Inhibition of the positive inotropic effect of anthopleurin-A (AP-A) by dantrolene |
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Authors: | Leslie E. Bailey Shoji Shibata David G. Seriguchi Peter E. Dresel |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pharmacology Faculty of Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Abstract: | The effect of dantrolene on the positive inotropic effects (PIE) of three cardiotonic agents was assessed on rat and rabbit atria. Dantrolene (10?5M) had no effect on contractile tension or on the PIE to isoproterenol (10?10?10?7M) or ouabain (10?6?10?4). The dose-response curve for the PIE of anthopleurin-A (AP-A) was shifted to the right in rat and rabbit atria by dantrolene (10?4?10?6M). The maximum effect and the concentration of AP-A required for it remained the same. The results suggest that the PIE of AP-A involves intracellular translocation of calcium, unlike those of isoproterenol and ouabain which require increased transmembrane calcium flux. This conclusion is supported by the observation that the exchange and distribution of the labile calcium involved in excitation-contraction coupling was unaffected by AP-A (10?8M), by dantrolene (10?6M) or by the combination. Therefore, AP-A may produce its cardiotonic effect by a action at an intracellular site, a mechanism unlike that of isoproterenol or ouabain. |
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