Rapid inactivation determines the rectification and [K+]o dependence of the rapid component of the delayed rectifier K+ current in cardiac cells

Circulation Research
T YangD M Roden

Abstract

Two characteristic features of the rapid component of the cardiac delayed rectifier current (IKr) are prominent inward rectification and an unexpected reduction in activating current with decreased [K+]o. Similar features are observed with heterologous expression of HERG, the gene thought to encode the channel carrying IKr, moreover, recent studies indicate that the mechanism underlying rectification of HERG current is the inactivation that channels rapidly undergo during depolarizing pulses. The present studies were designed to determine the mechanism of IKr rectification and [K+]o sensitivity in the mouse atrial myocyte cell line, AT-1 cells. Reducing [Mg2+]i to 0, which reverses inward rectification of some K+ channels, did not alter IKr current-voltage relationships, although it did decrease sensitivity to the IKr blockers dofetilide and quinidine 2- to 5-fold. To determine the presence and extent of fast inactivation of IKr in AT-1 cells, a brief hyperpolarizing pulse (20 ms to -120 mV) was applied during long depolarizations. Immediately after this pulse, a very large outward current that decayed rapidly to the previous activating current baseline was observed. This outward current component was blocked by the IKr-specifi...Continue Reading

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