,Biphasic effects of haloperidol on sodium currents in guinea pig ventricular myocytes

• 作 者: Lu-feng CHENG Dong YAN Subat TURDI Parhat KERRAM
• 机 构: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, China
• 出 处: 中国药理学报（英文版）
• 发表日期: 2007年6期
• 关键词: haloperidol sodium current ventricular myocytes

Aim: To study the effects of haloperidol on sodium currents (INa) in guinea pig ventricular myocytes. Method: Whole-cell patch clamp technique was employed to evaluate the effects of haloperidol on INa, in individual ventricular myocytes.Results: Haloperidol (0.1-3 μmol/L) inhibited INa in a concentration-dependent manner with an IC50 of 0.253±0.015 μmol/L. The inhibition rate of haloperidol (0.3 μmol/L) on INa was 22.14%±0.02%, and the maximum conductance was reduced.Haloperidol significantly reduced the midpoints for the activation and inactiva-tion of INa by 2.09 and 4.09 mV, respectively. The time constant of recovery was increased. The increase in time intervals could only recover by 90.14%±1.4% (n=6); however, haloperidol at 0.03 μmol/L enhanced INa conductance. The mid-points for the activation and inactivation of INa were shifted by 1.38 and 5.69 mV,respectively, at this concentration of haloperidol.Conclusion: Haloperidol dis-played a biphasic effect on INa in guinea pig cardiac myocytes. High concentra-tions of haloperidol inhibited INa, while lower concentrations of haloperidol shifted the activation and inactivation curve to the left. Full recovery of recovery curve was not achieved after 0.3 μmol/L haloperidol administration, indicating that the drug affects the inactivated state of sodium channels.