Abstract
Background: We previously reported that glibenclamide (a selective inhibitor of ATP-sensitive K+ channels [K+(ATP) channels) inhibited metabolic coronary vasodilatation induced by β1-adrenoceptor stimulation. However, the role of K+(ATP) channels in metabolic coronary vasodilatation induced by tachycardia is still unknown. This study aimed to determine whether glibenclamide attenuates metabolic coronary vasodilatation induced by pacing-induced tachycardia. Methods and Results: In anesthetized dogs, increasing heart rate from 103±1 to 160 beats per minute with atrial pacing increased coronary blood flow without altering arterial pressure and left ventricular pressure. Intracoronary infusion of glibenclamide at 1.5 and 5.0 μg · kg-1 · min-1 did not alter basal coronary blood flow but significantly attenuated (P<.01) the tachycardia-induced coronary vasodilatation without altering the tachycardia-induced increase in myocardial oxygen consumption (MV̇O2). In conscious dogs, intracoronary glibenclamide at 5.0 μg · kg-1 · min-1 attenuated (P<.05) coronary vasodilatation induced by ventricular pacing from 85±6 to 150 beats per minute. Glibenclamide markedly attenuated coronary vasodilatation evoked with the K+(ATP) channel opener pinacidil. Conclusions: These data indicate that blockade of coronary vascular K+(ATP) channels with glibenclamide inhibited metabolic coronary vasodilatation induced by pacing tachycardia in dogs, suggesting that K+(ATP) channels are involved in the mechanism mediating metabolic coronary vasodilatation associated with pacing tachycardia.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 511-517 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Circulation |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 1 1995 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Physiology (medical)