Electrophysiological effects of α-adrenoceptor antagonists in rabbit sino-atrial node, cardiac Purkinje cells and papillary muscles
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- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 83 (2), 419-426
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1984.tb16502.x
Abstract
1 The effects of prazosin, labetalol, and medroxalol were studied in the rabbit sino-atrial node, Purkinje cells and papillary muscles. 2 At concentrations producing similar bradycardia, labetalol and medroxalol reduced the maximum rate of depolarization (Vmax) and overshoot potential in the sinus node. Prazosin had no such effects. 3 These large and highly significant reductions in Vmax and overshoot in sinus node cells were observed at concentrations of medroxalol and labetalol which had no negative inotropic effect. If depolarization in the sinus node was due to the second inward current, this would imply that such currents in the sinus node and contracting cardiac muscle are pharmacologically distinct. 4 All three drugs prolonged action potential duration in the sinus node, Purkinje cells and papillary muscles in a dose-related manner. Recovery after 1 h in drug-free solution from the effects of medroxalol and labetalol was only partial in the sinus node, but almost complete in Purkinje cells and papillary muscle. Recovery from prazosin was complete in all tissues. 5 All three drugs depressed Vmax in Purkinje cells and papillary muscles in a dose-related manner, and recovery was complete. 6 It is concluded that all three drugs had class 1 and class 3 antiarrhythmic actions, which could contribute to their protective effects in ischaemia and reperfusion independently of blockade of myocardial α-adrenoceptors.Keywords
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