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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2014

Inhibition of cardiac Kv1.5 potassium current by the anesthetic midazolam: mode of action.

Nadine Vonderlin, Fathima Fischer, Edgar Zitron, Claudia Seyler, Daniel Scherer, Dierk Thomas, Hugo A Katus, Eberhard P Scholz

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Article in Drug design, development and therapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nadine VonderlinDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Fathima FischerDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Edgar ZitronDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany ; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany.
Claudia SeylerDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Daniel SchererDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Dierk ThomasDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany ; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany.
Hugo A KatusDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany ; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany.
Eberhard P ScholzDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEGerman Centre for Cardiovascular Research · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Midazolam is a short-acting benzodiazepine that is widely used in anesthesia. Despite its widespread clinical use, detailed information about cardiac side effects of midazolam is largely lacking. Using the double-electrode voltage clamp technique, we studied pharmacological effects of midazolam on heterologously expressed Kv1.5 channels underlying atrial repolarizing current I(Kur). Midazolam dose-dependently inhibited Kv1.5 current, yielding an IC50 of 17 μM in an HEK cell line and an IC50 of 104 μM in Xenopus oocytes. We further showed that midazolam did not affect the half-maximal activation voltage of Kv1.5 channels. However, a small negative shift of the inactivation curve could be observed. Midazolam acted as a typical open-channel inhibitor with rapid onset of block and without frequency dependence of block. Taken together, midazolam is an open channel inhibitor of cardiac Kv1.5 channels. These data add to the current understanding of the pharmacological profile of midazolam.

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AnestheticsElectric ConductivityHEK293 CellsHumansKv1.5 Potassium ChannelMidazolamPotassiumAnestheticsKv1.5 Potassium ChannelMidazolamPotassiumanestheticspharmacologypotassium channels

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