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IS001 Keynote Lecture: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Heterogeneities in Repolarization
Jeanne M. Nerbonne, M.D.

Table 1. Voltage-Gated K+ Currents in the Mammalian Myocardium*
(Journal of Physiology 2000;525(2):285-298)

 

Current

Activation

Inactivation

Blocker

Cell Type

Species

Ito

           
 

Ito,f

fast

fast

mM 4-AP1

atrial

dog, human, mouse, rat

       

Flecainide

ventricular

cat, dog, ferret, human, mouse, rat

       

HaTX2

Purkinje

sheep

       

HpTX3

   
             
 

Ito,s

fast

slow

mM 4-AP

atrial

rabbit

         

ventricular

ferret, human, mouse, rabbit, rat

         

Purkinje

rabbit

         

nodal

rabbit

IK

           
 

IKr

moderate

fast

E-4031

atrial

dog, guinea pig, human, rat

       

Dofetilide

ventricular

cat, dog, guinea pig, human,

       

Lanthanum

 

mouse, rabbit, rat

         

Purkinje

rabbit

         

nodal

rabbit

             
 

IKs

very slow

no

NE-10064

atrial

dog, guinea pig, human

       

NE-10133

ventricular

dog, guinea pig, human

         

Purkinje

rabbit

         

nodal

guinea pig, rabbit

             
 

IKur

fast

no

m M 4-AP

atrial

dog, human, rat

             
 

IKp

fast

no

Ba2+

ventricular

guinea pig

             
 

IK

slow

slow

mM TEA4

ventricular

rat

             
 

IK,slow

fast

slow

mM 4-AP

atrial

mouse

       

mM TEA

ventricular

mouse

             
 

IK,slow

fast

very slow

mM 4-AP

atrial

human, rat

 

(IK, DTX)

   

a-DTX5

   
             
 

Iss

slow

-

mM TEA

atrial

mouse, rat

       

mM 4-AP

ventricular

dog, human, mouse, rat


*Voltage-gated K+ currents identified to date in adult cells from various species (see text). 14-AP= 4-Aminopyridine; 2HaTX= Hanatoxin; 3HpTX= Heteropodatoxin; 4TEA= Tetraethylammonium; 5a-DTX= a-Dendrotoxin

 



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