Cytochalasin-B and phloretin depress contraction and relaxation of aortic smooth muscle

Peter E. Dresel, Leah Knickle

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Cytochalasin-B (20 μM) and phloretin (100 μM) blocked by more than 80% the contractile responses to calcium ions in partially depolarized rabbit aortic strips. Both also blocked, but only by approximately 50%, the responses to noradrenaline and histamine in normal calcium medium. The responses to these agonists in calcium-free EGTA medium were also blocked partially. Cytochalasin-B partially blocked the acetylcholine-induced relaxation of aortic strips precontracted with phenylephrine but not the relaxation due to nitroglycerine or compound A 23187. The relaxation due to isoprenaline was potentiated by cytochalasin B. Since both compounds are known to block hexose transport but share no other known effects, it is suggested that a glycolytic intermediate could be required for the contraction in response to calcium. However, the concentrations of cytochalasin-B required for these effects were somewhat greater than those usually required to block hexose transport.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)153-157
Número de páginas5
PublicaciónEuropean Journal of Pharmacology
Volumen144
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublished - dic. 1 1987

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We have recently reported that cytochalasin-B (cyto-B) and phloretin (phlor) block the inotropic effect of digitalis and of compound BAY K-8644, an inotropic drug which holds open the calcium channels in cardiac muscle (Dresel and Ogbaghebriel, 1986; Dresel, 1986). Neither drug alone had any significant effect on isolated rabbit atria and papillary muscles. Although cyto-B caused a small change in K D for nitrendipine binding, we concluded that much of the activity of the two drugs could best be accounted for by a 'post-receptor' effect. We suggest that a mechanism requiring glucose is involved because the only known shared effect of the drugs is blockade i Aided by grants from the Medical Research Council of Canada and the Nova Scotia Heart Foundation. * To whom all correspondence should be addressed.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Pharmacology

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  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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