title: Role of cAMP in the functional interaction of carbachol with different cAMP elevating agents in rabbit atrium.
abstract: The muscarinic agonist carbachol antagonized positive inotropic responses of rabbit left atria to the beta-adrenoceptor agonist isoproterenol, the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin and the phosphodiesterase inhibitor IBMX. Carbachol also reduced cAMP levels elevated by isoproterenol, but had no significant effect on cAMP levels in the presence of either forskolin or IBMX. Pre-treatment of rabbits with a dose of pertussis toxin which completely blocked the reduction by carbachol of isoproterenol-induced increases in cAMP, also blocked the reversal by carbachol of positive inotropic responses to isoproterenol, but only partially attenuated the antagonism by carbachol of inotropic responses to forskolin and IBMX. These data suggest that antagonism by carbachol of forskolin and IBMX-induced increases in cAMP levels does not play an important role in the functional interaction of carbachol with these cAMP-elevating agents.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: MacLeod
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005576:Colforsin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011817:Rabbits; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D005576:Colforsin; D002217:Carbachol; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D007545:Isoproterenol; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine