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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
In the smooth muscle of the rat vas deferens, 10(-5) M cocaine shifted the dose-response curve to norepinephrine to the left and enhanced the maximal contractions to norepinephrine and methacholine. Propranolol at 10(-4) M almost completely blocked these potentiating effects of cocaine. Sotalol or lidocaine at 10(-4) M did not block the potentiating action of cocaine. The cocaine-induced enhancement of the methacholine contraction and its blockade by propranolol was observed in the dibenamine-treated vas deferens. Propranolol also blocked the depolarization-induced enhancement of the methacholine contraction. Together with the previous study demonstrating the calcium-antagonist action for propranolol, these results suggest that propranolol blocks the cocaine-induced enhancement by inhibiting the calcium influx through the potential-dependent calcium channel in the rat vas deferens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0386-846X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
172-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Propranolol blocks cocaine-induced potentiation of the contraction in the smooth muscle of the rat vas deferens.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro