Responses of contractile function to ruthenium red in rat heart

1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (6) ◽  
pp. H1413-H1420 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Gupta ◽  
I. R. Innes ◽  
N. S. Dhalla
Keyword(s):  
Rat Heart ◽  
Contractile Function ◽  
Negative Inotropic Effect ◽  
Ruthenium Red ◽  
Inotropic Effect ◽  
Inotropic Effects ◽  
Rat Hearts ◽  
Positive Inotropic Effects ◽  
High Concentrations

Isolated rat hearts exhibited a biphasic contractile response to varying concentrations of ruthenium red. A negative inotropic effect was observed with concentrations of 0.025–0.5 microM, whereas a reversal of these initial changes toward control or even exceeding the predrug values was obtained as ruthenium red concentration was increased to 2.5 or 5.0 microM. High concentrations (12.5–25.0 microM) of ruthenium red caused a sustained contracture. In contrast, isolated frog hearts exhibited only a sustained negative inotropic effect at 0.25–12.5 microM ruthenium red. In studies with rat heart, both negative and positive inotropic effects of 2.5 microM ruthenium red were blocked either by increasing the concentration of Ca2+ (from 1.25 to 5.0 mM) or by decreasing the concentration of Na+ (from 140 to 35 mM) in the perfusion medium. The contracture induced by 12.5 microM ruthenium red was markedly inhibited when Ca2+ in the medium was lowered. The positive inotropic effect and contracture due to ruthenium red were also blocked by 1 microM of verapamil and 1.5 mM of amiloride; however, these interventions did not prevent the initial negative inotropic effect of ruthenium red. These experiments suggest the role of extracellular Ca2+ in the dose- and time-dependent effects of ruthenium red on contractile function of the rat heart. Furthermore, the positive inotropic response to ruthenium red may be related to its actions on the Na+-dependent Ca2+ movements in the cardiac cell.

Positive inotropic effects of low concentrations of leukotrienes C4 and D4 in rat heart

1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (4) ◽  
pp. H1239-H1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Karmazyn ◽  
M. P. Moffat
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Channel ◽  
Positive Inotropic Effect ◽  
Negative Inotropic Effect ◽  
Bay K 8644 ◽  
Inotropic Effect ◽  
Receptor Interaction ◽  
Inotropic Effects ◽  
Coronary Pressure ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Rat Hearts

We examined the effects of leukotrienes (LT) B4, C4, D4, and E4 (0.010-2.5 ng/ml) on contractile and coronary function in isolated rat hearts. Concentration-dependent effects were examined either by the cumulative addition of LTs or by addition of specific concentrations to individual preparations. Neither LTB4 nor LTE4 produced myocardial or coronary effects at any concentration, irrespective of addition protocol. At 0.010 ng/ml, both LTC4 and LTD4 produced an increase in force that was associated with a 30% elevation in coronary pressure. Further cumulative addition of either leukotriene resulted in a negative inotropic effect and a further increase in coronary pressure. In contrast, following single additions of LTC4 or LTD4 (0.01-0.50 ng/ml) a positive inotropic effect and an increased coronary pressure were observed. LTC4 or LTD4 at 0.5 ng/ml produced a negative inotropic effect in hearts pretreated with 0.01 ng/ml of LTD4 or LTC4, respectively. Reversal of this addition protocol resulted in a negative inotropic effect of either 0.01 ng/ml LTD4 or LTC4. Verapamil and nifedipine significantly attenuated the positive inotropic and coronary constricting effect of 0.5 ng/ml LTC4 and LTD4. The addition of either LT following BAY K 8644 resulted in a negative inotropic effect, in contrast to the positive inotropic influence seen with leukotriene alone. Our results demonstrate a positive inotropic effect of low concentrations of LTC4 and LTD4 concomitant with coronary artery constriction, a phenomenon determined by leukotriene addition protocols and suggestive of LTC4/LTD4 receptor interaction. The effects of calcium channel antagonists and BAY K 8644 on the inotropic response suggest a leukotriene-mediated activation of the calcium channel resulting in increased intracellular calcium concentrations.

