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. 1990 Aug;100(4):843–849. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1990.tb14102.x

The 'calcium sensitising' effects of ORG30029 in saponin- or Triton-skinned rat cardiac muscle.

D J Miller 1, D S Steele 1
PMCID: PMC1917589  PMID: 2207503

Abstract

1. The effects of a range of concentrations of ORG30029 (1 microM to 1 mM) were investigated on fully (Triton-treated) or selectively (saponin-treated) 'skinned' ventricle trabeculae from rat. The Ca-sensitivity was increased by 100 microM and amounted to a mean reduction in the Ca2+ necessary for half-maximal activation (1/Kapp) of 0.174 +/- 0.053 (mean +/- s.e.mean) pCa units. ORG30029 (50 microM) gave a smaller mean shift of 0.05 +/- 0.016 pCa units. A slight shallowing of the relationship between -log[Ca2+] (pCa) and steady-state tension was also generally found (mean Hill exponent reduction 0.37 +/- 0.28 at 100 microM). 2. The Ca-sensitizing action altered in a dose-dependent fashion. Judged by the ability to enhance force from an initial level of activation of 10-20% of maximum Ca-activated force (Cmax), the first significant effects occurred near 10 microM and continued to increase at 1 mM. 3. A small (3.7 +/- 1.1%) but consistent increase in Cmax was produced by ORG30029 at 100 microM. Much larger increases were produced by the drug at higher concentrations (up to 20-50% at 1 mM). 4. The consequence of these changes is that at levels of activation likely to occur in the heart, the absolute increase in force by 100 microM ORG30029 was considerable: it amounted to a 150-200% increase at a [Ca2+] producing 20% at Cmax. At this drug concentration virtually all the effect was due to Ca-sensitizing rather than increasing Cmax.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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