title: Positive and negative inotropic effects of carbachol on the embryonic chick atrium.
abstract: The effect of carbachol on twitch tension of atrial preparations from chick embryos of different incubation ages (3-14 days) was studied. At every age carbachol evoked negative (at low concentrations) and positive (at higher concentrations) inotropic responses. Maximal response values for both effects increased with age; in 3- and 5-day atria the positive inotropic response prevailed. The muscarinic antagonist pirenzepine inhibited the positive (on 5-day atria) and negative (on strips of 14-day atria) inotropic effects of carbachol with pA2 values of 6.8 and 8.0, respectively, suggesting that muscarinic receptors mediating these effects belong to different receptor subtypes.
authors.affiliation: Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Protas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006325:Heart Atria; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D002217:Carbachol