Inotropic effect of low extracellular sodium on perfused perinatal rat heart

1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Oštádalová ◽  
František Kolář ◽  
Bohuslav Oštádal
Keyword(s):  
Rat Heart ◽  
Contractile Function ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Negative Inotropic Effect ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Inotropic Effect ◽  
Initial Increase ◽  
Cardiac Contractile ◽  
Extracellular Sodium ◽  
Day By Day

The purpose of the present study was to estimate the development of the inotropic response to low extracellular sodium (LES) during the perinatal period. The effect of LES (35 mmol∙L−1) was measured in isolated perfused control and ryanodine-pretreated rat hearts on prenatal day 20 and postnatal days 1, 2, 4, and 7. The effect of LES on the developed force (DF) of control hearts changes significantly day by day: whereas a persisting increase of magnitude of contractions was recorded in the prenatal hearts, this increase was only transient on postnatal day 1 and 2. Starting from day 4, the initial signs of a triphasic response, typical for adult hearts, appeared (an initial increase of DF, followed by a decrease of DF and a rise of resting force, and finally a delayed increase of DF); this trend was more pronounced on day 7. The LES-induced increase of resting force was recorded only in 2-, 4-, and 7-day-old hearts. The negative inotropic effect of ryanodine (10−6 mol∙L−1) was observed already prenatally (60% of the controls) and continued during the whole period of investigation; in contrast, a ryanodine-induced increase of resting force was recorded only postnatally. However, pretreatment with ryanodine abolished the day-by-day changes in the response to LES: in all the hearts studied, the first phase (initial increase of DF) was followed by a severe depression of the magnitude of contractions, together with increased resting force. Our data show significant age-dependent differences in the cardiac contractile response to LES. This response changes rapidly during the perinatal development, and it attains the adult pattern by the end of the 1st postnatal week in rats.Key words: low extracellular sodium, ryanodine, inotropic effect, contractile function, perinatal ontogeny, rat heart, Na+–Ca2+ exchange.

Effect of increased magnesium on recovery from ischemia in rat and rabbit hearts

1982 ◽  
Vol 242 (1) ◽  
pp. H89-H93
Author(s):  
M. M. Bersohn ◽  
K. I. Shine ◽  
W. D. Sterman
Keyword(s):  
Protective Effect ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
Negative Inotropic Effect ◽  
Ischemic Myocardium ◽  
Inotropic Effect ◽  
Mechanical Function ◽  
Inotropic Response ◽  
Rat Hearts ◽  
Negative Inotropic Response

Perfusates containing high magnesium concentrations have been suggested to have a protective effect for ischemic myocardium, but the mechanism for such an effect is unclear. We investigated the recovery of isolated perfused rabbit and rat hearts from ischemia under varied conditions of increased Mg. Hearts were made ischemic in the presence of normal 1.2 mM Mg or elevated 15 mM Mg. Rabbit hearts, which show minimal alteration in contractility in the presence of 15 mM Mg, were not protected from ischemia by high Mg perfusate. Rat hearts, which have a large negative inotropic response to 15 mM Mg, exhibited significantly better recovery of mechanical function following ischemia in the presence of high Mg than following ischemia with normal Mg. This protective effect was abolished by increasing both Ca and Mg in the perfusate to prevent the decline in contractility that normally occurred with Mg. Reperfusion with 15 mM Mg after ischemia also had no protective effect if the rat heart had been made ischemic in the presence of normal Mg. We conclude that elevated Mg protects ischemic myocardium only under circumstances in which it has a negative inotropic effect before the onset of ischemia, i.e., in the rat heart perfused with normal Ca. These results suggest that the mechanism of protection by high Mg involves sparing of ATP. However, the different responses to Mg of the species studied in these experiments should be a caution against extrapolating such results from rat hearts to other species.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Negative Inotropic Effects of a Isoquinoline Alkaloid N-14

