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Findlay I, Pasqualin C, Yu A, Maupoil V, Bredeloux P. Selective Inhibition of Pulmonary Vein Excitability by Constitutively Active GIRK Channels Blockade in Rats. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13629. [PMID: 37686437 PMCID: PMC10487709 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241713629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Pulmonary veins (PV) are the main source of ectopy, triggering atrial fibrillation. This study investigated the roles of G protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) channels in the PV and the left atrium (LA) of the rat. Simultaneous intracellular microelectrode recording from the LA and the PV of the rat found that in the presence or absence of acetylcholine, the GIRK channel blocker tertiapin-Q induced AP duration elongation in the LA and the loss of over-shooting AP in the PV, suggesting the presence of constitutively active GIRK channels in these tissues. Patch-clamp recordings from isolated myocytes showed that tertiapin-Q inhibited a basal inwardly rectified background current in PV cells with little effect in LA cells. Experiments with ROMK1 and KCa1.1 channel blockers ruled out the possibility of an off-target effect. Western blot showed that GIRK4 subunit expression was greater in PV cardiomyocytes, which may explain the differences observed between PV and LA in response to tertiapin-Q. In conclusion, GIRK channels blockade abolishes AP only in the PV, providing a molecular target to induce electrical disconnection of the PV from the LA.
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- Ian Findlay
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France;
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- EA4245, Transplantation, Immunologie et Inflammation, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France; (C.P.); (A.Y.); (V.M.)
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- EA4245, Transplantation, Immunologie et Inflammation, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France; (C.P.); (A.Y.); (V.M.)
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- EA4245, Transplantation, Immunologie et Inflammation, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France; (C.P.); (A.Y.); (V.M.)
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- EA4245, Transplantation, Immunologie et Inflammation, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France; (C.P.); (A.Y.); (V.M.)
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Das T, Mohapatra S, Priyadarsini Mishra N, Nayak S. Catalyst and base free aza-Michael addition reaction: Synthesis of poly-substituted 4-pyrazole based benzopyrans. Tetrahedron Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2022.153762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kir Channel Molecular Physiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutic Implications. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2021; 267:277-356. [PMID: 34345939 DOI: 10.1007/164_2021_501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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For the past two decades several scholarly reviews have appeared on the inwardly rectifying potassium (Kir) channels. We would like to highlight two efforts in particular, which have provided comprehensive reviews of the literature up to 2010 (Hibino et al., Physiol Rev 90(1):291-366, 2010; Stanfield et al., Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 145:47-179, 2002). In the past decade, great insights into the 3-D atomic resolution structures of Kir channels have begun to provide the molecular basis for their functional properties. More recently, computational studies are beginning to close the time domain gap between in silico dynamic and patch-clamp functional studies. The pharmacology of these channels has also been expanding and the dynamic structural studies provide hope that we are heading toward successful structure-based drug design for this family of K+ channels. In the present review we focus on placing the physiology and pharmacology of this K+ channel family in the context of atomic resolution structures and in providing a glimpse of the promising future of therapeutic opportunities.
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Cui M, Alhamshari Y, Cantwell L, Ei-Haou S, Eptaminitaki GC, Chang M, Abou-Assali O, Tan H, Xu K, Masotti M, Plant LD, Thakur GA, Noujaim SF, Milnes J, Logothetis DE. A benzopyran with antiarrhythmic activity is an inhibitor of Kir3.1-containing potassium channels. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100535. [PMID: 33713702 PMCID: PMC8086025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most commonly diagnosed cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Currently approved AF antiarrhythmic drugs have limited efficacy and/or carry the risk of ventricular proarrhythmia. The cardiac acetylcholine activated inwardly rectifying K+ current (IKACh), composed of Kir3.1/Kir3.4 heterotetrameric and Kir3.4 homotetrameric channel subunits, is one of the best validated atrial-specific ion channels. Previous research pointed to a series of benzopyran derivatives with potential for treatment of arrhythmias, but their mechanism of action was not defined. Here, we characterize one of these compounds termed Benzopyran-G1 (BP-G1) and report that it selectively inhibits the Kir3.1 (GIRK1 or G1) subunit of the KACh channel. Homology modeling, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations predicted that BP-G1 inhibits the IKACh channel by blocking the central cavity pore. We identified the unique F137 residue of Kir3.1 as the critical determinant for the IKACh-selective response to BP-G1. The compound interacts with Kir3.1 residues E141 and D173 through hydrogen bonds that proved critical for its inhibitory activity. BP-G1 effectively blocked the IKACh channel response to carbachol in an in vivo rodent model and displayed good selectivity and pharmacokinetic properties. Thus, BP-G1 is a potent and selective small-molecule inhibitor targeting Kir3.1-containing channels and is a useful tool for investigating the role of Kir3.1 heteromeric channels in vivo. The mechanism reported here could provide the molecular basis for future discovery of novel, selective IKACh channel blockers to treat atrial fibrillation with minimal side effects.
