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. 1980 Feb;29(2):315–330. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(80)85135-6

Relation between intracellular Na ion activity and tension of sheep cardiac Purkinje fibers exposed to dihydro-ouabain.

C O Lee, D H Kang, J H Sokol, K S Lee
PMCID: PMC1328700  PMID: 7260255

Abstract

The intracellular Na ion activity (aiNa) and the contractile tension (T) of sheep cardiac Purkinje fibers were simultaneously measured employing recessed-tip Na+-selective glass microelectrodes and a mechano-electric transducer. The aiNa of 6.4 +/- 1.6 mM (mean +/- SD, n = 56) was obtained in fibers perfused with normal Tyrode's solution. The changes in aiNa and T were measured during and after the exposure of fibers to a cardiac glycoside, dihydro-ouabain (DHO) in concentrations between 5 X 10(-8) M and 10(-5) M. The exposure time to DHO was 15 min. Both aiNa and T did not change in fibers exposed to 5 X 10(-8) M DHO, and the threshold concentration for the effect of DHO appeared to be around 10(-7) M. In DHO concentrations greater than the threshold, the increases in aiNa and T strongly correlated during the onset of DHO effects. The recoveries of aiNa and T were variable and slow, being dependent on the DHO concentration. In those fibers which recovered from the effects of DHO, the time-course of aiNa recovery was similar to that of T recovery. In fibers exposed to DHO of 5 X 10(-6) M or greater, the apparent toxic effects were observed in both action potential and contraction after an initial increase in T. The fibers manifesting the apparent toxic effects has a aiNa of approximately 30 mM or greater. The results of this study indicate that the increase in aiNa is associated with the positive inotropic action of the cardiac glycoside.

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