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-05
Author(s):  
Inoyat Jumayev
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Contraction ◽  
Papillary Muscle ◽  
Heart Muscle ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
Cyclopiazonic Acid ◽  
Negative Inotropic Effect ◽  
Isoquinoline Alkaloid ◽  
Inotropic Effect ◽  
Inotropic Effects ◽  
Negative Inotropic Effects

In studies, the alkaloid 1-(2-Chloro-4,5-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethyl-6,7-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (N-14) had a negative inotropic effect on the activity of the papillary muscle contraction of the rat heart detected. Ca2+ ions from SR play an important role in the process of contraction of the heart muscle. With this in mind, the negative inotropic effect of the N-14 alkaloid was investigated with the modification of the accumulation processes of Ca2+ ions to SR. To clarify this, we examined the effects of the alkaloid being studied on SERCA2a and RyR2. To do this, the inhibitor of SERCA2a - cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) and RyR activator caffeine, which provide the accumulation of Ca2+ ions in SR, were used.

Developmental changes in inotropic actions of neurotoxins observed in ventricular muscle of rat heart

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyosuke Temma ◽  
Hiroshi Kondo ◽  
Tai Akera
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Channels ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
Developmental Changes ◽  
Inotropic Effect ◽  
Ventricular Muscle ◽  
Inotropic Effects ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
Adult Rat ◽  
Positive Inotropic Effects ◽  
Cardiac Sodium Channels

Developmental changes in functions of myocardial sodium channels were examined from inotropic effects of several neurotoxins in ventricular muscle preparations obtained from prenatal (20–22 day gestation) or adult (3–4 months old) rat hearts. Tetrodotoxin caused a negative inotropic effect in low concentrations and a loss of muscle responsiveness to electrical stimulation in high concentrations in preparations obtained from either prenatal or adult rat heart. The tetrodotoxin concentration that caused a 50% decrease in developed tension was higher in prenatal rats. Anemonia sulcata toxin, Androctonus australis toxin, veratridine, and Centruroides sculpturatus toxin all produced positive inotropic effects in adult rat heart. The effects were largest with A. sulcata and A. australis toxins, intermediate with veratridine, and smallest with C. sculpturatus toxin. Prenatal heart required higher concentrations of either veratridine, or A. sulcata or A. australis toxins to produce comparable positive inotropic effects. With C. sculpturatus toxin, no significant positive inotropic effect was observed in prenatal heart muscle preparations. These results indicate that cardiac sodium channels undergo significant functional changes during development and that negative and positive inotropic effects of neurotoxins resulting from inhibition and enhancement of fast Na+ channels reflect developmental changes in the cardiac sodium channels.Key words: sodium channels, sodium channel toxins, cardiac inotropic agents.

Gs and Gi coupling of adrenomedullin in adult rat ventricular myocytes

2006 ◽  
Vol 290 (5) ◽  
pp. H1842-H1847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shivani Mittra ◽  
Jean-Pierre Bourreau
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Negative Inotropic Effect ◽  
Inotropic Effect ◽  
Paracrine Factor ◽  
Inotropic Effects ◽  
Prolonged Incubation ◽  
Rat Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Cell Shortening ◽  
Adult Rat

