title: Interactions between forskolin, calcium and Bay K 8644 in K+-depolarized rat uterine muscle.
abstract: 1. Forskolin (FORS) (0.03 to 10 microM) caused a concentration-dependent rightward shifts of the dose-response curves to CaCl2 in the isolated K+-depolarized rat uterus, with apparent, pA2 value of 8.3, but the slope was different from unity (0.55). 2. In presence of Bay K 8644 (10 and 100 nM), the pA2 values for FORS against CaCl2 contractions were reduced in a concentration-dependent manner and increased the slopes of Schild plots to values no longer different from unity. 3. In presence of low Ca2+ concentration (0.22 nM), the potency of FORS in antagonizing CaCl2 contractions was reduced in about 2-fold. 4. FORS (0.3-3 microM) caused a dose- and time-dependent relaxation of sustained contraction induced by CaCl2 (0.5 mM). 5. FORS (0.3 microM) like nifedipine (NIF, 30 pM) caused a concentration-dependent displacement to the right of the dose-response curve to Bay K 8644 (0.1-100 nM) in K+-depolarized preparations. 6. Higher concentration of both FORS (1 and 3 microM) and NIF (0.01 and 0.03 nM) also reduced the maximal response of Bay K 8644. 7. Both drugs caused a concentration-dependent relaxation of uterine muscle contracted by Bay K 8644 (100 nM) and K+ (80 nM), but neither FORS nor NIF discriminated the two types of contraction.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, CCB, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
authors: J B
authors: JB
authors: Calixto
mesh_terms: D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002122:Calcium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D014599:Uterus / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D005576:Colforsin; D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; D002122:Calcium Chloride; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium