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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 12
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
Female gender is a risk factor for drug-induced arrhythmias associated with QT prolongation, which results mostly from blockade of the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) channel. Some clinical evidence suggests that oestrogen is a determinant of the gender-differences in drug-induced QT prolongation and baseline QT(C) intervals. Although the chronic effects of oestrogen have been studied, it remains unclear whether the gender differences are due entirely to transcriptional regulations through oestrogen receptors. We therefore investigated acute effects of the most bioactive oestrogen, 17beta-oestradiol (E2) at its physiological concentrations on cardiac repolarization and drug-sensitivity of the hERG (I(Kr)) channel in Langendorff-perfused guinea pig hearts, patch-clamped guinea pig cardiomyocytes and culture cells over-expressing hERG. We found that physiological concentrations of E2 partially suppressed I(Kr) in a receptor-independent manner. E2-induced modification of voltage-dependence causes partial suppression of hERG currents. Mutagenesis studies showed that a common drug-binding residue at the inner pore cavity was critical for the effects of E2 on the hERG channel. Furthermore, E2 enhanced both hERG suppression and QT(C) prolongation by its blocker, E4031. The lack of effects of testosterone at its physiological concentrations on both of hERG currents and E4031-sensitivity of the hERG channel implicates the critical role of aromatic centroid present in E2 but not in testosterone. Our data indicate that E2 acutely affects the hERG channel gating and the E4031-induced QT(C) prolongation, and may provide a novel mechanism for the higher susceptibility to drug-induced arrhythmia in women.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1469-7793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
586
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2961-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute effects of oestrogen on the guinea pig and human IKr channels and drug-induced prolongation of cardiac repolarization.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 2-3-10 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan. junkokuro.bip@mri.tmd.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't