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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 530, Issue 3, Pages 243-249Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.11.035
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voltage gated sodium channel blocker; heart rate regulation
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Blockade of sodium channels located in the sinoatrial node can slow diastolic depolarisation rate, recorded in vitro. The objective was therefore to determine whether these blockers could slow heart rate in vivo. The heart rate was firstly measured in spontaneously beating, isolated rat heart atria in the presence of different voltage gated sodium channel blockers. Tetrodotoxiii and lidocaine slightly reduced heart rate whereas KC 12291 and R 56865, which mainly interact with the persistent component of the sodium current, concentration dependently and potently induced bradycardia. In the pithed rat, tetrodotoxin induced statistically significant decreases heart rate, maximal effects were: -32.2 +/- 6.1 beat per min. KC 12291 and R 56865 dose-dependently induced bradycardia (Delta heart rate obtained, -55.1 +/- 5.2 beat per min, P < 0.05, and -71.9 +/- 8.5 bpm, P < 0.05, respectively). In conclusion, voltage gated sodium channel blockers rather selective for the persistent current, exert a potent bradycardic effect in the rat. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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