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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
To elucidate the mechanism of neuromuscular block by succinylcholine, nerve-evoked changes in intracellular Ca(++)-aequorin luminescence and twitch tension were measured simultaneously in the presence of several different types of blockers for the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor channel. Mouse diaphragm muscles were pretreated for 30 to 60 min with 3 to 40 microM bupivacaine, chlorpromazine, phencyclidine and beta-eudesmol. The effects of these noncompetitive blockers on the succinylcholine-induced response were also compared with those for pancuronium. These channel blockers potentiated (2- to 10-fold) both the blocking effects on intracellular Ca++ and twitch tension of succinylcholine (13-100 microM), but not the pancuronium (0.3-1.1 microM)-induced block. These channel blockers also suppressed succinylcholine (1.3-5 microM)-induced enhancement of evoked Ca++ transients. On the other hand, the channel blockers inhibited the succinylcholine (2.5-100 microM)-induced increase in basal Ca++ transients. These results suggest that neuromuscular block induced by succinylcholine is mainly due to desensitization of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-3565
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
256
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
24-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Aequorin, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Bupivacaine, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Chlorpromazine, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Diaphragm, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Muscle, Smooth, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Muscle Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Nicotinic Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Pancuronium, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Phencyclidine, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Succinylcholine, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Terpenes, pubmed-meshheading:1988660-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhancing effect by nicotinic acetylcholine receptor channel blockers, including beta-eudesmol, on succinylcholine-induced inhibition of twitch tension and intracellular Ca++ in mouse diaphragm muscle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't