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  • Title: Anoxia decreases the transient K+ outward current in isolated ventricular heart cells of the mouse.
    Author: Thierfelder S, Hirche H, Benndorf K.
    Journal: Pflugers Arch; 1994 Jul; 427(5-6):547-9. PubMed ID: 7971153.
    Abstract:
    Transient K+ outward currents (Ito) were measured in enzymatically isolated ventricular mouse heart cells with a patch clamp technique in the whole cell configuration. Exposure of the cells to substrate-free anoxia gradually decreased both the peak and the late Ito. The inactivation time course of Ito was fitted with two exponentials. After 4-10 min of anoxia, the contribution of the fast and slow exponential decreased to 60 +/- 7% and 62 +/- 4% of the control value and recovered after reoxygenation within 1-3 min to 84 +/- 5% and 75 +/- 6% (n = 10; all mean +/- SEM), respectively. The time constants of the exponentials were invariant to anoxia. Voltage dependence of activation and inactivation of Ito were not influenced by anoxia. Application of stimulators of protein kinase A and C, cGMP- dependent protein kinase, or of the oxidant diamide during anoxia did not recover Ito. It is concluded that under conditions of metabolic stress, Ito is reversibly down-regulated leaving inactivation kinetics unchanged. The underlying mechanism is as yet unknown but does neither involve a decreased activity of protein kinase A, protein kinase C, nor c-GMP dependent protein kinase.
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