Effect of acidosis on transient outward potassium current in isolated rat ventricular myocytes.

The effect of acidosis on the transient outward K(+) current (I(to)) of rat ventricular myocytes has been investigated using the perforated patch-clamp technique. When the holding potential was -80 mV, depolarizing pulses to potentials positive to -20 mV activated I(to) in subepicardial cells but activated little I(to) in subendocardial cells. Exposure to an acid solution (pH 6.5) had no significant effect on I(to) activated from this holding potential in either subepicardial or subendocardial cells. When the holding potential was -40 mV, acidosis significantly increased I(to) at potentials positive to -20 mV in subepicardial cells but had little effect on I(to) in subendocardial cells. The increase in I(to) in subepicardial cells was inhibited by 10 mM 4-aminopyridine. In subepicardial cells, acidosis caused a +8.57-mV shift in the steady-state inactivation curve. It is concluded that in subepicardial rat ventricular myocytes acidosis increases the amplitude of I(to) as a consequence of a depolarizing shift in the voltage dependence of inactivation.

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