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. 1989 Apr;96(4):927–939. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1989.tb11904.x

Mechanisms of positive inotropic effects and delayed relaxation produced by DPI 201-106 in mammalian working myocardium: effects on intracellular calcium handling.

Y Kihara 1, J K Gwathmey 1, W Grossman 1, J P Morgan 1
PMCID: PMC1854417  PMID: 2743084

Abstract

1. We used the bioluminescent protein aequorin, which emits light when it combines with Ca2+, to test the hypothesis that the inotropic and lusitropic actions of DPI 201-106 are due to changes in intracellular Ca2+ handling in papillary muscles from ferrets and guinea-pigs. 2. DPI 201-106 increased peak isometric tension (T) in a dose-dependent manner, with an 83% increase in T as the concentration of DPI 201-106 was increased to 1 x 10(-5) M; however, peak [Ca2+]i did not increase significantly until the concentration of DPI 201-106 reached 3 x 10(-6) M, suggesting a sensitization of the contractile apparatus to Ca2+. 3. Tetrodotoxin (1 x 10(-6) M), which did not reduce the tension response significantly before DPI 201-106, decreased both [Ca2+]i and T in the presence of 1 x 10(-5) M DPI 201-106, suggesting involvement of a sodium channel activation mechanism; however, tetrodotoxin did not completely reverse the calcium sensitization. 4. The shift of the [Ca2+]i versus T relationship was not observed in the presence of another sodium channel agonist, veratridine (3 x 10(-7)-1 x 10(-6) M). 5. In the guinea-pig, DPI 201-106 markedly prolonged relaxation of tension (increase of 60% in the time from peak to 50% tension regression), which was accompanied by the appearance of a second component in the aequorin light signal; effects on relaxation were less prominent in the ferret. 6. Tension prolongation and the second component of the [Ca2+]i transient in the guinea-pig were exacerbated by increased [Ca2+]o and decreased by tetrodotoxin. Ryanodine (3 x 10(-7) M) markedly diminished the calcium transient in controls and the initial component of the calcium transient in the presence of DPI 201-106, but had only a modest effect on the second component. 7. We conclude that although sodium agonism plays a role, sensitization of the contractile apparatus to Ca2+ is an important mechanism in the positive inotropic action of DPI 201-106. 8. The negative lusitropic action of DPI 201-106 varies between ferret and guinea-pig, possibly reflecting differences between these two species in subcellular Ca2+ handling.

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