Circulation Research. 2001;89:1216-1223
Published online before print October 25, 2001, doi: 10.1161/hh2401.100818
Published online before print October 25, 2001, doi: 10.1161/hh2401.100818
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© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.
Integrative Physiology |
Rectification of the Background Potassium Current
A Determinant of Rotor Dynamics in Ventricular Fibrillation
From SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Correspondence to José Jalife, MD, Department of Pharmacology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 766 Irving Ave, Syracuse, NY 13210. E-mail jalifej{at}upstate.edu
Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death. Yet, the mechanisms of VF remain elusive. Pixel-by-pixel spectral analysis of optical signals was carried out in video imaging experiments using a potentiometric dye in the Langendorff-perfused guinea pig heart. Dominant frequencies (peak with maximal power) were distributed throughout the ventricles in clearly demarcated domains. The fastest domain (25 to 32 Hz) was always on the anterior left ventricular (LV) wall and was shown to result from persistent rotor activity. Intermittent block and breakage of wavefronts at specific locations in the periphery of such rotors were responsible for the domain organization. Patch-clamping of ventricular myocytes from the LV and the right ventricle (RV) demonstrated an LV-to-RV drop in the amplitude of the outward component of the background rectifier current (IB). Computer simulations suggested that rotor stability in LV resulted from relatively small rectification of IB (presumably IK1), whereas instability, termination, and wavebreaks in RV were a consequence of strong rectification. This study provides new evidence in the isolated guinea pig heart that a persistent high-frequency rotor in the LV maintains VF, and that spatially distributed gradients in IK1 density represent a robust ionic mechanism for rotor stabilization and wavefront fragmentation.
Key Words: ventricular fibrillation • rotors • optical mapping • inwardly rectifying potassium channels • IK1
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