RATIONALE: Fibrillation/defibrillation episodes in failing ventricles may be followed by action potential duration (APD) shortening and recurrent spontaneous ventricular fibrillation (SVF). OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that activation of apamin-sensitive small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (SK) channels is responsible for the postshock APD shortening in failing ventricles. METHODS AND RESULTS: A rabbit model of tachycardia-induced heart failure was used. Simultaneous optical mapping of intracellular Ca(2+) and membrane potential (V(m)) was performed in failing and nonfailing ventricles. Three failing ventricles developed SVF (SVF group); 9 did not (no-SVF group). None of the 10 nonfailing ventricles developed SVF. Increased pacing rate and duration augmented the magnitude of APD shortening. Apamin (1 μmol/L) eliminated recurrent SVF and increased postshock APD(80) in the SVF group from 126±5 to 153±4 ms (P<0.05) and from 147±2 to 162±3 ms (P<0.05) in the no-SVF group but did not change APD(80) in nonfailing group. Whole cell patch-clamp studies at 36°C showed that the apamin-sensitive K(+) current (I(KAS)) density was significantly larger in the failing than in the normal ventricular epicardial myocytes, and epicardial I(KAS) density was significantly higher than midmyocardial and endocardial myocytes. Steady-state Ca(2+) response of I(KAS) was leftward-shifted in the failing cells compared with the normal control cells, indicating increased Ca(2+) sensitivity of I(KAS) in failing ventricles. The K(d) was 232±5 nmol/L for failing myocytes and 553±78 nmol/L for normal myocytes (P=0.002). CONCLUSIONS: Heart failure heterogeneously increases the sensitivity of I(KAS) to intracellular Ca(2+), leading to upregulation of I(KAS), postshock APD shortening, and recurrent SVF.
RATIONALE: Fibrillation/defibrillation episodes in failing ventricles may be followed by action potential duration (APD) shortening and recurrent spontaneous ventricular fibrillation (SVF). OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that activation of apamin-sensitive small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (SK) channels is responsible for the postshock APD shortening in failing ventricles. METHODS AND RESULTS: A rabbit model of tachycardia-induced heart failure was used. Simultaneous optical mapping of intracellular Ca(2+) and membrane potential (V(m)) was performed in failing and nonfailing ventricles. Three failing ventricles developed SVF (SVF group); 9 did not (no-SVF group). None of the 10 nonfailing ventricles developed SVF. Increased pacing rate and duration augmented the magnitude of APD shortening. Apamin (1 μmol/L) eliminated recurrent SVF and increased postshock APD(80) in the SVF group from 126±5 to 153±4 ms (P<0.05) and from 147±2 to 162±3 ms (P<0.05) in the no-SVF group but did not change APD(80) in nonfailing group. Whole cell patch-clamp studies at 36°C showed that the apamin-sensitive K(+) current (I(KAS)) density was significantly larger in the failing than in the normal ventricular epicardial myocytes, and epicardial I(KAS) density was significantly higher than midmyocardial and endocardial myocytes. Steady-state Ca(2+) response of I(KAS) was leftward-shifted in the failing cells compared with the normal control cells, indicating increased Ca(2+) sensitivity of I(KAS) in failing ventricles. The K(d) was 232±5 nmol/L for failing myocytes and 553±78 nmol/L for normal myocytes (P=0.002). CONCLUSIONS:Heart failure heterogeneously increases the sensitivity of I(KAS) to intracellular Ca(2+), leading to upregulation of I(KAS), postshock APD shortening, and recurrent SVF.
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