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Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system: effects on tachycardia-induced early electrical remodelling in rabbit atrium
Roman Laszlo
Department of Cardiology, University of Tübingen, Germany, roman.laszlo{at}med.uni-tuebingen.de
Christian Eick
Department of Cardiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Norman Rueb
Department of Cardiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Slawomir Weretka
Department of Cardiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Hans-Joerg Weig
Department of Cardiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Juergen Schreieck
Department of Cardiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Ralph F Bosch
Department of Cardiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Introduction. Tachycardia-induced atrial remodelling (as an equivalent to atrial fibrillation) can be influenced by the renin-angiotensin system. Effects of a seven-day enalapril pre-treatment (EPT, 0.16 mg/kg body weight subcutaneously every 24 h) on ionic currents underlying tachycardia-induced early electrical remodelling after 24 h rapid atrial pacing (RAP, 600 beats/min) in rabbit atrium were studied.
Materials and methods. Animals were divided into four groups (n=4 each): control; paced only; enalapril only; and enalapril and paced, respectively. Using patch-clamp technique in whole-cell mode, current densities were measured in isolated atrial myocytes. Results. EPT nearly doubled L-type calcium current (ICa,L, –7.7±0.6 pA/pF [control] vs. f –12.3±1.2 pA/pF [enalapril only]). RAP reduced ICa,L to –3.6±0.7 pA/pF (paced only). Also after EPT, RAP led to a significant downregulation of ICa,L by 39% (–7.5±1.3 pA/pF [paced and enalapril]). RAP decreased transient outward potassium current (Ito, –45%, 51.5±3.9 pA/pF [control] vs. 28.5±4.5 pA/pF [paced only]). EPT did not alter Ito (44.2±8.1 pA/pF [enalapril only]). However, RAP did not affect Ito in enalapril-treated animals and averaged 50.4±9.8 pA/pF (paced and enalapril).
Conclusions. In summary, EPT has several effects on ion channels in rabbit atrium: 1) EPT increases ICa,L current density, but cannot prevent its downregulation due to RAP; 2) EPT has no influence on Ito current density, but can prevent its downregulation due to RAP. Although changes of single ion channels must be interpreted in context of the complex atrial electrophysiology as a whole, our results provide a possible explanation of the in vivo observation that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition is mainly beneficial on the early electrical remodelling due to the atrial fibrillation-equivalent RAP.
Key Words: arrhythmia (mechanisms) • atrial remodelling • enalapril • L-type calcium current • transient outward potassium current
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Journal of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, Vol. 9, No. 3,
125-132 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1470320308095262
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