The effect of MD1 on potassium and L-type calcium current of cardiomyocytes from high-fat diet mice.

The effect of MD1 on potassium and L-type calcium current of cardiomyocytes from high-fat diet mice. Channels (Austin). 2020 Jan 01;14(1):181-189 Authors: Shuai W, Kong B, Fu H, Jiang X, Huang H Abstract Myeloid differentiation protein 1 (MD1) is exerted an anti-arrhythmic effect in obese mice. Therefore, we sought to clarify whether MD1 can alter the electrophysiological remodeling of cardiac myocytes from obese mice by regulating voltage-gated potassium current and calcium current. MD1 knock-out (KO) and wild type (WT) mice were given a high-fat diet (HFD) for 20 weeks, starting at the age of 6 weeks. The potential electrophysiological mechanisms were estimated by whole-cell patch-clamp and molecular analysis. After 20-week HFD feeding, action potential duration (APD) from left ventricular myocytes of MD1-KO mice revealed APD20, APD50, and APD90 were profoundly enlarged. Furthermore, HFD mice showed a decrease in the fast transient outward potassium currents (Ito,f), slowly inactivating potassium current (IK, slow), and inward rectifier potassium current (IK1). Besides, HFD-fed mice showed that the current density of ICaL was significantly lower, and the haft inactivation voltage was markedly shifted right. These HFD induced above adverse effects were further exacerbated in KO mice. The mRNA expression of potassium ion channels (Kv4.2, Kv4.3, Kv2.1, Kv1.5, and Kir2.1) and calcium ion channel (Cav1.2) was markedly decreased in MD1...
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