Effects of caffeine on potassium currents in isolated rat ventricular myocytes
Hussain, Munir Chorvatova, A.
Hussain, Munir
Chorvatova, A.
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Rapid exposure of cardiac muscle to high concentrations of caffeine releases Ca 2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). This Ca 2+ is then extruded from the cell by the Na +/Ca 2+ exchanger. Measurement of the current carried by the exchanger ( I Na/Ca) can therefore be used to estimate of the Ca 2+ content of the SR. Previous studies have shown that caffeine, however, can also inhibit K + currents. We therefore investigated whether the inhibitory effects of caffeine on these currents could contaminate measurements of I Na/Ca. Caffeine caused partial inhibition of the inward rectifier K + current ( I K1): the outward current at ¿40 mV was 1.15±0.24 pA/pF in control and decreased to 0.34±0.15 pA/pF in the presence of 10 mmol/l caffeine ( P<0.05, n=15). This was similar to the effect of caffeine on the holding current observed at ¿40 mV in the absence of K + channel block and could therefore account for the contaminating effects of caffeine observed during measurements of I Na/Ca. Moreover, caffeine also partially inhibited the transient outward ( I to) and the delayed rectifier ( I K) K + currents.
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Hussain, M., Chorvatova, A. (2003). Effects of caffeine on potassium currents in isolated rat ventricular myocytes. Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology. Vol. 446, No. 4, pp. 422-428.
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