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Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1. Membrane currents were measured with a two-microelectrode technique in voltage clamped rabbit cardiac Purkinje fibres under conditions known to cause intracellular calcium overload and to eliminate or minimize Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange. 2. Increasing [Ca2+]o from 2.5 to 5 mM or above and substituting external sodium with either sucrose, choline or Li+ induced an oscillatory transient inward current (TI) which peaked 200-300 ms after repolarization from a previous depolarizing pulse. The TI quickly disappeared upon return to normal Tyrode solution. Both the rate and configuration of action potentials of Purkinje fibres also returned to control upon return to Tyrode solution after 30 min of high Ca2+ exposure, if the Ca2+ concentration was 30 mM or less. 3. The TI in Na(+)-free solution was Ca2+ dependent. Either zero or low (2.5 mM) [Ca2+]o, or replacement of [Ca2+]o by BaCl prevented induction of the TI current upon repolarization from a previous depolarizing pulse. 4. In the presence of 30 mM-CaCl2 and with choline chloride as the substitute for NaCl, TI had a distinct reversal potential (Erev) of -25 mV. The time-to-peak TI, either inward or outward, did not shift significantly with change in voltage. Both inward and outward TI were simultaneously abolished by exposure to 1 microM-ryanodine, suggesting they were both activated by transient release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The occurrence of TI in the absence of [Na+]o is not compatible with an electrogenic Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange mechanism. The existence of a clear-cut reversal potential suggests that an ionic channel may be responsible for the TI under these conditions. 5. Both the magnitude of peak TI and the Erev were affected by changes of CaCl2 concentration. (i) Under steady-state conditions, peak inward TI was significantly increased when the [Ca2+]o was elevated from 5 to 15 mM. The peak TI in the outward direction was significantly increased when [Ca2+]o was elevated from 15 to 30 mM; however, the difference in peak inward TI at 15 and 30 mM [Ca2+]o was small. (ii) Clear-cut reversals of TI were found at Ca2+ concentrations of 10 mM (Erev = -19.5 mV) or greater, and elevation of [Ca2+]o to 20, 30, 50 and 105 mM shifted the Erev to more negative potentials. (iii) In the presence of 5 mM [Ca2+]o the inward TI declined to zero at about -30 mV, and test voltages between -55 and +5 mV failed to reveal a distinct outward TI.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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