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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of dantrolene on the responses to methylxanthines (caffeine and theophylline) and a beta-adrenoceptor agonist (salbutamol) was studied in isolated guinea-pig trachea. Caffeine and theophylline (1 microM-10 mM) and salbutamol (1 nM-10 microM) produced concentration-dependent relaxation of spontaneous and stimulated (acetylcholine 1 mM) tone. Responses to high concentrations (10 mM) of caffeine and theophylline added to tracheal strips either unstimulated (spontaneous tone) or indomethacin (2.8 microM)-treated were reversed to contractions in the presence of dantrolene (3 microM-0.3 mM). This effect was not observed for salbutamol or when relaxant responses to the agonists were generated in pre-contracted (acetylcholine 1 mM) strips. Dantrolene inhibited concentration dependently the contraction evoked by caffeine (1 mM) in indomethacin (2.8 microM)-treated strips at 20 degrees C. This effect of dantrolene was attenuated in a low Ca2+ (0.8 mM) medium or when the bath temperature was lowered to 10 degrees C. Although an intracellular site of action cannot be excluded these results suggest that dantrolene mainly interferes with transmembrane Ca2+ movements in the guinea-pig trachea.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
198
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
171-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of dantrolene on the responses to methylxanthines in the isolated guinea-pig trachea.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Valencia, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't