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. 1991 Nov;419(5):534-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF00370801.

Possible involvement of a chloride conductance in the transient outward current of whole-cell voltage-clamped ferret ventricular myocytes

A Bouron  1 , D Potreau, G Raymond
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Possible involvement of a chloride conductance in the transient outward current of whole-cell voltage-clamped ferret ventricular myocytes

A Bouron et al. Pflugers Arch. 1991 Nov.

Abstract

The transient outward current was studied, using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique, in isolated ventricular cells from the ferret heart. In the presence of 4-aminopyridine and cadmium chloride which respectively blocked the Ca-insensitive and the Ca-dependent outward currents, a residual transient outward current was observed in about 30% of the cells tested. This current was suppressed in external hypochloride solution, completely inhibited by SITS (3 mM) and reversed at the equilibrium potential for chloride ions. This suggests the presence of a chloride permeability which could contribute to the repolarization phase of the cardiac action potential.

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