Phorbol ester does not mimic,but antagonizes the alpha-adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effect in the rabbit papillary muscle |
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Authors: | H Kushida T Hiramoto H Satoh M Endoh |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Pharmacology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 990-23 Yamagata, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary The phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) was used to examine the hypothesis that phosphoinositide turnover is involved in the regulation of myocardial contractility mediated by stimulation of alpha-adrenoceptors in the mammalian cardiac muscle. Exposure of the isolated rabbit papillary muscle electrically driven at a rate of 1 Hz at a temperature of 37°C to TPA in concentrations of 10–1000 nmol/l for 30 min did not affect the basal force of contraction. The concentration-response curve for the positive inotropic effect of (–)-phenylephrine mediated by stimulation of alpha-adrenoceptors in the presence of (±)-bupranolol (100 nmol/1) was shifted to the right and downward by TPA in concentrations of 30–1000 nmol/l, while the effect of (–)-phenylephrine mediated by stimulation of beta-adrenoceptors in the presence of prazosin (100 nmol/l) was not decreased, but slightly enhanced by exposure of the muscle to relatively low concentrations of TPA (10–100 nmol/l). Incubation of the membrane fraction isolated from the rabbit ventricular muscle with TPA in vitro under the same condition as employed in the physiological experiments decreased the specific binding of 3H]prazosin but not that of 3H]CGP-12177, while the non-tumor promoting phorbol ester, PDD, was ineffective. These results indicate that activation of protein kinase C by TPA does not mimic the positive inotropic effect of catecholamines mediated by activation of myocardial alpha-adrenoceptors. on the other hand, the specific interaction of alpha-adrenoceptor-mediated processes with TPA in the rabbit papillary muscle is in line with the view that the facilitation of phosphoinositide turnover and subsequent activation of protein kinase C may play a certain role in the coupling of alpha-adrenoceptor occupation by agonists to the process leading to the positive inotropic action.
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Keywords: | Phorbol ester Protein kinase C alphaAdrenoceptors beta-Adrenoceptors Positive inotropic effects Phenylephrine [3H]prazosin binding [3H]CGP-12177 binding Rabbit papillary muscle |
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