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. 1991 Dec;88(6):1819–1832. doi: 10.1172/JCI115503

Effects of lysophosphatidylcholine on electrophysiological properties and excitation-contraction coupling in isolated guinea pig ventricular myocytes.

E Liu 1, J I Goldhaber 1, J N Weiss 1
PMCID: PMC295749  PMID: 1721623

Abstract

Lysophosphoglyceride accumulation in ischemic myocardium has been implicated as a cause of arrhythmias. We examined the effects of lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) in isolated guinea pig ventricular myocytes. In paced myocytes loaded with the Ca2+ indicator Indo-1-AM and studied at room temperature, 20 microM LPC caused an initial positive inotropic effect followed by spontaneous automaticity, a decline in active cell shortening, and progressive diastolic shortening (contracture) leading to cell death. These changes were accompanied by a progressive increase in cytosolic [Ca2+]i. In patch-clamped myocytes dialyzed internally with high EGTA concentrations, LPC caused membrane depolarization, shortening of the action potential duration, and abnormal automaticity as seen in multicellular preparations. Voltage clamp experiments revealed the appearance of a nonselective leak conductance without significant changes in the delayed rectifier K+ current, inward rectifier K+ current, L-type Ca2+ current, and T-type Ca2+ current. Pretreatment with 20 mM caffeine and [Ca2+]o-free solution did not prevent the leak current. In patch clamped myocytes loaded with 0.1 mM Fura-2 salt, the [Ca2+]i transient induced by either voltage clamps or brief caffeine exposure remained normal until the nonselective leak current developed. The Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange current elicited during caffeine-induced [Ca2+]i transients also did not appear to be altered by LPC. Qualitatively similar results were obtained in myocytes studied at 35 degrees C. The membrane detergent saponin (0.005% wt/wt) mimicked all of the effects of LPC. We conclude that under these experimental conditions the effects of LPC are most compatible with a detergent action causing membrane leakiness with resultant depolarization, [Ca2+]i overload, and contracture.

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