Abstract
1. The effects of bisaramil on sodium currents in rat isolated cardiac myocytes were examined by use of tight-seal, whole-cell patch clamp techniques. Bisaramil produced a concentration-dependent, readily reversible reduction in peak transient sodium current. When the sodium current was evoked at 3 s intervals the estimated ED50 for bisaramil was about 11 microM. 2. Bisaramil (16 microM) produced a shift in the inactivation curve to hyperpolarized potentials of about 10 mV, but produced no change in the voltage-dependence of activation. 3. The block of the sodium current by bisaramil showed a profound use-dependence. A concentration of 10 microM produced a considerable block of the current with repeated stimulation. The recovery from block was biphasic, showing fast and slow components which had time constants of about 40 ms and 5 s respectively. 4. Bisaramil produced little tonic block of the sodium current at concentrations of 100 microM; at 300 microM it produced tonic block of around 50%, with extreme use-dependence. 5. Bisaramil appeared not to interact primarily with the inactivated form of the channel, since lengthening the depolarizing pulses did not affect the degree of block produced.
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