title: Comparison of inotropic and chronotropic responses in rat isolated atria and ventricles.
abstract: 1. The positive inotropic and chronotropic responses to adrenoceptor agonists (noradrenaline, phenylephrine), to compounds which increase cAMP by post-adrenoceptor mechanisms (forskolin, theophylline and dibutyryl cAMP) and to calcium chloride were measured in isolated rat atria and papillary muscles from both ventricles. 2. Noradrenaline produced similar maximal inotropic responses to calcium chloride in all tissues. Forskolin gave similar responses to calcium chloride in atrial but not ventricular tissues; the reverse was observed with dibutyryl cAMP. Phenylephrine and theophylline produced significantly smaller inotropic responses than calcium chloride in all tissues, especially in ventricular tissues. 3. Maximal chronotropic responses to noradrenaline, theophylline and dibutyryl cAMP were similar. Forskolin produced significantly greater responses while calcium chloride and phenylephrine produced significantly smaller responses than noradrenaline. 4. These results show that the maximal positive inotropic response of some agonists is markedly dependent on the tissue chosen. Further, chronotropic responses in right atria do not mimic inotropic responses in left atria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sernia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Newling
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fletcher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000187:drug effects; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000187:drug effects; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005576:Colforsin; D010656:Phenylephrine; D003994:Bucladesine; D013806:Theophylline; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D009638:Norepinephrine