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- Meng Cui
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Biology, Xention Ltd, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Center for Drug Discovery, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Biology, Xention Ltd, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Center for Drug Discovery, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Fei YD, Chen M, Guo S, Ueoka A, Chen Z, Rubart-von der Lohe M, Everett TH, Qu Z, Weiss JN, Chen PS. Simultaneous activation of the small conductance calcium-activated potassium current by acetylcholine and inhibition of sodium current by ajmaline cause J-wave syndrome in Langendorff-perfused rabbit ventricles. Heart Rhythm 2021; 18:98-108. [PMID: 32763429 PMCID: PMC7796982 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Concomitant apamin-sensitive small conductance calcium-activated potassium current (IKAS) activation and sodium current inhibition induce J-wave syndrome (JWS) in rabbit hearts. Sudden death in JWS occurs predominantly in men at night when parasympathetic tone is strong. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to test the hypotheses that acetylcholine (ACh), the parasympathetic transmitter, activates IKAS and causes JWS in the presence of ajmaline. METHODS We performed optical mapping in Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts and whole-cell voltage clamp to determine IKAS in isolated ventricular cardiomyocytes. RESULTS ACh (1 μM) + ajmaline (2 μM) induced J-point elevations in all (6 male and 6 female) hearts from 0.01± 0.01 to 0.31 ± 0.05 mV (P<.001), which were reduced by apamin (specific IKAS inhibitor, 100 nM) to 0.14 ± 0.02 mV (P<.001). More J-point elevation was noted in male than in female hearts (P=.037). Patch clamp studies showed that ACh significantly (P<.001) activated IKAS in isolated male but not in female ventricular myocytes (n=8). Optical mapping studies showed that ACh induced action potential duration (APD) heterogeneity, which was more significant in right than in left ventricles. Apamin in the presence of ACh prolonged both APD at the level of 25% (P<.001) and APD at the level of 80% (P<.001) and attenuated APD heterogeneity. Ajmaline further increased APD heterogeneity induced by ACh. Ventricular arrhythmias were induced in 6 of 6 male and 1 of 6 female hearts (P=.015) in the presence of ACh and ajmaline, which was significantly suppressed by apamin in the former. CONCLUSION ACh activates ventricular IKAS. ACh and ajmaline induce JWS and facilitate the induction of ventricular arrhythmias more in male than in female ventricles.
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- Yu-Dong Fei
- Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Cardiology, XinHua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Cardiology, XinHua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Pediatrics, Riley Heart Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiology) and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiology) and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
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Kamada R, Yokoshiki H, Mitsuyama H, Watanabe M, Mizukami K, Tenma T, Takahashi M, Takada S, Anzai T. Arrhythmogenic β-adrenergic signaling in cardiac hypertrophy: The role of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels via activation of CaMKII. Eur J Pharmacol 2019; 844:110-117. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Irie M, Tsuneoka Y, Shimobayashi M, Hasegawa N, Tanaka Y, Mochizuki S, Ichige S, Hamaguchi S, Namekata I, Tanaka H. Involvement of alpha- and beta-adrenoceptors in the automaticity of the isolated guinea pig pulmonary vein myocardium. J Pharmacol Sci 2017; 133:247-253. [PMID: 28410967 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2017.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
We examined the involvement of adrenoceptors in the automaticity of the pulmonary vein myocardium, which probably plays a crucial role in the generation of atrial fibrillation. The automatic activity of the myocardium in guinea pig pulmonary vein tissue preparations were monitored by contractile force or membrane potential measurement. In quiescent preparations, application of noradrenaline induced an automatic activity. The firing frequency was reduced by prazosin or atenolol. Methoxamine induced an automatic activity of low frequency, which was accelerated by further application of isoproterenol. In preparations driven at a constant frequency, noradrenaline, in the presence of atenolol, caused a depolarizing shift of the resting membrane potential and an increase in the slope of the diastolic depolarization. In contrast, in the presence of prazosin, noradrenaline had no effect on the slope, but caused acceleration of the late repolarization and a hyperpolarizing shift of the maximum diastolic potential. At clinically relevant concentrations, carvedilol significantly inhibited the noradrenaline-induced activity but bisoprolol did not. It was concluded that α1- and β1-adrenoceptor stimulation enhance automaticity through different mechanisms in the guinea pig pulmonary vein myocardium. Dual blockade of these adrenoceptors appears to be effective for suppressing noradrenaline-induced pulmonary vein automaticity and probably atrial fibrillation.
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- Masahiko Irie
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan; Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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Burashnikov A, Antzelevitch C. Novel pharmacological targets for the rhythm control management of atrial fibrillation. Pharmacol Ther 2011; 132:300-13. [PMID: 21867730 PMCID: PMC3205214 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2011] [Accepted: 08/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a growing clinical problem associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Development of safe and effective pharmacological treatments for AF is one of the greatest unmet medical needs facing our society. In spite of significant progress in non-pharmacological AF treatments (largely due to the use of catheter ablation techniques), anti-arrhythmic agents (AADs) remain first line therapy for rhythm control management of AF for most AF patients. When considering efficacy, safety and tolerability, currently available AADs for rhythm control of AF are less than optimal. Ion channel inhibition remains the principal strategy for termination of AF and prevention of its recurrence. Practical clinical experience indicates that multi-ion channel blockers are generally more optimal for rhythm control of AF compared to ion channel-selective blockers. Recent studies suggest that atrial-selective sodium channel block can lead to safe and effective suppression of AF and that concurrent inhibition of potassium ion channels may potentiate this effect. An important limitation of the ion channel block approach for AF treatment is that non-electrical factors (largely structural remodeling) may importantly determine the generation of AF, so that "upstream therapy", aimed at preventing or reversing structural remodeling, may be required for effective rhythm control management. This review focuses on novel pharmacological targets for the rhythm control management of AF.
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Santangeli P, Di Biase L, Pelargonio G, Burkhardt JD, Natale A. The pharmaceutical pipeline for atrial fibrillation. Ann Med 2011; 43:13-32. [PMID: 21166558 DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.538431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a significant burden of morbidity and increased risk of mortality. Beyond outstanding advances in catheter ablation procedures, antiarrhythmic drug therapy remains a corner-stone to restore and maintain sinus rhythm. However, potentially life-threatening hazards (proarrhythmia) and significant non-cardiac organ toxicity have made new drug development of prominent relevance. Multichannel blocking, atrial selectivity, and the reduction of the risk of adverse events have all constituted the main theme of modern antifibrillatory drug development. Dronedarone, an analog of amiodarone, has the unique characteristic of being the first antiarrhythmic drug demonstrated to reduce hospitalizations in AF. Dronedarone is associated with less systemic toxicity than amiodarone, although being less effective for sinus rhythm maintenance. Atrial selective agents have been developed to target ion channels expressed selectively in the atria. Among the most promising drugs of this class is vernakalant, which has been shown effective for the acute conversion of AF with small risk of proarrhythmia. Finally, increasing evidences support antiarrhythmic effectiveness of traditional non-antiarrhythmic drugs, such as renin-angiotensin system blockers, statins, and omega-3 fatty acids. In this article, we will focus on recent advances in antiarrhythmic therapy for AF, reviewing the possible clinical utility of novel antifibrillatory agents.
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- Pasquale Santangeli
- Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX 78705, USA
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Namekata I, Tsuruoka N, Tsuneoka Y, Matsuda T, Takahara A, Tanaka Y, Suzuki T, Takahashi T, Iida-Tanaka N, Tanaka H. Blocking Effect of NIP-142 on the KCNQ1/KCNE1 Channel Current Expressed in HEK293 Cells. Biol Pharm Bull 2011; 34:153-5. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.34.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Iyuki Namekata
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
- Biological Research Laboratories, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
- Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
- School of Material Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
- Department of Food Science, Otsuma Women's University
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University
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Nouchi H, Kiryu N, Kimata M, Tsuneoka Y, Hamaguchi S, Namekata I, Takahara A, Shigenobu K, Tanaka H. Developmental Changes in Action Potential Prolongation by K+-Channel Blockers in Chick Myocardium. J Pharmacol Sci 2011; 115:235-238. [DOI: 10.1254/jphs.10205sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2010] [Accepted: 12/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Diness JG, Sørensen US, Nissen JD, Al-Shahib B, Jespersen T, Grunnet M, Hansen RS. Inhibition of Small-Conductance Ca
2+
-Activated K
+
Channels Terminates and Protects Against Atrial Fibrillation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2010; 3:380-90. [DOI: 10.1161/circep.110.957407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background—
Recently, evidence has emerged that small-conductance Ca
2+
-activated K
+
(SK) channels are predominantly expressed in the atria in a number of species including human. In rat, guinea pig, and rabbit ex vivo and in vivo models of atrial fibrillation (AF), we used 3 different SK channel inhibitors, UCL1684,
N
-(pyridin-2-yl)-4-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-2-amine (ICA), and NS8593, to assess the hypothesis that pharmacological inhibition of SK channels is antiarrhythmic.
Methods and Results—
In isolated, perfused guinea pig hearts, AF could be induced in all control hearts (n=7) with a combination of 1 μmol/L acetylcholine combined with electric stimulation. Pretreatment with 3 μmol/L NS8593, which had no effect on QT interval, prolonged the atrial effective refractory period by 37.1±7.7% (
P
<0.001) and prevented acetylcholine-induced AF (
P
<0.001, n=7). After AF induction, perfusion with NS8593 (10 μmol/L), UCL1684 (1 μmol/L), or ICA (1 μmol/L) terminated AF in all hearts, comparable to 10 μmol/L amiodarone. In isolated, perfused rat hearts, AF was induced with electric stimulation; 10 μmol/L NS8593 terminated AF and prevented reinduction of AF in all hearts (n=6,
P
<0.001). In all hearts, AF could be reinduced after washing. In isolated, perfused rabbit hearts, AF was induced with 10 μmol/L acetylcholine and burst pacing; 10 μmol/L NS8593 terminated AF and prevented reinduction of AF in all hearts (n=6,
P
<0.001). After washing, AF could be reinduced in 75% of the hearts (n=4,
P
=0.06). In an in vivo rat model of acute AF induced by burst pacing, injection of 5 mg/kg of either NS8593 or amiodarone shortened AF duration significantly to (23.2±20.0%,
P
<0.001, n=5, and 26.2±17.9%,
P
<0.001, n=5, respectively) as compared with injection of vehicle (96.3±33.2%, n=5).
Conclusions—
Inhibition of SK channels prolongs atrial effective refractory period without affecting QT interval and prevents and terminates AF ex vivo and in vivo, thus offering a promising new therapeutic opportunity in the treatment of AF.
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- Jonas Goldin Diness
- From NeuroSearch A/S (J.G.D., U.S.S., B.A.-S., M.G., R.S.H.), Ballerup, Denmark; and the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (J.G.D., J.D.N., T.J., M.G.), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From NeuroSearch A/S (J.G.D., U.S.S., B.A.-S., M.G., R.S.H.), Ballerup, Denmark; and the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (J.G.D., J.D.N., T.J., M.G.), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From NeuroSearch A/S (J.G.D., U.S.S., B.A.-S., M.G., R.S.H.), Ballerup, Denmark; and the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (J.G.D., J.D.N., T.J., M.G.), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From NeuroSearch A/S (J.G.D., U.S.S., B.A.-S., M.G., R.S.H.), Ballerup, Denmark; and the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (J.G.D., J.D.N., T.J., M.G.), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From NeuroSearch A/S (J.G.D., U.S.S., B.A.-S., M.G., R.S.H.), Ballerup, Denmark; and the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (J.G.D., J.D.N., T.J., M.G.), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From NeuroSearch A/S (J.G.D., U.S.S., B.A.-S., M.G., R.S.H.), Ballerup, Denmark; and the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (J.G.D., J.D.N., T.J., M.G.), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From NeuroSearch A/S (J.G.D., U.S.S., B.A.-S., M.G., R.S.H.), Ballerup, Denmark; and the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia (J.G.D., J.D.N., T.J., M.G.), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hashimoto N. [Application of selective acetylcholine-sensitive K+ -channel blockade as a therapeutic strategy for atrial fibrillation]. Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi 2010; 136:77-82. [PMID: 20702965 DOI: 10.1254/fpj.136.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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- Norio Hashimoto
- Nissan Chemical America Corporation, Houston, TX 77042, USA.
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Clobutinol delays ventricular repolarization in the guinea pig heart: comparison with cardiac effects of HERG K+ channel inhibitor E-4031. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2010; 54:552-9. [PMID: 19770670 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e3181bfb17c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Clobutinol has been clinically reported to induce long QT syndrome. To clarify its cardiac electrophysiological properties, we compared effects of clobutinol on the isolated myocardium and anesthetized guinea pig heart with those of a hERG K channel blocker, E-4031. In isolated guinea pig ventricular tissues, clobutinol (3 microM) as well as E-4031 (10-100 nM) prolonged the action potential duration without affecting maximum upstroke velocity, but no further prolongation was observed after application of 30 microM clobutinol. In anesthetized closed-chest guinea pigs, clobutinol (1 and 10 mg/kg, intravenously) and E-4031 (0.01 and 1 mg/kg, intravenously) prolonged the QT interval and duration of the monophasic action potential (MAP) in a dose-dependent manner and at the same time increased the beat-to-beat variability of the MAP duration and reversed use-dependent prolongation of the MAP duration and triangulation of the MAP configuration. These results suggest that clobutinol delayed the ventricular repolarization and increased the proarrhythmic parameters linked to the hERG K channel inhibitor-induced torsade de pointes arrhythmias.
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Yamashita T. [Downstream approaches to atrial fibrillation: the new rhythm control drugs and promising targets]. Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi 2010; 135:62-65. [PMID: 20154412 DOI: 10.1254/fpj.135.62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Tanaka H, Namekata I, Hamaguchi S, Kawamura T, Masuda H, Tanaka Y, Iida-Tanaka N, Takahara A. Effect of NIP-142 on Potassium Channel .ALPHA.-Subunits Kv1.5, Kv4.2 and Kv4.3, and Mouse Atrial Repolarization. Biol Pharm Bull 2010; 33:138-41. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.33.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Hikaru Tanaka
- Department of Pharmacology, Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Department of Food Science, Otsuma Woman's University
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Burashnikov A, Antzelevitch C. New pharmacological strategies for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2009; 14:290-300. [PMID: 19614642 DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474x.2009.00305.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a growing clinical problem, increasing in prevalence as the population of the United States and countries around the world ages. Intensive research aimed at improving prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of AF is ongoing. Although the use and efficacy of catheter ablation-based approaches in AF treatment have increased significantly in the last decade, pharmacological agents remain the first-line therapy for rhythm management of AF. Currently available anti-AF agents are generally only moderately effective and associated with extracardiac toxicity and/or a risk for development of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Included among current investigational strategies for improving the effectiveness and safety of anti-AF drugs is the development of (1) Agents that produce atrial-specific or predominant inhibition of I(Kur), I(K-ACh), or I(Na); (2) "Upstream therapies" that effect nonion channel targets that reduce atrial structural remodeling, hypertrophy, dilatation, inflammation, oxidative injury, etc; (3) Derivatives of "old" anti-AF drugs with an improved safety pharmacological profile; and (4) Gap junction therapy aimed at improving conduction without affecting sodium channels. This review focuses on new pharmacological approaches under investigation for the treatment of AF.
