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Heterogeneous functional expression of the sustained inward Na + current in guinea pig sinoatrial node cells.
The sustained inward Na+ current (I st ) identified in the sinoatrial node (SAN) cell has been suggested to play a pivotal role in cardiac pacemaking. However, the composition of cells in the SAN is heterogeneous and cell-to-cell variability in the magnitude of I st remains to be fully characterized. The present study investigated the current density of I st in morphologically different types of pacemaker cells dissociated from guinea pig SAN. I st was preferentially detected in spontaneously active spindle or spider-shaped cells, but was less well expressed in larger-sized elongated spindle-type cells and practically absent in clearly striated atrial-like cells, despite clear expression of the funny current (I f ). The current density of I st in spindle and spider cells varied from 0.7 to 1.6 pA pF-1 and was significantly reduced in non-beating cells with similar morphologies. By linear regression analysis, we identified a positive correlation between the current densities of I st and the L-type Ca2+ current (I Ca,L ), which was specifically observed in spindle and spider cells. These cells exhibited a more negative voltage for half maximal I Ca,L activation than atrial-like cells, suggesting a variable ratio between CaV 1.2- and CaV 1.3-mediated I Ca,L in SAN cells. Consistent single-cell transcript measurements confirmed a higher relative expression of CaV 1.3, which activates at more negative potentials, in spindle cells than in atrial-like cells. Taken together, these results can be interpreted as indicating that I st plays a specific role in primary pacemaker cells and that its presence is closely correlated with functional levels of CaV 1.3-mediated I Ca,L .
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