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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 281: H1201-H1209, 2001;
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Vol. 281, Issue 3, H1201-H1209, September 2001

Characterization of mice with a combined suppression of Ito and IK,slow

Michael Brunner1, Weinong Guo3, Gary F. Mitchell2, Peter D. Buckett1, Jeanne M. Nerbonne3, and Gideon Koren1

1 Cardiovascular Research Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02115; 2 Cardiovascular Engineering Incorporated, Holliston, Massachusetts 01746; and 3 Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

Cardiac-specific expression of a truncated Kv1.1 polypeptide (Kv1DN) attenuates the slow inactivating outward K+ current (IK,slow), increases action potential duration (APD) and Q-T intervals, and induces spontaneous ventricular arrhythmias. Expression of the pore mutant of Kv4.2 (Kv4DN) eliminates the fast component of the transient outward current (Ito) and prolongs APDs and Q-T intervals markedly; however, no arrhythmias are seen in Kv4DN mice, suggesting that APD and Q-T prolongation are not per se proarrhythmic. To test this hypothesis, the Kv1DN and Kv4DN lines were crossbred to produce animals (Kv1/Kv4DN) expressing both transgenes in an identical genetic background. Whole cell voltage-clamp recordings from left ventricular apex cells confirmed that in Kv1/Kv4DN left ventricular apex cells, both components (fast and slow) of Ito and the 4-aminopyridine-sensitive component of IK,slow are eliminated, resulting in marked APD prolongation compared with wild-type, Kv1DN, or Kv4DN cells. Telemetric electrocardiogram monitoring (n = 10 mice/group) revealed a significant prolongation of Q-Tc and P-R intervals in Kv1/Kv4DN animals compared with Kv1DN or Kv4DN animals. Spontaneous arrhythmias were observed mainly in Kv1DN mice. Thus the attenuation of fast Ito in addition to IK,slow in Kv1/Kv4DN mice causes significant prolongation of APD and Q-T intervals and attenuation of spontaneous arrhythmias.

electrophysiology; arrhythmia-basic studies; genetically altered mice; cardiac voltage-gated potassium channels


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