title: Inhibition of constrictor responses of dog coronary artery by atropine. A possible effectiveness of atropine on variant form of angina pectoris.
abstract: A possible effectiveness of atropine on variant form of angina pectoris was investigated using the left circumflex coronary arterial strips of dogs. Acetylcholine 10(-5)--10(-3) Gm/ml dose-dependently constricted the isolated arterial strips during potassium-contracture in 6 cases, and repetitive applications of acetylcholine could produce the similar contractions to the control. In 18 strips atropine 10(-6) Gm/ml significantly depressed the contractions of coronary arteries induced by acetylcholine 10(-5)--10(-3) Gm/ml. In 5 arterial strips atropine 10(-6) Gm/ml significantly inhibited norepinephrine-induced responses of these arteries, and by 10(-5) Gm/ml further suppression of the responses was obtained. The results suggest that atropine may suppress the contractile responses of the coronary artery induce by acetylcholine and nonrepinephrine through a muscarinic-receptor blocking action and simultaneously partly through an adrenergic alpha-receptor blocking action.
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000788:Angina Pectoris, Variant / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000187:drug effects; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001285:Atropine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D009638:Norepinephrine