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Namekata I, Tsuneoka Y, Takahara A, Shimada H, Sugimoto T, Takeda K, Nagaharu M, Shigenobu K, Kawanishi T, Tanaka H. Involvement of the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger in the Automaticity of Guinea-Pig Pulmonary Vein Myocardium as Revealed by SEA0400. J Pharmacol Sci 2009; 110:111-6. [DOI: 10.1254/jphs.08159sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Burashnikov A, Antzelevitch C. Can inhibition of IKur promote atrial fibrillation? Heart Rhythm 2008; 5:1304-9. [PMID: 18774108 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2008] [Accepted: 05/20/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Block of ultrarapid delayed rectified potassium current (I(Kur)), present in atria but not in ventricles, is thought to be a promising approach for atrial-specific therapy of atrial fibrillation (AF). However, it has been shown that I(Kur) block may abbreviate atrial repolarization and that loss-of-function mutations in KCNA5, which encodes K(v) 1.5 channels responsible for I(Kur), is associated with familial AF. OBJECTIVE Our objective in this study was to use low concentrations of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, 10 to 50 microM), known to selectively block I(Kur), to assess the proarrhythmic and antiarrhythmic effects of I(Kur) block in healthy and remodeled atria. METHODS Isolated canine coronary-perfused right atrial preparations were used. Acetylcholine or ischemia/reperfusion was used to acutely remodel the atria. Transmembrane action potentials and a pseudo-electrocardiogram were simultaneously recorded. RESULTS Normal (healthy) atria typically displayed action potentials (AP) with a prominent plateau, whereas remodeled atria displayed triangular-shaped APs (remodeled). In healthy atria, in which AF could not be induced with programmed stimulation, 4-AP abbreviated action potential measured at 90% repolarization (APD(90)) and effective refractory period (ERP), permitting the induction of AF in 4 of 12 preparations (33%). In remodeled atria, 4-AP produced little (50 microM) to no (10 to 25 microM) prolongation of APD(90) or ERP and was either ineffective or poorly effective in terminating AF or preventing its induction. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that block of I(Kur) can provide the substrate for development of AF in healthy canine atria, presumably via abbreviation of APD and ERP.
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Burashnikov A, Antzelevitch C. How Do Atrial-Selective Drugs Differ From Antiarrhythmic Drugs Currently Used in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation? J Atr Fibrillation 2008; 1:98-107. [PMID: 21057583 DOI: 10.4022/jafib.v1i1.400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Current pharmacologic strategies for the management of Atrial fibrillation (AF) include use of 1) sodium channel blockers, which are contraindicated in patients with coronary artery or structural heart disease because of their potent effect to slow conduction in the ventricles, 2) potassium channel blockers, which predispose to acquired long QT and Torsade de Pointes arrhythmias because of their potent effect to prolong ventricular repolarization, and 3) mixed ion channel blockers such as amiodarone, which are associated with multi-organ toxicity. Accordingly, recent studies have focused on agents that selectively affect the atria but not the ventricles. Several Atrial-selective approaches have been proposed for the management of AF, including inhibition of the Atrial-specific ultra rapid delayed rectified potassium current (IKur), acetylcholine-regulated inward rectifying potassium current (IK-ACh), or connexin-40 (Cx40). All three are largely exclusive to atria. Recent studies have proposed that an Atrial-selective depression of sodium channel-dependent parameters with agents such as ranolazine may be an alternative approach capable of effectively suppressing AF without increasing susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias. Clinical evidence for Cx40 modulation or IK-ACh inhibition are lacking at this time. The available data suggest that Atrial-selective approaches involving a combination of INa, IKur, IKr, and, perhaps, Ito block may be more effective in the management of AF than pure IKur or INa block. The anti-AF efficacy of the Atrial-selective/predominant agents appears to be similar to that of conventionally used anti-AF agents, with the major apparent difference being that the latter are associated with ventricular arrhythmogenesis and extra cardiac toxicity.
