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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
1. This study was designed to investigate the mechanism(s) of the negative inotropic effects of alpha1-adrenoceptor agonists observed in rat isolated left atria after exposure to free radicals. 2. Ouabain and calphostin C were used in contraction experiments to block the sodium pump and protein kinase C. Methoxamine-induced phospholipase C and Na+/K+ ATPase activities were measured. 3. Methoxamine (300 microM) increased contractile force by 1.6 +/- 0.2 mN in control atria but decreased contractile force in electrolysis-treated atria by 2.0 +/- 0.1 mN (P < 0.05), as determined 10 min after methoxamine addition. In contrast, the positive inotropic effects of endothelin-1 (30 nM) and isoprenaline (10 microM) were reduced from 2.6 +/- 0.3 to 1.3 +/- 0.1 mN and from 2.6 +/- 0.3 to 1.7 +/- 0.2 mN, respectively, by electrolysis treatment (P < 0.05), but not converted into a negative inotropic action. 4. In an inositol phosphate assay we observed that the stimulation of phospholipase C by methoxamine was attenuated by electrolysis when the (electrolyzed) medium from the organ bath was used, but the phospholipase C responses were restored by the use of fresh medium. However, fresh medium did not counteract the negative inotropic effect of methoxamine. Accordingly, the negative inotropic effect of methoxamine is not directly related to the impaired phospholipase C responses seen in atria subjected to electrolysis. 5. Ouabain (10 microM) and the protein kinase C inhibitor calphostin C (50 nM), completely prevented the negative inotropic effect of 300 microM methoxamine in electrolysis-treated atria. 6. Measurement of the Na+/K+ ATPase activity, revealed that in control atria, alpha1-adrenoceptor stimulation with 300 microM methoxamine, decreased the Na+/K+ ATPase activity by 14.4 +/- 7.7%. In contrast, methoxamine increased the Na+/K+ ATPase activity by 48.8 +/- 8.9% (P < 0.05) in electrolysis-treated atria. Interestingly, this increase in Na+/K+ ATPase activity was completely counteracted by calphostin C (1.4 +/- 0.1% over basal). 7. These results indicate that the negative inotropic effects of alpha1-adrenoceptor agonists, observed in rat isolated left atria exposed to free radicals, are likely to be caused by protein kinase C-mediated phosphorylation and subsequent activation of the Na+/K+ ATPase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adrenergic alpha-Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Free Radicals, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Inositol Phosphates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Methoxamine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Naphthalenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ouabain, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase C, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Type C Phospholipases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/calphostin complex
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0007-1188
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
123
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
952-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Adrenergic alpha-Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Atrial Function, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Free Radicals, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Heart Atria, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Inositol Phosphates, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Methoxamine, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Myocardial Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Naphthalenes, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Ouabain, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase, pubmed-meshheading:9535025-Type C Phospholipases
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Possible mechanism of the negative inotropic effect of alpha1-adrenoceptor agonists in rat isolated left atria after exposure to free radicals.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacotherapy, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro