Publications by authors named "Maika Seki"

The effects of thirteen Vaughn Williams class I antiarrhythmic drugs on the α-adrenergic receptor-mediated contraction were examined in thoracic aorta tissue preparations isolated from the guinea pig. Cibenzoline, quinidine, aprindine, and ranolazine, as well as prazosin, inhibited the phenylephrine-induced contraction with pA values of 5.64, 5.

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The effect of a citrus-derived flavonoid, hesperetin, on the automaticity and contraction of isolated guinea pig myocardium was examined. Hesperetin inhibited the rate of ectopic action potential firing of the pulmonary vein myocardium; the slope of the diastolic depolarization was decreased with minimum change in the action potential waveform. The effect was dependent on the concentration; the EC value for firing rate was 56.

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The pulmonary vein wall contains a myocardial layer whose ectopic automaticity is the major cause of atrial fibrillation. This review summarizes the results obtained in isolated pulmonary vein myocardium from small experimental animals, focusing on the studies with the guinea pig. The diversity in the action potential waveform reflects the difference in the repolarizing potassium channel currents involved.

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The developmental changes in the excitation-contraction mechanisms of the ventricular myocardium of small animals (guinea pig, rat, mouse) and their sympathetic regulation will be summarized. The action potential duration monotonically decreases during pre- and postnatal development in the rat and mouse, while in the guinea pig it decreases during the fetal stage but turns into an increase just before birth. Such changes can be attributed to changes in the repolarizing potassium currents.

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Mechanisms for the α-adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropy in neonatal mouse ventricular myocardium were studied with isolated myocardial preparations. The phenylephrine-induced positive inotropy was suppressed by prazosin, nifedipine, and chelerythrine, a protein kinase C inhibitor, but not by SEA0400, a selective Na/Ca exchanger inhibitor. Phenylephrine increased the L-type Ca channel current and prolonged the action potential duration, while the voltage-dependent K channel current was not influenced.

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