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Characterization of in vivo and in vitro electrophysiological and antiarrhythmic effects of a novel IKACh blocker, NIP-151: a comparison with an IKr-blocker dofetilide. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2008; 51:162-9. [PMID: 18287884 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e31815e854c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We investigated the electrophysiological and antiarrhythmic effects of a novel antiarrhythmic agent, NIP-151, and compared these effects with those of an IKr-blocker dofetilide. NIP-151 potently inhibited acetylcholine-activated K current (IKACh) with an IC50, with 1.6 nM in HEK293 cells expressing the GIRK1/4 channel, but it had little effect on IKr (IC50 = 57.6 microM). NIP-151 dose-dependently terminated AF both in vagal nerve stimulation-induced AF (at 5 and 15 microg/kg per minute) and aconitine-induced AF (at 30 and 100 microg/kg) models. This compound significantly prolonged the atrial effective refractory period (ERP), but it had no significant effects on ventricular ERP. There were no significant changes on electrocardiographic variables with NIP-151 (up to 1,000 microg/kg per minute) administration. In contrast, dofetilide had little effect in either AF model, even though this compound potently prolonged atrial ERP. Dofetilide also significantly prolonged ventricular ERP and the QT interval in anesthetized dogs, which are related to proarrhythmic risk. In conclusion, a novel antiarrhythmic agent NIP-151, which potently blocked IKACh, was highly effective in the two types of canine AF models with an atrial-specific ERP-prolonging profile. Therefore, NIP-151 might be useful for the treatment of AF with lower risk of proarrhythmia, compared with IKr blockers.
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In silico risk assessment for drug-induction of cardiac arrhythmia. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 98:52-60. [PMID: 18635251 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2008.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The main components of repolarization reserve for the ventricular action potential (AP) are the rapid (I(Kr)) and slow (I(Ks)) delayed outward K(+) currents. While many drugs block I(Kr) and cause life-threatening arrhythmias including torsades de pointes, the frequency of arrhythmias varies between different I(Kr)-blockers. Different types of block of I(Kr) cause distinct phenotypes of prolongation of action potential duration (APD), increase in transmural dispersion of repolarization (TDR) and, accordingly, occurrence of torsades de pointes. Therefore the assessment of a drug's proarrhythmic risk requires a method that provides quantitative and comprehensive comparison of the effects of different forms of I(Kr)-blockade upon APDs and TDR. However, most currently available methods are not adapted to such an extensive comparison. Here, we introduce I(Kr)-I(Ks) two-dimensional maps of APD and TDR as a novel risk-assessment method. Taking the kinetics of I(Kr)-blockade into account, APDs can be calculated upon a ventricular AP model which systematically alters the magnitudes of I(Kr) and I(Ks). The calculated APDs are then plotted on a map where the x axis represents the conductance of I(Kr) while the y axis represents that of I(Ks). TDR is simulated with models corresponding to APs in epicardial, midcardial and endocardial myocardium. These two-dimensional maps of APD and TDR successfully account for differences in the risk resulting from three distinct types of I(Kr)-blockade which correspond to the effects of dofetilide, quinidine and vesnarinone. This method may be of use to assess the arrhythmogenic risk of various I(Kr)-blockers.
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Atrial-Selective Approaches for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 51:787-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.08.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2007] [Revised: 07/27/2007] [Accepted: 08/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tanaka H, Hashimoto N. A Multiple Ion Channel Blocker, NIP-142, for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 25:342-56. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-3466.2007.00025.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yang Q, Wang X, Du L, Li M, You Q. Strategies for atrial fibrillation therapy: focusing onIKurpotassium channel. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2007. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.17.12.1443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Despite advances in treatment, atrial fibrillation (AF) remains the most common arrhythmia in humans. Antiarrhythmic drug therapy continues to be a cornerstone of AF treatment, even in light of emerging non-pharmacologic therapies. Conventional antiarrhythmic drugs target cardiac ion channels and are often associated with modest AF suppression and the risk of ventricular proarrhythmia. Ongoing drug development has focused on targeting atrial-specific ion channels as well as novel non-ionic targets. Targeting non-ionic mechanisms may also provide new drugs directed towards the underlying mechanisms responsible for AF and possibly greater antiarrhythmic potency. Agents that act against these new targets may offer improved safety and efficacy in AF treatment.
