Abstract
The effects of the new class III antiarrhythmic agent E-4031 were investigated in different guinea pig cardiac preparations. In left atria, E-4031 (10(-8)-10(-5) M) prolonged the functional refractory period up to 45% and reduced the frequency of spontaneously beating right atria by 32%. In papillary muscles, E-4031 (3 x 10(-8)-3 x 10(-7) M) reversibly prolonged the action potential duration (APD70) of fast and slow APs by 68 and 51%, respectively. Vmax, resting potential, and AP amplitude (APA) were not altered. In isolated ventricular myocytes, E-4031 reversibly prolonged the APD90 from 275 ms (control) to 1,496 ms (10(-6) M), pD2 value 6.5. The current changes that underlie the AP-prolonging effect were also studied in ventricular myocytes: in concentrations up to 10(-5) M), E-4031 did not affect the Na+ or Ca2+ inward current but reduced the delayed rectifier (IK) tail current by 76% (10(-7) M). Contractility was enhanced by E-4031 in isolated atria by 20% (3 x 10(-7) M) and increased cell shortening in ventricular myocytes. Thus, the class III antiarrhythmic action of E-4031 is due to a selective reduction of outward currents.
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