title: Some pharmacological properties of a new antitumor drug, CPT-11, in isolated muscle preparations.
abstract: 1. Pharmacological properties of a new antitumor drug, CPT-11, were studied in some muscle preparations. 2. CPT-11 induced contraction of guinea-pig ileal and tracheal preparations, which was blocked by atropine (10(-6) M). 3. CPT-11 potentiated the contractile responses of guinea-pig ileum to acetylcholine, nicotine, serotonin and BaCl2. 4. The chronic and inotropic effects induced by isoprenaline were depressed by CPT-11. 5. These results suggest that CPT-11 has an acetylcholine action.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Toho University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mitsuhashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D000077146:Irinotecan; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014132:Trachea / Q000187:drug effects; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D000077146:Irinotecan; D002166:Camptothecin