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Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Elettrofisiologia, Italy.
1. The action of acetylcholine (ACh) on the hyperpolarization-activated ('pacemaker') current if was studied in single myocytes from the sino-atrial (SA) node region of the rabbit heart, where low doses of ACh slow spontaneous activity by prolonging the diastolic depolarization phase. 2. Besides activating an outward component at voltages positive to the K+ equilibrium potential (iK,ACh), ACh depressed the current if activated on hyperpolarization at concentrations in the range 0.03-1 microM. 3. The ACh-dependent if depression was dissected from modifications of iK,ACh by blocking iK,ACh with barium and was studied under conditions that minimized the interference of other current changes caused by ACh. 4. The study of if modification by ACh with three-pulse protocols and the measurement of fully activated I-V relations of if with and without ACh revealed that ACh acted on if by shifting the current activation range to more negative voltages, with no obvious alteration of the fully activated current amplitude. 5. The action of ACh on if was opposite to that caused by catecholamines. The presence of isoprenaline (IP) did not prevent ACh inhibition of if, nor did the presence of ACh prevent the if stimulation caused by IP. The effects of IP and ACh on if were additive. 6. The ACh-induced inhibition of if was reversed by addition of atropine and could be mimicked by muscarine, indicating that muscarinic receptors mediate it. The implications of these findings on the regulation of pacemaker activity by ACh is discussed.
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