title: Pharmacological modification of mechanical and electrical responses of frog heart to thrombin.
abstract: The pharmacological modification of the thrombin effect on the mechanical and electrical responses of frog heart was examined in the Straub heart preparation and in single ventricular cells. Associated with the positive inotropic action thrombin increases voltage and duration of action potentials of isolated frog ventricular cells. As found by the patch-clamp technique in the cell-attached mode, thrombin stimulates single L-type Ca2+ channels, presumably mediated by a second messenger. The enhancement of contractility by thrombin depends on the proteolytic activity of the enzyme because enzymatically inactivated thrombin has no effect on frog hearts. The positive inotropic effect of thrombin as well as its stimulation of Ca2+ channel currents were inhibited by the protein kinase C blocker 1-(5-isoquinoline-sulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H7). However, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a known stimulator of protein kinase C, was ineffective in stimulating the inotropic action of thrombin. The inhibition of the thrombin-induced enhancement of contractility by indometacin indicates an involvement of arachidonic acid in the action of thrombin on frog heart.
authors.affiliation: Julius Bernstein Institute of Physiology, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Saale, German Democratic Republic.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Markwardt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Franke
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glusa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nilius
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001464:Barium / Q000494:pharmacology; D017609:Barium Compounds; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D002712:Chlorides; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011893:Rana esculenta; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D017609:Barium Compounds; D015220:Calcium Channels; D002712:Chlorides; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010879:Piperazines; C024986:barium chloride; D001464:Barium; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013917:Thrombin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate