TY - JOUR
T1 - Relaxant effect of pharmacological interventions increasing heart cyclic AMP and its protein kinase.
AU - Cingolani, H. E.
AU - Vittone, L.
AU - Grassi, A. O.
AU - Argel, M. I.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - After 1 min of treatment with different positive inotropic interventions, cyclic nucleotide levels (cAMP and cGMP) and cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity were determined in heart homogenates. Glucagon, norepinephrine, and isoproterenol increased cAMP from 0.503 +/- 0.025 pmol/mg wet weight to 1.051 +/- 0.099, 0.900 +/- 0.064, and 0.982 +/- 0.138, respectively. Simultaneously, cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity ratio rose from 0.21 +/- 0.02 to 0.45 +/- 0.04 with glucagon, 0.33 +/- 0.02 with norepinephrine, and 0.34 +/- 0.02 with isoproterenol. The ratio between maximal velocities of contraction and relaxation (+T/-T) was significantly decreased by these interventions, whereas time to peak tension (TTP) was shortened by norepinephrine and isoproterenol. High calcium, ouabain, and paired stimulation did not affect cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity and +T/-T. Our results suggest that inotropic interventions increasing cAMP levels might primarily affect intracellular mechanisms causing relaxation.
AB - After 1 min of treatment with different positive inotropic interventions, cyclic nucleotide levels (cAMP and cGMP) and cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity were determined in heart homogenates. Glucagon, norepinephrine, and isoproterenol increased cAMP from 0.503 +/- 0.025 pmol/mg wet weight to 1.051 +/- 0.099, 0.900 +/- 0.064, and 0.982 +/- 0.138, respectively. Simultaneously, cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity ratio rose from 0.21 +/- 0.02 to 0.45 +/- 0.04 with glucagon, 0.33 +/- 0.02 with norepinephrine, and 0.34 +/- 0.02 with isoproterenol. The ratio between maximal velocities of contraction and relaxation (+T/-T) was significantly decreased by these interventions, whereas time to peak tension (TTP) was shortened by norepinephrine and isoproterenol. High calcium, ouabain, and paired stimulation did not affect cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity and +T/-T. Our results suggest that inotropic interventions increasing cAMP levels might primarily affect intracellular mechanisms causing relaxation.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4899-5561-6_8
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4899-5561-6_8
M3 - Article
C2 - 6302790
AN - SCOPUS:0020394190
SN - 0270-4056
VL - 3
SP - 67
EP - 75
JO - Advances in myocardiology
JF - Advances in myocardiology
ER -