Membrane currents and tension in cat ventricular muscle treated with cardiac glycosides.

Circulation Research
T F McDonaldW Trautwein

Abstract

The effect of cardiac glycosides on membrane currents and tension in cat ventricular muscle was studied using the single sucrose gap voltage clamp method. Complete tension-voltage and current-voltage relations were obtained in five preparations before and during treatment with dihydro-ouabain (DHO, 1.7 X 10(-5)M). After 1-2 minutes of DHO, the developed tension was 15% greater than control, but there was no change in either the slow inward (calcium) current (Ica) or the level of the outward current flowing at the end of a 300-msec depolarization (Iout). After 6-8 minutes of DHO, there was a 60% increase in developed tension, a noticeable increase in resting tension, a 20% decrease in Ica, and a smaller increase in Iout. It seems possible that the reduction of Ica was due to a reduced driving force. In preparations treated with ouabain (5 X 10(-7)M, 3-5 minutes), developed tension was 45-150% greater than control with no change in Ica or Iout between -45 and + 15 mv. We conclude that the inotropic action of these cardiac glycosides is not mediated by an increase in Ica.

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