IKrとIKsの異質性がアクションポテンシャル持続時間とその速度依存性に与える影響:シミュレーション研究
P C Viswanathan1, R M Shaw, Y Rudy
1Cardiac Bioelectricity Research and Training Center, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Circulation
|May 11, 1999
まとめ
Ventricular myocyte repolarizationは,遅延直流器のカリウム電流 (IKs) 密度の変動によって影響を受けています. 細胞間結合は,アクションポテンシャルの持続時間ヘテロゲニティに大きく影響し,不律律症のリスクに影響します.
科学分野:
- 心臓電気生理学 心臓電気生理学
- コンピュータ生物学 コンピュータ生物学
- イオンチャンネル生理学 イオンチャンネル生理学
背景:
- Ventricular myocardiumは,イオンチャネル発現と電気生理学において異質性を示しています.
- 急速 (IKr) と遅い (IKs) 遅延直流器のカリウム電流は,アクションポテンシャル再極化と持続時間の重要な決定因子です.
研究 の 目的:
- LRdモデルを使用して,アクションポテンシャル持続時間 (APD) およびその速度依存性に対するIKrとIKsの異質性の影響を調査する.
- 中心筋内におけるAPDの異質性を調節する細胞間結合の役割を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- 哺乳類の心室細胞のLRd計算モデルを利用した.
- IKsとIKrの密度が異なる条件下でのシミュレートされた電気生理学的特性.
- 多細胞繊維シミュレーションにおける異なるレベルのギャップ・ジャンクション・カップリングの効果を調べた.
主要な成果:
- IKsの密度の低下 (M細胞など) は,APDの延長とAPD率の急な関係につながります.
- IKsの活性化とナトリウム・カルシウム交換電流 (INaCa) の増加が蓄積され,APD率の急激な適応に寄与しています.
- 細胞間ギャップ・ジャンクション・カップリングはAPDの異質性を著しく減少させ,カップリングの減少はAPDの異質性を最大化する.
結論:
- IKsにおける異質性:IKr密度はAPDとその速度依存性の主要な決定因子である.
- 無傷の心筋内におけるギャップ・ジャンクション・カップリングは,APDの異質性と再極化分散の程度を決定する上で重要な役割を果たします.
- 発見は,リポラライゼーション異常やロングQT症候群のような不律を理解するための臨床的関連性を持っています.
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