Adrenomedullin (ADM) acts as an autocrine or a paracrine factor in the regulation of cardiac function. The intracellular mechanisms involved in the direct effect of ADM on adult rat ventricular myocytes (ARVMs) are still to be elucidated. In ARVMs from normal rats, ADM produced an initial (<30 min) increase in cell shortening and Ca2+ transients and a marked decrease in both on prolonged incubation (>1 h). Both effects were sensitive to ADM antagonist ADM-(22–52). Treatment with SQ-22536, an inhibitor of adenylate cyclase, blocked the positive inotropic effect of ADM and potentiated its negative inotropic effect. The negative inotropic effect was sensitive to inhibition by pertussis toxin (PTX), an inhibitor of Gi proteins and KT-5720, an inhibitor of PKA. The observations suggest a switch from Gs-coupled to PTX-sensitive, PKA-dependent Gi coupling by ADM in ARVMs. The ADM-mediated Gi-signaling system involves cAMP-dependent pathways because SQ-22536 further increased the negative inotropic actions of ADM. Also, because ADM is overproduced by ARVMs in our rat model of septic shock, ARVMs from LPS-treated rats were subjected to treatment with ADM-(22–52) and PTX. The decrease in cell shortening and Ca2+ transients in LPS-treated ARVMs could be reversed back with ADM-(22–52) and PTX. This indicates that ADM plays a role in mediating the negative inotropic effect in LPS-treated ARVM through the activation of Gi signaling. This study delineates the intracellular pathways involved in ADM-mediated direct inotropic effects on ARVMs and also suggests a role of ADM in sepsis.

Prolonged responsiveness to ouabain in hypertrophied rat heart: physiological and biochemical evidence

1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (6) ◽  
pp. H923-H931 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. G. Lelievre ◽  
J. M. Maixent ◽  
P. Lorente ◽  
C. Mouas ◽  
D. Charlemagne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rat Heart ◽  
Contractile Function ◽  
Relative Proportion ◽  
Pressure Overload ◽  
Inotropic Effect ◽  
Inotropic Response ◽  
Rat Hearts ◽  
Heart Preparation ◽  
Low Sensitivity ◽  
Sarcolemmal Vesicles

The inotropic effect of ouabain on cardiac hypertrophy was evaluated on an isolated Langendorff rat heart preparation with performances registrated by means of an intraventricular balloon. These effects were compared with the drug action on the sarcolemma-bound Na+-K+-ATPase activity. On both normal and pressure-overload induced hypertrophied rat hearts (ventricular wt-to-body wt ratios of 2.1 and 3.3, respectively) the inotropic effect of ouabain (10(-9)-10(-4) M) was evaluated at 0.25 mM external Ca2+. Compared with normal hearts, the recovery of a normal contractile function after the inotropic response was significantly slower in hypertrophied hearts. This was valid with the two protocols applied. During a 30-min washout period, the inotropic response remained nearly unchanged in hypertrophied hearts, whereas it was almost completely reversed in control groups. Sarcolemmal vesicles from both heart groups exhibited high Na+-K+-ATPase activities (sp. act.: 105 +/- 16 mumol X h-1 X mg-1). In both normal and hypertrophied cardiac sarcolemmal preparations, the Na+-K+-ATPase was heterogeneous, with high- and low-sensitivity forms. Their relative proportion was two-to-one. In both heart groups, their respective apparent affinities for ouabain were similar (inhibitory concentration of 50% = 10(-8) and 10(-6) M, respectively). The release of ouabain from these two sites was measured, in washout experiments, by the rates of enzyme relief from inhibition. High- and low-sensitivity forms in hypertrophied heart preparations released ouabain at seven- and threefold lower rates, respectively, than the corresponding forms present in normal cardiac sarcolemmal vesicles.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Roles of PKA, PI3K, and cPLA2 in the NO-mediated negative inotropic effect of β2-adrenoceptor agonists in guinea pig right papillary muscles

2008 ◽  
Vol 294 (1) ◽  
pp. C106-C117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabien A. Faucher ◽  
François E. Gannier ◽  
Jacques M. Lignon ◽  
Pierre Cosnay ◽  
Claire O. Malécot
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Positive Inotropic Effect ◽  
Negative Inotropic Effect ◽  
Inotropic Effect ◽  
Papillary Muscles ◽  
Guinea Pig Heart ◽  
Inotropic Effects ◽  
Inotropic State ◽  
No Release ◽  
High Concentrations

