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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Physiology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Physiology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Российский физиологический журнал им. И.М. Сеченова</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0869-8139</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2658-655X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">651561</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31857/S0869813923060031</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">WGZKYU</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>EXPERIMENTAL ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Influence of Hibernation on Electrical Activity and Potassium Currents in Myocardium of Long-Tailed Ground Squirrel</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Влияние гибернации на электрическую активность и калиевые токи в миокарде длиннохвостого суслика</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Filatova</surname><given-names>T. S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Филатова</surname><given-names>Т. С.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>abram340@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Abramochkin</surname><given-names>D. V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Абрамочкин</surname><given-names>Д. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>abram340@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Кафедра физиологии человека и животных, биологический факультет,
Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-06-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>06</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>109</volume><issue>6</issue><fpage>788</fpage><lpage>797</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-02-01"><day>01</day><month>02</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Т.С. Филатова, Д.В. Абрамочкин</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Т.С. Филатова, Д.В. Абрамочкин</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Т.С. Филатова, Д.В. Абрамочкин</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Т.С. Филатова, Д.В. Абрамочкин</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-8139/article/view/651561">https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-8139/article/view/651561</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p id="idm45181326303968">Hibernating mammals are capable of reducing the temperature of their bodies down to 0°C. During this process, their heart is highly resistant to the occurrence of arrhythmias caused by temperature fall. In this research we have for the first-time studied potassium currents in the myocardium of a hibernating mammal on the example of long-tailed ground squirrel (<italic>Citellus undulatus</italic>) and its change upon hibernation. Using patch clamp method, we studied transient outward current <italic>I</italic><sub>to</sub> and background inward rectifier current <italic>I</italic><sub>K1</sub> in isolated ventricular and atrial myocytes from summer (active) and winter (hibernating) ground squirrels. The study revealed, that at room temperature and at positive holding potentials peak amplitude of <italic>I</italic><sub>to</sub> in cardiomyocytes from hibernating group of animals is lower than that of the summer group. The downregulation of <italic>I</italic><sub>to</sub> upon hibernation was more pronounced in ventricular myocardium in comparison to that in atrial. Background inward rectifier current <italic>I</italic><sub>K1</sub> was enhanced in ventricular myocardium of winter group of animals, upon the adaptation to hibernation. In atrial myocardium there were no statistically significant differences of <italic>I</italic><sub>K1</sub> between the two groups. We also recorded action potentials in isolated ventricular cardiomyocytes. The duration of action potentials at the levels of 50 and 90% repolarization did not differ between the groups, we also did not find significant differences in maximum upstroke velocity and in the level of resting membrane potential. Taken together, the revealed differences in the amplitude of <italic>I</italic><sub>to</sub><italic> </italic>and <italic>I</italic><sub>K1</sub> between active and hibernating ground squirrels can serve as mechanisms increasing the duration of refractory period and to maintaining the level of resting membrane potential at low temperatures.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p id="idm45181326300704">Гибернирующие млекопитающие способны снижать температуру своего тела до значений, близких к 0°C. При этом их сердце чрезвычайно устойчиво к развитию аритмий, вызванных снижением температуры. В данной работе впервые были исследованы калиевые токи в миокарде зимоспящего млекопитающего на примере длиннохвостого суслика (<italic>Citellus undulatus</italic>) и их изменение при гибернации. С помощью метода пэтч-кламп были исследованы транзиторный выходящий ток <italic>I</italic><sub>to</sub> и фоновый ток входящего выпрямления <italic>I</italic><sub>K1</sub> в изолированных желудочковых и предсердных кардиомиоцитах летних (активных) и зимних (гибернирующих) сусликов. В работе выявлено, что при комнатной температуре, при положительных поддерживаемых потенциалах пиковая амплитуда тока <italic>I</italic><sub>to</sub> в кардиомиоцитах гибернирующей группы животных статистически значимо ниже, чем таковая у летней группы. Подавление тока <italic>I</italic><sub>to</sub> при гибернации было выражено сильнее в желудочковом миокарде по сравнению с предсердным. Фоновый ток входящего выпрямления <italic>I</italic><sub>K1</sub> при адаптации к гибернации усиливался в желудочковом миокарде зимней группы животных. В предсердном миокарде статистически значимых различий тока <italic>I</italic><sub>K1</sub> между группами не было обнаружено. Также в работе регистрировали потенциалы действия в изолированных желудочковых кардиомиоцитах. Длительность потенциалов действия на уровнях реполяризации 50 и 90% не различалась между группами, также не было выявлено различий в максимальной скорости нарастания переднего фронта потенциалов действия и уровне потенциала покоя. В совокупности, выявленные различия в амплитуде токов <italic>I</italic><sub>to</sub> и <italic>I</italic><sub>K1</sub> между активными и гибернирующими сусликами могут способствовать увеличению длительности рефрактерного периода и поддержанию потенциала покоя при низкой температуре.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>heart</kwd><kwd>hibernation</kwd><kwd>action potential</kwd><kwd>patch clamp</kwd><kwd>ionic currents</kwd><kwd><italic>I</italic><sub>to</sub></kwd><kwd><italic>I</italic><sub>K1</sub></kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>сердце</kwd><kwd>гибернация</kwd><kwd>потенциал действия</kwd><kwd>пэтч-кламп</kwd><kwd>ионные токи</kwd><kwd><italic>I</italic><sub>to</sub></kwd><kwd><italic>I</italic><sub>K1</sub></kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Lyman CP, Chatfield PO (1955) Physiology of Hibernation in Mammals. 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