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- Deepak Bhakta
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, 1800 N. Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Regan CP, Stump GL, Wallace AA, Anderson KD, McIntyre CJ, Liverton NJ, Lynch JJ. In Vivo Cardiac Electrophysiologic and Antiarrhythmic Effects of an Isoquinoline IKur Blocker, ISQ-1, in Rat, Dog, and Nonhuman Primate. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2007; 49:236-45. [PMID: 17438409 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e3180325b2a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The cardiac electrophysiologic effects of ISQ-1, an isoquinolinone I(Kur) blocker, were characterized in vivo. In rat, ISQ-1 elicited maximal 33% to 36% increases in atrial and ventricular refractoriness at a plasma concentration of 11.5 microM. In African green monkey, ISQ-1 increased atrial refractory period (maximal 17% at plasma concentration up to 20 microM) with no effect on ventricular refractory period or ECG QTc. Likewise in dog, ISQ-1 increased atrial refractory period (maximal 16% at plasma concentration up to 2 microM) with no effect on ventricular refractory period or QTc. In contrast, studies with ibutilide in nonhuman primate and dog demonstrated concomitant increases in atrial and ventricular refractoriness and QTc. Additionally, in a dog model of atrial flutter, ISQ-1 terminated ongoing flutter at doses (2.5 +/- 0.5 mg/kg IV) that selectively prolonged atrial refractoriness (13% increase), whereas flutter termination with ibutilide occurred at doses that increased both atrial and ventricular refractoriness as well as QTc. Of note, the cardiac electrophysiologic profiles displayed by ISQ-1 in these species were similar to those reported previously by our lab with a structurally distinct I(Kur) blocker. Taken together, these results further support the inhibition of I(Kur) as an approach to terminate atrial arrhythmia.
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- Christopher P Regan
- Department of Stroke and Neurodegeneration, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, USA
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Hashimoto N, Yamashita T, Fujikura N, Tsuruzoe N. NIP-141, a multiple ion channel blocker, terminates aconitine-induced atrial fibrillation and prevents the rapid pacing-induced atrial effective refractory period shortening in dogs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 9:246-51. [PMID: 17350982 DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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AIMS NIP-141 is a novel multiple ion channel blocker with atrial selective effects. In this study, we examined the effects of NIP-141 on aconitine-induced atrial fibrillation (AF) and rapid atrial pacing-induced atrial effective refractory period (ERP) shortening in dogs. METHODS AND RESULTS Aconitine AF was induced by the application of aconitine on the right appendage. NIP-141 (10 mg/kg) converted AF to sinus rhythm in 5 of 6 dogs. The Na(+) channel blockers disopyramide (1 mg/kg) and phenytoin (10 mg/kg) also terminated AF, but the I(Kr) blocker (d-sotalol; 4 mg/kg) and a Ca(2+) channel blocker (verapamil; 0.3 mg/kg) did not terminate AF in this model. To clarify the mechanism of AF termination, we examined the effects on ERP and conduction time, but NIP-141 (10 mg/kg) had no significant effects. In a short-term rapid atrial pacing model, NIP-141 (2.5 mg/kg/10 min, followed by 0.033 mg/kg/min) prevented atrial ERP shortening. We also found NIP-141 bound to Na(+) channel site 2 receptor and L-type Ca(2+) channel, but not to Na(+) channel site 1 receptor using radioligands binding assay. CONCLUSION NIP-141 terminated AF in aconitine-induced AF and prevented the atrial remodelling by short-term rapid pacing in dogs, possibly via the blocking of Na(+) and Ca(2+) channels.
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- Norio Hashimoto
- Biological Research Laboratories, Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd, 1470 Shiraoka, Minamisaitama, Saitama 349-0294, Japan.
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Nouchi H, Kaeriyama S, Muramatsu A, Sato M, Hirose K, Shimizu N, Tanaka H, Shigenobu K. Muscarinic receptor subtypes mediating positive and negative inotropy in the developing chick ventricle. J Pharmacol Sci 2007; 103:75-82. [PMID: 17220593 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.fpj06013x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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The inotropic response to muscarinic receptor stimulation of isolated chick ventricular myocardium was examined at various developmental stages, and the receptor subtype involved was pharmacologically characterized. In embryonic chick ventricles, carbachol (CCh) produced positive inotropy at micromolar concentrations. In hatched chick ventricles, CCh produced negative inotropy at nanomolar concentrations. Neither positive nor negative inotropy was observed in the 19 - 21-day-old embryos. Both positive and negative inotropy were also observed with acetylcholine and oxotremoline-M. The CCh-induced positive inotropy in 7 - 9-day-old embryonic ventricles and the negative inotropy in 1 - 3-day-old hatched chick ventricles were antagonized by muscarinic receptor antagonists; pA(2) values for the positive and negative responses of pirenzepine were 7.5 and 7.2, those of AF-DX116 (11-[(2-[(diethylamino)methyl]-1-piperidinyl)acetyl]-5,11-dihydro-6H-pyrido[2,3-b][1,4] benzodiazepine-6-one) were 6.8 and 6.9, those of 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine (4-DAMP) were 9.0 and 8.5, and those of himbacine were 7.0 and 8.0, respectively. CCh had no effect on action potential configuration. In conclusion, the positive inotropy is most likely mediated by muscarinic M(1) receptors and the negative inotropy is mostly likely mediated by muscarinic M(4) receptors.