Although β2-adrenoceptors represent 15–25% of β-adrenoceptors in the guinea pig heart, their functionality is controversial. We assessed the inotropic effects of β2-adrenoceptor partial agonists in right papillary muscles. Salbutamol induced a small but significant concentration-dependent negative inotropic effect (NIE, −5% at 60 nM) followed by a moderate positive inotropic effect (+36% at 6 μM) due to activation of β1-adrenoceptors. In the presence of 4 μM atenolol, the concentration-dependent NIE (−12% at 6 μM) was biphasic, best described by a double logistic equation with respective EC50 values of 3 and ∼420 nM, and was insensitive to SR59230A. In muscles from pertussis toxin-treated guinea pigs, the salbutamol-induced positive inotropic effect was sensitive to low concentrations of ICI-118551 in an unusual manner. Experiments in reserpinized animals revealed the importance of the phosphorylation-dephosphorylation processes. PKA inhibition reduced and suppressed the effects obtained at low and high concentrations, respectively, indicating that its activation was a prerequisite to the NIE. The effect occurring at nanomolar concentrations depended upon PKA/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) activations leading to nitric oxide (NO) release via the arachidonic acid/cyclooxygenase pathway. NO release via PKA-dependent phosphorylation of the receptor was responsible for the inotropic effect observed at submicromolar concentrations, which is negatively controlled by cPLA2. The possibility that these effects are due to an equilibrium between different affinity states of the receptor (Gs/Gi coupled and Gi independent with different signaling pathways) that can be displaced by ICI-118551 is discussed. We conclude that β2-adrenoceptors are functional in guinea pig heart and can modulate the inotropic state.

Interaction of Halothane with α- and β-Adrenoceptor Stimulations in Rat Myocardium

1997 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Hanouz ◽  
Bruno MD Riou ◽  
Laurent Massias ◽  
Yves Lecarpentier ◽  
Pierre Coriat
Keyword(s):  
Positive Inotropic Effect ◽  
Negative Inotropic Effect ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Inotropic Effect ◽  
Papillary Muscles ◽  
Inotropic Effects ◽  
Beta Adrenoceptor ◽  
Low Load ◽  
Positive Inotropic Effects

Background Halothane induces negative inotropic and lusitropic effects in myocardium. It has been suggested that halothane potentiates beta-adrenoceptor stimulation. However, its effects on the inotropic response to alpha-adrenoceptor stimulation and its effects on the lusitropic effects of alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor stimulation are unknown. Methods The effects of halothane (0.5 and 1 minimum alveolar concentration [MAC]) on the inotropic responses induced by phenylephrine (10(-8) to 10(-4) M) and isoproterenol (10(-8) to 10(-4) M) were studied in rat left ventricular papillary muscles in vitro (in Krebs-Henseleit solution at 29 degrees C, pH 7.40, with 0.5 mM calcium and stimulation frequency at 12 pulses/min). The lusitropic effects were studied in isotonic (R1) and isometric (R2) conditions. Results One MAC halothane induced a negative inotropic effect (54 +/- 3%, P &lt; 0.05), increased R1 (109 +/- 3%, P &lt; 0.05), and decreased R2 (88 +/- 2%, P &lt; 0.05). In control groups, phenylephrine (137 +/- 7%, P &gt; 0.05) and isoproterenol (162 +/- 6%, P &lt; 0.05) induced a positive inotropic effect. Halothane did not significantly modify the positive inotropic effect of calcium, suggesting that it did not modify the inotropic reserve of papillary muscles. In contrast, 1 MAC halothane enhanced the positive inotropic effects of phenylephrine (237 +/- 19%, P &lt; 0.05) and isoproterenol (205 +/- 11%, P &lt; 0.05). Halothane did not modify the lusitropic effect of phenylephrine under high or low load. In contrast, 1 MAC halothane impaired the positive lusitropic effect of isoproterenol under low load (P &lt; 0.05), whereas it did not modify the positive lusitropic effect of isoproterenol under high load. Conclusions At clinically relevant concentrations, halothane potentiated the positive inotropic effects of both alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor stimulation. Furthermore, halothane alters the positive lusitropic-effect of beta-adrenoceptor stimulation under low load.

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