PK 11195, an antagonist of peripheral type benzodiazepine receptors, modulates BAY K8644 sensitive but not β- or H2-receptor sensitive voltage operated calcium channels in the guinea pig heart

Autor: Gervais Neliat, G. Le Fur, C. Gueremy, Marie-Christine Dubroeucq, Adam Doble, Andre Uzan, T. Carriot, M. Mestre, Christian Renault
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Life Sciences. 39:329-339
ISSN: 0024-3205
DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(86)90651-x
Popis: In a partially depolarized guinea pig papillary muscle preparation, BAY K8644 stimulated voltage-operated calcium channels, promoting slow action potentials; this effect was dose-dependent over a concentration range of 3 × 10 −7 M to 3 × 10 −6 M. Isoproterenol and histamine also induced slow action potentials by stimulating β or H 2 receptors, respectively. PK 11195, the antagonist of peripheral type benzodiazepine receptors, inhibited the effect of BAY K8644, but not those of histamine or isoproterenol. Moreover, PK 11195 “dose-dependently” antagonized the ability of R05-4864 to inhibit the slow action potentials elicited by barium chloride. Thus, in the heart, PK 11195, an antagonist of peripheral type benzodiazepine receptors, can modulate voltage-operated calcium channels when they are activated directly, but not when they are activated by stimulation of neurotransmitter receptors.
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