title: Cardiac responses and binding sites for endothelin in normal and cardiomyopathic hamsters.
abstract: The effects of endothelin-1 in the spontaneously beating atrium and the field-stimulated right ventricular strip preparation and the binding of [125I]endothelin-1 to membrane preparations from the atrium, ventricle, lung parenchyma, kidney and brain were compared using the 90-day-old dystrophic hamster strain CHF 147 (a strain displaying marked cardiomyopathologies at this age) and its age/genetically matched normal control, CHF 148. In the atrium, endothelin-1 produced dose-dependent positive inotropic and positive chronotropic effects in both CHF 148 and CHF 147 over the dose range of 10(-8) M to 3 x 10(-7) M. However, although no significant difference between CHF 148 and CHF 147 was observed for the positive chronotropic effects of endothelin-1, it produced a small, but significantly less positive inotropic effect in CHF 147 compared to CHF 148 at endothelin-1 concentrations of 2 x 10(-8) M and 3 x 10(-8) M. Field-stimulated right ventricular strips from CHF 148 contracted with a greater force compared to those from CHF 147. Endothelin-1 produced a dose-dependent decrease in the developed tension of the field-stimulated ventricular strip preparation, the extent of which did not differ between CHF 148 and CHF 147. [125I]Endothelin-1 bound with high affinity and in an apparently irreversible manner to membranes from both CHF 148 and CHF 147 atrium, ventricle, lung parenchyma, kidney and brain. No significant differences were noted between CHF 148 and CHF 147 for [125I]endothelin-1 binding to membranes prepared from the various tissues.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Bio-Mega Inc., Laval, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Bolger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garneau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaramillo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016232:Endothelins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins