Rotor termination is critically dependent on kinetic properties of IKur inhibitors in an in silico model of chronic atrial fibrillation

• Verfasst von: Scholz, Eberhard P. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Carrillo-Bustamante, Paola [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Fischer, Fathima [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Wilhelms, Mathias [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Zitron, Edgar [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Dössel, Olaf [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Katus, Hugo [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Seemann, Gunnar [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Rotor termination is critically dependent on kinetic properties of IKur inhibitors in an in silico model of chronic atrial fibrillation
• Verf.angabe: Eberhard P. Scholz, Paola Carrillo-Bustamante, Fathima Fischer, Mathias Wilhelms, Edgar Zitron, Olaf Dössel, Hugo A. Katus, Gunnar Seemann
• E-Jahr: 2013
• Jahr: December 20, 2013
• Umfang: 11 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 15.07.2021 ; Im Titel ist "Kur" von IKur tiefgestellt
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: PLOS ONE
• Ort Quelle: San Francisco, California, US : PLOS, 2006
• Jahr Quelle: 2013
• Band/Heft Quelle: 8(2013), 12, Artikel-ID e83179, Seite 1-11
• ISSN Quelle: 1932-6203
• DOI: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083179
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Atrial fibrillation
• Sach-SW: Cardiac atria
• Sach-SW: Electrophysiological properties
• Sach-SW: Electrophysiology
• Sach-SW: Event-related potentials
• Sach-SW: Mathematical models
• Sach-SW: Membrane potential
• Sach-SW: Rotors
• K10plus-PPN: 1762989484

Abstract

Inhibition of the atrial ultra-rapid delayed rectifier potassium current (IKur) represents a promising therapeutic strategy in the therapy of atrial fibrillation. However, experimental and clinical data on the antiarrhythmic efficacy remain controversial. We tested the hypothesis that antiarrhythmic effects of IKur inhibitors are dependent on kinetic properties of channel blockade. A mathematical description of IKur blockade was introduced into Courtemanche-Ramirez-Nattel models of normal and remodeled atrial electrophysiology. Effects of five model compounds with different kinetic properties were analyzed. Although a reduction of dominant frequencies could be observed in two dimensional tissue simulations for all compounds, a reduction of spiral wave activity could be only be detected in two cases. We found that an increase of the percent area of refractory tissue due to a prolongation of the wavelength seems to be particularly important. By automatic tracking of spiral tip movement we find that increased refractoriness resulted in rotor extinction caused by an increased spiral-tip meandering. We show that antiarrhythmic effects of IKur inhibitors are dependent on kinetic properties of blockade. We find that an increase of the percent area of refractory tissue is the underlying mechanism for an increased spiral-tip meandering, resulting in the extinction of re-entrant circuits.