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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 256: C913-C924, 1989;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 256, Issue 4 C913-C924, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Uncoupling of cardiac cells by doxyl stearic acids specificity and mechanism of action

J. M. Burt
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724.

The influence of doxyl stearic acids (DSAs) on gap junctional conductance (gj) between pairs of neonatal rat heart cells was studied. DSAs are spin probes that perturb the membrane at different depths depending on position of the doxyl group on the fatty acyl chain. 16-DSA and 12-DSA rapidly and reversibly reduced gj to unmeasureable levels in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Single channel events observed when gj was low were of the same unitary size as those observed under control conditions. The methyl esters of 16- and 12-DSA, stearic acid itself, and TEMPO, an analogue of the doxyl group that has no fatty acyl chain, had no effect on gj. Protonation of the carboxyl head group (by acidifying the solution) reduced the potency of 16- or 12-DSA. Spontaneous beating activity and action potentials were observed at concentrations of the DSAs 15-20 times that necessary for uncoupling. These results indicate that uncoupling by the DSAs requires the presence of the charged carboxyl group and localized perturbation of the channel at the lipid-channel interface by the doxyl group. Furthermore, they predict that unsaturated free fatty acids, which accumulate during ischemia, may exert their arrhythmogenic effect by reducing gj, and thereby slowing conduction.


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