaine, and quinidine reduced the magnitude of the TI in a dose-dependent way. The blocking effect of these agents could be compensated for by a moderate (less than 50%) reduction of external Na or an elevation of extracellular Ca. It is suggested that the blocking effect of TTX, lidocaine, and quinidine on the TI is due to a reduction of intracellular Na, which causes a decay of intracellular Ca via the Na-Ca exchange mechanism.
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