Open AccessThe Arrhythmogenic Action of Endothelin in Rats
Author(s) -
Ryosuke Yorikane,
Hiroyuki Koike
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
japanese journal of pharmacology/japanese journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-3506
pISSN - 0021-5198
DOI - 10.1254/jjp.53.259
Subject(s) - action (physics) , endothelin receptor , pharmacology , medicine , neuroscience , chemistry , biology , physics , receptor , quantum mechanics
Endothelin (ET) was administered into the coronary ostia at doses of 0.1-1 microgram/kg in anesthetized rats. The ST segment was depressed at doses below 0.5 microgram/kg and was transiently elevated at 1 microgram/kg. Ventricular arrhythmias developed at doses above 0.5 microgram/kg. The arrhythmias that developed at 1 microgram/kg were precipitated into ventricular fibrillation. At the time when the arrhythmias developed, the ischemic changes had already subsided. These results suggest that ET may have an arrhythmogenic action, which is not solely attributable to myocardial ischemia.