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Differential effects of adenosine and verapamil on histamine vascular contractions
Authors:C A Tozzi  G F Merrill
Abstract:The present study was undertaken to compare the effects of adenosine and verapamil on histamine-induced contractions in rabbit vascular smooth muscle. Ring segments of rabbit femoral artery were isometrically mounted and contractile responses to histamine (10(-7) to 10(-4) M) were recorded. Verapamil (10(-5) to 10(-4) M) and adenosine (10(-5) to 10(-4) M) produced significant (P less than 0.05) shifts to the right of the histamine dose-response curve in normal physiological salt solution (PSS). Adenosine (10(-4) M) had no effect on the contractile responses to histamine in calcium-deplete PSS but significantly (P less than 0.01) increased the rate of relaxation (-dT/dt, 16.1 +/- 2.3 mg/s before adenosine, 53.7 +/- 7.0 mg/s during adenosine). In calcium-free PSS, verapamil (10(-4) M) had no effects on histamine-induced contractions, nor did it affect the spontaneous rate of relaxation. These findings suggest that the relaxant responses to adenosine, like verapamil, are partially mediated through blockade of external calcium influx, while adenosine, unlike verapamil, appears to have an additional intracellular mode of action.
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