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- Hideaki Nouchi
- Department of Pharmacology, Toho University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Miyama 2-2-1, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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Tsujimae K, Suzuki S, Murakami S, Kurachi Y. Frequency-dependent effects of various IKr blockers on cardiac action potential duration in a human atrial model. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H660-9. [PMID: 17220183 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01083.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rapidly activating K(+) current (I(Kr)) blockers prolong action potential (AP) duration (APD) in a reverse-frequency-dependent manner and may induce arrhythmias, including torsade de pointes in the ventricle. The I(Kr) blocker dofetilide has been approved for treatment of atrial arrhythmias, including fibrillation. There are, however, a limited number of studies on the action of I(Kr) blockers on atrial AP. When we tested a mathematical model of the human atrial AP (M Courtemanche, RJ Ramirez, S Nattel. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 275: H301-H321, 1998) to examine the effects of dofetilide-type I(Kr) blockade, this model could not reproduce the reverse-frequency-dependent nature of I(Kr) blockade on atrial APD. We modified the model by introducing a slowly activating K(+) current activation parameter. As the slow time constant was increased, dofetilide-type blockade induced more prominent reverse-frequency-dependent APD prolongation. Using the modified model, we also examined the effects of two more types of I(Kr) blockade similar to those of quinidine and vesnarinone. Voltage- and time-dependent block of I(Kr) through the onset of inhibition by quinidine is much faster than by vesnarinone. When we incorporated the kinetics of the effects of these drugs on I(Kr) into the model, we found that quinidine-type blockade caused a reverse-frequency-dependent prolongation of APD that was similar to the effect of dofetilide-type blockade, whereas vesnarinone-type blockade did not. This finding coincides with experimental observations. The lack of the reverse frequency dependence in vesnarinone-type blockade was accounted for by the slow development of I(Kr) blockade at depolarized potentials. These results suggest that the voltage- and time-dependent nature of I(Kr) blockade by drugs may be critical for the phenotype of the drug effect on atrial AP.
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- Kenji Tsujimae
- Division of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Ravens U, Wettwer E, Schotten U, Wessel R, Dobrev D. [New antiarrhythmic drugs for therapy of atrial fibrillation: I. Ion channel blockers]. Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 2006; 17:64-72. [PMID: 16786464 DOI: 10.1007/s00399-006-0512-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2006] [Accepted: 05/08/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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During the last ten years we have made substantial progress in our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of atrial fibrillation. The high rate associated alterations in electrical and structural properties of the atria, referred to as atrial remodeling, promote the progression of atrial fibrillation. The development of new therapeutic approaches addresses three different directions: (i) prevention of atrial remodeling, especially of structural remodeling; (ii) increase of long-term efficacy of currently used drugs and improvement of their side-effect profile; and (iii) design of atria- and pathology-specific antiarrhythmic drugs without concomitant proarrhythmic effects in the ventricles. The current review outlines the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation and focuses on electrical remodeling. The properties of new antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation are discussed in detail.
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- U Ravens
- Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
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Although the maintenance of sinus rhythm would be the ideal scenario for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), recent randomised trials have questioned the value of this approach. A careful interpretation of their results showed the limited efficacy of currently available antiarrhythmic drugs in maintaining sinus rhythm, as well as their potentially serious side effects. Therefore, it is imperative to develop safer and more effective drugs for AF. Based on our improved understanding of the pathophysiology of AF and the mechanism of action of antiarrhythmic drugs, significant efforts are being made to develop new antiarrhythmic agents that would prevent electrophysiological remodelling, would be selective for the atria and, therefore, would not prolong ventricular repolarisation, thus lacking any proarrhythmic effect.
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- Panos E Vardas
- Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, 71000, Voutes, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
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Matsuda T, Ito M, Ishimaru S, Tsuruoka N, Saito T, Iida-Tanaka N, Hashimoto N, Yamashita T, Tsuruzoe N, Tanaka H, Shigenobu K. Blockade by NIP-142, an Antiarrhythmic Agent, of Carbachol-Induced Atrial Action Potential Shortening and GIRK1/4 Channel. J Pharmacol Sci 2006; 101:303-10. [PMID: 16891768 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.fp0060324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Mechanisms for the atria-specific action potential-prolonging action of NIP-142 ((3R*,4S*)-4-cyclopropylamino-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-6-(4-methoxyphenylacetylamino)-7-nitro-2H-1-benzopyran-3-ol), a benzopyran compound that terminates experimental atrial arrhythmia, was examined. In isolated guinea-pig atrial tissue, NIP-142 reversed the shortening of action potential duration induced by either carbachol or adenosine. These effects were mimicked by tertiapin, but not by E-4031. NIP-142 concentration-dependently blocked the human G protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium channel current (GIRK1/4 channel current) expressed in HEK-293 cells with an EC50 value of 0.64 microM. At higher concentrations, NIP-142 blocked the human ether a go-go related gene (HERG) channel current with an EC50 value of 44 microM. In isolated guinea-pig papillary muscles, NIP-142 had no effect on the negative inotropic effect of carbachol under beta-adrenergic stimulation, indicating lack of effect on the muscarinic receptor and Gi protein. These results suggest that NIP-142 directly inhibits the acetylcholine-activated potassium current.
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- Tomoyuki Matsuda
- Department of Pharmacology, Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
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