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KN-92 is the inactive analog of KN-93. Under the conditions of low potassium, low magnesium Tyrode’s solution perfusion, and slow frequency electrical stimulation, the incidence of early after-depolarizations (EADs) was 0/12, 11/12, 10/12, and 5/12 in sham group, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) group, KN-92 group (0.5 μmol/L), and KN-93 group (0.5 μmol/L), respectively. When the drug concentration was increased to 1 μmol/L in KN-92 group and KN-93 group, the incidence of EADs was 10/12 and 2/12, respectively. When the drug concentration was 0.5 μmol/L in KN-92 and KN-93 groups, the peak ICa, L at 0 mV was decreased by (9.4±2.8)% and (10.5±3.0)%, respectively. When the drug concentration was increased to 1 μmol/L, the peak ICa, L values were lowered by (13.4±3.7)% and (40±4.9)%, respectively.
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In spontaneously hypertensive rats, action potential duration alternans (APD-ALT) was evoked at significantly lower pacing rate, KN-93 (1 μmol/L), but not its inactive analog, KN-92 (1 μmol/L), completely reversed these changes in APD-ALT. The magnitude of APD-ALT was also significantly greater in SHR than WKY and was completely normalized by KN-93. KN-93 also abolished ventricular fibrillation (VF) induced by rapid pacing in SHR.
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References:
[1]. Ke J1, Chen F, Zhang C, et al. Effects of calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II inhibitor, KN-93, on electrophysiological features of rabbit hypertrophic cardiac myocytes. J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci. 2012 Aug;32(4):485-9.
[2]. Mitsuyama H1, Yokoshiki H2, Watanabe M1, et al. Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II increases the susceptibility to the arrhythmogenic action potential alternans in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2014 Jul 15;307(2):H199-206.
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