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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
1. The effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on mechanical and electrophysiological responses were studied in the guinea-pig atrial muscle preparations and in single cells. 2. CGRP (greater than 10(-9) M) enhanced the twitch contraction in a concentration-dependent manner in electrically driven left atria and increased heart rate in spontaneously beating right atria. The positive inotropic and chronotropic effects of CGRP were not inhibited by propranolol but were attenuated by reduction of the calcium concentration in the bathing medium. 3. In single left atrial cells, CGRP slightly hyperpolarized the resting potential but did not affect the other action potential parameters significantly. 4. Under whole-cell voltage-clamp conditions, CGRP increased the calcium inward current. The peptide also increased the steady inward current elicited by hyperpolarization and the late outward current by depolarization. 5. These results suggest that CGRP may produce the positive inotropic and presumably chronotropic effects by increasing calcium inward current. CGRP also increases the potassium permeability. Such effects on ionic currents may not produce any apparent change in the action potential conformation, due to their opposite directional actions and relatively weak potencies.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0007-1188
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
27-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Electrophysiological and mechanical effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide on guinea-pig atria.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro