PK 11195, an antagonist of peripheral type benzodiazepine receptors, modulates Bay K8644 sensitive but not beta- or H2-receptor sensitive voltage operated calcium channels in the guinea pig heart

In a partially depolarized guinea pig papillary muscle preparation, BAY K8644 stimulated voltage-operated calcium channels, promoting slow action potentials; this effect was dose-dependent over a concentration range of 3 X 10(-7) M to 3 X 10(-6) M. Isoproterenol and histamine also induced slow action potentials by stimulating beta or H2 receptors, respectively. PK 11195, the antagonist of peripheral type benzodiazepine receptors, inhibited the effect of BAY K8644, but not those of histamine or isoproterenol. Moreover, PK 11195 "dose-dependently" antagonized the ability of RO5-4864 to inhibit the slow action potentials elicited by barium chloride. Thus, in the heart, PK 11195, an antagonist of peripheral type benzodiazepine receptors, can modulate voltage-operated calcium channels when they are activated directly, but not when they are activated by stimulation of neurotransmitter receptors.     

Cerebellar Prediction of the Dynamic Sensory Consequences of Gravity

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Electrophysiological and pharmacological characterization of peripheral benzodiazepine receptors in a guinea pig heart preparation

R05-4864 decreased in a dose-dependent manner, from 3 × 10^?9 M to 3 × 10^?6 M, the duration of intracellular action potential and the contractility in a guinea pig preparation. Diazepam was less effective and clonazepam inactive. The effects of R05-4864 were GABA-independent and antagonized by PK 11195 but not by the selective antagonist of the brain type benzodiazepine receptors R015-1788. These results show the pharmacological relevance of peripheral type benzodiazepine binding sites at the cardiac level.     

Impact of phosphate concentration on the metabolome of biofilms of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica

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Electrophysiological and pharmacological evidence that peripheral type benzodiazepine receptors are coupled to calcium channels in the heart

PK 11195, an antagonist of the peripheral type benzodiazepine receptor, does not affect either the duration of the action potential or the tension of the guinea pig papillary muscle. However, it antagonized the effects of the calcium channel blockers, nitrendipine, verapamil, diltiazem, and of BAY K8644, a calcium channel agonist in this heart preparation. On the other hand, PK 11195 does not change the increase in the action potential duration provoked by the potassium channel blocker tetraethylammonium. RO5-4864, an agonist of the peripheral type benzodiazepine receptor, decreased the tension of the guinea pig papillary muscle. The effect was reversed by increasing extracellular Ca2+ concentrations up to 4 mM. These results suggest that in the heart the peripheral type benzodiazepine receptors are coupled to calcium channels.