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. 1997 Oct 15;504(Pt 2):301–314. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.301be.x

The role of Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange current in electrical restitution in ferret ventricular cells.

N C Janvier 1, S O McMorn 1, S M Harrison 1, P Taggart 1, M R Boyett 1
PMCID: PMC1159911  PMID: 9365905

Abstract

1. The mechanisms underlying electrical restitution (recovery of action potential duration after a preceding beat) were investigated in ferret ventricular cells. The time to 80% recovery (t80) of action potential duration was approximately 204 ms. 2. At a holding potential of -80 mV, the Ca2+ current (ICa) reactivated and the delayed rectifier K+ current (IK) deactivated very rapidly (t80: approximately 32 and approximately 93 ms, respectively). The kinetics of both currents are too fast to account for electrical restitution alone. 3. The putative inward Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange current (INa-Ca) produced by the Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger in response to the intracellular Ca2+ transient reprimed (t80: 189 ms) with the same time course as mechanical restitution (recovery of contraction) and with a similar time course to electrical restitution. 4. Substantial reduction of inward INa-Ca, by buffering intracellular Ca2+ with the acetyl methyl ester form of BAPTA, shortened the action potential and greatly altered the electrical restitution curve. Subsequent addition of nifedipine (to block ICa) or 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) (to block the transient outward current, ITO) further altered the electrical restitution curve. 5. Any time-dependent current that contributes to the action potential is likely to affect the time course of electrical restitution. Although ICa, IK and ITO were previously thought to be the only currents involved in electrical restitution, we conclude that inward INa-Ca also plays an important role.

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