The aims of this study were to determine if endothelin-1 (ET-1) under normal and ischaemic conditions exhibits a direct arrhythmogenic effect that is independent of its ability to cause coronary vasoconstriction, and to determine the contribution of the ET(A) and ET(B) receptor subtype. ET(A/B) (with ET-1) and ET(A) (ET-1 in the presence of BQ-788) receptor activation resulted in a significant reduction in both epi- and endocardial monophasic action potential duration (MAPD(90)). ET(A) receptor activation reduced both epi- and endocardial effective refractory period (ERP). This MAPD(90) and ERP shortening were associated with a reduction in coronary flow, myocardial contractility and induction of ventricular fibrillation (VF) during ERP measurement. The ET(B) agonist sarafotoxin (S6c) had no marked, or concentration-dependent, effect on MAPD(90), ERP, myocardial contractility or induction of arrhythmias. Neither ET-1 nor S6c, given prior to coronary artery occlusion, significantly changed the ischaemia-induced dispersion of MAPD(90), ERP or the % incidence of VF. In conclusion, neither ET(A) nor ET(B) receptor stimulation has a direct arrhythmogenic effect in isolated rabbit hearts under normal or ischaemic conditions. The ET-1-induced arrhythmogenic effect observed in nonischaemic hearts is likely to be the result of the associated coronary vasoconstriction caused by ET(A) receptor stimulation resulting in myocardial ischaemia.
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