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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0022-1295/1997//297/ $5.00
Journal of General Physiology, Volume 110, Number 3, 1997

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Swelling-activated Gd3+-sensitive Cation Current and Cell Volume Regulation in Rabbit Ventricular Myocytes

Henry F. Clemo*,{ddagger} and Clive M. Baumgarten{ddagger}

From the * Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), and {ddagger} Department of Physiology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298

The role of swelling-activated currents in cell volume regulation is unclear. Currents elicited by swelling rabbit ventricular myocytes in solutions with 0.6–0.9x normal osmolarity were studied using amphotericin perforated patch clamp techniques, and cell volume was examined concurrently by digital video microscopy. Graded swelling caused graded activation of an inwardly rectifying, time-independent cation current (ICir,swell) that was reversibly blocked by Gd3+, but ICir,swell was not detected in isotonic or hypertonic media. This current was not related to IK1 because it was insensitive to Ba2+. The PK/PNa ratio for ICir,swell was 5.9 ± 0.3, implying that inward current is largely Na+ under physiological conditions. Increasing bath K+ increased gCir,swell but decreased rectification. Gd3+ block was fitted with a K0.5 of 1.7 ± 0.3 µM and Hill coefficient, n, of 1.7 ± 0.4. Exposure to Gd3+ also reduced hypotonic swelling by up to ~30%, and block of current preceded the volume change by ~1 min. Gd3+-induced cell shrinkage was proportional to ICir,swell when ICir,swell was varied by graded swelling or Gd3+ concentration and was voltage dependent, reflecting the voltage dependence of ICir,swell. Integrating the blocked ion flux and calculating the resulting change in osmolarity suggested that ICir,swell was sufficient to explain the majority of the volume change at –80 mV. In addition, swelling activated an outwardly rectifying Cl– current, ICl,swell. This current was absent after Cl– replacement, reversed at ECl, and was blocked by 1 mM 9-anthracene carboxylic acid. Block of ICl,swell provoked a 28% increase in swelling in hypotonic media. Thus, both cation and anion swelling-activated currents modulated the volume of ventricular myocytes. Besides its effects on cell volume, ICir,swell is expected to cause diastolic depolarization. Activation of ICir,swell also is likely to affect contraction and other physiological processes in myocytes.

Key Words: osmoregulation • stretch-activated channels • mechano-electrical feedback • arrhythmias

Address correspondence to Dr. C.M. Baumgarten, Department of Physiology, Box 980551, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23298-0551. FAX: 804-828-7382; E-mail: baumgart{at}gems.vcu.edu


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