title: Accumulation of potassium and calcium in rat myocardium exposed to alpha-1-adrenoceptor stimulation.
abstract: Net fluxes of potassium, calcium, sodium and chloride were examined in isolated perfused rat hearts during alpha-1-adrenoceptor stimulation. The ion measurements were performed in the non-recirculating perfusate. Hearts were exposed to alpha-1-adrenoceptor stimulation (phenylephrine 5 x 10(-5) mol/l in the presence of the beta-blocker timolol 10(-6) mol/l). During alpha-1-adrenoceptor stimulation perfusate potassium fell relatively rapidly by about 0.10 mmol/l after approximately 100 sec. followed by a slower rise. About 180 sec. after onset of alpha-1-adrenoceptor stimulation, the potassium level was about 0.06 mmol/l below the control concentration level. This reduction was eliminated by the alpha-1-adrenoceptor blocker prazosin (10(-7) mol/l). The effects on net calcium fluxes were measured at two different calcium concentrations. For both concentrations we found a small but statistically significant reduction of the calcium concentration in the perfusate after alpha-1-adrenoceptor stimulation. Neither sodium nor chloride perfusate concentrations showed statistical significant changes compared to control values. The present observations revealed the existence of alpha-1-adrenoceptor regulated mechanisms related to a net uptake of both potassium and calcium in rat heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanem
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Skomedal
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Osnes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010477:Perfusion; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D011224:Prazosin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D013999:Timolol / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D010656:Phenylephrine; D013999:Timolol; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium; D011224:Prazosin