E-4031 Shortens Cardiac Action Potential Duration

Medical University of Graz
Division of Cardiology
Postdoctoral Researcher

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Company:

Tocris Bioscience

Product Name:

E-4031 dihydrochloride

Catalog Number:

1808

To investigate role of delayed rectifier potassium channels, hERG, in cardiac action potential of guinea pig ventricular myocytes, we used E-4031, a IKr blocker.

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Application

Cardiac electrophysiology

Starting Material

Primary guinea pig ventricular cardiomyocytes

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Results Summary

A representative action potential of a guinea pig cardiomyocyte before and after superfusion with 500 nM E-4031 for 5 min and stimulated at a frequency of 1 Hz in a while cell patch clamp mode.

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E-4031 significantly shortened action potential duration of guinea pig ventricular cardiomyocytes.

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