Abstract
Antiarrhythmic drugs with local anesthetic properties modify the physical state of membrane phospholipids and could change adenylate cyclase activity and, thus, influence cardiac ischemic arrhythmias. Adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) accumulation in cardiomyocytes cultured from newborn rat and fluorescence anisotropy of sarcolemma-enriched membranes were investigated in the presence of a neutral anesthetic drug benzyl alcohol and of a cationic anesthetic drug lidocaine. Benzyl alcohol increased in a dose-dependent manner both sarcolemma fluidity and isoproterenol- or cholera toxin-stimulated cAMP accumulation. In contrast, benzyl alcohol inhibited cAMP accumulation in forskolin-stimulated cells. Lidocaine induced a dose-related inhibition of isoproterenol-, forskolin-, and cholera toxin-stimulated cAMP accumulation without eliciting any change in sarcolemma fluidity. The inhibitory effect of lidocaine on isoproterenol-stimulated cAMP accumulation was reversed when cells were pretreated with pertussis toxin. These data suggest that the inhibitory effect of lidocaine on cAMP synthesis might involve a polar interaction with the Gi regulatory subunit of adenylate cyclase. Such an effect could contribute, in vivo, to both the antiarrhythmic and the negative inotropic effect of lidocaine.
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