Discrimination by nimodipine, but not by nifedipine, between phasic and tonic contractions of guinea-pig taenia coli induced by K+ depolarization
| Autor: | Sadaharu Usune, Takeshi Katsuragi, Tatsuo Furukawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Gallopamil Contraction (grammar) Nifedipine Physiology Colon Guinea Pigs Hypertonic Solutions Pharmacology In Vitro Techniques Tonic (physiology) Physiology (medical) medicine Animals Diltiazem Nimodipine Manganese Dose-Response Relationship Drug Chemistry Depolarization Muscle Smooth General Medicine Taenia coli Calcium Channel Blockers medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesia Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents Potassium medicine.drug Muscle Contraction |
| Zdroj: | Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology. 73(11) |
| ISSN: | 0008-4212 |
| Popis: | Effects of Ca2+ channel blockers, such as nifedipine, nimodipine, gallopamil, verapamil, diltiazem, loperamide, Mn2+ and Ni2+, and papaverine, on contractile responses to K+ depolarization were evaluated in longitudinal muscles of taenia coli isolated from guinea-pig. Depolarization with high K+ solution (K+, 40 mM) produced a biphasic (phasic and tonic) contraction, which was inhibited by the above blockers in a concentration-dependent manner. Ratios of IC50 for the phasic contraction to IC50 for the tonic contraction of nimodipine, verapamil, gallopamil, nifedipine, loperamide, diltiazem, papaverine, Ni2+, and Mn2+ were 516.1, 73.7, 22.0, 6.4, 5.3, 4.9, 1.2, 0.7, and 0.1, respectively, indicating that nimodipine suppressed the tonic contraction more effectively than the phasic contraction. In a fluorescence study with fura 2, K+ depolarization elicited an increase in intracellular free Ca2+, [Ca2+]i, which was coupled with the phasic and tonic contraction. The increases in [Ca2+]i coupled with both types of the contraction were abolished by exposure to Ca2+-free solution. In addition, the increase of [Ca2+]i coupled with the phasic contraction was abolished by nifedipine, 10−7 M, but not by nimodipine, 10−7 M, whereas the increase with the tonic contraction was suppressed by both nifedipine and nimodipine. These findings suggest that the phasic and tonic contractions evoked by K+ depolarization are due to increases in [Ca2+]i via activation of respective nimodipine-resistant and nimodipine-sensitive Ca2+ channels in the longitudinal muscles of the taenia coli. Accordingly, nimodipine, but not nifedipine, appears to be a useful tool for distinguishing between the phasic and tonic contractions.Key words: guinea-pig taenia coli, phasic contraction, tonic contraction, nimodipine, nifedipine, intracellular free Ca2+. |
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