Effects of vascular endothelial growth factor-b on the bioelectric activity of rat atrial myocardium under normal conditions and during gradual stretching

R.S. Ovchinnikov, V.M. Mitrokhin, M.I. Mladenov

Article ID: 5860
Vol 29, Issue 4, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/jbrha5860
Received: 8 January 2016; Accepted: 8 January 2016; Available online: 8 January 2016; Issue release: 8 January 2016

Abstract

Using a microelectrode technique we studied the effects of vascular endothelial growth factor-B on the activity of rat atrial myocardium under normal conditions and after gradual stretching of the tissue. It was shown that vascular endothelial growth factor-B increased duration of the action potential only at the level of 90% re-polarization. Effects on the frequency and force of contraction were absent. The repetition frequency of the action potentials did not change. Close observation of the vascular endothelial growth factor-B-induced mechanisms and stretch-induced alteration in action potential durations to 90% of repolarization, confirmed the existence of a link between the examining growth factor-B and stretch induced mechanisms


Keywords

action potential;atrium;heart;vascular endothelial growth factor B;stretch


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