Abstract
Nicorandil is a clinically used nitrovasodilator that has a property as an opener of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in vitro. We examined whether nicorandil at a clinically used dose augmented regional ischemia-induced monophasic action potential (MAP) shortening and increase in extracellular potassium concentration ([K+]o), and how it affected arrhythmia occurrence. Five-minute occlusion of a distal site of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) was repeated at 30-min intervals in anesthetized open-chest dogs while recording MAP or measuring [K+]o with a potassium-sensitive valinomycin electrode from the epicardial center of the ischemic myocardium. Nicorandil (0.2-0.5 mg/kg) was administered intravenously (i.v.) 5 min before the third occlusion, and the data were compared with those during the second occlusion (control). During the second occlusion, MAP duration at 90% repolarization (APD90) shortened (mean rate for 5 min, 13 +/- 3%, n = 11) and [K+]o increased from 3.7 +/- 0.1 to 6.2 +/- 0.8 mM at 5 min (n = 12). These changes were reversed < or = 3 min after reperfusion. Before the third occlusion, baseline APD90 and [K+]o were not altered by nicorandil; however, the extent of occlusion-induced shorteni...Continue Reading
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