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Characterization of a TTX-sensitive Na+ current in pacemaker cells isolated from rabbit sinoatrial node
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American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 1996-06, Vol.270 (6), p.H2108-H2119
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United States
Erscheinungsjahr
1996
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H. Muramatsu, A. R. Zou, G. A. Berkowitz and R. D. Nathan
Department of Physiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA.
A tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive Na+ current (iNa) was investigated in single
pacemaker cells after 1-4 days in culture. Ruptured-patch and
perforated-patch whole cell recording techniques were used to record iNa
and spontaneous electrical activity, respectively. For seven cells exposed
to 20 mM Na+ (22-24 degrees C) and held at -98 mV (25% of the channels
inactivated), the uncorrected maximum iNa was -39 +/- 10 pA/pF at -29.1 +/-
2.4 (SE) mV, maximum conductance was 0.9 +/- 0.2 nS/pF (1.6 +/- 0.2
mS/cm2). Half-activation and inactivation potentials were -41.4 +/- 2.0 and
-90.6 +/- 2.5 mV, and the corresponding slope factors were 6.0 +/- 0.4 and
6.4 +/- 0.6 mV. Inactivation and recovery from inactivation were best fit
by sums of two exponentials. During action potential clamp, a TTX-sensitive
compensation current accounted for 55% of the upstroke velocity. The
results suggest that iNa contributes significantly to the action potential
in some nodal pacemaker cells, and the characteristics of iNa are similar
to those of atrial and ventricular myocytes.