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Na+/H+ exchanger and reperfusion-induced ventricular arrhythmias in isolated perfused heart: possible role of amiloride

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The roles of the Na+/H+ exchange system in the development and cessation of reperfusion induced ventricular arrhythmias were studied in the isolated perfused rat heart. The hearts were perfused in the working heart mode with modified Krebs Henseleit bicarbonate (KHB) buffer and whole heart ischemia was induced by a one-way ball valve with 330 beat/min pacing. Ischemia was continued for 15 min followed by 20 min of aerobic reperfusion (control). Amiloride (1.0mM), an inhibitor of the Na+/H+ exchange system, was added to the KHB buffer only during reperfusion (group B) or only during ischemic periods (group C). Electrocardiographic and hemodynamic parameters were monitored throughout the perfusion. Coronary effluent was collected through pulmonary artery cannulation and PO2, PCO2, HCO −3 and pH were measured by blood-gas analyzer.

The incidence of reperfusion induced ventricular arrhythmias was 100%, 100% and 0% in control, group B and group C, respectively. The mean onset time of termination of reperfusion arrhythmias was significantly shorter in group B than in control. PCO2 increased from 39.0±0.9 to 89.3±6.0 mmHg at the end of ischemia in control and from 40.6±0.4 to 60.5±5.8 in group C, the difference between groups was statistically significant. HCO −3 level decreased from 21.8±0.1 to 18.3±0.5 mmol/l in control, however, this decrease was significantly inhibited in group C (from 22.0±0.5 to 20.3±0.2). The increase in PCO2 and the decrease in HCO −3 in group B were similar over time to those observed in control. The decrease in pH produced by ischemia was marked in control (from 7.35±0.01 to 6.92±0.04) and group B (from 7.34±0.01 to 6.94±0.02), whereas a decrease in pH was significantly prevented in group C (from 7.34±0.01 to 7.15±0.04). There were no significant differences in PCO2, HCO −3 or pH among the three groups during reperfusion.

These experiments provide evidence that amiloride significantly prevented the incidence of reperfusion arrhythmias when added only during ischemia and significantly terminated reperfusion arrhythmias when added only during reperfusion. Amiloride may prevent a decrease in pH, due to alterations in PCO2 and/or HCO −3 . These changes in PCO2 and HCO −3 might be indirectly influenced by inhibition of the Na+/H+ exchange system via Cl−/HCO −3 exchange. The mechanism by which amiloride terminates reperfusion arrhythmias seems to involve electrophysiological effects which were not directly addressed in this experiment.

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Mochizuki, S., Seki, S., Ejima, Ma. et al. Na+/H+ exchanger and reperfusion-induced ventricular arrhythmias in isolated perfused heart: possible role of amiloride. Mol Cell Biochem 119, 151–157 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00926866

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