PMID- 23911204 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140415 LR - 20191210 IS - 1096-0023 (Electronic) IS - 1043-4666 (Linking) VI - 64 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Oct TI - Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha induced hypoexcitability in rat muscle evidenced in a model of ion currents and action potential. PG - 165-71 LID - S1043-4666(13)00601-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cyto.2013.07.007 [doi] AB - Sepsis and Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFalpha), a major pro-inflammatory mediator, have previously been shown to induce a decrease in the conductance of voltage-dependent sodium channels (NaV). Moreover, TNFalpha increased resting membrane potential, leading to hyperpolarization. NaV and resting potential are the two major factors of membrane excitability. Then we hypothesis that TNFalpha can decrease muscle membrane excitability. To evidence that role of TNFalpha, we carried out a simulation of the sodium and potassium currents and action potential (AP) of isolated muscle fibre. We used a computer model based on Hodgkin and Huxley equations, but also taking into account the sodium-potassium pump current. Our first aim was to optimise this model in control conditions according to our measurements of currents. Then the model was modified to fit the values measured experimentally in TNFalpha-containing medium in order to determine the modifications induced in the currents and hence in AP triggering. Our model provides a very good fit with experimental data on the ion currents. Moreover, it clearly shows that the triggering level of AP is increased in TNFalpha-containing medium, thus corresponding to a decreased excitability. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Guillouet, Maite AU - Guillouet M AD - Universite de Brest, Faculte de Medecine et des Sciences de la Sante, Laboratoire de Physiologie, EA 1274 "Mouvement Sport Sante", Brest F-29200, France; Universite Europeenne de Bretagne, Brest F-29200, France; CHU Brest, Pole Anesthesie Reanimation, Brest F-29200, France. FAU - Rannou, Fabrice AU - Rannou F FAU - Giroux-Metges, Marie-Agnes AU - Giroux-Metges MA FAU - Droguet, Mickael AU - Droguet M FAU - Pennec, Jean-Pierre AU - Pennec JP LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20130802 PL - England TA - Cytokine JT - Cytokine JID - 9005353 RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels) RN - EC 7.2.2.13 (Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase) SB - IM MH - Action Potentials/*physiology MH - Animals MH - Computer Simulation MH - Female MH - Inflammation/metabolism MH - Membrane Potentials/*physiology MH - Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/*metabolism/physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Sepsis/metabolism MH - Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*metabolism MH - Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels/metabolism/physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Action potential OT - Excitability OT - Ion currents OT - Muscle OT - TNFalpha EDAT- 2013/08/06 06:00 MHDA- 2014/04/16 06:00 CRDT- 2013/08/06 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/06/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/07/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/08/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/08/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/04/16 06:00 [medline] AID - S1043-4666(13)00601-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cyto.2013.07.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cytokine. 2013 Oct;64(1):165-71. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2013.07.007. Epub 2013 Aug 2.